years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
1977 -- 79 , 2009-present solid records , ariola records gold records , warner bros. records , arista the pleasers
 stephen dave rotchelle ` bo ' benham steve mcnerney nick powell group_or_band power pop west london/surrey , england the pleasers
the pleasers

the pleasers are an english power pop group , founded in 1977 in west london/surrey , consisting of stephen ` bo ' benham , steve mcnerney , nick powell , and dave rotchelle , they released five singles ; one on solid gold records -lrb- released on ariola records in west germany -rrb- , and four on arista records , however none of the singles entered the uk singles chart , they contributed two tracks -lrb- `` billy '' and `` rock & roll radio '' -rrb- to the hope & anchor front row festival lp record , songs from their 1977 and '78 studio recordings were eventually released in the united kingdom on compact disc in 1996 , and a version with extra tracks was released in japan in 2009 .
the pleasers were managed by chips chipperfield -lrb- born circa-1943 -- died 13 august 2008 -rrb- , who would go on to win two grammy awards for best long form music video as co-producer with neil aspinall in 1997 for the beatles anthology , and in 2000 for band of gypsys - live at fillmore east featuring jimi hendrix .
the pleasers ' records were produced by experienced record producers ; ron richards -lrb- the beatles , gerry and the pacemakers , the hollies , p.j. proby -rrb- , geoff haslam -lrb- j. geils band , the velvet underground , cactus , mc5 , bette midler , herbie mann , yes -rrb- , and tommy boyce -lrb- the monkees , iggy pop , darts , del shannon , meat loaf -rrb- .
