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Overview

The band initially comprised four members, Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who wrote and recorded together for about three years before taking on the name of 10cc in 1972. Graham Keith Gouldman (born on 10 May 1946, in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, in England) is an English songwriter and musician who was a long-time member of British band 10cc. ... Eric Stewart is a musician and songwriter most known for his tenure in 10CC in the 1970s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Godley & Creme is a duo of musicians and music video directors. ...

The lineup featured two strong songwriting teams who injected their songs with sharp wit and lyrical dexterity. The more "commercial" team of Stewart (vocals, guitars, keyboards) and Gouldman (bass, guitars, mandolin, zither, vocals) were generally fairly straightforward 'pop' songwriters, who created some of the group's most accessible material. In the sleeve notes to the 1996 CD reissue of their 1975 LP The Original Soundtrack, Gouldman described himself and Stewart as "guitar freaks". The Original Soundtrack is a 1975 album by 10cc. ...

The experimental half of 10cc was Godley (vocals, drums, percussion) and Creme (vocals, guitar, keyboards), who brought a distinctive "art school" sensibility and a more "cinematic" writing style to the group.

All four members were skilled multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, and each could perform convincingly as lead singers. The original lineup recorded a string of Top Ten singles and released four LPs, achieving increasingly wide popularity and chart success.

The band suffered a split in 1976, when Godley and Creme left to form Godley & Creme, leaving Gouldman and Stewart to continue touring and recording as 10cc with a variety of musicians including Rick Fenn, Stuart Tosh, Andrew Gold and Paul McCartney enlisted for each album. Godley & Creme was a duo of English pop musicians and music video directors, namely Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. ... Rick Fenn Rick Fenn is an English rock guitarist. ... Stuart Tosh was born in Aberdeen, Scotland September 26, 1951. ... Andrew Gold (born August 2, 1951, in Burbank, California) is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known for his 1976 Top 5 single Lonely Boy and the 1978 single Thank You For Being A Friend. Andrews parents were singer Marni Nixon (who provided the singing voice for numerous... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ...

The band took a nine-year hiatus from 1983, before releasing two more albums. There have been no albums since 1995, although in 2004 Gouldman began touring with several peripheral band members, billing themselves as "10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends".

History

Prehistory to 1972

The band’s professional beginnings can be traced to the early 1960s, as for almost full decade before 10cc was founded, various future 10cc members teamed up to work with each other on a variety of recording projects. For three 10cc members, their associations can be traced back even further: Godley & Creme had known each other as children in Manchester, and Gouldman and Godley had gone to the same secondary school. Their shared passion for music meant the three would often be playing at their local Jewish Lads' Brigade in their teens. Manchester shown within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region North West England Ceremonial county Greater Manchester Admin HQ Manchester City Centre Founded 13th Century City Status 1853 Government  - Type Metropolitan borough, City  - Governing body Manchester City Council Area  - Borough & City 115. ... The Jewish Lads Brigade was a military association of English Jewish boys, formed, organized, and directed by Col. ...

The Whirlwinds, The Sabres, The Mockingbirds (1964-1966)

The earliest known example of future 10cc members collaborating on record occurred in 1964, when Graham Gouldman's beat-group band The Whirlwinds recorded a Lol Creme composition ("Baby Not Like You") as the B-side of their only single. The Whirlwinds shortly thereafter re-shuffled their line-up, and became a quartet known as The Mockingbirds; this group featured Gouldman on vocals and guitar, and Kevin Godley on drums. To join The Mockingbirds, Godley jumped ship from the ranks of The Sabres, a band he had been in with Lol Creme that never made it to the recording studio.

The Mockingbirds issued five non-charting singles in 1965 and '66 before dissolving -- but even as The Mockingbirds' singles were flopping, Gouldman was making a name for himself as a hit songwriter. The Yardbirds' "Heart Full of Soul" and "For Your Love", and The Hollies' "Look Through Any Window" and "Bus Stop" were all Gouldman-penned hits of 65/66. Other notable Gouldman hits of the era included Herman's Hermits' "No Milk Today", "East West" and "Listen People". Not to be confused with Yard Birds. ... The Hollies are an English Beat group formed in the early 1960s. ... Best of the 60s album Hermans Hermits were an English rock band in the 1960s, formed in Manchester in 1963. ...

The Mindbenders (1965-1968)

Meanwhile, the fourth future member of 10cc, was also tasting significant pop music success: guitarist Eric Stewart was a member of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, a group that hit #1 with "The Game Of Love", and had scored a number of other mid-1960s hits. When Fontana left the band in 1965, the group became known simply as The Mindbenders, and Stewart became their lead vocalist. The first Mindbenders single was the hit "A Groovy Kind Of Love"; follow-up singles were either minor hits or did not chart, although they did maintain a high enough profile to merit an appearance in the 1967 film To Sir, With Love. The Mindbenders (originally Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders) was a 1960s British Invasion band founded by Wayne Fontana (born Glyn Ellis 28 October 1945 in Manchester). ... To Sir, with Love (1967) is a British film starring Sidney Poitier that deals with social issues in an inner city school, written and directed by James Clavell and based on the memoir of the same name by E.R. Braithwaite. ...

In mid-1968, Graham Gouldman joined Stewart in The Mindbenders, playing on some tour dates and writing and playing on the band's final single, 1968's "Uncle Joe The Ice Cream Man" (which was arranged by future Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones). This single did not chart, and as the feeling within the band was that they had had their day, The Mindbenders broke up. Led Zeppelin were an English rock band who formed in 1968. ...

