Kenny (band)
Encyclopedia
Kenny were a mid-1970s English
pop
and glam rock
band
.
band called Chufff. Songwriter
s Bill Martin and Phil Coulter
wrote the bulk of the successful songs for them. In the event, stardom
was to prove extremely fleeting. While the group garnered some publicity from Kellogg's
objections to the band's 'K' logo
and "The Bump" made number three in the UK Singles Chart
in early 1975, they enjoyed just three further British
hits
, all penned by Martin-Coulter: "Fancy Pants", "Baby I Love You OK" and "Julie Anne".
Although uncredited, all lead and background vocals
on "The Bump" were performed by Barry Palmer
.
Kenny were managed by Peter Walsh, a 1960's and 1970s pop entrepreneur whose portfolio also included The Tremeloes, Marmalade, The Troggs and Hot Chocolate.
In 1996, former band member Rick Driscoll appeared on the 'Identity Parade', on the BBC Television
programme Never Mind the Buzzcocks
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and glam rock
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...
band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
.
Career
Kenny emerged from a North LondonNorth London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
band called Chufff. Songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
s Bill Martin and Phil Coulter
Phil Coulter
Phil Coulter is an artist with an international reputation as a successful songwriter, pianist, music producer, arranger and director. His success has spanned four decades and he is one of the biggest record sellers in Ireland...
wrote the bulk of the successful songs for them. In the event, stardom
Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
was to prove extremely fleeting. While the group garnered some publicity from Kellogg's
Kellogg Company
Kellogg Company , is a producer of cereal and convenience foods, including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, fruit-flavored snacks, frozen waffles, and vegetarian foods...
objections to the band's 'K' logo
Logo
A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition...
and "The Bump" made number three in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in early 1975, they enjoyed just three further British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
hits
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
, all penned by Martin-Coulter: "Fancy Pants", "Baby I Love You OK" and "Julie Anne".
Although uncredited, all lead and background vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
on "The Bump" were performed by Barry Palmer
Barry Palmer (British singer)
Barry Palmer, born 1958 in England, is a British singer who was one of Mike Oldfield's vocalists around 1984.-Biography and career:Barry Palmer's music career began in 1976, when he became a lead vocalist of the German rock band Triumvirat, with which he recorded three albums...
.
Kenny were managed by Peter Walsh, a 1960's and 1970s pop entrepreneur whose portfolio also included The Tremeloes, Marmalade, The Troggs and Hot Chocolate.
In 1996, former band member Rick Driscoll appeared on the 'Identity Parade', on the BBC Television
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
programme Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...
.
Members
- Rick Driscoll — vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, born 1 May 1957, EnfieldEnfield TownEnfield Town is the historic town centre of Enfield, formerly in the county of Middlesex and now in the London Borough of Enfield. It is north north-east of Charing Cross...
, MiddlesexMiddlesexMiddlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
, - Yan Style (born Ian Stile) — guitar, born 16 January 1957, Enfield, Middlesex
- Chris Redburn — bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, born 14 March 1957, Enfield, Middlesex - Chris Lacklison — keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, born 15 October 1956, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... - Andy Walton — drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, born 1 October 1957, Enfield, Middlesex
Singles
- 1973 "Heart of Stone", B-side: "Buttons".
- 1974 "The Bump", UK #3 FRG #19 — originally recorded by the Bay City RollersBay City RollersThe Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop band who were most popular in the 1970s. The British Hit Singles & Albums noted that they were "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh", and were "the first of many acts heralded as the 'Biggest Group since The Beatles' and one of the most screamed-at...
as the B-sideA-side and B-sideA-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
of their October 1974 hit, "All of Me Loves All of You" (UK #4), B-side: "Forget the Janes, the Jeans and the Might Have Beens". - 1975 "Fancy Pants", UK #4 FRG #14, B-side: "I'm a Winner".
- 1975 "Baby I Love You, OK!", UK #12 FRG #21, B-Side: "The sound of Super K".
- 1975 "Julie Anne", UK #10 FRG #14 CH #2 Australia #4
- 1975 "Nice to Have You Home", FRG #30 — their last single on RAK RecordsRAK RecordsRak Records was a British record label, founded by record producer Mickie Most in 1969. Rak was home of artists like Herman's Hermits, Suzi Quatro, Mud, Kenny, Hot Chocolate, Smokie, Arrows, Span, Racey and Kim Wilde. Rak Records were distributed via a licensing deal with EMI, which bought the...
; the band then left Martin and Coulter and signed to PolydorPolydor RecordsPolydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
. - 1976 "Hot Lips", FRG #20 CH #10
- 1976 "Red Headed Lady", FRG #49
- 1976 "Old Songs Never Die" (did not chartRecord chartA record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
) - 1979 "Reach Out I'll Be ThereReach Out I'll Be There"Reach Out I'll Be There" is a 1966 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s and is today considered The Tops' signature song...
" (did not chart)
Albums
- 1975 The Sound Of Super K. (RAK RecordsRAK RecordsRak Records was a British record label, founded by record producer Mickie Most in 1969. Rak was home of artists like Herman's Hermits, Suzi Quatro, Mud, Kenny, Hot Chocolate, Smokie, Arrows, Span, Racey and Kim Wilde. Rak Records were distributed via a licensing deal with EMI, which bought the...
) UK #56 - 1976 Ricochet (Polydor) (GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
only) - 1994 The Best Of Kenny (compilation albumCompilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
) (Repertoire RecordsRepertoire RecordsRepertoire Records is a German record label from Hamburg, Germany, specialising in reissues of classic pop and rock albums originally issued in the 60s and 70s. The chairman is Thomas Neelsen....
) - 2004 The Singles Collection Plus... (compilation) (7T's Records)
External links
- [ Kenny biography] at Allmusic websiteWebsiteA website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
- Dedicated to the Glam Rock Band "KENNY"
- Chris Lacklison (keyboards) mini-biography