And while I was looking up/checking about Feeder, I never realised Steve Strange was Welsh.

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...............

Goldie Lookin' Chain were very Welsh

Yes, Dave Edmunds is Welsh. I should have remembered him. And, of course, we shouldn't forget Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.

Yes, well done fchd, it was Bobby Hebb. I struggle to remember any more hits by Bobby, though! :huh:

 

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

of course, we shouldn't forget Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.

 

Never forget them! Lovely band. Euros' solo stuff is all killer too.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.)

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

 

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! :P Wonder if anyone can name them.

 

Also let's not forget the late great Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street was a classic.

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Oh yes, how could I forget Marmalade?

 

Also managed to forget Edwyn Collins and his former band Orange Juice.

Altered Images!

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! :unsure:

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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................

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

 

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 :lol:

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...................... :D

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.

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.................

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.