The Formation of Strawberry Studios (1968)

In the dying days of The Mindbenders, Stewart began recording demos of new material at Inner City Studios, a Stockport studio then owned by Peter Tattersall. In July 1968 Stewart joined Tattersall as a partner in the studio, where he could further hone his skills as a recording engineer. In late 1968, the studio was renamed Strawberry Studios, after The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever". The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... BRILLIANT SONG! Music sample Strawberry Fields Forever ( file info) Problems? See media help. ...

Gouldman, meanwhile, was much more in demand as a songwriter than as a performer, and in 1969 he began writing for Marmalade, an independent label owned by former Yardbirds manager Giorgio Gomelsky. Gouldman would regularly demo his material at Strawberry (in addition to other studios). Not to be confused with Yard Birds. ... Giorgio Gomelsky is an influential music manager and record producer. ...

The Yellow Bellow Boom Room, Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon (1967-1969)

Meanwhile, after The Mockingbirds broke up, Godley and Creme had reunited and issued one single as The Yellow Bellow Boom Room in June 1967.

In 1969 Gouldman took Godley and Creme to a Marmalade label recording session. Label boss Gomelsky was sufficiently impressed by Godley's falsetto to offer him and Creme a recording deal. Godley & Creme recorded number of basic tracks with Stewart on guitar and Gouldman on bass, and one song, "I'm Beside Myself", was released as a single credited to Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon.

Gomelsky planned to market the team as a duo in the vein of Simon and Garfunkel. Plans for an album by Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon faltered, however, when Marmalade ran out of funds. Simon and Garfunkel are an American popular music duo comprising Paul Simon and Arthur Art Garfunkel. ...

Before Marmalade went under, both Godley and Gouldman placed solo tracks on "100 Proof", a 1969 sampler album issued by the label. These solo tracks both involved Stewart and Creme.

The Bubblegum Era (1969-1970)

By 1969, all four members of the original 10cc line-up were working together reguarly at Strawberry Studios. Around the same time, noted American bubblegum pop writer-producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz of Super K Productions came to England and commissioned Gouldman to write and produce formula bubblegum songs. Many of these songs were recorded at Strawberry Studios, and were either augmented or performed entirely by varying combinations of the future 10cc lineup. Bubblegum pop, also known as bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, youth music, or simply bubblegum, is a genre of popular music. ... Super K Productions was a record label specializing in Bubblegum_pop. ...

Among the recordings from this period was "Sausalito", a #86 US hit credited to Ohio Express, and released in July 1969. In reality, the song featured Gouldman on lead vocal, and vocal and instrumental backing by the other three future 10cc members. The Ohio Express was a Bubblegum pop/garage band that fronted for Kasenetz and Katzs Super K Productions studio musicians, including singer/songwriter Joey Levine (Yummy Yummy Yummy). Categories: American musical groups | Popular musical groups | Musical group stubs ...

In December 1969 Kasenetz and Katz agreed to a proposal by Gouldman that he work solely at Strawberry, rather than moving constantly between Stockport, London and New York. Gouldman convinced the pair that these throwaway two-minute songs could all be written, performed and produced by him and his three colleagues, Stewart, Godley and Creme, at a fraction of the price of hiring outside session musicians. Kasenetz and Katz booked the studio for three months.

Kevin Godley recalled:^[1]

The three-month project resulted in a number of tracks that appeared under various band names owned by Kasenetz-Katz, including "There Ain't No Umbopo" by Crazy Elephant, "When He Comes" by Fighter Squadron and "Come On Plane" by Silver Fleet (all three with lead vocals by Godley), and the million-selling "Susan's Tuba" by Freddie and the Dreamers (which featured lead vocals by Gouldman). Crazy Elephant was a short-lived American bubblegum pop band noted for their 1968 hit single, Gimme Gimme Good Lovin. Crazy Elephant was a studio concoction, created by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz. ... Freddie and the Dreamers were a British musical band who had a number of hit records between May 1963 and November 1965. ...

Lol Creme remembered:

Hotlegs, Doctor Father, The New Wave Band (1970-1971)

When the three-month production deal with Kasenetz-Katz ended, Gouldman returned to New York to work as a staff songwriter for Super K Productions while the remaining three continued to dabble in the studio. Super K Productions was a record label specializing in Bubblegum_pop. ...

"Neanderthal Man" Italian cover

With Gouldman absent, Godley, Creme and Stewart continued recording singles. The first, "Neanderthal Man", released under the name Hotlegs, began life as a test of drum layering at the new Strawberry Studios mixing desk, but when released as a single by Fontana Records in July 1970, climbed to No.2 in the UK charts and became a worldwide hit, selling more than two million copies. Around the same time, the trio released "Umbopo" under the name of Doctor Father. The song, a slower, longer and more melancholic version of the track earlier released under the name of Crazy Elephant, failed to chart. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Hotlegs were a short-lived British studio group best known for their one and only hit Neanderthal Man in 1970. ... Fontana Records was a record label active in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1960s, as a subsiduary of the Dutch Phillips company. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Doctor Father was the band name used by English musicians Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme for the release of a single, Umbopo, in August 1970. ...

Reverting to the successful band name Hotlegs, in early 1971 Godley, Creme and Stewart recorded the lone Hotlegs album Thinks: School Stinks, which included "Neanderthal Man". They then recalled Gouldman for a tour as Hotlegs, supporting The Moody Blues. Stewart, Creme and Godley released another single in February 1971 under yet another psuedonym, The New Wave Band, this time with former Herman's Hermits member Derek "Lek" Leckenby on guitar. The song, a cover version of Paul Simon's "Cecilia", was one of the few tracks the band released that they had not written. It also failed to chart.^[2] The Moody Blues are a British rock band originally from Birmingham, England. ... Best of the 60s album Hermans Hermits were an English rock band in the 1960s, formed in Manchester in 1963. ... Derek Lek Leckenby was born on 14 May 1943, in Leeds, West Yorkshire. ... Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, half of the folk-singing duo Simon and Garfunkel who continues a successful solo career. ... Cecilia is a song by Simon and Garfunkel, from their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water. ...

