Pat and Mick were a British
pop duo, consisting of popular radio personalities
Pat Sharp
Patrick Sharpin known professionally as Pat Sharp, is an English radio presenter, television presenter and DJ. He worked on the children's ITV programme '' Fun House'', was one of the Sky Channel's VJs and presented the Coca-Cola Eurochart T ...
and Mick Brown, both of whom are from London. They released
cover version
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s each year from 1988 to 1993, achieving a top-10 hit with their 1989 single "
I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet". The
royalties
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from their record sales were donated to
Capital FM's 'Help A London Child'
charity
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. All their singles were
produced by
Stock Aitken & Waterman except "Shake Your Groove Thing" and "Hot Hot Hot", both of which were produced by Stock & Waterman. The relationship began when Brown joked on air with producer
Pete Waterman
Peter Alan Waterman (born 15 January 1947) is an English record producer, songwriter, and television personality. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman production and songwriting team, he co-wrote and co-produced many UK hit singles. An av ...
about turning the DJs into pop stars. In 1993, they released their only album, ''Don't Stop Dancin'', which compiled all their singles and B-sides on a continuous mix.
In 2010, Pat & Mick appeared on the Identity Parade round on ''
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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''. However,
Phill Jupitus
Phillip Christopher Jupitus (, ''Given name#Name at birth, né'' Swan; born 25 June 1962) is a retired English stand-up comedy, stand-up and Improv comedy teacher, improv comedian, actor, performance poetry, performance poet, cartoonist and podc ...
's team were only asked to identify Mick.
In 2011, Sharp entered ''
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''.
In November 2011, Brown started hosting the ''Drive Time'' and ''Saturday Breakfast'' radio shows on
107.8 Radio Jackie, while Sharp presented the Weekend Breakfast slot on
Smooth Radio.
From February 2019, Sharp started presenting, a
voice tracked, weekend mid-morning radio show on
Greatest Hits Radio as well as P8 Pop in Norway.
Discography
Albums
* 1993: ''Don't Stop Dancin
Singles
* 1988: "
Let's All Chant" / "On the Night" (
UK #11, credited to 'Mick and Pat')
* 1989: "
I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" (UK #9, Finland #2, Europe #30)
* 1990: "
Use It Up and Wear It Out" (UK #22, US #81)
* 1990: "Ole Ole Ole" (released under the name 'L.A. Mood') (UK #78)
* 1991: "
Gimme Some" (UK #53)
* 1991: "The Concrete Megamix" (UK #90)
* 1992: "
Shake Your Groove Thing" (UK #80)
* 1993: "
Hot Hot Hot" (UK #47)
See also
*
List of performances on Top of the Pops
References
English pop music duos
Pop music groups from London
English boy bands
British male musical duos
Cover bands
British Eurodisco groups
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