Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers were a novelty pop act who were the third band to have their first three releases go to number 1 on the UK singles chart, a feat they achieved between July and December 1989. The previous bands to do so were Gerry & the Pacemakers and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. They also went to number 1 in several other countries, but not the United States. The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Gerry & the Pacemakers was a British rock and roll group during the 1960s, and one of the few groups to initially challenge The Beatles in popularity. ... Frankie Goes to Hollywoods biggest selling single, Relax. Frankie Goes To Hollywood (FGTH) was one of the most controversial and commercially successful UK pop acts of the early 1980s. ...

Jive Bunny's three number ones were "Swing the Mood", "That's What I Like" and "Let's Party". All three songs used sampling and synthesisers to combine pop music from the early rock and roll era together into a medley. The results were somewhat like the earlier Stars on 45, who actually hired "sound-alike" singers and musicians to recreate the music from scratch. In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion of one sound recording, the sample, and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording. ... A synthesizer (spelling var. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A medley is a collection of related but different things, served as one. ... Stars on 45 were a Dutch novelty pop act that was briefly very popular in the UK, Europe and the US in the very early 1980s. ...

Each song used a sampled instrumental theme to join the songs together. "Swing the Mood" used Glenn Miller's famous "In The Mood" (a recording dating back to 1940), "That's What I Like" featured the theme music from the television police drama Hawaii 5-0, while "Let's Party" used "March of the Mods" (also known as the Finnjenka Dance). Major Glenn Miller Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904–probably December 15, 1944) started life as Alton Glenn Miller in Clarinda, Iowa. ... In the Mood was the signature tune of Glenn Miller and one of the best-known arrangements of the Big Band era. ... The theme music of a radio or television program is a piece that is written specifically for that show and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits. ...  ? Hawaii Five-O ran for twelve seasons on CBS television network. ...

Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers were in reality a father and son DJ team from Rawmarsh near Rotherham in South Yorkshire. They have continued to work under the name, but with less chart success. For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Map sources for Rotherham at grid reference SK4392 Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England, built upon the River Don near the confluence of the Don and the Rother. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. ...

Original idea from Les Hemstock on the DJ Only Mastermix service. Andy Pickles (the son) then become the front man largely on his own. John Pickles (the father) was never actually in the band, but the owner of the label and effectively the manager.

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• Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers discography