In the first half, we were treated to the whole of the 10cc second album Sheet Music - including the singles The Wall Street Shuffle and Silly Love. Despite the release of another successful album entitled “Sheet Music” in 1973, the band split with their label and moved to Mercury Records in February 1975. There’s a humour that musicians have that’s unlike anybody else’s, and you can’t have it if you’re on your own. Great to hear some 1970s/ 80s classics performed well. The sequence continued beyond 1976, when Godley and Creme left the Mark I line-up, into 1977, when Gouldman and Stewart scored with ‘The Things We Do For Love’ followed by another 10cc No.1, ‘Dreadlock Holiday’. They began to play together for fun, lapping up the chance to learn at close quarters from visiting stars such as Manfred Mann and local heroes the Hollies as well as the Beatles and Stones. After the tour, Stewart parted ways with the band permanently, and again the band did not play together until 1999 when Gouldman reconvened the band. The 70s, particularly the early 70s, was a decade that was flooded with this style of music. To be with a bunch of like-minded people, it’s like any other fraternity. The warm up band were Amazing and really down to earth even spending the entire interval with the audience. To begin at the end, let’s talk about the motivation behind Graham’s new road route. The Mockingbirds’ life was a little shortlived, and after that I thought ‘maybe I’ll just write songs.’ Then my dream came true, pretty much.” 1966 is a year remembered with fondness by many Brits, but Gouldman had more reason than most, as an outrageous sequence for the sharp-penned creator of Britpop classics continued.
The gig took place at Tinghallen in Viborg, Denmark 25/11/16. Went as a trip down Memory Lane but WOW - these guys far exceeded expectations. I’m a fan - again!! While with Mercury Records, the band recorded and released two albums, “The Original Soundtrack” (released in 1975) and “How Dare You!” (released in 1976); both of which were considered successful. The early ’90s brought a reunion with Stewart under the 10cc banner for the album ‘Meanwhile…’ and in more recent years, Gouldman has continued to be hugely demand as a songwriter with EMI Music Publishing. Brilliant concert at Glasgow Concert Hall with 10 cc last night. Even better was to come that summer, when the follow-up ‘Heart Full Of Soul’, another brilliant slice of cool pop from the teenage Gouldman, went to No.2, held off the top only by the Hollies’ ‘I’m Alive’ and the Byrds’ ‘Mr.Tambourine Man’. I don’t know about you, I think musicians are the best people.”. They have a website. He has written with such various talents as Paul Carrack, Gary Barlow and, most poignantly, Kirsty MacColl, a working partnership cut short by her sad death in 2000. Godley: Making art, commercial or otherwise is a 100 percent selfish activity. Concert started only 5 minutes later then advertised and the guys from 10CC played all the big hits while showing a lot of fun on stage. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to www.10cc.world, the official website of the 10cc touring band.
But 1972 was the year when suddenly, the sum total of all the wisdom amassed by these four friends made perfect sense. They are group who approached their songwriting with sharp wit and acute self-awareness. Brilliant sound, vocals at the very top and a band that was present in full. The palace of pop varietiesgood, bad and weirdthat would be Graham’s lot in the period 1969-1972 have been newly compiled on the Castle album ‘Strawberry Bubblegum’.
Enhancing it further, and giving him an enviable transatlantic cach, was the fact that ‘For Your Love’ soon climbed to No.6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and ‘Heart Full Of Soul’ to No.9.
We’re talking very much in the present and future tenses, too, since he continues to write with contemporary hitmakers and see his classics renewing themselves constantly, as with the news that ‘For Your Love’ and ‘Heart Full Of Soul’, two of the timeless hits he wrote for the Yardbirds, have lately been part of live sets by the White Stripes. “Like, because we did it, it was good.
