Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
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Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (also known as DDDBMT), were a British
pop
/rock
group
of the 1960s. Two of their single releases sold in excess of one million copies each, and they reached Number One in the UK with the second of them, "The Legend of Xanadu
".
, David John Harman
, Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies, John Dymond, Michael Wilson and Ian Frederick Stephen Amey, formed a group in 1961, originally called Dave Dee and the Bostons. They soon gave up their jobs (e.g. Dave Dee was a policeman) to make their living from music. Apart from performing in the UK
, they also occasionally played in Hamburg
(Star-Club
, Top Ten Club
) and in Cologne
(Storyville).
Vocalist Dee, the ex-policeman, was at the scene of the automobile accident that took the life of the American
rock and roll
er Eddie Cochran
and injured Gene Vincent
in April 1960. Dee had taken Cochran's guitar from the accident and held it until it could be returned to his family.
In summer 1964, the British songwriter
s Ken Howard
and Alan Blaikley
became interested in recording
them. The band was set up in the studio to make recordings with Joe Meek
. These recording sessions failed to get off the ground as an interview with Dee stated that Meek "had very strange recording techniques. He wanted us to play the song at half speed and then he would speed it up and put all these little tricks on it. We said we couldn't do it that way. He exploded, threw coffee all over the studio and stormed up to his room. His assistant [Patrick Pink] came in and said, 'Mr Meek will not be doing any more recording today.' That was it. We lugged all our gear out and went back home". While these recording sessions proved unsuccessful they eventually gained a recording contract
with Fontana Records
.
They changed their name to Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — an amalgam of their nicknames. The distinctive name, coupled with well produced and catchy song
s by Howard and Blaikley, quickly caught the UK public's imagination and their records started to sell in abundance. Indeed, between 1965 and 1969, the group spent more weeks in the UK Singles Chart
than The Beatles
and made the odd tour 'downunder' to Australia and New Zealand, where they had also experienced some marked chart success during this period.
They also scored a Number One hit
in the UK Singles Chart in 1968 with "The Legend of Xanadu
". The combined sales figures were in excess of one million copies. Their other Top 10 UK hits included "Hideaway", "Hold Tight!
", "Bend It!", "Save Me", "Touch Me, Touch Me", "Okay!", "Zabadak!
" and "Last Night in Soho".
"Bend It!" was a big hit in Europe, including a Number One in Germany. In order to obtain a bouzouki
sound on the recording, an electrified mandolin
was used. The combined UK and European sales were over one million. However, in October 1966, the British music magazine, NME
commented that dozens of US radio station
s had banned the record, because the lyrics
were considered too suggestive. The group responded by recording a new version in London with a different set of words, which was rush released in the US, as the original single was withdrawn from sale.
The band were big sellers elsewhere in the world. In Australia, for instance, they reached the Top Ten with "Hold Tight!", "Bend It!", "Zabadak!" and "The Legend of Xanadu".
In the US, they were well known throughout the Northeast, achieving Top 10's with "Hold Tight", "Bend It" and "Save Me", particularly in Cleveland, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany and Boston where "Bend It" reached #1. "Zabadak" gained extensive US airplay during winter '67 - '68, climbing Top 10 in many major US markets including Los Angeles. "The Legend Of Xanadu" also found footing in Texas and Detroit. Despite pockets of radio exposure, the band never gained mass airplay in America. This was primarily a result of both Fontana and Imperial failing to secure them a US tour or TV appearances. Fontana set up just two national US TV's. These were in July 1966 ("Hold Tight" on Where The Action Is) and Piccadilly Palace on August 26, 1967 (performing their then-current single "Okay"). Imperial scored none.
In September, 1969, Dee left the group for a short-lived solo
career. NME reported the previous month that Dee was to play a motorbike gang leader, in the forthcoming Marty Feldman
film
, Every Home Should Have One. The rest of the band, re-billed as (D,B,M and T) continued releasing records, until they broke up in 1972. In the 1980s the group reformed again without Dee although there was one further single
with him, "Staying With It" in 1983. In the meantime Dee had become a record producer
with Magnet Records
.
