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ϑЃεβϘ View member profile	15th April 2012, 10:07 AM Post #281
I Was Born Free Joined: 23 October 2006 Posts: 5,717 User: 1,751	And while I was looking up/checking about Feeder, I never realised Steve Strange was Welsh.


blackcat View member profile	15th April 2012, 03:22 PM Post #282
BuzzJack Regular Joined: 30 May 2011 Posts: 272 User: 13,909	Indeed, Grebo, let's not forget John Cale, of the Velvet Underground either. Most people would think of the Velvet Underground as an American group, but John is a true and proud Welshman. Also, going from memory only, without googling it, I am sure I read somewhere that Dave Edmunds was Welsh born...............


fchd View member profile	16th April 2012, 08:28 AM Post #283
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 14 July 2008 Posts: 3,807 User: 6,639	Goldie Lookin' Chain were very Welsh


Suedehead2 View member profile	16th April 2012, 09:18 AM Post #284
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,670 User: 3,272	Yes, Dave Edmunds is Welsh. I should have remembered him. And, of course, we shouldn't forget Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.


fiesta View member profile	20th April 2012, 10:07 AM Post #285
BuzzJack Enthusiast Joined: 15 March 2006 Posts: 1,630 User: 232	QUOTE(blackcat @ Apr 1 2012, 06:57 PM) Yes, well done fchd, it was Bobby Hebb. I struggle to remember any more hits by Bobby, though! The song would have been covered by many different artists over the years, Boney M just one of them. Remember, answers of the top of you head only, please! Interesting to note that there were three different versions of Sunny in the UK top 40 in the same week in October 1966, the original and versions by Cher and Georgie Fame. Hebb wrote it in tribute to his brother who was killed


richie View member profile	20th April 2012, 10:22 AM Post #286
Poet and Storyteller Joined: 11 March 2006 Posts: 6,753 User: 166	QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Apr 16 2012, 10:18 AM) of course, we shouldn't forget Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. Never forget them! Lovely band. Euros' solo stuff is all killer too.


blackcat View member profile	22nd April 2012, 12:28 AM Post #287
BuzzJack Regular Joined: 30 May 2011 Posts: 272 User: 13,909	Thanks for your input, all, thanks Fiesta for the extra Bobby Hebb info., and thanks to everyone for their lists of Welsh acts. Still a few that could be added. Harry Secombe for example, The Alarm, and one or two acts that never really had big Uk chart hits, such as Gene Loves Jezabel, for example. There are also quite a few acts who had lots of Welsh blood in them, without being strictly Welsh themselves. Great songwriters like Ray Davies and John Lennon spring to mind in that category. David Bowie's real name is David Jones, so presumably he has Welsh connections from way back. And there will be many other examples. This week's edition slightly more enjoyable. Regular readers of this thread will know that I like a bit of soul, so I enjoyed records by Denice Williams and the late great OC Smith on this week's show. And a good piece of white soul, if you like, from Elkie Brooks as well. Trivia question for this week - David Kid Jensen said that the Dead End Kids came from Scotland so, well, the trivia question is obvious! I am sure that most pop fans should be able to reel off at least ten acts from North Of The Border to have hit the UK charts over the years, excluding the Dead End Kids themselves. I reckon that the final tally will be considerably more than ten! Best of bonnie Scottish luck to you all on this one.


ϑЃεβϘ View member profile	22nd April 2012, 12:40 AM Post #288
I Was Born Free Joined: 23 October 2006 Posts: 5,717 User: 1,751	How could I have forgotten The Alarm! Was only listening to them today! The Skids Big Country Bay City Rollers Simple Minds Sheena Easton The Waterboys Aztec Camera Jesus & Mary Chain Primal Scream Lulu The Soup Dragons Teenage Fanclub The Sensational Alex Harvey Band I've included 11 coz The Skids/Big Country were both fronted by Stuart Adamson (R.I.P.)


