Right Said Fred
| Right Said Fred | |
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 Right Said Fred, 2015 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| founding | 1989 |
| Current occupation | |
| Christopher Abbott Bernard "Fred" Fairbrass | |
| Richard Fairbrass | |
Right Said Fred is a British pop - band , created in 1989 by the brothers Fred (Christopher Abbott Bernard) Fairbrass and Richard Fairbrass was founded. Trademarks are the bald heads of the two singers and their well-trained bodies. The band name is based on the hit of the same name that British actor Bernard Cribbins placed in the UK charts in 1962. In the 1990s, Rob Manzoli (born January 29, 1960 in London) was the third member of the band.
history
Fred and Richard have been performing under the name Right Said Fred since 1989 . In 1990 her boyfriend Rob Manzoli joined the band as a guitarist and composer. He wrote a few songs for the group in the 1990s.
Their music is characterized by dance floor rhythms and suggestive lyrics. Her first single, I'm Too Sexy , was a hit in 1991 and sold about three million copies worldwide. In Great Britain the song climbed to number 2 in the charts, in the USA to number 1. They even made history, because since the Beatles no British band had managed to reach number 1 in the American charts with a debut single three weeks in a row occupy. In addition, their debut album Up was number 1 on the UK charts. This was followed by the singles Don't Talk Just Kiss and Deeply Dippy , which made them more popular.
From their second album Sex and Travel (1993) the songs Bumped and Hands Up for Lovers were released as a single. This album was also successful and reached number 1 in the charts in Brazil and South Africa .
In 1995 her third album Smashing was released on her own label Happy Valley. However, the three singles Living on a Dream , Everybody Loves Me and Big Time that were extracted from it were only moderately successful.
In 1996 Rob Manzoli left the band. He then worked as a composer and studio musician.
After a long break, Right Said Fred got a record deal with Kingsize Records / BMG Germany at the end of 2000 and had a comeback in 2001 with their fourth album Fredhead . The first single You're My Mate (the song later became the official song of the South African rugby team ) reached number 5 in the German charts and their second single Mojive became the anthem of the Grand Prix in Hockenheim . Their third single Lovesong stayed in the German charts for a total of five months together with the album.
In 2002 their fifth album was released, the second under BMG , Stand Up with the single of the same name.
In the summer of 2003 they appeared as the opening act for Nena on their German tour.
In 2004 a single with Anke Engelke alias Doris Dubinsky was released, which was recorded for the soundtrack of Der Wixxer . This song ( The Wizard ) is originally from the British ska band Madness .
In 2005 the single Where Do You Go to My Lovely (a cover of the title of the same name by Peter Sarstedt ) and the album For Sale were released . In 2019, the single She always laughs , the English version of the title Die immer laughs by Kerstin Ott, was released .
Trivia
In 2007 the two brothers were featured in a commercial on German television for the cleaning agent Meister Proper .
Elon Musk named the models of his Tesla electric cars after Right Said Fred's song "I'm Too Sexy" S, 3, X and Y.
Discography
Web links
- Official website
- Right Said Fred at laut.de
- Right Said Fred at Discogs (English)
- The older we get, the crazier it gets. Planet Interview, 12/2009; detailed interview