Graham Gouldman (born
Graham Keith Gouldman, 10 May 1946,
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,
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,
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) is an
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songwriterA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well as the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer.-History and background of songwriters:...
and
musicianA musician is a person who performs or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument.* A singer uses his or her voice as an instrument....
who is a long-time member of British band
10cc10cc is an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. Initially comprising four musicians — Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme — who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the “10cc” name in 1972.Two...
.
1960s pop career: 1963-1968
Gouldman played in a number of Manchester bands from 1963, including The High Spots, The Crevattes, The Planets and The Whirlwinds, which became a house band at his local Jewish Lads' Brigade. The Whirlwinds – comprising Gouldman (vocals, guitar), Bernard Basso (bass), Stephen Jacobsen (guitar, bongos), Malcolm Wagner, Maurice Spering and Phil Cohen – secured a recording contract with
HMVHis Master's Voice is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog Nipper listening to a wind-up gramophone...
, releasing a cover of the
Buddy HollyCharles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
song "Look At Me", backed with "Baby Not Like You", written by
Lol CremeLol Creme is an English musician and music video director. He sings, plays guitar and keyboards....
, in June 1964.
In late 1964 Gouldman dissolved The Whirlwinds and in February 1965 formed The Mockingbirds with Jacobsen and Basso and a former member of fellow Manchester band The Sabres,
Kevin GodleyKevin Godley is a British musician and music video director.He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham....
(drums). The Mockingbirds signed with the
ColumbiaColumbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of notable singers,...
label, which rejected Gouldman’s first offering as a single – "
For Your LoveFor Your Love is the first U.S. album by English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in August 1965. As a compilation of previous Yardbirds singles, it was only released in the U.S. , where it peaked at #96 on the charts...
" (later a major hit for
The YardbirdsThe Yardbirds are an English rock band, notable for starting the careers of three of rock's more famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, all of whom were in the top fifteen of Rolling Stones' 100 Top Guitarists list...
) – and issued two inferior tracks, "That’s How (It’s Gonna Stay)" (February 1965) and "I Can Feel We're Parting" (May 1965). The band switched to the
ImmediateImmediate Records was a British record label, started in 1965 by The Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham and Tony Calder concentrating on the London-based blues and R&B scene. Signed musicians included Rod Stewart, P. P. Arnold, Billy Nicholls, John Mayall, Savoy Brown, Small Faces, The Nice,...
label for "You Stole My Love" (October 1965) and
DeccaDecca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades...
for "One By One" (July 1966) and "How to Find a Lover" (October 1966)
The band also began a regular warm-up spot for
BBC TVBBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1932. The British Broadcasting Corporation has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927.-History of BBC Television:...
’s
Top of the PopsTop of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. It was traditionally shown every Thursday evening on BBC1, before being moved to Fridays in 1996, and then moved to Sundays on BBC...
, transmitted from Manchester.. He recalled: "There was one strange moment when The Yardbirds appeared on the show doing 'For Your Love', which was a song that I'd written. Everyone clamoured around them – and there I was just part of an anonymous group. I felt strange that night, hearing them play my song."
In 1966-67 Gouldman recorded singles with two other bands, High Society and The Manchester Mob, both of which featured singer Peter Cowap. In March 1968 he stepped in as a temporary replacement for bassist Bob Lang in
The MindbendersThe Mindbenders was a 1960s beat group from Manchester, England. They were part of the mid 1960s British Invasion with their chart-toppers "Game of Love" and "Groovy Kind of Love".-Career:...
, writing the band’s final single, "Uncle Joe, the Ice Cream Man". The band dissolved eight months later. Gouldman said his time with the band was depressing: "They were sliding down, they were pretty well finished by the time I joined them."
From 1965, while working by day in a men's outfitters shop and playing by night with his semi-professional band, he wrote a string of million-selling hit songs: as well as "
For Your LoveFor Your Love is the first U.S. album by English blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in August 1965. As a compilation of previous Yardbirds singles, it was only released in the U.S. , where it peaked at #96 on the charts...
" he penned "
Heart Full of Soul"Heart Full of Soul" is a 1965 single by the British Invasion band The Yardbirds. It was written by Graham Gouldman, who later had a lengthy career as a member of 10cc. It charted in the U.S. at number nine and at number two in the UK. The song makes an early use of the fuzz box by guitarist Jeff...
" and "
Evil Hearted You"Evil Hearted You" is a 1965 single by the British Invasion band The Yardbirds. It charted at #3 in the UK. The single was not released in the USA, but was featured on the compilation album "Having a Rave Up"....