The band also continued outside production work at Strawberry, working with Dave Berry, Wayne Fontana, Peter Cowap and Herman's Hermits. In 1971 they produced and played on "Space Hymns", an album by New Age musician Ramases; in 1972 and 1973 they co-produced two Neil Sedaka albums, Solitaire and The Tra La La Days Are Over, also playing on all tracks. Dave Berry was born David Holgate Grundy in Woodhouse, Sheffield, England, on February 6, 1941. ... The Mindbenders (originally called Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders) was a 1960s British Invasion beat group, hailing from Manchester. ... Best of the 60s album Hermans Hermits were an English rock band in the 1960s, formed in Manchester in 1963. ... Ramases was the creation and alter-ego of Martin Raphael, born in Sheffield, UK. Formerly an army PT instructor, whilst involved in a central heating business in Scotland, was inspired to assume the mantle of the Egyptian Pharaoh of whom he believed himself a reincarnation, and take up a musical... Neil Sedaka 2005 Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building. ...

The experience of working on Solitaire, which became a success for Sedaka, was enough to prompt the band to seek recognition on their own merits. In an interview ^[3] in 1984, Gouldman – who by 1972 was back at Strawberry Studios – said:

Once again a four-piece, the group recorded a Stewart/Gouldman song, "Waterfall", in early 1972. Stewart offered the acetate to Apple Records. He waited months before receiving a note from the label saying the song was not commercial enough to release as a single. Apple Records logo, featuring a Granny Smith apple. ...

10cc: The original lineup, 1972-76

Undeterred by Apple's rejection, the group decided to plug another song which had been written as a possible B-side to "Waterfall", a Godley/Creme composition entitled "Donna". The song was a Frank Zappa-influenced '50s doo-wop parody, a sharp mix of commercial pop and irony with a chorus sung in falsetto. Stewart told Record Collector: "We knew it had something. We only knew of one person who was mad enough to release it, and that was Jonathan King." Stewart called King, a flamboyant entrepreneur, producer and recording artist, who drove to Strawberry, listened to the track and "fell about laughing", declaring: "It's fabulous, it's a hit." Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in America. ... Jonathan King (born Kenneth George King on 6 December 1944) is a disgraced[1] British singer, writer, TV personality and pop music producer. ...

10cc.

King signed the band to his UK Records label in July 1972 and dubbed them 10cc. By his own account, King chose the name after having a dream in which he was standing in front of the Hammersmith Odeon in London where the hoarding read "10cc The Best Band in the World". A widely-repeated claim, disputed by King^[4] and Godley ^[5], but confirmed in a 1988 interview by Creme, ^[6]is that the band name represented a volume of semen that was more than the average amount ejaculated by men, thus emphasising their potency or prowess. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (722x601, 139 KB) This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (722x601, 139 KB) This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit. ... Jonathan King launched his own record label UK Records to distribute his own releases and some other artists in 1972. ... The Apollo, Hammersmith, London has been a rock venue for decades, and was originally known as the Hammersmith Odeon. ...

"Donna", released as the first 10cc single, reached #2 in the UK in September 1972.

Although their second single, a similarly '50s-influenced song called "Johnny Don't Do It", was not a major chart success, "Rubber Bullets", a catchy satirical take on the "Jailhouse Rock" concept, became a hit internationally and gave 10cc their first British #1 single in May 1973. They consolidated their success a few months later with "The Dean And I", which peaked at #10 in August. They released two singles, "Headline Hustler" and the self-mocking "The Worst Band In The World" and launched a UK tour on August 26, 1973 before returning to Strawberry Studios in November to record the remainder of their second LP, Sheet Music (1973), which included "The Worst Band In The World" along with other hits "The Wall Street Shuffle" (#10, 1974) and "Silly Love" (#24, 1974). Rubber bullets are rubber-coated projectiles fired from guns. ... Sheet Music is the second album by Manchester rock band 10cc. ...

"Sheet Music" became the band's breakthrough album, remaining on the UK charts for six months and paving the way for a US tour in February 1974.

In February 1975 the band announced they had signed with Mercury Records for $1 million. The catalyst for the deal was one song – "I'm Not in Love". Stewart recalled:^[7] Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... Im Not in Love was also a 1978 song by Talking Heads, with different lyrics and sound. ...

The Original Soundtrack, which was already complete, was released just weeks later. It was a both a critical and commercial success and featured distinctive cover art created by the Hipgnosis team and drawn by singer Humphrey Ocean. It is also notable for its opening track, Godley & Creme's "Une Nuit A Paris (One Night In Paris)", an eight-minute, multi-part "mini-operetta" that is thought to have been an influence on "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. Its melody can also be heard in the overture to Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical "Phantom of the Opera." The Original Soundtrack is a 1975 album by 10cc. ... Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Yes, Styx, Def Leppard, and Black Sabbath. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ...

Although it bore an unlikely title (picked up from a radio talk show), the jaunty single "Life Is A Minestrone" (1975) was another UK Top 10 placing, peaking at #7. Their biggest success came with the dreamy "I'm Not in Love", which gave the band their second UK #1 in May 1975. The song also provided them with their first US chart success when the song reached #2. Im Not in Love was also a 1978 song by Talking Heads, with different lyrics and sound. ...

A collaborative effort built around a title by Stewart, "I'm Not in Love" is notable for its innovative production, especially its richly overdubbed choral backing.