In the 1990s, they started performing once more, this time with their one-time leader, Dee. Dee was a Justice of the Peace
in Cheshire
until he retired from the bench in 2008 due to his ailing health. He continued to perform with his band almost up until his death on 9 January 2009. He had been suffering from prostate cancer
since early 2001.
in his introduction to The Beatles
song "I Me Mine
" on Anthology 3
(originally from Let It Be). Harrison jokingly announced, "You all will have read that Dave Dee's no longer with us [referring to both Dave Dee's departure in September 1969 and to John Lennon having left the Beatles about the same time, while this recording was made without him in January 1970], but Micky and Tich and I would just like to carry on the good work that's always gone down in Number Two [referring to EMI Studio 2
, where the Beatles made the majority of their music]."
In Quentin Tarantino
's segment of the 2007 Grindhouse, Death Proof
, the character Jungle Julia (Sydney Tamiia Poitier
) calls a contact at the radio station
where she works, requesting the group's song "Hold Tight." (She mistakenly refers to them as "...Mitch and Tich"). She explains that, at one point, Pete Townshend
almost quit The Who
to join the group, which is also incorrect. Townshend did at one point consider forming a band with the members of the group Paddy, Klaus and Gibson when Roger Daltrey was fired from The Who for a short time, and John Entwistle was contemplating joining The Moody Blues to replace Clint Warwick. The song is then played as a build-up to the car crash sequence.
Their song "Bend It!" is used by the art group Gilbert and George
in one of their 1981 videos. It inspired their dance of the same name which they continue to perform live to this day.
Their song "Bend It!" is also used at the end of Futurama
sitcom's 'The Mutants Are Revolting
' episode.
The band, and their song "The Legend of Xanadu", is referenced in the BBC series Red Dwarf
in the episode 'Timeslides
'.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
group
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
of the 1960s. Two of their single releases sold in excess of one million copies each, and they reached Number One in the UK with the second of them, "The Legend of Xanadu
The Legend of Xanadu
"The Legend of Xanadu" is a single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich that reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1968, and was the group's biggest hit...
".
Biography
Five friends from WiltshireWiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, David John Harman
Dave Dee
Dave Dee , was an English singer-songwriter, musician, A&R manager, fundraiser and businessman. He was the frontman for 1960s pop band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.-Early life :...
, Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies, John Dymond, Michael Wilson and Ian Frederick Stephen Amey, formed a group in 1961, originally called Dave Dee and the Bostons. They soon gave up their jobs (e.g. Dave Dee was a policeman) to make their living from music. Apart from performing in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, they also occasionally played in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
(Star-Club
Star-Club
The Star-Club was a music club in Hamburg, Germany that opened Friday 13 April 1962 and was initially operated by Manfred Weissleder and Horst Fascher. In the sixties, many of the giants of rock music played at the club. The club closed on 31 December 1969 and the building it occupied was...
, Top Ten Club
Top Ten Club
The Top Ten Club was a music club in Hamburg, Germany owned by Peter Eckhorn. The address in Hamburg area St. Pauli was 136 Reeperbahn.-Musicians who have played here:...
) and in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
(Storyville).
Vocalist Dee, the ex-policeman, was at the scene of the automobile accident that took the life of the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
er Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran , was an American rock and roll pioneer who in his brief career had a small but lasting influence on rock music through his guitar playing. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "C'mon Everybody", "Somethin' Else", and "Summertime Blues", captured teenage frustration and desire in the...
and injured Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent
Vincent Eugene Craddock , known as Gene Vincent, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and rockabilly. His 1956 top ten hit with his Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-A-Lula", is considered a significant early example of rockabilly...
in April 1960. Dee had taken Cochran's guitar from the accident and held it until it could be returned to his family.
In summer 1964, the British songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
s Ken Howard
Ken Howard (composer)
Ken Howard is an English songwriter, lyricist, author and television director.-International hits in the 1960s and 1970s:...
and Alan Blaikley
Alan Blaikley
-Early life and career:Born in London, where he survived the Blitz, Alan Blaikley was educated at University College School , Hampstead, and Wadham College, Oxford, where he read Classical Moderations and English, and was Reviews Editor of the university newspaper Cherwell.After coming down from...
became interested in recording
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
them. The band was set up in the studio to make recordings with Joe Meek
Joe Meek
Robert George "Joe" Meek was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter....