The reputation of the previously unknown songwriter was signed and sealed right there in little more than six months, in a golden run that any modern-day teen-pop hitmaker would be proud of. “There was a period between ’72 and ’76 with 10cc when I always thought God was in the band,” he says. Be the first to know when they tour near Wichita, KS, US, Join 171,741 fans getting concert alerts for this artist. A great venue. I looked around and thought: What a lot of OLD people here… Then, realizing that they are not OLD at all. Would definitley go see these again and would recommend to anyone. The instrumental sections they introduced into the songs were brilliant and there acapelo version of Donna was just amazing. It also generated a total of 11 top ten hits that of course included the anthemic, timeless ‘I’m Not In Love’, which won two Ivor Novello Awards and has been covered endlessly. While that too missed the charts, he would chalk up more sales glory by writing ‘Pamela Pamela’ for Wayne Fontana and ‘East West’ for Herman and co. By ’67, he was signed as a writer to the American publisher Robbins Music, collecting further covers by such artists as Jeff Beck, the Shadows, Cher and PJ Proby. Formed in 1970, 10cc were an all-star line up comprised of Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who were all successful, well-known musicians in their own rights before forming the band. My Dad and I travelled from Chepstow to Reading to see them. But, eventually, it became obvious that it wasn't going to happen. Next stop was Decca, but success continued to elude Graham as a band member, despite all his achievements as a writer, which also embraced a top three US hit with ‘Listen People’ for Herman’s Hermits, included in the film ‘When The Boys Meet The Girls’ starring Connie Francis. However, due to friction between the creative minds, the band split in 1976 for the first time.
By now he had the confidence and nous to have augmented his compositional skills with a knack for sparkling, evocative lyrical vignettes.
Testament to 10cc’s ongoing appeal, the band can count a generation straddling array of fellow artists, everyone from Chrissie Hynde to The Feeling’s Dan Gillespie and Axl Rose to Sophie Ellis Bextor, among their many millions of fans. That loyal little song-bug has stood him in good stead through decades of distinction as. The second half consisted of hits from the many other albums.
The song "Dreadlock Holiday" is a reggae sort of jam teeming with wild percussion, swirling keyboard riffs, upstroke guitar chucks wetted with flange and a grooving dub bass line. But it’s never just about nostalgia for Graham – not as long as he has a guitar and a pen. That was also the year Graham teamed with UK indie Dome Records for ‘And Another Thing…’, (the follow-up album, three decades late! 10cc have not lost anything, the entire show was well put on, entertaining and spanned thier entire history. I hope you'll enjoy clicking around and finding out lots of info about us, all the new, our tour dates and our biographies, after which you might want to buy some 10cc merchandise. The audience were mesmerised at their musicianship. That loyal little song-bug has stood him in good stead through decades of distinction as one of the UK’s most productive and imaginative hitmakers. View all concerts. He has written with such various talents as Paul Carrack, Gary Barlow and, most poignantly, Kirsty MacColl, a working partnership cut short by her sad death in 2000. 10ccs constantly prove to their audience that their concerts can be just as exciting as they are relaxing. They did put on a show that felt genuine and as if it was yesterday the songs were written. Being an important band in my youth in the seventies, it became an absolutely fantastic experience that brought me back on memory lane reaching goose bumps several times during the one and half hour concert. '” With the involvement of Rick Fenn and Paul Burgess, both veterans of 10cc studio and roadwork, as well as the talented Mick Wilson and Mike Stevens, the show evolved into ‘Graham Gouldman Celebrates 30 Years of 10cc’ for a 2002 tour, then again into ’10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and friends.’, Spin back 40 years and you find just the same motivation in the Manchester teenager: to be at the centre of music. Excitingly, he’s recently been writing and recording again, for the first time since 10cc’s heyday, with Kevin Godley. Despite not releasing any new material, the band has continued to play live shows, and in 2012 the band celebrated their 40th anniversary.
With the help of Herman’s Hermits manager and lifelong associate Harvey Lisberg, it reached the Yardbirds, and in March 1965, in the week the Rolling Stones ruled the charts with ‘The Last Time’, their version debuted on the UK bestsellers, climbing to No.3. 10cc tour dates listed on Ents24.com since Oct 2006.
