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Subject: Uncharted in North America: Black Lace
Written By: whistledog on 06/05/13 at 10:40 am
Black Lace were/are a novelty act from the UK who performed novelty/party songs. Initially a four piece, they went down to a duo in the 80s consisting of Colin Routh and Alan Barton. They began their career placing 7th in the Eurovision Song contest in 1979 with Mary Ann
http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/19/09a957ec792ed68d3ebd42e2a7c861ad/l.jpg
SINGLES:
1979 - Mary Ann
1983 - Superman (Gioca Jouer)
1984 - Agadoo
1985 - Do the Conga
1985 - El Vino Collapso
1985 - I Speaka Da Lingo
1985 - The Hokey Cokey
1986 - Viva La Mexico
1986 - Wig Wam Bam
1989 - I Am the Music Man
1990 - Gang Bang
1998 - Agadoo (new version)
The Hokey Cokey is a cover of the legendary party song of the same name, Wig Wam Bam is a cover of the 1972 Sweet song, and Agadoo is a cover of a 70s French song first made famous by Canadian singer Patrick Zabe. Over the last few years, Canadians will recognize the melody of Agadoo used as the jingle in a popular commercial for Vanilla Mini-Wheats
Though Black Lace never had success in North America, Agadoo was spoofed in the 1986 UK #1 hit The Chicken Song by Spitting Image that reached #90 in Canada.
In 1984, Black Lace released an album titled Party Party. I don't know if Black Lace had any physical releases in North America, but I have an album titled Party Party that does not have an artist tag. It has a 1984 release year, and the exact same song listing as the Black Lace album, but the singers sound a bit different
Superman (Gioca Jouer) / Agadoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqJVR6zz3lk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POv-3yIPSWc
Subject: Re: Uncharted in North America: Black Lace
Written By: karen on 06/05/13 at 11:18 am
A ga doo doo doo
push pineapple
shake the tree
agadoo doo doo
push pineapple
grind coffee
to the left
to the right
jump up and down and
to the knees
And I know all the actions :-[
Actually Superman is a better one
Subject: Re: Uncharted in North America: Black Lace
Written By: Paul on 06/05/13 at 12:58 pm
Alan Barton (he on the left) eventually decided to add a modicum of respectability to his career by taking over lead vocal duties with Smokie (who were still a big draw in Europe) when Chris Norman called it a day...sadly, Alan lost his life when the tour bus crashed in Germany...
There was also a rather risque version of 'Superman' stuck on the back of one of their 12"s...a favourite with some DJ's, as I recall...
Subject: Re: Uncharted in North America: Black Lace
Written By: robby76 on 06/06/13 at 8:36 pm
"Do The Conga" and "Agadoo" were big party favourites when I was a kid. Our family had both on vinyl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSQELFyr3qE
Subject: Re: Uncharted in North America: Black Lace
Written By: nally on 07/16/13 at 3:50 pm
A ga doo doo doo
push pineapple
shake the tree
agadoo doo doo
push pineapple
grind coffee
to the left
to the right
jump up and down and
to the knees
And I know all the actions :-long ago.