Morgan-McVey
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Morgan Mcvey were a mid-1980s pop
duo with a background in fashion photography
, video direction and modeling, composed on Jamie Morgan and Cameron McVey
. Jamie Morgan has been highly influential as part of Buffalo, a styling team whose streetwise look was typical in the style mags of the time.
The group released a single, "Looking Good Diving," through Sony Records in 1986, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman
and mixed by Phil Harding
. The B side, called "Looking Good Diving (with the Wild Bunch)" featuring Neneh Cherry
, was a tribute to the buffalo stance. The B side was rerecorded 2 years later by Neneh Cherry as "Buffalo Stance
" and it went to #3 in the UK Charts and the Top 10 around the world in 1988.
Jamie J. Morgan also released a single through Sony, a cover of the Lou Reed
classic "Walk on the Wild Side," which peaked on the Australia Charts at #23 in April 1990.
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...
duo with a background in fashion photography
Fashion photography
Fashion photography is a genre of photography devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. Fashion photography is most often conducted for advertisements or fashion magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, or Elle...
, video direction and modeling, composed on Jamie Morgan and Cameron McVey
Cameron McVey
Cameron Andrew McVey is a British music producer, best known for his work with Neneh Cherry, Massive Attack, Portishead, All Saints, and Sugababes.-Family:...
. Jamie Morgan has been highly influential as part of Buffalo, a styling team whose streetwise look was typical in the style mags of the time.
The group released a single, "Looking Good Diving," through Sony Records in 1986, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
and mixed by Phil Harding
Phil Harding (producer)
Phil Harding is an English audio engineer, producer and remixer, best known for his extended collaboration with keyboardist and programmer Ian Curnow....
. The B side, called "Looking Good Diving (with the Wild Bunch)" featuring Neneh Cherry
Neneh Cherry
Neneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...
, was a tribute to the buffalo stance. The B side was rerecorded 2 years later by Neneh Cherry as "Buffalo Stance
Buffalo Stance
"Buffalo Stance" is a 1988 song that peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart recorded by Neneh Cherry from her album Raw Like Sushi, produced by Tim Simenon and Mark Saunders.-History:...
" and it went to #3 in the UK Charts and the Top 10 around the world in 1988.
Jamie J. Morgan also released a single through Sony, a cover of the Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
classic "Walk on the Wild Side," which peaked on the Australia Charts at #23 in April 1990.