10cc would also do some production work for Justin Hayward during this time on his single "Blue Guitar" for his "Blue Jays" project with John Lodge. Justin Hayward (born David Justin Hayward, 14 October 1946, in Swindon, Wiltshire), is an English musician, best known as a singer, guitarist and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues. ... John Lodge (born 20 July 1945, in Birmingham, England) is best known as the bass guitar player for the Moody Blues. ...

Their fourth LP, How Dare You! (1976), featuring another Hipgnosis cover, furnished two more UK Top Ten hits – the witty "Art For Art's Sake" (#5 in December 1975) and "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" (#7, April 1976). But by this time the once close personal and working relationships between the four members had begun to fray, and it was the last album with the original lineup. How Dare You! (or How Dare You) is often considered to be 10ccs finest album, and included UK hit singles Im Mandy Fly Me and Art For Arts Sake. Released in 1975, it was also the last 10cc album to feature the classic line-up of Eric...

10cc's success prompted the 1976 re-release of the Hotlegs album under the new title You Didn't Like It Because You Didn't Think Of It with two additional tracks. The title track was the epic B-side of "Neanderthal Man", a section of which had been reworked as "Fresh Air For My Mama" on the 10cc album. You Didnt Like It Because You Didnt Think Of It is the second album by British pop group Hotlegs. ... 10cc is the debut album by British rock band 10cc. ...

The split, 1976

Soon after the release of How Dare You, Godley and Creme left 10cc to work on a project that eventually evolved into the triple LP set Consequences (1976), a sprawling concept album that featured contributions from satirist Peter Cook and jazz legend Sarah Vaughan. Consequences is the debut album of English prog rock artists Godley & Creme. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed Sassy and The Divine One), (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer, described as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century [1]. // Sarah Vaughan was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1924. ...

Godley & Creme

The first of a series of albums by Godley & Creme, Consequences began as a demonstration record for the "Gizmotron", an electric guitar effect they had invented. The device, which fitted over the bridge of an electric guitar, contained six small motor-driven wheels attached to small keys (four wheels for electric basses); when the key was depressed, the Gizmotron wheels bowed the guitar strings, producing notes and chords with endless sustain. First used during the recording of the Sheet Music track "Old Wild Men", the device was designed to further cut their recording costs: by using it on an electric guitar with studio effects, they could effectively simulate strings and other sounds, enabling them to dispense with expensive orchestral overdubs. Image File history File links Godleycreme. ... Image File history File links Godleycreme. ... Godley & Creme was a duo of English pop musicians and music video directors, namely Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. ... The Gizmo was an effects device for the electric guitar, invented ca. ... Typical fingering for a second inversion C major chord on a guitar. ... Sustain is a parameter of musical sound in time. ...

In a 2007 interview with the ProgGnosis website, ^[8] Godley explained: "We left because we no longer liked what Gouldman and Stewart were writing. We left because 10cc was becoming safe and predictable and we felt trapped."

But speaking to Uncut magazine 10 years earlier, ^[9], he expressed regret about the band breaking up as they embarked on the Consequences project:

In a BBC Radio Wales interview ^[10] Stewart gave his side of the split:

Godley & Creme went on to achieve cult success as a songwriting and recording duo, scoring several hits and releasing a string of innovative LPs and singles. Having honed their skills on the equally innovative clips that they made to promote their own singles, they returned to their visual arts roots and became better-known as directors of music videos in the 1980s, creating acclaimed videos for chart-topping acts including George Harrison ("When We Was Fab"), The Police ("Every Breath You Take"), Duran Duran ("Girls On Film"), Frankie Goes to Hollywood ("Two Tribes") and Herbie Hancock ("Rockit"). The video for their 1985 single "Cry" is especially notable as one of the first mainstream uses of image morphing technology. A music video (also video clip, promo) is a short film or video meant to present a visual representation of a popular music song. ... George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943[1][2] – 29 November 2001[3]) was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, author and sitarist best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles. ... The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of singer/bassist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. ... Duran Duran is an English Synth pop/pop/rock band notable for a long series of popular singles and vivid music videos. ... Frankie Goes to Hollywood (FGTH) was a UK New wave band that was popular in early 1980s. ... Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer from Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Hancock is one of jazz musics most important and influential pianists and composers. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... Cry is a single by Godley & Creme released in 1985. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

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The New Line Up: 1977-1983

After the departure of Godley and Creme, Stewart and Gouldman opted to continue as 10cc, recruiting drummer Paul Burgess (later of The Icicle Works) for session work on their next LP, Deceptive Bends (1977). The album, recorded at the newly-completed Strawberry South Studio in Dorking, Surrey, reached No. 3 in Britain and No. 33 in the US and also yielded two hit singles, "The Things We Do For Love" and "Good Morning Judge". Paul Burgess (born in Manchester, England, UK in 1950) is a UK-based rock drummer, notable for his association with a wide range of British rock and folk-rock bands, most of which have sizable cult followings. ... Named after a novel, The Icicle Works joined Liverpools early 1980s neo-psychedelia wave, which also propelled Echo & the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes to stardom. ... Deceptive Bends is an album released on January 1, 1977 by rock band 10cc. ... Dorking is a market town at the foot of the North Downs approximately 25 miles south of London, in Surrey in England. ... Should not be confused with Surry. ...

In 1977 10cc embarked on an international tour with guitarist Rick Fenn, keyboardist Tony O'Malley and drummer Stuart Tosh (ex-Pilot) and recorded a live album, Live And Let Live (1977), which mixed the hits with material from the previous three LPs. Rick Fenn Rick Fenn is an English rock guitarist. ... Stuart Tosh was born in Aberdeen, Scotland September 26, 1951. ... Pilot was a pop rock group formed in 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland by former Bay City Rollers members David Paton and Billy Lyall. ...

