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The Flying Pickets is a British a cappella vocal group, that had a surprise number one hit in 1983 in the UK singles chart, with their cover of Yazoo's track - "Only You". A cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. ...
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See also: 1982 in music, other events of 1983, 1984 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events The most long-term influential release of 1983 is probably Head over Heels by the Cocteau Twins, which sold poorly upon its initial release. ...
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Only You is a ballad written by musician Vince Clarke. ...
History The name 'Flying Pickets' refers to mobile strikers who travel in order to join a picket. The group of six was founded by Brian Hibbard in 1982 from a group of actors, the "7:84 Theatre group", a fringe theatre group who had sung acapella in their production of One Big Blow, based on the 1982 UK miners' strike. Joining Hibbard in the Group were Rick Lloyd, Gareth Williams, David Brett, Ken Gregson and Red Stripe (real name David Gittins). The members of the group were internationally renowned for their flamboyant appearance: Hibbard's huge sideburns, Stripe's thick eyeliner, and 4 others showing off gaudy suits and large hats. Employees of the BBC form a picket line during a strike in May 2005. ...
Brian Hibbard (born November 26, 1946) is a Welsh actor and singer, best remembered as the lead vocalist in the original Flying Pickets. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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"Only You", their debut single, was the British Christmas number one in 1983, spending a total of five weeks at the top, and also doing well around Europe. A second single, "When You're Young and in Love", reached number 7, but their third, a cover of the Eurythmics' "Who's That Girl", barely charted. This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ...
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In 1986 Brian Hibbard and Red Stripe left the band and were replaced by Gary Howard and Hereward Kaye.[1] Hibbard and Gittins tried desperately to stay in the music business, forming their own act called 'Brian and Stripe', but unfortunately their first and only single featuring a cover of Yazoo's "Mr. Blue" failed to chart and they returned to their separate acting careers. Brian Hibbard (born November 26, 1946) is a Welsh actor and singer, best remembered as the lead vocalist in the original Flying Pickets. ...
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There have been many different members of The Flying Pickets and the lineup kept changing constantly throughout the 1990s and 2000s; since the Pickets began, there have been at least 19 different band members. The last member of the original lineup, David Brett, left the band in 1990.[2] However in 1994, the original lineup (minus Rick Lloyd) reformed to record one more album.[3]
Since the Original Flying Pickets split, new teams of ambitious men using the name The Flying Pickets have tried to follow in the Original's footsteps, but there have been no chart successes. The current lineup tours around Europe in lots of small venues all year round, but have not achieved the short-lived giddy heights of the original lineup.
Post-Picket duties Brian Hibbard - Founder and lead singer Brian Hibbard went on to act in Doctor Who, and then briefly in Coronation Street as Dougie Murray. He has since appeared regularly on Welsh television. He also had a brief role as "Bobby-John Downes" on the popular soap Emmerdale in 2003 and then came back for another brief spell in 2006. Brian Hibbard (born November 26, 1946) is a Welsh actor and singer, best remembered as the lead vocalist in the original Flying Pickets. ...
Brian Hibbard (born November 26, 1946) is a Welsh actor and singer, best remembered as the lead vocalist in the original Flying Pickets. ...
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David Brett - Has toured with The English Shakespeare Company and appeared as Mad Mike the Mechanic on BBC Children's TV programme Marlene Marlowe Investigates.[4] Shakespeare redirects here. ...
Gareth Williams - Has toured in a production of South Pacific and also with The English Shakespeare Company; he played Nathan Detroit in a production of Guys & Dolls. He also worked with Jonathan Miller on a TV adaptation of Henry Mayhew's London Labour, London Poor.[5] South Pacific is a musical play, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. When it first opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, it was produced by Leland Hayward and directed by Joshua Logan. ...
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David Gittins aka Red Stripe - Got a bread round after leaving the band, then decided to move to Australia where he got a job as a stage mechanist at The Victorian State Theatre. He also co-developed thetechno act Poets of the Machine.[6] There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...
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Members
Original Brian Hibbard (born November 26, 1946) is a Welsh actor and singer, best remembered as the lead vocalist in the original Flying Pickets. ...
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Present - Andrea Figallo
- Dylan Foster
- Andy Laycock
- Simon John Foster
- Michael Henry
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Other past members - Hereward Kaye
- Gary Howard
- Nick Godfrey
- Lex Lewis
- Ricky Payne
- Henrik Wager
- Paul Kissaun
- Fraser Collins
Discography
The Original Flying Pickets Albums Live at the Albany Empire was the first album by the Flying Pickets in 1982. ...
Lost Boys is a 1982 album by The Flying Pickets. ...
Post Brian & Stripe albums - Waiting For Trains (1988)
- At Work (1989)
Other albums featuring The Flying Pickets The last Alan Parsons Project album, which was released simply as a solo album by Eric Woolfson. It was soon after adapted into Eric Woolfson's first musical of the same name. The Flying Pickets sing all the vocals on two tracks, (6)"Funny You Should Say That" and (8)"Far Away From Home." Freudiana was the first album credited to Eric Woolfson as a solo artist, marking his split with former collaborator Alan Parsons, who is credited as producer. ...
Alan Parsons Project is a British pop-rock group of the late 1970s-early 1980s, founded by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. ...
The New Flying Pickets albums - Blue Money - 1991
- The Warning - 1994
- Politics of Need - 1996
- Vox Pop - 1998
- Live in Hamburg - 2003
- Everyday - 2005
Singles Preceded by
Renée and Renato Save Your Love See also: 1982 in music, other events of 1983, 1984 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events The most long-term influential release of 1983 is probably Head over Heels by the Cocteau Twins, which sold poorly upon its initial release. ...
See also: 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // [edit] Events January 21 - Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart: it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the...
See also: 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // [edit] Events January 21 - Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart: it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the...
See also: 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // [edit] Events January 21 - Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart: it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the...
See also: 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // [edit] Events January 21 - Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart: it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the...
See also: 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // [edit] Events January 21 - Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart: it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the...
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References - ^ Kaye, H., (1986) Ba Ba Da Da The Flying Pickets - 1986. Accessed 30 March 2007.
- ^ The Original Flying Pickets Accessed 30 March 2007.
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ The Original Flying Pickets. (1994) The Original Flying Pickets: Volume 1 (from CD information booklet)
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ Ibid.
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