Paper lace

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Paper Lace in the Dutch TV show AVRO's TopPop, 1974
Paper Lace in the Dutch TV show AVRO's TopPop, 1974
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Paper lace
  US 124 07.09.1974 (8 weeks)
Singles
Billy, don't be a hero
  DE 42 06/03/1974 (2 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
02/23/1974 (14 weeks)
  US 96 04/27/1974 (3 weeks)
The Night Chicago Died
  DE 3 07/15/1974 (28 weeks)
  AT 4th October 15, 1974 (16 weeks)
  UK 3 
silver
silver
05/04/1974 (11 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
06/15/1974 (17 weeks)
The Black-Eyed Boys
  DE 38 10/14/1974 (2 weeks)
  UK 11 08/24/1974 (10 weeks)
  US 41 October 12, 1974 (9 weeks)
We've Got the Whole World (with Nottingham Forest)
  UK 24 03/04/1978 (6 weeks)

Paper Lace was a British pop band from the 1970s.

Band history

The group was founded in Nottingham in 1969 . Her first success in England was 1974 with the song Billy Don't Be a Hero , which reached the top position on March 16, 1974 and held it for three weeks. With that, the Bus Stop label also had its biggest hit. The song was written by the British songwriter duo Mitch Murray and Peter Callander . A cover version of the band Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods topped the US charts in June of that year . In 1974 Murray and Callander wrote another hit for Paper Lace with The Night Chicago Died , which rose to number one in the US and number three in the UK. A third Murray / Callander title, The Black-Eyed Boys , was another Top 20 hit a little later.

In 1978, the group achieved another noteworthy success: They sang the anthem We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands together with the Nottingham Forest football club and reached number 24 in the UK charts.

Shortly thereafter, the band renamed itself from "Paper Lace" to "Lace" and was forgotten.

Trivia

In 1995 Heiner Müller processed The Night Chicago Died in his staging Der Aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht in the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm (Berliner Ensemble).

Members

  • Cliff Fish (born August 13, 1949 in Ripley , Derbyshire ), vocals, bass
  • Chris Morris (born November 1, 1954 in Nottingham), guitar
  • Carlo Santanna (born June 29, 1947 in Rome ), guitar
  • Michael Vaughan (born July 27, 1950 in Sheffield ), guitar
  • Phil Wright (born April 9, 1948 in Nottingham), drums

Discography

Albums

  • 1972: First Edition
  • 1974: Paper Lace (USA and Canada only)
  • 1974: … And Other Bits of Material
  • 1976: Stars for Millions

Compilations

  • 1974: The Best of Paper Lace
  • 1974: The Paper Lace Collection (2 LPs)
  • 2001: Greatest Hits
  • 2010: And Others Bits of Material / First Edition (2 CDs)

Singles

  • 1971: You Can't Touch Me
  • 1972: In the Morning (Morning of My Life)
  • 1973: Ragamuffin Man
  • 1973: Martha (Whatever Happened)
  • 1974: Billy, Don't Be a Hero
  • 1974: The Night Chicago Died
  • 1974: The Black-Eyed Boys
  • 1975: Hitchin a Ride '75
  • 1975: So What If I Am
  • 1976: I Think I'm Gonna Like It
  • 1978: We Got the Whole World in Our Hands
  • 1992: Trinidad Boy

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: albums
  2. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  3. ↑ Chart sources: Singles UK
  4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US

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