In the first half, we were treated to the whole of the 10cc second album Sheet Music - including the singles The Wall Street Shuffle and Silly Love. Despite the release of another successful album entitled “Sheet Music” in 1973, the band split with their label and moved to Mercury Records in February 1975. There’s a humour that musicians have that’s unlike anybody else’s, and you can’t have it if you’re on your own. Great to hear some 1970s/ 80s classics performed well. The sequence continued beyond 1976, when Godley and Creme left the Mark I line-up, into 1977, when Gouldman and Stewart scored with ‘The Things We Do For Love’ followed by another 10cc No.1, ‘Dreadlock Holiday’. They began to play together for fun, lapping up the chance to learn at close quarters from visiting stars such as Manfred Mann and local heroes the Hollies as well as the Beatles and Stones. After the tour, Stewart parted ways with the band permanently, and again the band did not play together until 1999 when Gouldman reconvened the band. The 70s, particularly the early 70s, was a decade that was flooded with this style of music. To be with a bunch of like-minded people, it’s like any other fraternity. The warm up band were Amazing and really down to earth even spending the entire interval with the audience. To begin at the end, let’s talk about the motivation behind Graham’s new road route. The Mockingbirds’ life was a little shortlived, and after that I thought ‘maybe I’ll just write songs.’ Then my dream came true, pretty much.” 1966 is a year remembered with fondness by many Brits, but Gouldman had more reason than most, as an outrageous sequence for the sharp-penned creator of Britpop classics continued.
The gig took place at Tinghallen in Viborg, Denmark 25/11/16. Went as a trip down Memory Lane but WOW - these guys far exceeded expectations. I’m a fan - again!! While with Mercury Records, the band recorded and released two albums, “The Original Soundtrack” (released in 1975) and “How Dare You!” (released in 1976); both of which were considered successful. The early ’90s brought a reunion with Stewart under the 10cc banner for the album ‘Meanwhile…’ and in more recent years, Gouldman has continued to be hugely demand as a songwriter with EMI Music Publishing. Brilliant concert at Glasgow Concert Hall with 10 cc last night. Even better was to come that summer, when the follow-up ‘Heart Full Of Soul’, another brilliant slice of cool pop from the teenage Gouldman, went to No.2, held off the top only by the Hollies’ ‘I’m Alive’ and the Byrds’ ‘Mr.Tambourine Man’. I don’t know about you, I think musicians are the best people.”. They have a website. He has written with such various talents as Paul Carrack, Gary Barlow and, most poignantly, Kirsty MacColl, a working partnership cut short by her sad death in 2000. Godley: Making art, commercial or otherwise is a 100 percent selfish activity. Concert started only 5 minutes later then advertised and the guys from 10CC played all the big hits while showing a lot of fun on stage. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to www.10cc.world, the official website of the 10cc touring band.
But 1972 was the year when suddenly, the sum total of all the wisdom amassed by these four friends made perfect sense. They are group who approached their songwriting with sharp wit and acute self-awareness. Brilliant sound, vocals at the very top and a band that was present in full. The palace of pop varietiesgood, bad and weirdthat would be Graham’s lot in the period 1969-1972 have been newly compiled on the Castle album ‘Strawberry Bubblegum’.
Enhancing it further, and giving him an enviable transatlantic cach, was the fact that ‘For Your Love’ soon climbed to No.6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and ‘Heart Full Of Soul’ to No.9.
We’re talking very much in the present and future tenses, too, since he continues to write with contemporary hitmakers and see his classics renewing themselves constantly, as with the news that ‘For Your Love’ and ‘Heart Full Of Soul’, two of the timeless hits he wrote for the Yardbirds, have lately been part of live sets by the White Stripes. “Like, because we did it, it was good.
The reputation of the previously unknown songwriter was signed and sealed right there in little more than six months, in a golden run that any modern-day teen-pop hitmaker would be proud of. “There was a period between ’72 and ’76 with 10cc when I always thought God was in the band,” he says. Be the first to know when they tour near Wichita, KS, US, Join 171,741 fans getting concert alerts for this artist. A great venue. I looked around and thought: What a lot of OLD people here… Then, realizing that they are not OLD at all. Would definitley go see these again and would recommend to anyone. The instrumental sections they introduced into the songs were brilliant and there acapelo version of Donna was just amazing. It also generated a total of 11 top ten hits that of course included the anthemic, timeless ‘I’m Not In Love’, which won two Ivor Novello Awards and has been covered endlessly. While that too missed the charts, he would chalk up more sales glory by writing ‘Pamela Pamela’ for Wayne Fontana and ‘East West’ for Herman and co. By ’67, he was signed as a writer to the American publisher Robbins Music, collecting further covers by such artists as Jeff Beck, the Shadows, Cher and PJ Proby. Formed in 1970, 10cc were an all-star line up comprised of Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who were all successful, well-known musicians in their own rights before forming the band. My Dad and I travelled from Chepstow to Reading to see them. But, eventually, it became obvious that it wasn't going to happen. Next stop was Decca, but success continued to elude Graham as a band member, despite all his achievements as a writer, which also embraced a top three US hit with ‘Listen People’ for Herman’s Hermits, included in the film ‘When The Boys Meet The Girls’ starring Connie Francis. However, due to friction between the creative minds, the band split in 1976 for the first time.
