Snooker Loopy is a humorous song which was released as a single in 1986 and entered the UKMusic charts. It was written and performed by Chas & Dave and featured snooker legends Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor, Willie Thorne, Terry Griffiths and Tony Meo, as backing vocalists under the name 'The Matchroom Mob' - Matchroom Sport being the company owned by promoter Barry Hearn which employed all these top snooker professionals at the time. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Music charts also known as the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40 is a method of ranking the most popular music during a given period of time. ... Chas and Dave are cockney pop rock music artists, often billed as Chas n Dave. ... Steve Davis OBE (born August 22, 1957) is an English professional snooker player who lives in Brentwood, Essex with his wife and two sons. ... For the soul singer, see Dennis Taylor (singer). ... William Joseph Willie Thorne (born 4 March 1954 in Leicester) is a former English professional snooker player and now a commentator. ... Terry Griffiths (born October 16, 1947, Llanelli) is a retired Welsh snooker player. ... Tony Meo (born 4 October 1959) is a retired English snooker player. ... A backup vocalist is a vocalist who sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... Matchroom Sport is a promotions company founded by the English entrepreneur Barry Hearn. ... Barry Hearn is an English sports entrepreneur, the founder and chairman of promotions company Matchroom Sport. ...
The lyrics are a mild satire on the style and antics of the players involved: "old Willie Thorne; his hair's all gone" for example. The verse on Steve Davis also makes light of the famous 1985 World Snooker Championship final and his missed black in the final frame. The World According To Ronald Reagan, a satirical map by Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist David Horsey Satire is a technique of writing or art which exposes the follies of its subject (for example, individuals, institutions, organizations, or states) to ridicule, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing... Steve Davis OBE (born August 22, 1957) is an English professional snooker player who lives in Brentwood, Essex with his wife and two sons. ... Dennis Taylor just after winning the 1985 championship The 1985 World Snooker Championship final is often cited as the most exciting game of snooker ever seen. ...
External links
Article from the BBC about the song
Official Snooker Governing body website, home of the World Championships
Snooker is a billiards sport that is played on a large (12 feet × 6 feet) baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions.
Snooker is particularly popular in English-speaking and Commonwealth countries, and the Far East.
Snooker is played on a rectangular table, 6 feet by 12 feet (about 1.83m by 3.66m), with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side.
Snooker is a billiards game, played on a special table covered with baize, with one white cue ball, 15 red balls and 6 balls of various colours (the 'colours').
Perhaps the peak of this golden age was the world championship of 1985, when 18.5 million people (one third of the population of the UK) watched Dennis Taylor lift the cup after a mammoth struggle that went on well after midnight.
Snooker is played on a 6' by 12' (about 1.83m by 3.66m) table (often referred to as 'Full Size' as smaller same ratio tables can be used) with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side.
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