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Find sources: "Showaddywaddy"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( March 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Three Steps To Heaven". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. Former guitarist Danny Willson returned to play with the band in September 2021 on a temporary arrangement.

BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Trocadero". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Bright Lights". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – You Got What It Takes". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Crepes And Drapes". 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 ]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! 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. Buddy Gask (born William George Gask, 18 December 1945, Leicester – 7 June 2011, Spain) — vocals (1973–1987) BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Showaddywaddy". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021.

BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Greatest Hits". 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. Al James (born Geoffrey Betts, 13 January 1946, Leicester – 16 November 2018) [7] — bass / vocals (1973–2008) saw the band's 30th Anniversary, and they celebrated by completing a successful 40-date UK-wide tour along with The Rubettes and Sweet.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 – Under The Moon Of Love". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021. Malcolm Allured left the band in 1984, followed by Russ Field in 1985, and Buddy Gask departed in 1987. Buddy passed away in 2011. BRIT Certified Award – Showaddywaddy – Dancin' Party". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 14 May 2021.