Everything about Middle Of The Road totally explained
Middle Of The Road was a
Scottish pop group who enjoyed great success across
Europe in the early
1970s.
Career
The
lead singer Sally Carr (*
March 28,
1945),
drummer Ken Andrew (*
August 28,
1947), the
guitarist Ian McCredie (*
July 15,
1948) and on the
bass his brother Eric McCredie (*
July 17,
1945; †
October 6,
2007) from
Glasgow founded the band on
April 1,
1970. But they already played together under the name "Part Three" since
1967 and later in
Latin American style under the name "Los Caracas".
They moved to
Italy in 1970, because they hadn't success in the
United Kingdom. There they met the Italian
music producer Giacomo Tosti, who gave the band their distinctive sound and gave them their international break.
The band had its first and biggest hit "
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" on April 1971. This song became one of the most famous
bubblegum pop songs ever. "Middle of the Road" had four
hit singles in the UK: "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep", "Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum", "Sacramento" and "Samson and Delilah". The band had enduring succes only in
Germany (eleven hit singles).
In 1974 the guitarist Neil Henderson (*
February 11,
1953) from Glasgow accompanied the band. He wrote some songs for "Middle of the Road", but their commercial success couldn't keep pace with the earlier songs. Today the band still plays at music events under the name "Middle of the Road feat. Sally Carr".
Discography
Singles
| Year |
Single |
Chart positions |
Album |
| US |
UK |
DE |
AT |
CH |
NO |
| 1971 |
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" |
— |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep |
| "Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum" |
— |
2 |
15 |
— |
— |
6 |
| "Soley Soley" |
— |
5 |
2 |
— |
1 |
1 |
Acceleration |
| 1972 |
"Sacramento" |
— |
23 |
1 |
— |
1 |
1 |
| "Samson and Delilah" |
— |
26 |
2 |
— |
3 |
11 |
| "Bottoms Up" |
— |
— |
2 |
— |
— |
8 |
Drive On |
| 1973 |
"Yellow Boomerang" |
— |
— |
6 |
14 |
2 |
8 |
| "Kailakee Kailako" |
— |
— |
29 |
— |
5 |
— |
| "Samba d'Amour" |
— |
— |
35 |
— |
— |
— |
no album |
| "Honey No" |
— |
— |
31 |
— |
5 |
— |
Drive On |
| 1974 |
"Rockin' Soul" |
— |
— |
31 |
— |
— |
— |
Music Music |
| 1976 |
"Everybody Loves a Winner" |
— |
— |
43 |
— |
— |
— |
no album |
Albums
| Year |
Album |
Chart positions |
| US |
UK |
DE |
AT |
CH |
NO |
| 1971 |
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
3 |
| Acceleration |
— |
— |
13 |
— |
— |
2 |
| 1973 |
Drive On |
— |
— |
48 |
— |
— |
— |
| Music Music |
— |
— |
45 |
— |
— |
— |
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