By now he had the confidence and nous to have augmented his compositional skills with a knack for sparkling, evocative lyrical vignettes.
Testament to 10cc’s ongoing appeal, the band can count a generation straddling array of fellow artists, everyone from Chrissie Hynde to The Feeling’s Dan Gillespie and Axl Rose to Sophie Ellis Bextor, among their many millions of fans. That loyal little song-bug has stood him in good stead through decades of distinction as. The second half consisted of hits from the many other albums.
The song "Dreadlock Holiday" is a reggae sort of jam teeming with wild percussion, swirling keyboard riffs, upstroke guitar chucks wetted with flange and a grooving dub bass line. But it’s never just about nostalgia for Graham – not as long as he has a guitar and a pen. That was also the year Graham teamed with UK indie Dome Records for ‘And Another Thing…’, (the follow-up album, three decades late! 10cc have not lost anything, the entire show was well put on, entertaining and spanned thier entire history. I hope you'll enjoy clicking around and finding out lots of info about us, all the new, our tour dates and our biographies, after which you might want to buy some 10cc merchandise. The audience were mesmerised at their musicianship. That loyal little song-bug has stood him in good stead through decades of distinction as one of the UK’s most productive and imaginative hitmakers. View all concerts. He has written with such various talents as Paul Carrack, Gary Barlow and, most poignantly, Kirsty MacColl, a working partnership cut short by her sad death in 2000. 10ccs constantly prove to their audience that their concerts can be just as exciting as they are relaxing. They did put on a show that felt genuine and as if it was yesterday the songs were written. Being an important band in my youth in the seventies, it became an absolutely fantastic experience that brought me back on memory lane reaching goose bumps several times during the one and half hour concert. '” With the involvement of Rick Fenn and Paul Burgess, both veterans of 10cc studio and roadwork, as well as the talented Mick Wilson and Mike Stevens, the show evolved into ‘Graham Gouldman Celebrates 30 Years of 10cc’ for a 2002 tour, then again into ’10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and friends.’, Spin back 40 years and you find just the same motivation in the Manchester teenager: to be at the centre of music. Excitingly, he’s recently been writing and recording again, for the first time since 10cc’s heyday, with Kevin Godley. Despite not releasing any new material, the band has continued to play live shows, and in 2012 the band celebrated their 40th anniversary.
With the help of Herman’s Hermits manager and lifelong associate Harvey Lisberg, it reached the Yardbirds, and in March 1965, in the week the Rolling Stones ruled the charts with ‘The Last Time’, their version debuted on the UK bestsellers, climbing to No.3. 10cc tour dates listed on Ents24.com since Oct 2006.
In the first half, we were treated to the whole of the 10cc second album Sheet Music - including the singles The Wall Street Shuffle and Silly Love. Despite the release of another successful album entitled “Sheet Music” in 1973, the band split with their label and moved to Mercury Records in February 1975. There’s a humour that musicians have that’s unlike anybody else’s, and you can’t have it if you’re on your own. Great to hear some 1970s/ 80s classics performed well. The sequence continued beyond 1976, when Godley and Creme left the Mark I line-up, into 1977, when Gouldman and Stewart scored with ‘The Things We Do For Love’ followed by another 10cc No.1, ‘Dreadlock Holiday’. They began to play together for fun, lapping up the chance to learn at close quarters from visiting stars such as Manfred Mann and local heroes the Hollies as well as the Beatles and Stones. After the tour, Stewart parted ways with the band permanently, and again the band did not play together until 1999 when Gouldman reconvened the band. The 70s, particularly the early 70s, was a decade that was flooded with this style of music. To be with a bunch of like-minded people, it’s like any other fraternity. The warm up band were Amazing and really down to earth even spending the entire interval with the audience. To begin at the end, let’s talk about the motivation behind Graham’s new road route. The Mockingbirds’ life was a little shortlived, and after that I thought ‘maybe I’ll just write songs.’ Then my dream came true, pretty much.” 1966 is a year remembered with fondness by many Brits, but Gouldman had more reason than most, as an outrageous sequence for the sharp-penned creator of Britpop classics continued.