. These recording sessions failed to get off the ground as an interview with Dee stated that Meek "had very strange recording techniques. He wanted us to play the song at half speed and then he would speed it up and put all these little tricks on it. We said we couldn't do it that way. He exploded, threw coffee all over the studio and stormed up to his room. His assistant [Patrick Pink] came in and said, 'Mr Meek will not be doing any more recording today.' That was it. We lugged all our gear out and went back home". While these recording sessions proved unsuccessful they eventually gained a recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
with Fontana Records
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records. In the seventies PolyGram acquired the dormant label....
.
They changed their name to Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — an amalgam of their nicknames. The distinctive name, coupled with well produced and catchy song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
s by Howard and Blaikley, quickly caught the UK public's imagination and their records started to sell in abundance. Indeed, between 1965 and 1969, the group spent more weeks in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
than The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
and made the odd tour 'downunder' to Australia and New Zealand, where they had also experienced some marked chart success during this period.
They also scored a Number One hit
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
in the UK Singles Chart in 1968 with "The Legend of Xanadu
The Legend of Xanadu
"The Legend of Xanadu" is a single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich that reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1968, and was the group's biggest hit...
". The combined sales figures were in excess of one million copies. Their other Top 10 UK hits included "Hideaway", "Hold Tight!
Hold Tight!
Hold Tight! is the name of a pop/rock song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. The song was recorded on 11 January 1966 at Fontana's studios in Marble Arch, London and released as a single in February 1966 with the B-side You Know What I Want, and on 24 June 1966, on the band's debut album If...
", "Bend It!", "Save Me", "Touch Me, Touch Me", "Okay!", "Zabadak!
Zabadak (song)
"Zabadak" is the name of a hit song by the musical group Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, written by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley. It was featured on the 1967 Boxing Day episode of Top of the Pops....
" and "Last Night in Soho".
"Bend It!" was a big hit in Europe, including a Number One in Germany. In order to obtain a bouzouki
Bouzouki
The bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
sound on the recording, an electrified mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
was used. The combined UK and European sales were over one million. However, in October 1966, the British music magazine, NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
commented that dozens of US radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
s had banned the record, because the lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
were considered too suggestive. The group responded by recording a new version in London with a different set of words, which was rush released in the US, as the original single was withdrawn from sale.
The band were big sellers elsewhere in the world. In Australia, for instance, they reached the Top Ten with "Hold Tight!", "Bend It!", "Zabadak!" and "The Legend of Xanadu".
In the US, they were well known throughout the Northeast, achieving Top 10's with "Hold Tight", "Bend It" and "Save Me", particularly in Cleveland, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany and Boston where "Bend It" reached #1. "Zabadak" gained extensive US airplay during winter '67 - '68, climbing Top 10 in many major US markets including Los Angeles. "The Legend Of Xanadu" also found footing in Texas and Detroit. Despite pockets of radio exposure, the band never gained mass airplay in America. This was primarily a result of both Fontana and Imperial failing to secure them a US tour or TV appearances. Fontana set up just two national US TV's. These were in July 1966 ("Hold Tight" on Where The Action Is) and Piccadilly Palace on August 26, 1967 (performing their then-current single "Okay"). Imperial scored none.
In September, 1969, Dee left the group for a short-lived solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
career. NME reported the previous month that Dee was to play a motorbike gang leader, in the forthcoming Marty Feldman
Marty Feldman
Martin Alan "Marty" Feldman was an English comedy writer, comedian and actor who starred in a series of British television comedy shows, including At Last the 1948 Show, and Marty, which won two BAFTA awards and was the first Saturn Award winner for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Young...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, Every Home Should Have One. The rest of the band, re-billed as (D,B,M and T) continued releasing records, until they broke up in 1972. In the 1980s the group reformed again without Dee although there was one further single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
with him, "Staying With It" in 1983. In the meantime Dee had become a record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
with Magnet Records
Magnet Records
Magnet Records was a record label started in 1973 by Michael Levy and acquired by Warner Bros. Records in 1988 for an estimated £10m.Artists on the label included Alvin Stardust, Matchbox, Adrian Baker, Silver Convention, Guys 'n' Dolls, Darts, Kissing the Pink, Bad Manners, David D'Or, Blue Zoo...
