Showaddywaddy - Three steps To Heaven 1980

Stunning rare footage of Showaddywaddy singing live. I recorded this from a show of theirs in 1980.
Showaddywaddy are a 1970s pop group from Leicester, England. They specialised in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s, and dressed as Teddy Boys.
The band was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two groups, The Choice and The Hammers. This led to an eight member band, with the unusual feature of having two vocalists, a couple of drummers and two bassists. Their first single, "Hey Rock and Roll" (written by the band), was released in April 1974. It reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. Showaddywaddy then went on to have a further 22 UK hits (23 if Hey Rock 'n' Roll is included) from this point until late 1982. They had most of their biggest hits with covers of songs from the 1950s and the early 1960s. These cover versions included "Three Steps to Heaven" (originally by Eddie Cochran in 1960), "Heartbeat" (originally written and recorded by Buddy Holly), "Under the Moon of Love" (originally a U.S. hit for Curtis Lee in 1961 and co-written by Tommy Boyce), "When" (originally by the Kalin Twins), "You Got What It Takes" (originally by Marv Johnson) and "Dancin' Party" (originally by Chubby Checker). The above six singles were all produced by Mike Hurst (a former member of The Springfields, who had also previously produced Cat Stevens).
Following "Dancin' Party" the band produced themselves with more cover versions including "I Wonder Why" (originally by Dion and the Belmonts), "Blue Moon" (based on The Marcels' interpretation) and another Curtis Lee original "Pretty Little Angel Eyes", again co-written by Tommy Boyce. Their most recent chart single was "Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp-A-Bomp-A-Bomp)", a minor number 37 hit in 1982.
In total they had ten Top Ten singles, a solitary number one ("Under the Moon of Love" in 1976), and spent 209 weeks in the UK Singles Chart.
At the peak of their popularity, this tally included having seven, successive Top Five entries. Their biggest selling single was the aforementioned "Under the Moon of Love", which sold 985,000 copies.
Despite the hits drying up nearly three decades ago, Showaddywaddy have continued to tour, and still do around 100 dates a year all around Europe.
Cherry Red Records began to release Showaddywaddy's extensive album back catalogue on CD from 2000 onwards on their '7Ts' imprint. The reissues feature rare bonus tracks (B-sides and non-album singles); sleeve notes by Mark Brennan (Captain Oi!) and Steve Thorpe; pictures of rare and foreign single releases and memorabilia. They are as follows (released between October 2000 and April 2008).
The original Showaddywaddy line-up was:
Dave Bartram - Vocals - (born David Bartram, 23 March 1952, Leicester, England).
Buddy Gask - Vocals - (born William Gask, 18 December 1948, Leicester).
Russ Field - Guitar - (born James Lewis Russell Field, 1 September 1949, Berwick Upon Tweed).
Trevor Oakes - Guitar - (born Trevor Leslie Oakes, 9 September 1946, Leicester)
Al James - Bass - (born Geoffrey Betts, 13 January 1946, Leicester).
Rod Deas - Bass - (born Roderick Sinclair Deas, 13 February 1948, Scarborough, North Yorkshire).
Malcolm "Duke" Allured - Drums - (born Malcolm J Allured, 27 August 1945, Leicester).
Romeo Challenger - Drums - (born 19 May 1950, Antigua, West Indies). Please visit my other Channel. Keep Rockin!
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