" London Girls " is a song by Chas & Dave from the album Job Lot , which was released as a single on 13 February 1983 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 99. The song stayed in the charts for 9 weeks and peaked at number 63 on 26 March 1983.
7-578: The song was written in 1980 in a writing session with Dave Peacock in a cottage in Ashton, East Northamptonshire . Tori Amos recorded a cover of "London Girls" in 1996 during the Boys for Pele album sessions; it was released as a b-side on her maxi single for " Caught a Lite Sneeze " together with another Chas & Dave song, "Thats What I Like Mick (The Sandwich Song)" in the United Kingdom. It
14-455: A band together which would be the beginning of Chas & Dave. In their early years, they also recorded as Oily Rags ( cockney rhyming slang for cigarettes - "fags") with Gerry Hogan and Ian Wallace , releasing a self-titled album in 1974. They also worked as session musicians and recorded albums at this time with Oliver Nelson and Teresa Brewer . Both played on Labi Siffre 's album Remember My Song in 1975. Eminem would later sample
21-425: A lift home, and became friends when they found they had a similar taste in music. Later in the late 1960s they became part of a group called Black Claw together with Harvey Hinsley and Mick Burt; they recorded tracks with Albert Lee . Black Claw was short-lived, and Peacock left to join a country and western band, while Hodges joined Heads Hands & Feet in 1970. In 1972, Peacock and Hodges decided to form
28-513: A number of songs with Tottenham Hotspur F.C. , both being fans of the team; the first song they wrote for the club, " Ossie's Dream ", was largely written by Peacock. In 2009, following the death of his wife Sue (Susan Heath; born 1946 in Croydon, married in Greenwich in 1973) Peacock announced his retirement from performing with Chas & Dave. However, in 2010 the band announced a tour for
35-403: A riff from the song " I Got The... " (featuring Hodges on guitar and Peacock on bass) on his 1999 hit " My Name Is ". One of the early songs Peacock and Hodges wrote together, " Gertcha ", would become a hit in 1979 after it was used in a television advert for Courage bitter . They would have a number of hit songs together, including " Rabbit " and " Ain't No Pleasing You ". They also recorded
42-759: Was brought up in Ponders End and the Freezywater areas of Enfield . Peacock is best known as having been one half of the English musical duo Chas & Dave from 1974 until the death of Chas Hodges in 2018 Earlier in his career in the 1960s, Peacock was in a group called the Rolling Stones (formed in 1960 before the more famous band of the same name ), as well as The Tumbleweeds, he also worked with Mick Greenwood and Jerry Donahue . He met Chas Hodges in 1963 when he and his friend gave Hodges
49-541: Was released with " Talula " in the United States. The Belgian group De Strangers released a Flemish version titled "'n Antwârpse Griet" (Antwerp Girls), which reached No. 36 on the Belgian chart. This 1980s pop song -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dave Peacock (musician) David Victor Peacock (born 24 May 1945) is an English musician and bass guitarist. He
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