Buster was the name of a British pop band of the 1970s. Their only hit in the British charts was the single Sunday, which was listed at number 49 for one week in 1976. The band had more success than in Europe in Japan, where they managed to place four singles in the Top 20.
The teen band formed in 1972 on the Wirral Peninsula, near Liverpool in the northeast and Wales in the southwest, under the name The New Attraction. As a semi-professional group, the band members were still at school, they played their gigs mainly in the north of neighboring Wales.
In 1974 they were signed by RCA Records; in the process the band name was changed to Buster. Their singles were written by Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe and produced by the two of them with David Mackay - the team that was also responsible for the first successes of Bonnie Tyler. The very first release brought Buster their only hit in the British charts. The single Sunday, released on May 14, 1976 with the B-side Salt Lake City - Silver Gun, placed in the Top 50 for a week on June 19, 1976. In Germany, their single Love Rules charted at number 20 on the airplay charts in 1977. The music was classified as glam rock or bubblegum; Buster have been compared to the Bay City Rollers.
While their other singles had little success in their home country - the musical tastes of British youth had by now shifted more to punk - Buster became stars in Japan. Sunday was a top 10 hit, and further releases entered the top 20 of the Japanese charts. They went on tour, culminating in two sold-out concerts in one day at the Budokan. (wikipedia)
The band was certainly a bit late with their teen sound, as the glam and bubblegum wave was already slowly dissolving by mid '76. Even if the "Rollers" were still very successful with a part of the audience, the time of the so-called teen bands was slowly coming to an end. Certainly, at the right time, with the right concept, the band could have easily kept up with such successful acts as Kenny, the Bay City Rollers and similar teen bands. (Frank) Enjoy!
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Super Frank, für mich unbekannt. Danke!
ReplyDeleteIch hoffe du hast mich nicht missverstanden mit der Bemerkung das die zeitlichen Zwischenräume der einzelnen Einträge oft sehr lange für mich sind. Das ist das verlangen und der Wunsch möglichst viele unbekannte von deinen wunderbaren Tipps für mich zu entdecken.
Hallo Josef,
Deletedon't panic, alles gut. Habe das nicht missverstanden. Der Grund warum ich nicht immer regelmäßig posten kann, ist, daß ich zeitlich oft sehr eingebunden bin. Meine Gesundheit hat da viel verändert. Also wie gesagt Josef, alles gut. Wünsche dir noch ein schönen Tag
LG
Frank
Diese verfluchten Krankheiten. Ab einem gewissen Lebensalter trifft es wohl jeden mehr oder weniger. Was man an Lebensqualität dadurch verliert lässt sich gar nicht ermessen.
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