Table of Contents
24 relations: Agadoo, Album, Barnsley, Black Lace, Chris Norman, Cologne, Duet, Eurovision Song Contest 1979, Hit song, Jerusalem, Lead vocalist, Liversedge, Living Next Door to Alice, Mary Ann (Black Lace song), Pop music, Rhythm guitar, Rock music, Roy Chubby Brown, Smokie (band), Sound recording and reproduction, Superman (Black Lace song), The Independent, United Kingdom, Yorkshire.
- Musicians from Barnsley
Agadoo
"Agadoo" is a novelty song recorded by the British band Black Lace in 1984.
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.
Barnsley
Barnsley is a market town in South Yorkshire, England.
Black Lace
Black Lace were a British pop band, best known for novelty party records, including their biggest hit, "Agadoo". Alan Barton and Black Lace are Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the United Kingdom.
See Alan Barton and Black Lace
Chris Norman
Christopher Ward Norman (born 25 October 1950) is an English soft rock singer. Alan Barton and Chris Norman are 20th-century British guitarists, 20th-century English singers, British soft rock musicians, English male guitarists, English male singers and English rock guitarists.
See Alan Barton and Chris Norman
Cologne
Cologne (Köln; Kölle) is the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
Duet
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists.
Eurovision Song Contest 1979
The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
See Alan Barton and Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Hit song
A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single or simply hit, is a recorded song or instrumental that becomes broadly popular or well-known.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard.
See Alan Barton and Lead vocalist
Liversedge
Liversedge is an industrial town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.
See Alan Barton and Liversedge
Living Next Door to Alice
"Living Next Door to Alice" is a song co-written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.
See Alan Barton and Living Next Door to Alice
Mary Ann (Black Lace song)
"Mary Ann" was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in English by Black Lace.
See Alan Barton and Mary Ann (Black Lace song)
Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Rhythm guitar
In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar); and to provide all or part of the harmony, i.e. the chords from a song's chord progression, where a chord is a group of notes played together.
See Alan Barton and Rhythm guitar
Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
See Alan Barton and Rock music
Roy Chubby Brown
Royston Vasey (born 3 February 1945), better known professionally as Roy Chubby Brown, is an English comedian.
See Alan Barton and Roy Chubby Brown
Smokie (band)
Smokie (originally spelt Smokey) are an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire.
See Alan Barton and Smokie (band)
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.
See Alan Barton and Sound recording and reproduction
Superman (Black Lace song)
"Superman", also titled "Gioca Jouer", is a 1981 novelty song, written by Italian musicians Claudio Cecchetto and Claudio Simonetti, and most famous in the UK for the 1983 recording by Black Lace.
See Alan Barton and Superman (Black Lace song)
The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
See Alan Barton and The Independent
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
See Alan Barton and United Kingdom
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is an area of Northern England which was historically a county.
See also
Musicians from Barnsley
- Adrian McNally
- Alan Barton
- Bryony Afferson
- Dave Burland
- Kate Rusby
- Kathryn Roberts
- Patric Standford
- Rosalie Deighton
- Sam Nixon
- Saxon (band)
- The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican