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BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Under The Moon Of Love". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. The band was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two groups, Choise and the Golden Hammers, the latter often known simply as The Hammers. They both played at the Fosse Way pub in Leicester, and soon discovered shared musical tastes. After playing together in jamming sessions, they joined together permanently, and Showaddywaddy were born. This led to an eight-member band, with the unusual feature of having two vocalists, two drummers, two guitarists, and two bassists. The band's first professional gig was at the Dreamland Ballroom in Margate, Kent, on 1 September 1973. [ citation needed] Hits [ edit ] BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – You Got What It Takes". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. Showaddywaddy released 11 albums during their original period (1974 to 1983), with five of these reaching the top-10, and including one number one album (Greatest Hits 76-78) in 1978. In all there have been over 50 Showaddywaddy albums and CDs released to date.

BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Crepes And Drapes". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. Al James retired from the band in 2008, playing his last gig with the band at the Cheese & Grain in Frome, Somerset, on 20 December 2008. In early 2009, Trevor Oakes decided to take a break from the band due to ill health. He left the band and officially retired on 1 May 2009, meaning his last gig was also at the Cheese & Grain. Trevor Oakes is the father of footballers Scott Oakes and Stefan Oakes. Challenger is the father of Benjamin Challenger who trialled for Leicester City before playing basketball for Leicester Riders then moving into athletics, gained medals in the high jump at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games. Danny Willson also left the band during 2009 to join Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash, and his last gig was in Denmark on 8 August that year.Lead singer Dave Bartram left Showaddywaddy on 3 December 2011 after 38 years fronting the band, and his last gig was at the Kings Hall Theatre in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Bartram continues as the band's manager, a role he has undertaken since 1984. The Ilkley gig also marked saxophonist David Graham's last gig, who had been touring with the band since August 2009. Buddy Gask (born William George Gask, 18 December 1945, Leicester – 7 June 2011, Spain) — vocals (1973–1987)

Showaddywaddy have continued to tour, and still do around 100 dates a year in the UK and Europe. The band currently consists of one remaining original member, Romeo Challenger, along with vocalist Andy Pelos, bass player Tom Bull, guitarist and drummer Sam Holland, vocalist and guitarist Billy Shannon, and saxophonist/guitarist David Graham who rejoined the band in 2020 (having previously toured with the band 2009 to 2011). By 2010, the line up consisted of three of the original 8 members - Dave Bartram, Rod Deas and Romeo Challenger. In the autumn of 2011, Dave Bartram announced his retirement from the band, and played his last gig at The Kings Hall in Ilkley in West Yorkshire on 3rd December of that year. David Graham left the band at the same time.

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Showaddywaddy never gave up. Turning their attention to the cabaret and nostalgia circuits, the group continued gigging heavily, with the 2001 lineup including five members of the original octet. Of the remainder, Allured and Gask (plus a later bandmember, Ray Martinez) perform as the Teddys. The Sun Album appeared in 2008. ~ Dave Thompson HOMETOWN Leicester, England For many years (1987 to 2008), the line up consisted of five of the original eight members: Dave, Trevor, Al, Rod and Romeo, along with Ray Martinez on lead guitar (1985 to 1995) followed by Danny Willson on lead guitar (1995 to 2009). Al James and Trevor Oakes retired from the band in December 2008, and were replaced by Paul Dixon and Dave Graham. Al James passed away in November 2018. BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Pretty Little Angel Eyes". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021.

Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.273. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Al James (born Geoffrey Betts, 13 January 1946, Leicester – 16 November 2018) [7] — bass / vocals (1973–2008) This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Bright Lights". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Three Steps To Heaven". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021.

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BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Greatest Hits 1976–1978". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. The Fosseway, Melton Road, Leicester. Seen here on 16th December 2005. Now trading as Indigos Vegetarian Indian Restaurant, it was still trading as The Fosseway Pub when current owners moved in around 2000. BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Trocadero". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – When". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021.

saw the band's 30th Anniversary, and they celebrated by completing a successful 40-date UK-wide tour along with The Rubettes and Sweet. BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Red Star". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. The original and most famous Showaddywaddy line up had two vocalists, two guitarists, two bass players and two drummers, which gave the band great flexibility on stage with four or five members playing the instruments and the others doing the dance routines. At their peak, they were doing 200 gigs a year, often gigging 7 days a week, and playing both matinee and evening performances on the same day - the guys certainly put a lot of work in!Rod Deas retired from the band early in 2019, playing his last gig with Showaddywaddy at The Qube in Corby on Friday 25 January. Dave Bartram returned to the stage to give Rod a farewell speech before the second set. Guitarist Ray Hatfield (who joined January 2017 when Paul Dixon left), keyboardist Dean Loach, and bassist Billy Norman (who joined the band in January 2018) all left Showaddywaddy in the summer of 2020. Former guitarist Danny Willson returned to play with the band in September 2021 on a temporary arrangement. Malcolm Allured left the band in 1984, followed by Russ Field in 1985, and Buddy Gask departed in 1987. Buddy passed away in 2011.