Fenn, Tosh, Burgess and keyboardist Duncan Mackay were now full members of the band and performed on 1978's Bloody Tourists, which provided the band with another UK No. 1 single, the reggae-styled "Dreadlock Holiday". Bloody Tourists was the sixth studio album by 10cc and the second to be produced following the bands 1976 split. ... Dreadlock Holiday was a popular single by 10cc. ...

The band suffered a major setback in 1979 when Stewart was seriously injured in a car crash. He told the BBC:^[11]

Gouldman, too, considered the aftermath of Stewart's accident to be a turning point. In a 1995 BBC interview^[12] he said: The Sex Pistols in 1977. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Resuming their recording career after the accident, Gouldman and Stewart both released solo albums in early 1980. As well, as they signed with Warner Bros. Records, and released a new 10cc offering entitled Look Hear? featuring the hit single one two five. All three albums came out between February and April of 1980, and all three albums exclusively featured musicians from 10cc's Bloody Tourists lineup. Perhaps due to over-saturating the market with new material, none of the albums(apart from look hear)were a commercial success. Warner Bros. ... Look Hear? is the seventh studio album by 10cc, released in 1980. ... Bloody Tourists was the sixth studio album by 10cc and the second to be produced following the bands 1976 split. ...

Gouldman and Stewart subsequently jettisoned the rest of the band before returning to the Mercury label to record Ten Out of 10 (1981) as a duo. It failed to make a major impression with audiences. The UK and US versions of the albums differ, with the US version substituting three Gouldman/Stewart tracks for songs recorded with Andrew Gold. Ten Out of 10 is the eighth studio album by 10cc. ... Andrew Gold (born August 2, 1951, in Burbank, California) is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known for his 1976 Top 5 single Lonely Boy and the 1978 single Thank You For Being A Friend. Andrews parents were singer Marni Nixon (who provided the singing voice for numerous...

Stewart then recorded a 1982 solo album with participation from Gouldman on one track. The duo's next 10cc LP, Windows in the Jungle, (1983) used session heavyweights including drummer Steve Gadd, but the album was dominated by Stewart; Gouldman performed no lead vocals on the record. Windows in the Jungle is the ninth studio album by British pop band 10cc. ... Steve Gadd (born April 9, 1945 in Rochester, New York) is a very well known session drummer, mainly known for work with Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Joe Cocker, Stuff, Bob James, Chick Corea, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Eddie Gomez, The Manhattan Transfer, Michal Urbaniak, Steps Ahead, Al Di...

The hiatus: 1984-1992

After 1983, the band went into recess as Stewart produced recordings for Sad Café and Gouldman produced tracks for The Ramones before teaming up with American Andrew Gold to form the synth-pop group Wax. Stewart also worked on three Paul McCartney albums, co-writing Press to Play (1986), and also produced the album "Eyes of a Woman" by Agnetha Fältskog of ABBA. Sad Café are a British rock band who started in the late 1970s. ... The Ramones (L-R, Johnny, Tommy, Joey, Dee Dee) on the cover of their debut self-titled album (1976), cementing their place at the dawn of the punk movement. ... Andrew Gold (born August 2, 1951, in Burbank, California) is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known for his 1976 Top 5 single Lonely Boy and the 1978 single Thank You For Being A Friend. Andrews parents were singer Marni Nixon (who provided the singing voice for numerous... Wax was a 1980s pop group consisting of Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman of 10cc. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... Press to Play is an album by Paul McCartney released in 1986. ... Agnetha Ã…se Fältskog (born April 5, 1950 in Jönköping) is a Swedish pop singer. ... ABBA was a Swedish pop music group active from 1972 until 1982. ...

10cc reunited: 1992-1995

In 1992 the original four members reunited to record ...Meanwhile, an album produced by Gary Katz of Steely Dan fame. The album did not spawn any major hits, but was relatively well received in Japan and in Europe. It featured session musicians Jeff Porcaro on drums and Michael Landau on guitars, along with Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) on piano and Andrew Gold on guitar. All the album's songs were written by Stewart and Gouldman, with the exception of one track which was co-written by Stewart, Gouldman, and Paul McCartney. ...Meanwhile is the 10th studio album by British pop band 10cc. ... Gary Katz is an American record producer, most famous for his work in that capacity on every Steely Dan album recorded during the first run of their career, from Cant Buy A Thrill in 1972 to Gaucho in 1980. ... Steely Dan is a Grammy-Award winning American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. ... Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was a highly regarded session drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Toto. ... Michael Landau is a legendary session musician and guitarist who has played on thousands of albums since the early 1980s with artists as varied as Seal, James Taylor, and Miles Davis. ... Dr. John is the stage name of Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. ... Andrew Gold (born August 2, 1951, in Burbank, California) is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known for his 1976 Top 5 single Lonely Boy and the 1978 single Thank You For Being A Friend. Andrews parents were singer Marni Nixon (who provided the singing voice for numerous... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ...

The album was not a "reunion" in the strict sense of the word. Creme and Godley agreed to guest on the album to fulfill their obligation to Polydor -- both had owed Polydor one album when they split in the late '80s. Godley and Creme sang background vocals on several tracks on the album. Godley also sang the lead on one song, "The Stars Didn't Show".

Gouldman, in a 1995 interview,^[13]was philosophical about the album: "When we finally did come back to record again, it was based on market research that our record company had done, that said a new 10cc album would do really, really well. And, ah, history has proved that wrong." Yet according to Stewart, both he and Gouldman had approached the album positively. "We wrote in a three-month period, 22 songs. Every day we were coming up with new ideas, and they were getting better and better, as far as we were concerned. And they sounded like 10cc songs again."

