From: jim@edscom.demon.co.uk (Jim Thomas)
Subject: Dollar was Yazoo, Only You.
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:53:33 GMT

>>>>> "||" == Rolando Vinluan <rvinluan@cs.cornell.edu> writes:

||> thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) writes:

>In <LUNDMAN.92Oct2091747@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz> lundman@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (L Lundman) writes:

>>I went down to the local music store here and sound a CD by Yazoo (something 
>>Eric?) with the song 'Only You' on it. However, I've heard an acapella (sp?)
>>version of it (Well, the chorus-strings in the background was really a synth
>>but it sounded all-voice) and I'm curious as to who made this version of the
>>song? Does anyone know?

>Yes!  The Flying Pickets did this on their album "Lost Boys".  It's
>almost astonishing.  Their cover of Springsteen's "Factory" is even
>better - they sing in fully fleshed out _chords_, and damned well.
>The album could be hard to find, and I don't know if they've ever
>done any other recordings.

>Rob T
>--
>Rob Thurlow, Networking Technical Leader
>Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, TX
>

||> 	I'm reminded of another "almost acapella" song... It's this song
||> titled "Give Me Back My Heart" by Dollar. It's quite a melodious
||> song with quite an angelically climactic ending. Can anybody tell me
||> if this is available on CD, and where? A short background on the
||> group would be appreciated, too.

||> 	(I guess follow-up's should have a new subject header, either on
||> Dollar or other acapella groups.)

The name Dollar brought back a few memories from the past. Dollar were a
UK male/female vocal duo.

I seem to remember that the girl half of the duo was called Therese Bazaar
who was blonde small and very attractive. The man was pretty forgetable.

Singles were:

Year    Title                                                   Highest in
                                                                UK chart

1978    Shooting star                       (EMI 2871)              14
1979    Who were you with in the moonlight  (Carrere CAR 110)       14
1979    Love's gotta hold on me             (Carrere CAR 122)        4
1979    I wanna hold your hand              (Carrere CAR 131)        9
1980    Takin' a chance on you              (WEA K 18353)           62
1981    Hand held in black and white        (WEA BUCK 1)            19
1981    Mirror mirror (mon amour)           (WEA BUCK 2)             4
1982    Ring ring                           (Carrere CAR 225)       61
1982    Give me back my heart               (WEA BUCK 3)             4
1982    Videotheque                         (WEA BUCK 4)            17
1982    Give me some kinda magic            (WEA BUCK 5)            34
1986    We walked in love                   (ARISTA DIME 1)         61
1987    O l'amour                           (LONDON LON 146)         7
1988    It's nature's way (no problem)      (LONDON LON 179)        58

I think the WEA record numbers of BUCK is a pun on DOLLAR.

Both of the artists in Dollar used to sing with a 3 girl 3 boy
manufactured group called Guys and Dolls that had 5 hits in the mid 70's.
They were very middle of the road and their biggest hit was their first
"There's a whole lot of loving" which got to No. 2 in the UK in 1975.
 
Going back to the original point of this thread, the group the Flying
Pickets. They were a six man group formed when they got together in
a theatre group. They were big for a bit and then disappeared from the
scene. As they were originally all actors they went back to that. I've
have seen a couple of them in recent TV programs in the UK.

Singles were:

Year    Title                                                   Highest in
                                                                UK chart

1983    Only You			    (10 TEN 14)		     1
1984	When you're young and in love	    (10 TEN 20)		     7
1984	Who's that girl			    (10 GIRL 1)		    71

Jim Thomas
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