" for The Yardbirds, "
Bus Stop"Bus Stop" is the title of a song recorded and released as a 7" 45rpm vinyl single by the British pop band The Hollies. It became a hit in 1966, reaching #5 in the UK Singles Chart...
" and "
Look Through Any Window"Look Through Any Window" is the first American Top-40 hit for the British Invasion band The Hollies, peaking at #32 in January 1966. It reached #4 in their homeland...
" for
The HolliesThe Hollies are an English rock group from Manchester formed in the early 1960s. Known for their distinctive vocal harmony style they became one of the leading British groups of the era, and they enjoyed considerable popularity in many other countries although they did not achieve major US chart...
, "
No Milk Today"No Milk Today" is a song that was written by Graham Gouldman and originally recorded by British pop band Herman's Hermits. It was first released as a single by the Mancunian group in the UK in October 1966 and, with the B-side "My Reservation's Been Confirmed", enjoyed chart success, peaking at #7...
" and "Listen People" for
Herman's HermitsHerman's Hermits were an English pop band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's management and producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening and clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers...
, "Pamela, Pamela" for
Wayne FontanaWayne Fontana , is a singer. In 1962, he formed his group Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and got a recording contract....
, "Behind the Door" for The St. Louis Union and
CherCher is an American pop singer-songwriter, actor, director and record producer. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and a People's Choice Award for her work in film, music and television.Cher began her career at the age of seventeen and came to...
, "Tallyman" for
Jeff BeckGeoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an English rock guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds...
and "Going Home", which was a 1967 Australian hit for
Normie RoweNormie Rowe AM was the preeminent male solo star of Australian pop music in the 1960s. Known for his bright, edgy tenor voice and dynamic stage presence, many of Rowe's most successful recordings were produced by Pat Aulton, house producer for the Sunshine Records, Spin Records and Festival...
.
He wrote briefly for publishing house Robbins Music and producer
Mickie MostMickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes , was a successful English record producer, with a string of Number One singles with his own RAK Records, and with acts such as The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, and Suzi Quatro and the Jeff Beck Group.-Early career:Most was born in Aldershot, Hampshire...
in 1967, and then shifted base to the Kennedy Street Enterprises show business management offices in Manchester. He remained there for four years, recalling: "It was like an office. I used to go in there every morning at 10 o'clock and stay there, working on my songs, until I finished every evening at six o'clock. It was self-discipline and I need that."
A year later he released three singles as a solo artist before recording his debut solo album,
The Graham Gouldman ThingThe Graham Gouldman Thing was the debut album by singer and songwriter Graham Gouldman. Gouldman had already written hit singles for Herman's Hermits , the Yardbirds , the Hollies and Wayne Fontana and on this album Gouldman delivered his own versions of some of those songs...
.
Writer for hire: 1969-1972
Gouldman’s reputation as a hit songwriter attracted the attention of
bubblegum popBubblegum pop is a genre of pop music whose classic period ran from 1967 to 1972...
producers
Jerry KasenetzJerry Kasenetz is an American bubblegum pop producer who worked with Jeff Katz to manufacture and produce bands like The Music Explosion, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Crazy Elephant, and The Ohio Express....
and
Jeff KatzJeff Katz is an American music producer, one of the first exponents of bubblegum pop. He is one half of a hitmaking duo with Jerry Kasenetz. He and Kasenetz have manufactured and produced Shadows of Knight, Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus, The Music Explosion, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Crazy...
of
Super K ProductionsSuper K Productions was a 1960's American recording production company, headed by producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffrey Katz, whose groups specialized in bubblegum pop. Their biggest successes were The Ohio Express, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, Crazy Elephant and The Music Explosion...
, who invited him to New York to write formula bubblegum songs. In what he later called a "creative lowpoint", Gouldman accepted. He recalled: "They wanted me to write and produce for them, so I figured, why not? Nothing else was happening for me at the time. All told I worked for them for three or four periods over the course of a year, just writing and recording, and had no time for anything else. I was totally involved in the whole Kasenetz-Katz thing while I was with them."
He said he was left exhausted and depressed by his dealings with Kasenetz and Katz. "In the mornings I would go into the office and start writing and after I had finished one song in a day, which was very high output for me, they'd come up to me and say: 'Give us another song!' And I'd say 'OK' – because I'm like that. They'd keep up the pressure so that I kept on writing. I was there in their offices working like that for six or eight weeks and when I flew home to Manchester I went straight round to see my doctor. I was feeling sick and could not eat. The doctor told me: 'You are totally over-worked.' I don't think I've ever felt so depressed as I did when I came back from New York.
