Racey

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Racey
Singer Richard Gower, 2006
Singer Richard Gower, 2006
General information
Genre (s) Glam Rock , Power Pop (until 1980) , New Wave
founding 1976
resolution 1985
Last occupation
Phil Fursdon
Vocals, keyboard
Richard Gower
Vocals, bass
Pete Miller †
singing
 Richard Blake
Vocals, drums
Clive Wilson

Racey was a British pop band that, like many other bands of the 1970s, were produced by the then popular Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and embodied their typical sound.

Band history

The group was founded in 1977 in Weston-super-Mare / Somerset . When the first hit Lay Your Love on Me hit the charts , the musicians had been playing in unsuccessful combos for a long time. The composer Mickie Most as well as Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman worked with the band and , in addition to Lay Your Love on Me, also produced the second Racey hit Some Girls . Then it came to the separation of Chinn and Chapman, Most remained with the band as a producer .

With the single Boy Oh Boy Racey had another European success in 1979, Such a Night rose to the German top 20 in the same year. With Rest of My Life and Runaround Sue (both 1980) and Shame (1981), the British made it onto the chart in Germany, with Runaround Sue the band was even in the English Top 20, but Racey could not build on the old successes.

When the interest waned, the band split up in 1985. In 1990 there was a comeback attempt . Racey played sold-out concerts with Pete Miller and new keyboardist Ian Hewitt. Pete Miller died on May 6, 2003 and was replaced by Richard Blake.

Members

  • Phil Fursdon, vocals, guitar
  • Richard Gower, vocals, keyboard
  • Pete Miller, vocals, bass (†)
  • Richard Blake, vocals
  • Clive Wilson, vocals, drums

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1979 Smash and Grab DE29 (15 weeks)
DE 		AT15 (6 weeks)
AT 		- -
Producer: Mickie Most

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Compilations

  • 1993: The Best of Racey
  • 1995: Say Wow! Greatest and Latest
  • 1996: Lay Your Love on Me
  • 2006: The Best Of

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK
1978 Lay Your Love on Me
Smash and Grab 		DE14 (18 weeks)
DE 		- - UK3
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK
1979 Some Girls
Smash and Grab 		DE2 (26 weeks)
DE 		AT9 (20 weeks)
AT 		CH2 (12 weeks)
CH 		UK2
gold
gold

(11 weeks)UK
Authors: Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman
Boy Oh Boy
Smash and Grab 		DE3 (24 weeks)
DE 		AT3 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH2 (10 weeks)
CH 		UK22 (9 weeks)
UK
Authors: Gloria Macari, Roger Ferris
Find a Night
Smash and Grab 		DE13 (17 weeks)
DE 		- - -
Authors: David Most, Mike Burns, Steve Glen
1980 Rest of My Life
The Best of Racey 		DE44 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - -
Authors: Ronnie Scott, Steve Wolfe
Runaround Sue
The Best of Racey 		DE36 (10 weeks)
DE 		- - UK13 (10 weeks)
UK
Authors: Dion DiMucci , Ernie Maresca
Original: Dion , 1961
1981 Shame DE59 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - -
Author: Richard Gower

More singles

  • 1977: Baby It's You
  • 1981: Shame
  • 1981: Little Darlin '
  • 1981: There's a Party Going on
  • 1982: Not Too Young to Get Married
  • 1992: Little Girls Don't, But Big Girls Do

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK
  2. ↑ Gold / platinum database UK

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