But were any of the original members in the band, and lets face it, would we even recognise any of them today.
Apparently yes, don't know how many, I didn't see Kenny, but certainly the bass player, Chris (?) with the low voice.
Yes, the intro of All The Young Dudes is pure magic, my picks for singles that epitomise glam might be. Metal Guru All The Young Dudes Drive in Saturday Leader of the Gang Mama We're all bad spellers now Tiger Feet
As this has bemused me for over 40 years, I've done the sensible thing and used Wiki! Bobby, you were right, as was I about Heart Of Stone, (I remember seeing the single in the "old" singles rack in a shop in Watford, on a trip with my Grandma!). A singer called (Tony) Kenny recorded this on Micky Most's RAK label and had a number 11 hit with it and the follow up, Give It To Me Now reached number 38, both in 1973. Tony Kenny returned to Ireland, and Micky Most, wanting to capitalise on the two hits, re-named a totally different band, Chuff, Kenny! So, The Bump, also the B side to the Bat City Rollers, All Of Me, Lives All Of You, was in fact the new Kenny's first hit, in 1974. My 42 year old mystery solved, simples! Bobby, the Heart Of Stone / RAK / Kenny, The Bump, first single question, has not remotely crossed my mind for over 40 years!
I was sent a text from a friend asking who sang Tiger Feet. Knowing her to be a wind up merchant, but not suspecting, as we often picked each other's brain on bands, I casually texted back, "that would be Mud". Back came the text That's right! That's right! That's right! That's right!
I did know that the Rollers did The Bump. I think I even have it on a CD somewhere. The 70s were so complicated, weren't they?!
I came across a track by Mud on a box set compilation of 70s hits, and I just had to laugh - a great rock´n´roll track, brimful of Asha... eh... energy: "L-L-Lucy". They don´t make´em like that anymore, as an old person would say. In this instance, me.
Tell us about it! "I Love Rock´n´Roll" makes everybody think of Joan Jett, but we all know Arrows got there first.
L-L-Lucy was them coming to the end of their hit making run. Shake It Down is a good one that no one seems to remember.
Emma, is another favourite from that era, and the Gallagher and Lyle, Breakaway album had some great songs. They were still touring a few years ago, too.
I had the Breakaway album. Some nice songs, though I prefer Art Garfunkel's version of the title track. Bryan Ferry also covered Heart On My Sleeve on his Let's Stick Together album. It's not bad!
The most known and important album of the glam era is "Ziggy Stardust", Bowie's first alter ego. To be honest the entire album could have been released as singles and many songs could have been instant hits IMO. However, not even Ziggy (the song) came out as a single in UK and that's a surprise. Only another song from "Ziggy Stardust" came out as a single, the powerful "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide". In the year of Bowie's death, it's fair to acknowledge "Ziggy Stardust", the character and the only album that survived the glam era.
Speaking of Gary Glitter, I've now found "Rock and Roll Part 1" up to "Rock and Roll Part 7" (I assume there's a Part 8, which would be an instrumental, but I haven't confirmed that). How many parts WERE there?!
Nope - there were at least three singles (Part 1 and 2, Part 3 and 4, Part 5 and 6), and a low-quality (presumably unreleased) Part 7 has appeared on a GG channel on YouTube. But given the formula for the first three singles (the odd-numbered part is a vocal version, the even-numbered part is the instrumental), I'm assuming there's a Part 8 I haven't found yet.