Gouldman said he was "grasping, sort of prostituting myself" in accepting the Kasenetz-Katz deal, which came with a cash advance. "That was a time when I had lost a little bit of confidence in my writing. I hadn't had any hits for some time. I felt awful. I just didn't seem to be keeping up with what other people were doing. It was very depressing."
One of his first tasks for Super K was writing and singing lead vocals on "Sausalito (Is the Place to Go)", which was released in July 1969 under the name of
The Ohio ExpressThe Ohio Express was a musical recording unit, active from 1967 through 1970.Though marketed as a band, it would be more accurate to say that the name "The Ohio Express" served as a brand name used by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffrey Katz's Super K Productions to release the music of a number of...
.
In December 1969 Gouldman convinced Kasenetz and Katz that the series of throwaway two-minute songs he was writing could all be performed and produced by him and three friends, Godley, Creme and former Mindbender
Eric StewartEric Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995....
, at a fraction of the price of hiring outside session musicians. He proposed the quartet work at
Strawberry StudiosStrawberry Studios was a recording studio in Stockport, England that became closely associated with rock band 10cc.-Formation:The facility was originally named Inner City Studios and located above a music store in the town centre. In early 1968 it was bought by Peter Tattersall, a former road...
, a
StockportStockport is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground on the River Mersey at the confluence of the rivers Goyt and Tame, southeast of the city of Manchester...
(Cheshire) recording studio in which he and Stewart were financial partners. Kasenetz and Katz booked the studio for three months.
Kevin Godley later recalled:
When the three-months production deal with Kasenetz-Katz ended, Gouldman returned to New York to work as a staff songwriter for Super K Productions while the remaining three continued to dabble in the studio.
In late 1970 Gouldman returned to the UK to join Stewart, Godley and Creme – who had in the interim scored an international hit single with "Neanderthal Man" under the name of
HotlegsHotlegs was a short-lived English band best known for its hit single "Neanderthal Man" in 1970. The band consisted of Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, Lol Creme and – briefly – Graham Gouldman...
– on an abbreviated British tour supporting
The Moody BluesThe Moody Blues are an English band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially rhythm and blues-based sound in Birmingham in 1964 along with Graeme Edge and others, and were later joined by John Lodge and Justin...
.
10cc: 1972-1983
The four musicians continued work at Strawberry Studios, producing and backing artists including Cowap,
Dave BerryDave Berry was a British pop singer and teen idol of the 1960s. He had an unusual ambition for a pop performer trying to make a name for himself - to appear on TV completely hidden by a prop. In his own words, to "not appear, to stay behind something and not come out"...
, Wayne Fontana,
Herman's HermitsHerman's Hermits were an English pop band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's management and producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening and clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers...
and
Neil SedakaNeil Sedaka is an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building...
. In July 1972 they were signed by entrepreneur, producer and recording artist
Jonathan KingJonathan King is a British singer, songwriter, TV personality, impresario, writer, producer and convicted sex offender....
and given the name
10cc10cc is an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. Initially comprising four musicians — Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme — who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the “10cc” name in 1972.Two...
.
Over the course of the next 23 years, 10cc scored three UK No.1 singles and five Top 10 albums, with Gouldman co-writing some of their biggest hits, including "The Wall Street Shuffle" (1974), "
I'm Not in Love"I'm Not in Love" is a song written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman of the English group 10cc, from the album The Original Soundtrack...
" (1975), "I’m Mandy, Fly Me" and "Art For Art’s Sake" (1976), "The Things We Do For Love" (1977) and "
Dreadlock Holiday"Dreadlock Holiday" is a song by 10cc. It was written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman and was the lead single from the band's 1978 album, Bloody Tourists...
" (1978).
When
Godley and CremeGodley & Creme was an English pop music duo comprising Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The pair began releasing albums as a duo after splitting from the pop band 10cc. In 1979 they directed their first Music Video for themselves "An Englishman in New York"...
departed in 1976 to explore new musical territories, Gouldman remained with Stewart, continuing the band essentially as a two-piece, although with regular collaborators including
Rick FennRichard 'Rick' Fenn is an English rock guitarist. He is best known for being a member of the band 10cc since 1976. He has also collaborated with Mike Oldfield, Rick Wakeman, Hollies singer Peter Howarth and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason....
, Paul Burgess and
Stuart ToshStuart MacIntosh is a drummer, songwriter and vocalist.Also known as Stuart Tosh, MacIntosh recorded and toured with a succession of well-known and respected bands during the 1970s and 1980s, including Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, 10cc and Camel....
