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Typically Tropical was a British studio band that had a number one hit in Great Britain with the song Barbados in August 1975 and made it to the top of the charts in other countries, including Germany and Norway.
Band history
Jeffery Calvert (born November 13, 1954) and Max West were sound engineers who used their free time in the "Morgan Studio" to record their own compositions. When Calvert returned from a vacation in Barbados , he wrote a reggae-style song about the vacation. The single stayed in the English charts for eleven weeks, reached the top position and was awarded silver . In Germany, the song climbed to number 8. The studio musicians who can be heard on the single also include guitarist Chris Spedding .
Other singles were released under the band name, including Rocket Now , Ghost Story and Everybody Plays the Fool , but they were no longer successful. As a songwriter , Calvert had another top 10 hit in the UK in late 1978 with the song I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper , sung by Sarah Brightman . He then produced many more recordings in his own recording studio until the 1990s.
In 1999 the Vengaboys processed the song Barbados in their hit We're Going to Ibiza and in 1999 also came to number 1 in the British charts.
Jeffery Calvert and Max West produced the 1976 Judas Priest 2nd studio album Sad Wings Of Destiny.
Discography
Albums
- 1975: Barbados Sky
Singles
- 1975: Barbados (UK:
silver) - 1975: Rocket Now
- 1975: The Ghost Song
- 1976: Everybody Plays the Fool
- 1976: Bridlington
- 1977: Jubilee
- 1979: My Rubber Ball
- 1981: Lady "D"
Web links
- Typically Tropical at Allmusic (English)
- Typically Tropical at Discogs (English)