.
In the 1990s, they started performing once more, this time with their one-time leader, Dee. Dee was a Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
in Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
until he retired from the bench in 2008 due to his ailing health. He continued to perform with his band almost up until his death on 9 January 2009. He had been suffering from prostate cancer
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly...
since early 2001.
Legacy
The group was partially cited by George HarrisonGeorge Harrison
George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
in his introduction to The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
song "I Me Mine
I Me Mine
"I Me Mine" is a song by The Beatles, written and sung by George Harrison. I Me Mine is also the title of Harrison's autobiography. The song traces its origins to the January 1969 Get Back/Let It Be sessions, when it was rehearsed by the band at Twickenham Film Studios.-Origin:The set of pronouns...
" on Anthology 3
Anthology 3
Anthology 3 is a compilation album by The Beatles released in October 1996 by Apple Records as part of The Beatles Anthology series. The album includes rarities and alternative tracks from the final two years of the band's career, ranging from the initial sessions for The Beatles to the last...
(originally from Let It Be). Harrison jokingly announced, "You all will have read that Dave Dee's no longer with us [referring to both Dave Dee's departure in September 1969 and to John Lennon having left the Beatles about the same time, while this recording was made without him in January 1970], but Micky and Tich and I would just like to carry on the good work that's always gone down in Number Two [referring to EMI Studio 2
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
, where the Beatles made the majority of their music]."
In Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
's segment of the 2007 Grindhouse, Death Proof
Death Proof
Death Proof is a 2007 American action thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film centers on a psychopathic stunt man who stalks young women before murdering them in staged car accidents using his "death-proof" stunt car...
, the character Jungle Julia (Sydney Tamiia Poitier
Sydney Tamiia Poitier
Sydney Tamiia Poitier is an American actress known for her work on television.- Biography :Sydney is the daughter of famous Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier....
) calls a contact at the radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
where she works, requesting the group's song "Hold Tight." (She mistakenly refers to them as "...Mitch and Tich"). She explains that, at one point, Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
almost quit The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
to join the group, which is also incorrect. Townshend did at one point consider forming a band with the members of the group Paddy, Klaus and Gibson when Roger Daltrey was fired from The Who for a short time, and John Entwistle was contemplating joining The Moody Blues to replace Clint Warwick. The song is then played as a build-up to the car crash sequence.
Their song "Bend It!" is used by the art group Gilbert and George
Gilbert and George
Gilbert & George are two artists who work together as a collaborative duo. Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore have become famous for their distinctive, highly formal appearance and manner and their brightly coloured graphic-style photo-based artworks.-Early life:Gilbert Proesch was...
in one of their 1981 videos. It inspired their dance of the same name which they continue to perform live to this day.
Their song "Bend It!" is also used at the end of Futurama
Futurama
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
sitcom's 'The Mutants Are Revolting
The Mutants Are Revolting
"The Mutants Are Revolting" is the twelfth episode of the sixth season of the animated sitcom Futurama and is the 100th episode of the series. It aired on Comedy Central on September 2, 2010 as a mid-season finale, with remaining episodes broadcast in November 2010 and in 2011. In the episode, the...
' episode.
The band, and their song "The Legend of Xanadu", is referenced in the BBC series Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf is a British comedy franchise which primarily comprises eight series of a television science fiction sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and Dave from 2009–present. It gained cult following. It was created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, who also wrote the first six series...
in the episode 'Timeslides
Timeslides
"Timeslides" is the fifth episode of science fiction sit-com Red Dwarf Series III, and the seventeenth in the series run. It premiered on the British television channel BBC2 on 12 December 1989. Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye, the plot deals with Lister's desire to...
