Lieutenant Pigeon

Lieutenant Pigeon

Lieutenant Pigeon was a British novelty popular music group, originating from Coventry.

Career

Lieutenant Pigeon was a British musical group popular in the early 1970s. A spin-off from an experimental music band Stavely Makepeace cite book
first= Jo
last= Rice
year= 1982
title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits
edition= 1st
publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd
location= Enfield, Middlesex
pages= p. 147
id= ISBN 0-85112-250-7] , it was fronted by Rob Woodward. The group's sound was dominated by a heavy ragtime-style piano played by Woodward's mother, Hilda.

Lieutenant Pigeon achieved two UK hits: "Mouldy Old Dough", written by Rob Woodward with bandmate Nigel Fletcher, reached number one in 1972, followed by "Desperate Dan" (number 17 in 1973).cite book
first= David
last= Roberts
year= 2006
title= British Hit Singles & Albums
edition= 19th
publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
location= London
pages= p. 321
id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5] Both tracks were largely instrumental, with the titles providing virtually the only lyrics. "Mouldy Old Dough" (the title being an adaptation of the 1920s jazz phrase, "vo-de-o-do") became the second biggest selling UK single of the year, behind The Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards' bagpipe version of "Amazing Grace".

Lieutenant Pigeon scored a further hit, in the autumn of 1974, when it reached number 3 in the Australian charts with a cover version of "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen".

Subsequent UK releases, such as "Red River Rock", a version of the Johnny and the Hurricanes classic of 1959, fell on deaf ears.

Members

* Robert Woodward - keyboards
* Hilda Woodward - piano
* Stephen Johnson - bass guitar
* Nigel Fletcher - drums

ee also

*List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
*List of artists under the Decca Records label
*List of British pop musicians of the 1970s
*Number 1 Singles in Ireland 1972

References

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:nl5f8qctbt04~T0 Lieutenant Pigeon biography page at AMG web site]


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