In 1995 the band released Mirror Mirror, produced by Gouldman, Stewart and Adrian Lee of Mike and the Mechanics, and without participation from Godley or Creme. Mirror Mirror included an acoustic version of "I'm Not in Love" which became a #29 UK hit, but overall the album did not fare very well and has been criticized for appearing to be two solo albums slapped together. Aside from "I'm Not in Love", Stewart did not appear on any of the tracks Gouldman played or sang on, while Gouldman did not appear on any of Stewart's tracks. After the album's release Stewart and Gouldman parted ways again. Mirror Mirror is the 11th and last album by British pop band 10cc. ... Adrian Lee is an English musician, known especially for his keyboard work with several well-known acts of the 1980s. ... Mike and the Mechanics is a British band started in 1985 led by Mike Rutherford, already a founding member of Genesis. ... Im Not in Love was also a 1978 song by Talking Heads, with different lyrics and sound. ...

Stewart has since commented:^[14] "10cc is well and truly finished as far as I am concerned, but I can't guarantee that GG won't try to squeeze the last drop of blood out of it. It was a great band for most of its life and should be left at that, where it had some real meaning to all of us, fans and musicians alike."

Later work

In 2001 Graham Gouldman released his third solo album, And Another Thing... (his first solo outing had been The Graham Gouldman Thing in 1968). Eric Stewart released a third solo album, Do Not Bend, in 2003. And Another Thing. ... Do Not Bend is the third solo album by British pop musician and songwriter Eric Stewart, a founding member of 10cc. ...

In January 2004 Godley and Gouldman reconvened to write more songs. Godley explained:

By May 2007, Godley and Gouldman's website was offering five downloadable tracks, "The Same Road", "Johnny Hurts", "Beautifulloser.com", "Hooligan Crane" and "Son of Man". The songs are the initial "offering" of a group of songs they have been working on over the past two years.

In 2006 Lol Creme joined producers Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson and musicians Chris Braide and Ash Soan to form The Producers. The band began recording its debut album in late 2006 and has released one track, "Freeway", on MySpace. Trevor Charles Horn, born July 15, 1949 in Durham, England, is a British pop music record producer, songwriter and musician. ... Stephen J. Lipson is a producer and guitarist who has worked with numerous artists, including Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Grace Jones. ... Chris Braide (born 6 February 1973 in Cheshire) is a British singer, songwriter, record producer and music publisher. ... Ash Soans drumkit for The Producers at the bands second live show (7 Feb 2007) Ashley Ash Soan is a UK drummer. ... The Producers is a band formed in 2006 by music producers and musicians Trevor Horn (bass and vocals), Lol Crème (guitar and vocals), Steve Lipson (guitar), Chris Braide (keyboards and vocals) and Ash Soan (drums). ...

A 2006 10cc compilation from Universal, Greatest Hits ... And More, attracted criticism both from fans who complained about one track, "Feel the Benefit", running at a slow speed and from Eric Stewart, who noted the inclusion of a disproportionately high number of Gouldman tracks at the expense of his post-10cc work. Stewart observed: "Anyone initially reading the track list could be forgiven for thinking that it should really have been called "A History of Graham Gouldman's Musical Associations"!"^[16] Universal Music Group (UMG), formerly MCA Music Entertainment Group, is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ... Greatest Hits . ...

Did You Know?

…that the “Hello” at the start of “Don’t Hang Up” on the How Dare You album was voiced by Kevin Godley’s wife Susan

…that the “How dare you” at the start of “How Dare You” on the album of that name was voiced by Lol Creme

…that Eric plays the “Levi Zip” on “Iceberg” on the above mentioned album

...that "Strawberry Studios" lives on in Stockport. The present owners of the building decided it would be a nice tribute by keeping the name going.

...that 'Ocho Rios' means 'Waterfall'

...that Andrew Gold now has a DVD version of his VHS of WAX & Andrew Gold video collection. It is available over at his own store site : www.andrewgold.com

...that Lisa Stansfield has a new CD out September 27th called "The Moment". There are 11 songs on the CD, three of which feature Lol Creme. "TREAT ME LIKE A WOMAN" has Lol on guitars, "WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN" features Lol on the clavinet and the track "SAY IT TO ME NOW" sees him back on the electric guitar. The album was produced by Trevor Horn.

THAT! Stuart Tosh is a Liverpool fan

THAT! Stuart Tosh's middle name is McBeath

THAT! Stuart Tosh's favourite drink is BEER!!

THAT! Stuart Tosh's hobbie is golf

THAT! Rick Fenn's hobby include squash and cooking!!!!!!

THAT! Rick Fenn has one brother named Simon

THAT! Paul Burgess has no interest in football what so ever!!!

THAT! Paul's favourite drink is Bacardi

THAT! Graham Gouldman's favourite colour is blue

THAT! Graham's favourite football team is Manchester United!!!!

THAT! Graham's favourite drink is champagne!!!

THAT! Eric Stewart has four sisters: "Carol, Jean, Sharon and Gillian"

THAT! Eric's hobbies include motor racing, building and restoring cars!

THAT! Eric's favourite football team is Manchester United

Discography

Singles

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... See also: other events of 1972 list of years in music 1970s in music // January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed Elvis Presley Blvd January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties... See also: other events of 1972 list of years in music 1970s in music // January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed Elvis Presley Blvd January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties... See also: 1970s in music. ... Rubber bullets are rubber-coated projectiles fired from guns. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... // January - The Ramones form. ... // January - The Ramones form. ... // January - The Ramones form. ... // January - The Ramones form. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... Im Not in Love was also a 1978 song by Talking Heads, with different lyrics and sound. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... See also: 1976 in music, other events of 1977, 1978 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Queens Bohemian Rhapsody is named The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years by BPI. In this year, the St. ... See also: 1976 in music, other events of 1977, 1978 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Queens Bohemian Rhapsody is named The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years by BPI. In this year, the St. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... Dreadlock Holiday was a popular single by 10cc. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1980 Record labels established in 1980 list of years in music 1980s in music. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1980 Record labels established in 1980 list of years in music 1980s in music. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 other events of 1981 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 10 - Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadways Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith February... See also: Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 other events of 1981 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 10 - Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadways Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith February... See also: Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 other events of 1981 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 10 - Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadways Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith February... See also: 1982 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 other events of 1982 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Bands Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. ... See also: 1982 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 other events of 1982 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Bands Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. ... See also: 1983 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1983 Record labels established in 1983 // Michael Jacksons Thriller, the most successful album not only of 1983, but of all time, was released in 1982 and began its epic domination of the music charts the following year, 1983. ... See also: 1995 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1995 Record labels established in 1995 1990s in music. ...