The gig took place at Tinghallen in Viborg, Denmark 25/11/16. Went as a trip down Memory Lane but WOW - these guys far exceeded expectations. I’m a fan - again!! While with Mercury Records, the band recorded and released two albums, “The Original Soundtrack” (released in 1975) and “How Dare You!” (released in 1976); both of which were considered successful. The early ’90s brought a reunion with Stewart under the 10cc banner for the album ‘Meanwhile…’ and in more recent years, Gouldman has continued to be hugely demand as a songwriter with EMI Music Publishing. Brilliant concert at Glasgow Concert Hall with 10 cc last night. Even better was to come that summer, when the follow-up ‘Heart Full Of Soul’, another brilliant slice of cool pop from the teenage Gouldman, went to No.2, held off the top only by the Hollies’ ‘I’m Alive’ and the Byrds’ ‘Mr.Tambourine Man’. I don’t know about you, I think musicians are the best people.”. They have a website. He has written with such various talents as Paul Carrack, Gary Barlow and, most poignantly, Kirsty MacColl, a working partnership cut short by her sad death in 2000. Godley: Making art, commercial or otherwise is a 100 percent selfish activity. Concert started only 5 minutes later then advertised and the guys from 10CC played all the big hits while showing a lot of fun on stage. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to www.10cc.world, the official website of the 10cc touring band.
But 1972 was the year when suddenly, the sum total of all the wisdom amassed by these four friends made perfect sense. They are group who approached their songwriting with sharp wit and acute self-awareness. Brilliant sound, vocals at the very top and a band that was present in full. The palace of pop varietiesgood, bad and weirdthat would be Graham’s lot in the period 1969-1972 have been newly compiled on the Castle album ‘Strawberry Bubblegum’.
Enhancing it further, and giving him an enviable transatlantic cach, was the fact that ‘For Your Love’ soon climbed to No.6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and ‘Heart Full Of Soul’ to No.9.
We’re talking very much in the present and future tenses, too, since he continues to write with contemporary hitmakers and see his classics renewing themselves constantly, as with the news that ‘For Your Love’ and ‘Heart Full Of Soul’, two of the timeless hits he wrote for the Yardbirds, have lately been part of live sets by the White Stripes. “Like, because we did it, it was good.
The reputation of the previously unknown songwriter was signed and sealed right there in little more than six months, in a golden run that any modern-day teen-pop hitmaker would be proud of. “There was a period between ’72 and ’76 with 10cc when I always thought God was in the band,” he says. Be the first to know when they tour near Wichita, KS, US, Join 171,741 fans getting concert alerts for this artist. A great venue. I looked around and thought: What a lot of OLD people here… Then, realizing that they are not OLD at all. Would definitley go see these again and would recommend to anyone. The instrumental sections they introduced into the songs were brilliant and there acapelo version of Donna was just amazing. It also generated a total of 11 top ten hits that of course included the anthemic, timeless ‘I’m Not In Love’, which won two Ivor Novello Awards and has been covered endlessly. While that too missed the charts, he would chalk up more sales glory by writing ‘Pamela Pamela’ for Wayne Fontana and ‘East West’ for Herman and co. By ’67, he was signed as a writer to the American publisher Robbins Music, collecting further covers by such artists as Jeff Beck, the Shadows, Cher and PJ Proby. Formed in 1970, 10cc were an all-star line up comprised of Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who were all successful, well-known musicians in their own rights before forming the band. My Dad and I travelled from Chepstow to Reading to see them. But, eventually, it became obvious that it wasn't going to happen. Next stop was Decca, but success continued to elude Graham as a band member, despite all his achievements as a writer, which also embraced a top three US hit with ‘Listen People’ for Herman’s Hermits, included in the film ‘When The Boys Meet The Girls’ starring Connie Francis. However, due to friction between the creative minds, the band split in 1976 for the first time.