Suedehead2 View member profile	22nd April 2012, 10:44 AM Post #289
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,670 User: 3,272	Other Scottish acts Annie Lennox Rod Stewart (although he was born in England) Andy Stewart Midge Ure (I'm not sure whether the other members of Slick were Scottish) The Proclaimers


blackcat View member profile	22nd April 2012, 04:28 PM Post #290
BuzzJack Regular Joined: 30 May 2011 Posts: 272 User: 13,909	Thanks Grebo and Suedehead, some good selections so far. Bearing in mind that this is top of the pops 1977, then maybe Barbara Dickson is worth a mention as well. One of my all-time favourite records was made by a sixties Scottish act, who go well with toast! Wonder if anyone can name them. Also let's not forget the late great Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street was a classic. This post has been edited by blackcat: 22nd April 2012, 04:41 PM


Suedehead2 View member profile	22nd April 2012, 06:56 PM Post #291
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,670 User: 3,272	Oh yes, how could I forget Marmalade? Also managed to forget Edwyn Collins and his former band Orange Juice.


fchd View member profile	23rd April 2012, 07:09 AM Post #292
BuzzJack Gold Member Joined: 14 July 2008 Posts: 3,807 User: 6,639	Altered Images!


blackcat View member profile	23rd April 2012, 09:18 AM Post #293
BuzzJack Regular Joined: 30 May 2011 Posts: 272 User: 13,909	Yes, Claire Grogan and Altered Imageis another one, as well as Orange Juice. The Marmalade record I like a lot is "Reflections Of My Life", an excellent self-penned song by Marmalade. Other examples I can think of are BA Robertson, Jim Diamond. I think Marillion were Scottish as well. Bound to be a lot more. Actually not sure if we should count Rod Stewart, Suedehead. If we count him, we might as well count AC/DC as well! This post has been edited by blackcat: 23rd April 2012, 09:21 AM


blackcat View member profile	23rd April 2012, 01:55 PM Post #294
BuzzJack Regular Joined: 30 May 2011 Posts: 272 User: 13,909	Thinking about it, there is one enormous Scottish act who no one has mentioned yet from the eighties and nineties - they had a number one with an old Troggs song in 1994 that topped the UK charts for.........................................ages and ages!!!! Very appropriate name for the weather so far this April, as well................


richie View member profile	23rd April 2012, 02:20 PM Post #295
Poet and Storyteller Joined: 11 March 2006 Posts: 6,753 User: 166	Well, The Skids were technically fronted by Richard Jobson, Grebo... Blackcat - I refuse to acknowledge that band... An indie special... Bis Urusei Yatsura (#40 for one week in 1997!) Malcolm Middleton Cocteau Twins The KLF (50% Scottish!) Strawberry Switchblade


Suedehead2 View member profile	23rd April 2012, 10:14 PM Post #296
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,670 User: 3,272	QUOTE(blackcat @ Apr 23 2012, 02:55 PM) Thinking about it, there is one enormous Scottish act who no one has mentioned yet from the eighties and nineties - they had a number one with an old Troggs song in 1994 that topped the UK charts for.........................................ages and ages!!!! Very appropriate name for the weather so far this April, as well................ I think The Drips (as I prefer to call them) are best forgotten


blackcat View member profile	24th April 2012, 09:07 AM Post #297
BuzzJack Regular Joined: 30 May 2011 Posts: 272 User: 13,909	QUOTE(richie @ Apr 23 2012, 02:20 PM) Well, The Skids were technically fronted by Richard Jobson, Grebo... Blackcat - I refuse to acknowledge that band... An indie special... Bis Urusei Yatsura (#40 for one week in 1997!) Malcolm Middleton Cocteau Twins The KLF (50% Scottish!) Strawberry Switchblade Yes, all good acts. Not sure if they were an Indie act as such, but weren't Lloyd Cole And The Commotions Scottish? Come to think of it, what about Bronski Beat/The Communards? Going back a bit, Lonnie Donegan was Glasgow born, as, I believe, was Donovan. All more worthwhile acts than Wet Wet Wet, some might say......................


Suedehead2 View member profile	24th April 2012, 11:22 AM Post #298
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,670 User: 3,272	Jimmy Somerville is Scottish but Richard Coles isn't so the Communards are half Scottish. The Commotions were based in Glasgow but Lloyd Cole himself was born in Derbyshire.


blackcat View member profile	24th April 2012, 01:49 PM Post #299
BuzzJack Regular Joined: 30 May 2011 Posts: 272 User: 13,909	QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Apr 24 2012, 11:22 AM) Jimmy Somerville is Scottish but Richard Coles isn't so the Communards are half Scottish. The Commotions were based in Glasgow but Lloyd Cole himself was born in Derbyshire. Thanks for the clarification, suedehead. Pretty sure I was right with the older, other two though. Lonnie Donegan and Donovan were both Scottish born. Don't forget Billy Connelly either. He had one or two comedy record hits in the UK charts. Also, I believe that the band Texas hailed from that part of the World.................


Suedehead2 View member profile	24th April 2012, 01:57 PM Post #300
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,670 User: 3,272	Oh yes, Texas. I saw them live a couple times when they were a support band. I didn't like them then and have continued not liking them ever since.