. 1980's
Look Hear?Look Hear? is the seventh studio album by 10cc, released in 1980. It reached No.35 in the UK and No.180 in the United States. The album, recorded at the band's Strawberry Studios South in Dorking, Surrey, was the first by 10cc since its 1976 split to include songs written by neither Graham Gouldman...
album marked the end of the band’s run of chart success and 1983’s
Windows in the JungleWindows in the Jungle is the ninth studio album by British pop band 10cc. It was released in October 1983 and was the last album by the band for nine years....
became the last 10cc album for almost a decade.
In 1979 Gouldman scored a minor hit with his single "Sunburn", written for the
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/
Charles GrodinCharles Grodin is an American actor, comedian, author and former cable talk show host.-Early life:Grodin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Orthodox Jewish parents Lena, who worked as an assistant in the family's store and was a volunteer for disabled veterans, and Theodore Grodin, who sold...
film of the same name. Two years later he produced the
Pleasant DreamsPleasant Dreams is the sixth album by the American punk rock band Ramones. It was released in 1981 by Sire Records. Pleasant Dreams reached #58 on the US Billboard album charts...
album for the
RamonesThe Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first punk rock group. Formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1974, all of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname 'Ramone', though none of them were actually related. They performed 2,263 concerts, touring...
– a record dismissed by the band’s guitarist,
Johnny RamoneJohn William Cummings , better known by the stage name Johnny Ramone, was the guitarist for the seminal punk rock group The Ramones. He was a founding member of the band, and along with vocalist Jeffrey Hyman, aka Joey Ramone, he remained a member throughout their career...
, as "too slick".
For more information, see the main entry at 10cc10cc is an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. Initially comprising four musicians — Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme — who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the “10cc” name in 1972.Two...
Wax tracks: 1984-1990
From 1984 to 1990 Gouldman teamed with American singer
Andrew GoldAndrew Gold is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known in his homeland for his 1977 Top 10 single "Lonely Boy" and the 1978 single "Thank You for Being a Friend." His best known solo single in the UK is "Never Let Her Slip Away", which reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1978...
, with whom he had co-written material in 1981, to form
WaxWax was a 1980s pop group consisting of Andrew Gold and 10cc guitarist/bassist Graham Gouldman. The band is best known for the hit singles "Bridge to Your Heart" and "Right Between the Eyes".-History:...
. They produced four albums. Gold explained how the partnership began:
During this period,
MorrisseySteven Patrick Morrissey , known primarily as Morrissey, is a British singer-songwriter. After a short stint in the punk rock band The Nosebleeds in the late 1970s, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths...
recorded Gouldman's "East West", originally a hit for
Herman's HermitsHerman's Hermits were an English pop band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's management and producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening and clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers...
. The song featured as a bonus track on the 12" and CD single for "
Ouija Board, Ouija Board"Ouija Board, Ouija Board" was a single released by Morrissey in November 1989, catalogue number HMV POP 1622. The single was poorly received by the music press and the public as it only reached a chart position of 18 and became the first Morrissey single not to reach the British top 10...
".
10cc again: 1992-1995
After a 9-year break Gouldman and Stewart resurrected 10cc for 1992’s
…Meanwhile album, which also featured performances by Kevin Godley, Lol Creme and Andrew Gold. Three years later came the final album by the band,
Mirror Mirror. By then the decades-long partnership between Gouldman and Stewart was apparently over: the pair each wrote and recorded six songs separately, in different countries, playing together on just one song; an acoustic reworking of "I’m Not In Love". The 2 co-written songs were both written during the
...Meanwhile...Meanwhile is the 10th studio album by British pop band 10cc. It was recorded at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York, The Hit Factory, New York, River Sound Studios, New York, Bill Schner Studio, Los Angeles and Village Recorders, Los Angeles and released in 1992.The album was the band's...
sessions.
The final album featured a song, "Ready to Go Home", written by Gouldman in memory of his father, poet and playwright Hyme Gouldman, who had died in 1991. That song was later covered by
Morten HarketMorten Harket is the lead singer of the Norwegian synthpop band a-ha, who have released nine studio albums and topped the charts in several countries after their breakthrough hit "Take on Me" in 1985....
(singer of the Norwegian popgroup
A-haa-ha is a synthpop/-rock band from Norway, formed in 1982. The group initially rose to fame during the 1980s and has had continued success in the 1990s and 2000s.a-ha achieved its biggest success with their debut album and single in 1985...
) on his 1995 debut album "Wild Seed".