By now he had the confidence and nous to have augmented his compositional skills with a knack for sparkling, evocative lyrical vignettes.
Testament to 10cc’s ongoing appeal, the band can count a generation straddling array of fellow artists, everyone from Chrissie Hynde to The Feeling’s Dan Gillespie and Axl Rose to Sophie Ellis Bextor, among their many millions of fans. That loyal little song-bug has stood him in good stead through decades of distinction as. The second half consisted of hits from the many other albums.
The song "Dreadlock Holiday" is a reggae sort of jam teeming with wild percussion, swirling keyboard riffs, upstroke guitar chucks wetted with flange and a grooving dub bass line. But it’s never just about nostalgia for Graham – not as long as he has a guitar and a pen. That was also the year Graham teamed with UK indie Dome Records for ‘And Another Thing…’, (the follow-up album, three decades late! 10cc have not lost anything, the entire show was well put on, entertaining and spanned thier entire history. I hope you'll enjoy clicking around and finding out lots of info about us, all the new, our tour dates and our biographies, after which you might want to buy some 10cc merchandise. The audience were mesmerised at their musicianship. That loyal little song-bug has stood him in good stead through decades of distinction as one of the UK’s most productive and imaginative hitmakers. View all concerts. He has written with such various talents as Paul Carrack, Gary Barlow and, most poignantly, Kirsty MacColl, a working partnership cut short by her sad death in 2000. 10ccs constantly prove to their audience that their concerts can be just as exciting as they are relaxing. They did put on a show that felt genuine and as if it was yesterday the songs were written. Being an important band in my youth in the seventies, it became an absolutely fantastic experience that brought me back on memory lane reaching goose bumps several times during the one and half hour concert. '” With the involvement of Rick Fenn and Paul Burgess, both veterans of 10cc studio and roadwork, as well as the talented Mick Wilson and Mike Stevens, the show evolved into ‘Graham Gouldman Celebrates 30 Years of 10cc’ for a 2002 tour, then again into ’10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and friends.’, Spin back 40 years and you find just the same motivation in the Manchester teenager: to be at the centre of music. Excitingly, he’s recently been writing and recording again, for the first time since 10cc’s heyday, with Kevin Godley. Despite not releasing any new material, the band has continued to play live shows, and in 2012 the band celebrated their 40th anniversary.
With the help of Herman’s Hermits manager and lifelong associate Harvey Lisberg, it reached the Yardbirds, and in March 1965, in the week the Rolling Stones ruled the charts with ‘The Last Time’, their version debuted on the UK bestsellers, climbing to No.3. 10cc tour dates listed on Ents24.com since Oct 2006.
The closest to a reunion we will ever have may well be the 1992 "Meanwhile" album which, at the time, was advertised like a full four-piece reunion, when in … The group might even show their prog rock side with songs like "Art for Art Sake" presumably a reference to the 19th century philosophy of aestheticism. Find information on all of 10cc’s upcoming concerts, tour dates and ticket information for 2020-2021. What a great concert in Portalen in Greve, DK!! Great A cappella rendition & finished of with Rubber Bullets to standing ovation. 171,741 fans get concert alerts for this artist. The early ’90s brought a reunion with Stewart under the 10cc banner for the album ‘Meanwhile…’ and in more recent years, Gouldman has continued to be hugely demand as a songwriter with EMI Music Publishing. MEANWHILE,,,,a really good 10CC cd. Even when they stuck together. 10cc were one of the most popular and well known bands of the '70s with their biggest hit I'm Not in Love reaching number one in the UK. Gouldman had also released his first solo single, ‘Stop Stop Stop (Or Honey I’ll Be Gone)’, for Decca in early 1966, but his “double life” was to continue. The album did not spawn any major hits, but was relatively well received in Japan and in Europe and thus the band set out on a successful tour of the two countries. “We thought ‘it’s quite a long way, why don’t we do something else while we’re down there?’ And it turned into a four-week tour.” It’s the latest example of the old “once a performer..” rule, as Graham readily admits. Together the three of them released “Deceptive Bends” in 1977, and then set out on tour.