Studio albums

See also: 1970s in music. ... 10cc is the debut album by British rock band 10cc. ... // January - The Ramones form. ... Sheet Music is the second album by Manchester rock band 10cc. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... The Original Soundtrack is a 1975 album by 10cc. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... How Dare You! (or How Dare You) is often considered to be 10ccs finest album, and included UK hit singles Im Mandy Fly Me and Art For Arts Sake. Released in 1975, it was also the last 10cc album to feature the classic line-up of Eric... See also: 1976 in music, other events of 1977, 1978 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Queens Bohemian Rhapsody is named The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years by BPI. In this year, the St. ... Deceptive Bends is an album released on January 1, 1977 by rock band 10cc. ... See also: 1970s in music. ... Bloody Tourists was the sixth studio album by 10cc and the second to be produced following the bands 1976 split. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1980 Record labels established in 1980 list of years in music 1980s in music. ... Look Hear? is the seventh studio album by 10cc, released in 1980. ... See also: Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 other events of 1981 list of years in music 1980s in music // January 10 - Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadways Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith February... Ten Out of 10 is the eighth studio album by 10cc. ... See also: 1983 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1983 Record labels established in 1983 // Michael Jacksons Thriller, the most successful album not only of 1983, but of all time, was released in 1982 and began its epic domination of the music charts the following year, 1983. ... Windows in the Jungle is the ninth studio album by British pop band 10cc. ... See also: 1992 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1992 Record labels established in 1992 other events of 1992 list of years in music 1990s in music // 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ... ...Meanwhile is the 10th studio album by British pop band 10cc. ... See also: 1995 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1995 Record labels established in 1995 1990s in music. ... Mirror Mirror is the 11th and last album by British pop band 10cc. ...

Live albums

• 1977 Live and Let Live (UK #14, US #146)
• 1981 10cc in Concert (live in UK, 1977)
• 1993 10cc Alive (double CD, live in Japan, 1993. Released in US in 1995 as two single albums, Live in Concert Vols 1 and 2 and again as an edited single album in US, Greatest Hits in Concert in 1996)
• 1996 King Biscuit Flower Hour (live in US, 1975)
• 2000 Live
• 2002 Alive: The Classic Hits Tour

Compilation albums

• 1975 100cc: The Greatest Hits of 10cc (UK #9)
• 1979 Tropical and Love Songs
• 1979 Greatest Hits 1972-1978 (UK #5)
• 1979 The Things We Do for Love: Best of '76–'83
• 1980 Best Of 10cc
• 1987 Changing Faces: The Very Best of 10cc and Godley and Creme (UK #4)
• 1987 The Collection (compilation of first two albums)
• 1990 A Decade of Hits
• 1990 Hits (early singles and B-sides)
• 1993 The Early Years
• 1993 Food For Thought (Compilation of later material)
• 1997 The Very Best of 10cc (UK #37)
• 1998 The Singles
• 2000 Best of the Seventies
• 2001 Two from Ten (first two albums re-released together)
• 2001 Good News: An Introduction to 10cc (singles and B-sides)
• 2002 Singles
• 2002 Best Of The Early Years
• 2002 Dressed To Kill (singles and B-sides compilation)
• 2002 20th Century Masters: The Best Of 10cc
• 2003 Ultimate Collection (three-disc best-of compilation)
• 2003 Strawberry Bubblegum (collection of pre-10cc output at Strawberry Studios)
• 2004 Complete UK Recordings 1972-1974
• 2005 Are featured on the album "Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips"'
• 2006 Greatest Hits ... And More
• 2007 UK Records Singles Collection (Every A & B side from UK label days. Cherry Red label)

Strawberry Bubblegum is an album subtitled A Collection of Pre-10cc Strawberry Studios Recordings 1969-1972. The album is a compilation of songs recorded in Stockport, England, by the four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – who in 1972 would form the British pop band 10cc. ... Strawberry Studios is a recording studio in Stockport, England. ... Greatest Hits . ...

DVDs And Videos

• 1985 Live in Concert (Video)
• 2006 Greatest Hits & More
• Changing Faces(Video)
• Godley & Creme

Soundtrack - Filmography

Daltry Calhoun (2005) (performer: "The Things We Do for Love") Daltry Calhoun film poster Daltry Calhoun is a 2005 film, written and directed by Katrina Holden Bronson and starring Johnny Knoxville as the lead character Daltry Calhoun. ...

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) (performer: "I'm Not in Love") ... aka Bridget Jones 2 (UK: informal title) ... aka Bridget Jones: L'âge de raison (France) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a book by Helen Fielding as well as movie based on the book. ...

Cherish (2002) (performer: "I'm Not in Love") Look up cherish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Snatch. (2000) (performer: "DREADLOCK HOLIDAY") Snatch is a 2000 film by British writer-director Guy Ritchie. ...

