Release 2000
After the demise of the HOTLEGS ; known through their primitive genial NEANDERTHAL MAN (Hit No. 2 in UK);
they added GRAHAM GOULDMAN ,one of UKs greatest songwriters (only think on NO MILK TODAY; BUS STOP;
STOP STOP STOP; FOR YOUR LOVE or HEARTFUL OF SOUL to name a few) to the lineup and 10 CC was born.
In 1972 they got immediately signed to Jonathan Kings UK-Label. Already the first single hit the charts at No 2,
they followed by a row of top 10 hits in the 70s. A big break came when GODLEY & CREME split in the middle
of 1976 to form a own successful Duo. In the 80s, when it went quieter around them, so they split in 1983.
The Band reformed somewhere in the 90s.
Style: Pop-Rock ;
see:
Mockingbirds ; Mindbenders ; Sabres ; Whirlwinds ; Grumble ; Hotlegs ;
Godley-Creme ; Ramases ; Neil Sedaka ; Blues Band ; Eric Stewart ;
Wax ; Graham Gouldman ; Jonathan King ; Kasenetz-Katz ;
Musicians:
Graham Gouldman - bass, guitar, vocals; Eric Stewart - vocals, guitar, bass;
Lol Creme - vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass; Kevin Godley, Paul Burgess (76-83) - drums, voc.
1977-83:
Rick Fenn - guitar; Tony OMalley, Duncan Mackay - keyboards; Stuart Tosh - drums;
Tracks: early times on the UK-label
The Wall Street Shuffle (Stewart-Gouldman)
Donna (Godley-Creme)
Rubber Bullets (Godley-Creme-Gouldman)
Johnny dont do it (Godley-Creme-Gouldman)
Sand in my Face (Godley-Creme-Gouldman)
The Dean and I (Godley-Creme)
Headline Hustler (Gouldman-Stewart)
The Hospital Song (Godley-Creme)
Speed Kills (Stewart-Godley-Creme-Gouldman)
Clockwork Creep (Godley-Creme)
Hotel (Godley-Creme)
Oh! Effend! (Stewart-Godley)
Old wild Men (Godley-Creme)
The Sacro-Iliac (Godley-Gouldman)
Silly Love (Creme-Stewart)
Somewhere in Hollywood (Godley-Creme)
Baron Samedi (Stewart-Gouldman)
The worst Band in the World (Creme-Goldman)