# Colin Gibb

Colin Gibb (né Routh; 8 December 1953 – 2 June 2024) was a British musician, best known as an original member of Black Lace, who were famous for their novelty party records, including their biggest hit, "Agadoo".

## Life and career

Gibb was born as Colin Routh in Leeds, England on 8 December 1953.
Gibb joined Black Lace in 1976 after the departure of Ian Howarth, and represented the UK in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, in which they finished seventh with the song "Mary Ann".
Gibb's biggest success with Black Lace was in 1984 with the single "Agadoo", selling over one million copies worldwide, and reaching No. 2 in the UK chart.
15 August 1997 was dubbed Agadoo Day, which saw Gibb and his Black Lace members play 20 shows in 24 hours in Manchester, London, Watford, Northampton, Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield and Leeds, finishing at the Frontier Club, Batley. The event raised over £25,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Peugeot used "Agadoo" in a TV advertisement for the new 106 car, and Black Lace re-recorded the track, renaming it "Agadoo 106 mix", donating all their royalties to Marie Curie Cancer Care. The record spent a week in the UK chart.
In 2002, Gibb took the original Black Lace show to Tenerife, playing the now internationally famous 'party shows' in hotels and restaurants on the island, occasionally visiting the UK for TV appearances.
In 2019, Gibb and King became associated with UK dressage team The Agadoo Girls, consisting of seven members, with Gibb's cousin Debbie Cox as team captain. They came top at their debut Team Quest competition at Richmond Equestrian Centre in June that year.

### Retirement and death

On 13 May 2024, Gibb announced his retirement on Facebook, stating that his final performance would be in Costa Adeje, Tenerife, on 16 May. He died on 2 June, at the age of 70.

## Discography with Black Lace
### Albums

* 1984: Black Lace
* 1984: Party Party – 16 Great Party Icebreakers (UK No. 4)
* 1985: Party Party 2 (UK No. 18)
* 1986: Party Crazy (UK No. 58)
* 1987: 16 Greatest Party Hits
* 1989: 20 All Time Party Favourites
* 1993: Action Party
* 1995: Saturday Night
* 1997: Greatest Hits
* 1998: What a Party
* 2000: Black Lace's Greatest Ever Party Album
* 2006: Black Lace: Greatest Hits
* 2010: The Blue Album – Banned in the UK [world-wide distribution]
* 2013: The Blue Album – Banned in the UK – 're-release' [world-wide distribution]
* 2014: Black Lace 'Live Beach Party' (limited edition)
* 2023: The Party Album (24 All Time Party Favourites)

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Title | UK | AUS | FRA | IRE | NZ | SA |
| 1979 | "Mary Ann" | 42 | — | — | 19 | — | — |
| 1979 | "So Long Suzi Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | "Hey Hey Jock McRay" (Denmark-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982 | "Birds Dance" (aka "The Birdie Song") (As 'Buzby') | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983 | "Superman (Gioca Jouer)" | 9 | — | — | 25 | — | — |
| 1983 | "Hey You" | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984 | "Agadoo" | 2 | 16 | 48 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 1984 | "Do the Conga" | 10 | — | — | 12 | — | — |
| 1985 | "El Vino Collapso" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985 | "I Speaka da Lingo" | 49 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985 | "Hokey Cokey" | 31 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | "Viva la Mexico" | 79 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | "Wig-Wam Bam" | 63 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | "I Am the Music Man" | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | "Gang Bang" | 90 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | "Jammin' the 60's" (as 'Barracuda') | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | "Penny Arcade" | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994 | "Bullsh*t (Cotton-Eyed Joe)" | 83 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | "The Electric Slide" (featuring The Electric Boogie Line Dance) | 83 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | "Macarena" | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | "Agadoo (106 Dance Mix)" (re-recording) | 64 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | "Follow the Leader" | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | "Mega-Mega Mix" (Spain-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | "Agadoo 2015 (Crisp Mix)" (Dene Michael) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | "Agadoo (The Space Mix)" | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released ||||||||