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Middle of the Road (band)

Index Middle of the Road (band)

Middle of the Road is a Scottish pop group who have enjoyed success across Europe and Latin America since the 1970s. [1]

43 relations: ABBA, Ariola Records, Ö3 Austria Top 40, Bassist, Bay City Rollers, Bearsden, Bubblegum pop, Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, Drummer, Dutch Top 40, Europe, Europop, Frank Valdor, Germany, GfK Entertainment Charts, Glasgow, Guitarist, Hit record, Hit single, Italy, Lanarkshire, Latin America, List of best-selling singles, Mega Top 50, Muirhead, North Lanarkshire, Music of Latin America, Music recording certification, Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series), Partick, Pop music, RCA Records, Record producer, Sally Carr, Scotland, Singing, Single (music), Song, Songwriter, Stephan Ebn, Switzerland, UK Singles Chart, United Kingdom, VG-lista.

ABBA

ABBA are a Swedish pop group, formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

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Ariola Records

Ariola Records (also known as Ariola, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label.

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Ö3 Austria Top 40

Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3.

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Bassist

A bassist, or bass player, is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone.

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Bay City Rollers

The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop band whose popularity peaked in the mid 1970s.

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Bearsden

Bearsden is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow.

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Bubblegum pop

Bubblegum pop (also known as bubblegum music or simply bubblegum) is a genre of pop music with an upbeat sound contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens and teenagers, which may be produced in an assembly-line process, driven by producers and often using unknown singers.

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Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" is a song recorded in 1970 by its composer Lally Stott, and made popular later that year by Scottish band Middle of the Road for whom it was a UK number one chart hit.

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Drummer

A drummer is a percussionist who creates and accompanies music using drums.

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Dutch Top 40

The Dutch Top 40 (Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart compiled by Stichting Nederlandse Top 40.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Europop

Europop (also Euro pop) refers to a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the late 1960s and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s.

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Frank Valdor

Frank Valdor (27 May 1937 – 5 August 2013) was one of the great German bandleaders having sold over 2.5 millions records during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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GfK Entertainment Charts

The GfK Entertainment Charts are the official music charts in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment GmbH (formerly Media Control GmbH and Media Control GfK International GmbH) on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie (Federal Association of Phonographic Industry).

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Guitarist

A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar.

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Hit record

A hit record is an audio recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" (appeared on) one of the popular chart listings.

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Hit single

A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (Siorrachd Lannraig, Lanrikshire) is a historic county in the central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Latin America

Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Spanish, French and Portuguese are spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.

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List of best-selling singles

This article is a compendium of the best-selling music singles.

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Mega Top 50

The Mega Top 50 is a Dutch music chart compiled by SoundAware.

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Muirhead, North Lanarkshire

Muirhead is a small town approximately North-East of Glasgow city centre.

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Music of Latin America

The music of Latin America refers to music originating from Latin America, namely the Romance-speaking countries and territories of the Americas and the Caribbean south of the United States.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)

Opportunity Knocks is a British television and radio talent show originally hosted by Hughie Green, with a late-1980s revival hosted by Bob Monkhouse, and later by previous winner Les Dawson.

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Partick

Partick (Pairtick, Pàrtaig) is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Record producer

A record producer or track producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer's music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album.

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Sally Carr

Sally Carr (born 28 March 1945) is a Scottish singer, best known as the lead singer of the 1970s pop group Middle of the Road.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Song

A song, most broadly, is a single (and often standalone) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Stephan Ebn

Stephan Ebn (born 13 February 1978 in Kelheim, Lower Bavaria) is a German drummer and music producer.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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VG-lista

VG-lista is a Norwegian record chart.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_of_the_Road_(band)

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