Extension du domaine de la lutte (1999) (performer: "I'm Not in Love") ... aka Whatever (UK) DVD cover Extension du domaine de la lutte, in English broadening of the struggle , is the debut novel of French writer, Michel Houellebecq, which was published in 1994, and later made into a 1999 film directed by and starring Philippe Harel. ...

The Virgin Suicides (1999) (performer: "I'm not in love") ... aka Sofia Coppola's the Virgin Suicides (USA: complete title) The Virgin Suicides is the 1993 debut novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides. ...

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) (performer: "I'm Not In Love")

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) (performer: "Rubber Bullets") ... aka Fille d'un soldat ne pleure jamais, La (France) A Soldiers Daughter Never Cries is a French/US film directed by James Ivory and written by James Ivory & Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. ...

Sunburn (1979) ("Things We Do for Love", "I'm Mandy, Fly Me")

Awards

Sheet Music (Silver - £100,000 sales)

Sheet Music (Gold - £250,000 sales)

The Original Soundtrack (Silver - £100,000 sales)

The Original Soundtrack (Gold - £250,000 sales)

“I’m Not In Love” (Silver - 250,000 sales)

How Dare You (Silver - £100,000 sales)

How Dare You (Gold - £250,000 sales)

“The Things We Do For Love” (Silver - 250,000 sales)

"The Things We Do For Love” (Gold - 500,000 sales)

100cc - Greatest Hits of 10cc (Silver - £100,000 sales)

100cc - Greatest Hits of 10cc (Gold - £250,000 sales)

10cc (Silver - £100,000 sales)

“Good Morning Judge” (Silver - 250,000 sales)

Deceptive Bends (Silver - £100,000 sales)

Deceptive Bends (Gold - £250,000 sales)

Live and Let Live (Silver - £100,000 sales)

Live and Let Live (Gold - £250,000 sales)

“Dreadlock Holiday” (Silver - 250,000 sales)

“Dreadlock Holiday” (Gold - 500,000 sales)

Bloody Tourists (Silver - 60,000 sales)

Bloody Tourists (Gold - 100,000 sales)

Greatest Hits 1972-1978 (Silver - 60,000 sales)

Greatest Hits 1972-1978 (Gold - 100,000 sales)

Greatest Hits 1972-1978 (Platinum - 300,000 sales)

Changing Faces (Silver - 60,000 sales)

Changing Faces (Gold - 100,000 sales)

Changing Faces (Platinum - 300,000 sales)

Cover Songs

Covered by 10cc

Across the Universe Originally by The Beatles The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...

Paperback Writer Originally by The Beatles The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...

Slow Down Originally by Larry Williams // [] // ...

Orginally by 10cc

Dreadlock Holiday Covered by Boney M. Boney M. was a pop and disco group, comprised of four West Indian singers and dancers and masterminded by West German record producer Frank Farian, and who were successful during the 1970s. ...

I'm Not in Love Covered By : Richie Havens,Dee Dee Sharp Gamble,Stanley Turrentine,Johnny Logan,Richard Clayderman,Will To Power,The Pretenders,Red Red Meat,John O'Banion,Outrageous Cherry,Fun Lovin' Criminals,Päivi Kautto-Niemi,The BB Band,Olive,Geb.el,Gloritone,Tori Amos,Donny Osmond,Rick Springfield Richie Havens (born January 21, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American folk singer and guitarist. ... Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Johnny Logan can refer to a number of different people. ... Richard Clayderman Richard Clayderman (born Philippe Pagès on December 28, 1953, Paris, France) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums, including renditions and arrangements of popular music, French chansons, and popular piano works of Beethoven, Chopin and Mozart. ... Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 - August 25, 1900) was a highly influential German philosopher. ... The Pretenders are an Anglo-American rock band. ... Red Red Meat was a 90s indie experimental Chicago-area blues-rock band. ... Johm OBanion (February 16, 1947 – February 14, 2007) was an American vocalists and actor. ... Outrageous Cherry is an alternative pop-rock band from Michigan. ... The Fun Lovin Criminals are an alternative rap / alternative rock group from New York City, United States. ... Binomial name L. 19th century illustration The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Lebanon and the maritime parts of Asia Minor and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Donald Clark Donny Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American Welsh entertainer. ... Rick Springfield (born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on August 23, 1949 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a songwriter, musician and actor. ...

References

1. ^ "Zigzag" magazine, January 1975
2. ^ [http://www.manchesterbeat.com/bands/newwaveband/newwaveband.php "Manchester Beat" website]
3. ^ Graham Gouldman interview, "Record Collector", 1984
4. ^ Snopes.com, "10cc"
5. ^ Interview with Kevin Godley, Rock N Roll Universe online interview, April 2007}
6. ^ Godley & Creme interviewed in "Pulse" magazine, April 1988
7. ^ Eric Stewart interview, Radio Wales, "I Write the Songs"
8. ^ ProgGnosis website interview with Kevin Godley, June 23, 2007
9. ^ Kevin Godley interview, "Uncut", 1997
10. ^ Eric Stewart interview, Radio Wales, "I Write the Songs"
11. ^ Stewart's BBC Radio Wales interview
12. ^ Graham Gouldman interviewed by Justin Hayward, BBC2, 1995
13. ^ Gouldman interviewed by Hayward, BBC, 1995
14. ^ Reply to question by Eric Stewart at his website
15. ^ Kevin Godley comment at GG06 website
16. ^ Comments on Eric Stewart website, August 2, 2006

External links

• Official 10cc Fan Club Website
• Official Eric Stewart Website
• Kevin Godley and Graham Gouldman GG/06 website
• Minestrone.org Homepage for the 10cc Mailing List
• The UnOfficial 10cc Fan Pages
• Jonathan King's website
• Article on band's beginnings
• 10cc at Music Pearl
• 10cc Helios/Strawberry Studios Recording Console