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Dave Peacock (musician)
David Victor Peacock (born 24 May 1945) is an English musician and bass guitarist. He was brought up in the Ponders End and 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. Career 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 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. Chas & Dave In 1972, Peacock and H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield () is a London boroughs, London borough in Greater London, England. The main communities in the borough are Edmonton, London, Edmonton, Enfield, London, Enfield, Southgate, London, Southgate and Palmers Green. Enfield is an Outer London borough and forms part of North London, being the northernmost borough and bordering Hertfordshire to the north and Essex to the northeast. The local authority is Enfield London Borough Council, based at Enfield Civic Centre. The borough's population is estimated to be 333,794. It borders the London boroughs of London Borough of Barnet, Barnet to the west, London Borough of Haringey, Haringey to the south, and London Borough of Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest to the southeast. To the north are the districts of Hertsmere, Welwyn Hatfield and Borough of Broxbourne, Broxbourne (in Hertfordshire), and to the east is Epping Forest District in Essex. Etymology Enfield was recorded in Domesday Book in 1086 as ''Enefelde'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heads Hands & Feet
Heads Hands & Feet was a British rock and country rock band. It was formed in 1969 after the breakup of Poet and the One Man Band, which included some of the same members (see ''Members'' below). Music and performances Heads Hands & Feet recorded their debut album, ''Home From Home,'' in 1970. Initially shelved by their label, it was finally released in 1996. In 1971, their proper debut release, ''Heads Hands & Feet,'' was released as a single-disc record in Europe on Island Records, and as a double album in the United States on the Capitol Records label. While still relatively unknown, they served as the supporting act for Deep Purple's series of concerts from 5 to 8 March 1971 in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Aberdeen, Scotland. They were the opening act at a free concert in London's Hyde Park on 3 July 1971, which also featured Humble Pie and Grand Funk Railroad. In 1972, the band toured the United States. Their second album, ''Tracks'', received some critical acclaim. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit (song)
"Rabbit" is a song by Chas & Dave from the album ''Don't Give a Monkey's'', which was released as a single on 23 November 1980 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 66. The song stayed in the charts for 8 weeks and peaked at number 8 on 17 January 1981. The song was used in a series of adverts for Courage Bitter. Composition The title comes from the Cockney rhyming slang "rabbit and pork" meaning "talk". The song is about a relationship between a man and a woman, in which the man expresses his love for his girlfriend, but complains that she will not stop talking or, "rabbiting". Chas & Dave began writing the song in a cottage they had rented in Ashington, West Sussex in the summer of 1978. Peacock first had the idea of writing about someone who talked a lot called "jaw-me-dead" while he was on holiday in Spain, and had the lines "You won't stop talking. Why don't you give it a rest? You’re nothing to me but a jaw-me-dead." Hodges however wanted something less obscure, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitter (beer)
Bitter is an English style of pale ale that varies in colour from gold to dark amber, and in strength typically from 3% to 5.5% alcohol by volume. History The term "bitter" has been used in England to describe pale ale since the early 19th century. Although brewers used the term "pale ale", before the introduction of pump clips, customers in pubs would ask for "bitter" to differentiate it from mild ale; by the end of the 19th century, brewers had begun to use the term as well. During the 20th century, bitter became the most popular type of draught beer sold in British pubs and has been described as "the national drink of England". In Scotland, bitter is known as either "light" or "heavy" depending on the strength, colour and body. Bitter is traditionally cask conditioned and either dispensed by gravity through a tap in the cask or by a beer engine at "cellar temperature" of 11°C-14°C (50°F-55°F). The popularity of craft brewing in North America has led to British-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courage (brewery)
Courage was an English brewery, founded by John Courage in London, England, in 1787. History Origin and family ownership The Courage Brewery was started by John Courage (1757 – October 1793). He was a Scottish shipping agent believed to be of French Huguenot descent hailing from Aberdeen, although other sources suggest his family may have originated from Flanders, as there were no records of French Huguenot immigration to Aberdeen and there was a stronger tradition of brewing in that region. John Courage moved to London in or about 1780 to become an agent for the Glasgow shipping firm of Carron. His work was located at Glasgow Wharf (just downstream from the Tower of London). From his workplace, he could see the brewing operations in Southwark which encouraged him to diversify his interests into the brewing industry. On 20 December 1787, John Courage, together with a group of friends purchased the Anchor Brewhouse in Horsleydown, Bermondsey, from John and Hagger Ellis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertcha
"Gertcha" is a song from Chas & Dave's 1979 album ''Don't Give a Monkey's'', which was released as a single (music), single in May 1979 and entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 67. The song stayed in the charts for 8 weeks and peaked at number No. 20 on 30 June 1979. The song was used as the music behind a notable television commercial for Courage (brewery), Courage Bitter (beer), Bitter. Background The song is based around an expletive traditionally said in the East End of London when someone is in disbelief of something, or wants to give a mild threat. According to Chas Hodges, the word is a more polite way of saying "Get out of it you little bastard!" where "get out of it you" becomes contracted to "gertcha". The song was originally titled "Woortcha!" in the first album of Chas & Dave released in 1975, ''One Fing 'n' Anuvver'', but they decided to use "Gertcha" as the title for the single as it was the more commonly used version of the word. The song was first written in 1972 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Name Is
