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Band history
The band was founded by songwriter and producer Kenny Young, who had composed the song "Under The Boardwalk" for the Drifters in 1964. Young had worked off and on with Australian singer Susan Traynor for a number of years in the United States. This article is about the American band. ...
As an uncredited member of the Charmettes, produced by Young, Traynor had scored a minor hit single with "Please Don't Kiss Me Again" and she had later appeared on Young's album Last Stage For Silverworld, where she was listed as "Amanda". Both Traynor and Young then relocated to England in 1968, when Young had written a song for Reperata and the Delrons called "Captain Of Your Ship", which had been a British hit.
He then discovered Northern Irish singer Clodagh Rodgers on a television show, who had recently released a single called "Play The Drama Till The End". The partnership produced three years of hit singles, beginning with "Come Back And Shake Me". With this, Rodgers became something of a blueprint for Fox, as she recorded demos of some of the songs which would eventually surface on the first Fox album in 1975, as well as earlier Young tunes. Dieu et mon droit (motto) (French for God and my right)2 Northern Irelands location within the UK Main language English Other recognised languages Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Hain MP Area - Total Ranked 4th...
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Meanwhile, Susan Traynor was in a folk group called Wooden Horse, which released two albums before breaking up. After his success with Rogers, Young founded Fox with Irish singer Herbie Armstrong, recruiting Traynor as lead singer. She adopted the stage name Noosha, a scrambled version of her own name, and a glamorous image inspired by Marlene Dietrich, wearing elegant dresses to contrast with the scruffy looks of the rest of the group. Marlene Dietrich in the 1920s Marie Magdalene Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) also known as Maria Magdalena Dietrich was a German actress, entertainer and singer. ...
The band's self-titled debut album was released on GTO Records in 1975 to critical acclaim. The lead single, "Only You Can", was a Top 10 UK single, and the follow-up "Imagine Me Imagine You" also reached the top 30; "Strange Ships" was a hit in some European countries. Shortly after the release of their first album, the band made a cameo appearance in the film Side By Side. Martin Scorsese appears briefly in an uncredited role in this scene from Taxi Driver, the first scene in which Cybill Shepherd appears. ...
However, Noosha was relegated to backing vocals for half the songs on the late 1975 follow-up album, Tales Of Illusion, with the other songs sung by Young. The album enjoyed neither the critical nor the sales success of its predecessor; without Noosha's distinctive voice, casual listeners did not associate the songs with the band that had recorded "Only You Can". Roger Taylor of Queen added backing vocals to the song "Survival". Roger Taylor and his drum set during a 2005 Queen + Paul Rodgers concert Roger Meddows-Taylor, a. ...
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The band returned to the charts in August 1976 when "S-S-S-Single Bed" was a surprise Top 5 UK hit and topped the Australian charts in August 1976. Again, though, the band failed to capitalize upon its momentum, and the weaker accompanying album Blue Hotel, which was only released the following year, failed to yield any further singles, even though Noosha was reinstated as lead singer on all its tracks.
Noosha Fox left the band after Blue Hotel. Armstrong and Young continued to work together in the band Yellow Dog, while Armstrong went on to work with Van Morrison and Solley later joined Whitesnake. Noosha launched a solo career, and her first single, "Georgina Bailey", written and produced by Young, briefly entered the Top 30 in the UK in 1977. However, its title and subject matter (a woman's unrequited love for a gay man) were reminiscent of Rod Stewart's recent single "The Killing of Georgie", and the single's relatively weak chart placement meant that her planned solo album, already partly recorded, was shelved. George Ivan Van Morrison (born August 31, 1945) is a singer and songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...
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In 1979, Noosha Fox tried again to start her solo career with a single, "The Heat Is On", on Chrysalis Records. It flopped, but a cover version by ABBA's Agnetha Fältskog was a big European hit four years later. Noosha recorded several singles in the early 1980s, but none was successful, and she evidently retired from the music business. Chrysalis Records is a record label that was created in 1969. ...
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Agnetha Fältskog Agnetha Åse Fältskog (born April 5, 1950 in Jönköping, Sweden) is best known as one of the four members of the pop group ABBA, along with Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. ...
Fox reformed briefly in 1980, releasing the New Wave-influenced "Electro People", written as the theme music for the Kenny Everett Show. New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in American, Australian, British, Canadian and European popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ...
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Members - Noosha Fox (born Susan Traynor, December 8, 1944) - vocals
- Kenny Young - guitar, vocals
- Herbie Armstrong - guitar, vocals
- Jim Gannon - lead guitar, vocals
- Pete Solley - keyboards, vocals
- Gary Taylor - bass, vocals
- Jim Frank - drums, percussion, vocals
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1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
Discography
Albums - Fox (1975) #7 UK
- Tales of Illusion (1975)
- Blue Hotel (1977)
- Only You Can (CD compilation, 1996)
- The Very Best of Fox (CD compilation, 1998)
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Singles - Only You Can (1975) #3 UK #2 Germany #53 US
- Imagine Me, Imagine You (1975) #15 UK #7 Germany
- He’s Got Magic (1975)
- Strange Ships (1975)
- S-S-S-Single Bed (1976) #4 UK, #1 Australia
- My Old Man's Away (1977)
Noosha Fox solo - Georgina Bailey (1977) #31 UK
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