'.
Band members
- Dave Dee (born David John Harman, 17 December 1941, SalisburySalisburySalisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...
, WiltshireWiltshireWiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
; died 9 January 2009; Kingston upon ThamesKingston upon ThamesKingston upon Thames is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned and is now a suburb situated south west of Charing Cross. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the...
, SurreySurreySurrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
) – lead vocals - Dozy (b. Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies, 27 November 1944, EnfordEnfordEnford is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes nine small settlements along the banks of the headwaters of the River Avon...
, Wiltshire) – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Beaky (b. John Dymond, 10 July 1944, Salisbury, Wiltshire) – rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
- Mick (b. Michael Wilson, 4 March 1944, Salisbury, Wiltshire) – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Tich (b. Ian Frederick Stephen Amey, 15 May 1944, Enford, Wiltshire) – lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
Albums
- Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1966) - UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
#11 - If Music Be the Food of Love... Prepare for Indigestion (1966) - UK #27
- Golden Hits of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1967) (UK only)
- Greatest Hits (1967) (US only, Fontana 27567) USBillboard 200The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
#155 - What's in a Name (1967)
- If No One Sang... (1968)
- DDDBM&T (1969)
- Together (1969)
- Attention (1971)
- The BBC Sessions (liveLive albumA live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
) (2008)
Singles
| Release date | A-Side A-side and B-side A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or... |
B-Side A-side and B-side A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or... |
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
US Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
Australia Top 40 | Germany | NZ Singles Chart 1966+ | Austria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1965 | "No Time" | "Is It Love?" | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| July 1965 | "All I Want" | "It Seems a Pity" | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| November 1965 | "You Make It Move" | "I Can't Stop" | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
| February 1966 | "Hold Tight! Hold Tight! Hold Tight! is the name of a pop/rock song by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. The song was recorded on 11 January 1966 at Fontana's studios in Marble Arch, London and released as a single in February 1966 with the B-side You Know What I Want, and on 24 June 1966, on the band's debut album If... " |
"You Know What I Want" | 4 | - | 29 | 4 | 8 | - |
| June 1966 | "Hideaway" | "Here's a Heart" | 10 | - | - | 3 | 13 | - |
| September 1966 | "Bend It!" | "She's So Good" | 2 | 110 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| December 1966 | "Save Me" | "Shame" | 3 | - | 15 | 2 | 5 | - |
| March 1967 | "Touch Me, Touch Me" | "Marina" | 13 | - | 33 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| May 1967 | "Okay!" | "He's a Raver" | 4 | - | 32 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
| September 1967 | "Zabadak! Zabadak (song) "Zabadak" is the name of a hit song by the musical group Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, written by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley. It was featured on the 1967 Boxing Day episode of Top of the Pops.... " |
"The Sun Goes Down" | 3 | 52 | - | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| February 1968 | "The Legend of Xanadu The Legend of Xanadu "The Legend of Xanadu" is a single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich that reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1968, and was the group's biggest hit... " |
"Please" | 1 | 123 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| June 1968 | "Last Night in Soho" | "Mrs. Thursday" | 8 | - | - | 13 | 4 | - |
| September 1968 | "The Wreck of the 'Antoinette'" | "Still Life" | 14 | - | - | 21 | 1 | - |
| February 1969 | "Don Juan" | "Margareta Lidman" | 23 | - | 25 | 22 | 13 | 7 |
| May 1969 | "Snake in the Grass" | "Bora Bora!" | 23 | - | - | 18 | 5 | - |
| November 1969 | "Tonight, Today" | "Bad News" | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| April 1970 | "Mr. President" | "Frisco Annie" | 33 | - | - | - | 12 | - |
| August 1970 | "Festival" | "Leader of a Rock n' Roll Band" | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 1971 | "I Want To Be There" | "For The Use of Your Son" | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| March 1974 | "She's My Lady" | "Babeigh" | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| January 1983 | "Staying With It" | "Sure Thing" | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Compilations
- Best Of (Spectrum, 2002)
- The Very Best Of (Universal TV, 2008) UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
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