Showaddywaddy
Sign in to saveShowaddywaddy are a rock and roll group from Leicester, England. They specialise in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, while also issuing original material. They have spent 209 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, and have had 10 Top Ten singles, one reaching number one.
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Showaddywaddy
- Musical artist.background
- group_or_band
- Musical artist.origin
- Leicester, England
- Musical artist.genre
- Rock and roll
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1973–present
- Musical artist.label
- Bell, Arista, RCA
- Musical artist.current_members
- Romeo ChallengerAndy PelosTom BullDavid GrahamEd HandollSam Holland
- Musical artist.past_members
- Malcolm AlluredDave BartramRuss FieldBuddy Gask (deceased)Al James (deceased)Trevor OakesRay MartinezDanny WillsonPaul DixonRod DeasDean LoachRay HatfieldBilly NormanChris SavageBilly Shannon
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.showaddywaddy.net
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- inception
- 1973-00-00
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- name
- Showaddywaddy
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Showaddywaddy are a rock and roll group from Leicester, England. They specialise in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, while also issuing original material. They have spent 209 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, and have had 10 Top Ten singles, one reaching number one.
==Formation== The band was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two groups, Choise (Dave Bartram, Trevor Oakes, Al James, and Romeo Challenger) and the Golden Hammers (Buddy Gask, Russ Field, Rod Deas, and Malcolm Allured), the latter often known simply as The Hammers. They both played at the Fosse Way pub in Leicester, and soon discovered shared musical tastes. After playing together in jamming sessions, they joined together permanently, and Showaddywaddy were born. This led to an eight-member band, with the unusual feature of having two vocalists, two drummers, two guitarists, and two bassists. The band's first gig as professional musicians was at the Dreamland Ballroom in Margate, Kent, on 1 September 1973., although the first gigs under the Showaddywaddy name were in 1972.