Goldie (band)

Goldie were a British pop/rock band. They are best known for the hit single "Making Up Again", which reached Number 7 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1978.cite book
first= David
last= Roberts
year= 2006
title= British Hit Singles & Albums
edition= 19th
publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
location= London
pages= p. 230
id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5] The single was released on the Bronze label with catalogue reference BRO 50, and the track spent 11 weeks in the chart. Their lead vocalist was Peter McDonald.

The band, Goldie, was actually named after a type of bird. It can be assumed that Dave Black, founder of the band, was following an inspiration similar to one of his earlier combos, Kestrel, also named after another winged species. Prior to forming Goldie in 1976, Black had been touring with David Bowie's Spiders from Mars band. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:giftxq80ldje~T1 Allmusic.com biography by Eugene Chadbourne] ] That connection may have been enough reason to label any subsequent Black product as glitter. The glib cheer of that genre is challenged by the fact that the b-side to "Making Up Again" was actually entitled "Time to Kill," perhaps suggesting an alternative solution to the same problem. The Goldie band stayed together for four years, becoming one of the pop legends of their home stomping grounds, Blyth, Northumberland, and appearing numerous times on television programs such as "Top of the Pops". When the group broke up in 1980, Black went on to form 747 and play with the Brendan Healy Band.

Their lack of subsequent chart success made Goldie a one-hit wonder.

ee also

*One-hit wonders in the UK

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