"My Name Is" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his second studio album '' The Slim Shady LP'' (1999). It is also the opening song and lead single of the album. The song contains a sample from British singer Labi Siffre's 1975 track " I Got The..." featuring the bass and guitar riff as originally played by British pop rock duo Chas & Dave. The song was ranked at #26 on "VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s". "My Name Is" was also ranked #6 on Q Magazine's "1001 Best Songs Ever". "My Name Is" peaked at number 36 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Eminem's first top 40 hit on the chart. Outside of the United States, "My Name Is" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Iceland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and United Kingdom. The song was placed at number 39 by ''Rolling Stone'' on their list of "100 Greatest Hip-Hop songs of all time" in April 2016. The recording garnered Eminem his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Got The
"I Got The..." is a song by British musician Labi Siffre, originally released in 1975 as the opening track on his album ''Remember My Song''. The song resurged in popularity in 1999 when it was sampled by American rapper Eminem on his breakthrough hit "My Name Is", leading to its release as a single in 2003. Composition and recording As with the other tracks on ''Remember My Song'', "I Got The..." was written by Siffre and produced by Big Jim Sullivan and Derek Lawrence. The recording featured session musicians Chas Hodges on guitar and Dave Peacock on bass guitar, who later became notable in their own right as Chas & Dave. Legacy Sampling In 1999, a bass and electric piano riff from "I Got The..." was sampled by the American rappers Eminem and Dr. Dre for Eminem's song "My Name Is", which became his breakthrough hit. Siffre, who is gay, said in an interview that he refused permission for the sample until the sexist and homophobic lyrics were removed from "My Name Is": He even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time, he is credited with popularizing hip-hop in Middle America (United States), Middle America and breaking down racial barriers for the acceptance of white rappers in popular music. While much of his Transgressive art, transgressive work during the late 1990s and early 2000s made him Public image of Eminem, a controversial figure, he came to be a representation of popular angst of the American underclass. After the release of his debut album ''Infinite (Eminem album), Infinite'' (1996) and the extended play ''Slim Shady EP'' (1997), Eminem signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with ''The Slim Shady LP''. His next two releases, ''The Marshall Mathers LP'' (2000) and ''The Eminem Show'' (2002), became world ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remember My Song
''Remember My Song'' is the fifth studio album by British musician Labi Siffre. Released in 1975, it was the first of Siffre's two albums released that year, the other being ''Happy''. Despite having some notable backing musicians such as Big Jim Sullivan co-producing, Brian Bennett of the Shadows on drums, and Chas & Dave who would become well known in their own right, the album did not chart. The album garnered a resurgence of interest in 1999, when its opening track " I Got The..." was sampled by American rapper Eminem on his first hit "My Name Is", eventually leading to the whole album being reissued in 2006. Composition and recording It was co-produced by session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan and record producer Derek Lawrence. Siffre wrote or co-wrote all tracks on the album with the exception of "Old Time Song", which was written by studio musicians Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock, who later became known as the duo Chas & Dave. Like all of Siffre's albums from before, ''Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labi Siffre
Claudius Afolabi "Labi" Siffre ( , born 25 June 1945) is a British singer, songwriter and poet. Siffre released six albums from 1970 to 1975 and four from 1988 to 1998. His compositions include " It Must Be Love", which reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart in 1971 (and was later covered by the band Madness), "Crying Laughing Loving Lying", and " (Something Inside) So Strong"—an anti-apartheid song inspired by a television documentary in which white soldiers in South Africa were filmed shooting at black civilians in the street—which hit number 4 on the UK chart. The latter song won Siffre the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, and it has been used in Amnesty International campaigns. Siffre has published essays, the stage and television play ''Deathwrite'' and three volumes of poetry: ''Nigger'', ''Blood on the Page'', and ''Monument''. In 2022, his life and work was explored in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Brewer
Teresa Brewer (born Theresa Veronica Breuer; May 7, 1931 – October 17, 2007) was an American singer whose style incorporated pop, country, jazz, R&B, musicals, and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of the 1950s, recording around 600 songs. Early life Brewer was born in Toledo, Ohio, the eldest of five siblings. Her father Ludwig Breuer, a German immigrant, was a glass inspector for the Libbey Owens Company (now part of Pilkington Glass), and her mother Helen (nee Kasap) Breuer, a housewife, was of Polish ancestry. The family were practicing Catholics, and she was a member of the Roman Catholic Church most of her life. Career Her singing career began almost as soon as she was able to walk and talk. When Brewer was 2, her mother entered her in ''The Uncle August Kiddie Show'' on Toledo's WSPD and she was a hit with audiences. At the age of 7, Brewer entered ''The Major Bowles Amateur Hour'' and was soon touring around the country with them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