In an interview with the
Jewish TelegraphThe Jewish Telegraph is a British Jewish newspaper. It was founded in December 1950 by Frank and Vivienne Harris, the parents of the current Editor, Paul Harris...
Gouldman spoke of his father’s influence on his life and career:
During the late 90's Graham wrote with a few different writers including
Paul CarrackPaul Carrack is an English keyboardist, singer and songwriter. Carrack has had multiple careers which have overlapped during the last three-plus decades...
on his minor 1997 hit "The way I'm feeling tonight" and
Kirsty MacCollKirsty Anna MacColl was an English singer-songwriter.MacColl scored several pop hits from the early 1980s to the early 1990s...
on her final album
Tropical BrainstormTropical Brainstorm is the final album by Kirsty MacColl, released in 2000. It was inspired by her trips to Cuba, and many tracks include Spanish lyrics.The album was released with three extra tracks in the US.-Track listing:...
in 2000.
Gouldman included a new version of the song on his 2000 solo album,
And Another Thing...And Another Thing... is an album by former 10cc guitarist Graham Gouldman. Released in 2000, the album was a mix of new songs and tracks from earlier stages of Gouldman's musical career...
. On the liner notes of his solo album, he noted: "It reflects my feelings at the time. I suppose I was trying to put a positive slant on his passing, remembering all the things we had done together and his artistic legacy to me. The last verse of the song best reflects my feelings on this. This song has been recorded by many artists and remains one of my favourites. Very emotional."
..7.5cc : 1999-2009
Gouldman began touring as "10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and Friends", with his band comprising Rick Fenn, Paul Burgess, Mike Stevens and Mick Wilson. They first performed in 1999, at Birmingham's Ronnie Scotts jazz club. After the release of his solo album he got the lads back together to celebrate 30 years of 10cc in 2002 - billed as "Graham Gouldman celebrates 30 years of 10cc"!!
In January 2004, he reconvened with Kevin Godley to write more songs. Godley explained:
In Gouldman’s words:
In July 2006,
Godley and Gouldman's website offered four downloadable tracks, "The Same Road", "Johnny Hurts", "Beautifulloser.com" and "Hooligan Crane". The songs are the initial "offering" of a group of songs they have been working on over the past two years.
During this period Gouldman wrote the main riff in the McFly song 'I've Got You'
By the time of the 2009 UK Tour, they were simply billed as "10cc". Bearing in mind the band included original members Paul Burgess and Rick Fenn, this is as close as one can get to the original line-up now. Graham started the gigs playing solo on acoustic guitar, then joined one by one with the other members of the band, playing the songs that he wrote in the 60's for other artists - including "Pamela Pamela", "No milk today" and "For your love". The short 25 minute acoustic set was rounded off with "Love's not for me" from the "animalympics" film and album - the first time it had been performed live. The second half included all the familiar 10cc hits - and some popular album tracks including "feel the benefit", "Old wild men" and for the first time since the 70's "Second sitting for the last supper"
It was revealed during the tour that Graham is currently working on his third solo album and that 10cc will be touring the UK again in 2010 (2010cc...?)!!.
Albums
- The Graham Gouldman Thing
The Graham Gouldman Thing was the debut album by singer and songwriter Graham Gouldman. Gouldman had already written hit singles for Herman's Hermits , the Yardbirds , the Hollies and Wayne Fontana and on this album Gouldman delivered his own versions of some of those songs...
(1968) (USA) RCA Victor LPM-3954 (mono), LSP-3954 (stereo)
- Animalympics (1980) (USA) A&M SP-4580
- And Another Thing...
And Another Thing... is an album by former 10cc guitarist Graham Gouldman. Released in 2000, the album was a mix of new songs and tracks from earlier stages of Gouldman's musical career...
(2000) Dome FLYCD14
Singles
- "Stop Stop Stop (or Honey, I'll Be Gone)" / "Better To Have Loved And Lost" (1966) - UK Decca F-12334; US (no issue)
- "The Impossible Years" / "No Milk Today" (1968) - UK (no issue); US RCA Victor 47-9453
- "Upstairs, Downstairs" / "Chestnut" (1968) - UK RCA 1667; US (no issue)
- "Pamela, Pamela" / "For Your Love" (1968) - UK (no issue); US RCA Victor 47-9584
- "Windmills Of Your Mind" / "Harvey's Tune" (as The Graham Gouldman Orchestra) (1969) - UK Spark SRK-1026; US (no issue)
- "Nowhere To Go" / "Growing Older" (1972) - UK CBS 7729; US (no issue)
- "Sunburn" (1979) UK
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
#52 Australia #26 - theme music to film Sunburn
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