In the first half, we were treated to the whole of the 10cc second album Sheet Music - including the singles The Wall Street Shuffle and Silly Love. Despite the release of another successful album entitled “Sheet Music” in 1973, the band split with their label and moved to Mercury Records in February 1975. There’s a humour that musicians have that’s unlike anybody else’s, and you can’t have it if you’re on your own. Great to hear some 1970s/ 80s classics performed well. The sequence continued beyond 1976, when Godley and Creme left the Mark I line-up, into 1977, when Gouldman and Stewart scored with ‘The Things We Do For Love’ followed by another 10cc No.1, ‘Dreadlock Holiday’. They began to play together for fun, lapping up the chance to learn at close quarters from visiting stars such as Manfred Mann and local heroes the Hollies as well as the Beatles and Stones. After the tour, Stewart parted ways with the band permanently, and again the band did not play together until 1999 when Gouldman reconvened the band. The 70s, particularly the early 70s, was a decade that was flooded with this style of music. To be with a bunch of like-minded people, it’s like any other fraternity. The warm up band were Amazing and really down to earth even spending the entire interval with the audience. To begin at the end, let’s talk about the motivation behind Graham’s new road route. The Mockingbirds’ life was a little shortlived, and after that I thought ‘maybe I’ll just write songs.’ Then my dream came true, pretty much.” 1966 is a year remembered with fondness by many Brits, but Gouldman had more reason than most, as an outrageous sequence for the sharp-penned creator of Britpop classics continued.
The gig took place at Tinghallen in Viborg, Denmark 25/11/16. Went as a trip down Memory Lane but WOW - these guys far exceeded expectations. I’m a fan - again!! While with Mercury Records, the band recorded and released two albums, “The Original Soundtrack” (released in 1975) and “How Dare You!” (released in 1976); both of which were considered successful. The early ’90s brought a reunion with Stewart under the 10cc banner for the album ‘Meanwhile…’ and in more recent years, Gouldman has continued to be hugely demand as a songwriter with EMI Music Publishing. Brilliant concert at Glasgow Concert Hall with 10 cc last night. Even better was to come that summer, when the follow-up ‘Heart Full Of Soul’, another brilliant slice of cool pop from the teenage Gouldman, went to No.2, held off the top only by the Hollies’ ‘I’m Alive’ and the Byrds’ ‘Mr.Tambourine Man’. I don’t know about you, I think musicians are the best people.”. They have a website. He has written with such various talents as Paul Carrack, Gary Barlow and, most poignantly, Kirsty MacColl, a working partnership cut short by her sad death in 2000. Godley: Making art, commercial or otherwise is a 100 percent selfish activity. Concert started only 5 minutes later then advertised and the guys from 10CC played all the big hits while showing a lot of fun on stage. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to www.10cc.world, the official website of the 10cc touring band.
But 1972 was the year when suddenly, the sum total of all the wisdom amassed by these four friends made perfect sense. They are group who approached their songwriting with sharp wit and acute self-awareness. Brilliant sound, vocals at the very top and a band that was present in full. The palace of pop varietiesgood, bad and weirdthat would be Graham’s lot in the period 1969-1972 have been newly compiled on the Castle album ‘Strawberry Bubblegum’.
Enhancing it further, and giving him an enviable transatlantic cach, was the fact that ‘For Your Love’ soon climbed to No.6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and ‘Heart Full Of Soul’ to No.9.
We’re talking very much in the present and future tenses, too, since he continues to write with contemporary hitmakers and see his classics renewing themselves constantly, as with the news that ‘For Your Love’ and ‘Heart Full Of Soul’, two of the timeless hits he wrote for the Yardbirds, have lately been part of live sets by the White Stripes. “Like, because we did it, it was good.
The reputation of the previously unknown songwriter was signed and sealed right there in little more than six months, in a golden run that any modern-day teen-pop hitmaker would be proud of. “There was a period between ’72 and ’76 with 10cc when I always thought God was in the band,” he says. Be the first to know when they tour near Wichita, KS, US, Join 171,741 fans getting concert alerts for this artist. A great venue. I looked around and thought: What a lot of OLD people here… Then, realizing that they are not OLD at all. Would definitley go see these again and would recommend to anyone. The instrumental sections they introduced into the songs were brilliant and there acapelo version of Donna was just amazing. It also generated a total of 11 top ten hits that of course included the anthemic, timeless ‘I’m Not In Love’, which won two Ivor Novello Awards and has been covered endlessly. While that too missed the charts, he would chalk up more sales glory by writing ‘Pamela Pamela’ for Wayne Fontana and ‘East West’ for Herman and co. By ’67, he was signed as a writer to the American publisher Robbins Music, collecting further covers by such artists as Jeff Beck, the Shadows, Cher and PJ Proby. Formed in 1970, 10cc were an all-star line up comprised of Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who were all successful, well-known musicians in their own rights before forming the band. My Dad and I travelled from Chepstow to Reading to see them. But, eventually, it became obvious that it wasn't going to happen. Next stop was Decca, but success continued to elude Graham as a band member, despite all his achievements as a writer, which also embraced a top three US hit with ‘Listen People’ for Herman’s Hermits, included in the film ‘When The Boys Meet The Girls’ starring Connie Francis. However, due to friction between the creative minds, the band split in 1976 for the first time.
By now he had the confidence and nous to have augmented his compositional skills with a knack for sparkling, evocative lyrical vignettes.
Testament to 10cc’s ongoing appeal, the band can count a generation straddling array of fellow artists, everyone from Chrissie Hynde to The Feeling’s Dan Gillespie and Axl Rose to Sophie Ellis Bextor, among their many millions of fans. That loyal little song-bug has stood him in good stead through decades of distinction as. The second half consisted of hits from the many other albums.
The song "Dreadlock Holiday" is a reggae sort of jam teeming with wild percussion, swirling keyboard riffs, upstroke guitar chucks wetted with flange and a grooving dub bass line. But it’s never just about nostalgia for Graham – not as long as he has a guitar and a pen. That was also the year Graham teamed with UK indie Dome Records for ‘And Another Thing…’, (the follow-up album, three decades late! 10cc have not lost anything, the entire show was well put on, entertaining and spanned thier entire history. I hope you'll enjoy clicking around and finding out lots of info about us, all the new, our tour dates and our biographies, after which you might want to buy some 10cc merchandise. The audience were mesmerised at their musicianship. That loyal little song-bug has stood him in good stead through decades of distinction as one of the UK’s most productive and imaginative hitmakers. View all concerts. He has written with such various talents as Paul Carrack, Gary Barlow and, most poignantly, Kirsty MacColl, a working partnership cut short by her sad death in 2000. 10ccs constantly prove to their audience that their concerts can be just as exciting as they are relaxing. They did put on a show that felt genuine and as if it was yesterday the songs were written. Being an important band in my youth in the seventies, it became an absolutely fantastic experience that brought me back on memory lane reaching goose bumps several times during the one and half hour concert. '” With the involvement of Rick Fenn and Paul Burgess, both veterans of 10cc studio and roadwork, as well as the talented Mick Wilson and Mike Stevens, the show evolved into ‘Graham Gouldman Celebrates 30 Years of 10cc’ for a 2002 tour, then again into ’10cc featuring Graham Gouldman and friends.’, Spin back 40 years and you find just the same motivation in the Manchester teenager: to be at the centre of music. Excitingly, he’s recently been writing and recording again, for the first time since 10cc’s heyday, with Kevin Godley. Despite not releasing any new material, the band has continued to play live shows, and in 2012 the band celebrated their 40th anniversary.
With the help of Herman’s Hermits manager and lifelong associate Harvey Lisberg, it reached the Yardbirds, and in March 1965, in the week the Rolling Stones ruled the charts with ‘The Last Time’, their version debuted on the UK bestsellers, climbing to No.3. 10cc tour dates listed on Ents24.com since Oct 2006.