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This article is about the Irish band. For the novel by Muriel Spark, see The Bachelors (novel). The Bachelors is a novel written in 1960 by the Scottish author Muriel Spark.
The Bachelors
Origin Dublin, Ireland
Genre(s) Country Music Harmony
Years active 1957 – current
Label(s) Decca, Philips, Pickwick, Major Minor, Galaxy, Deram, and Many Independents and compilations
Website thebachelors.co.uk
Members
Con Cluskey
Declan Cluskey
John Stokes
Former members
see note below
Notable instrument(s)
Con and Dec Cluskey: Guitar, Keyboards, Banjo, ukekele, Harmonica - John Stokes: Bass, harmonica

The Bachelors is a popular music group, originating from Dublin, Ireland. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. In Western music, harmony is the use of different pitches simultaneously and chords actual or implied in Music. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV ( Royal Philips Electronics Inc. Major Minor Records was a Record label started by Phil Solomon in 1966, the label had a distribution deal with Decca Records. A galaxy is a massive gravitationally bound system consisting of Stars an Interstellar medium of gas and dust, and Dark matter Deram Records was a Record label set up by Decca Records. It was active from 1966 until 1979 Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world

Contents

Career

The founding members of the group were Conleth (Con) Cluskey (born 18 November 1941); Declan (Dec) Cluskey (born 23 December 1942) and John Stokes (Sean James Stokes) (born 13 August 1940). Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1957 they formed their first band together, "The Harmonichords" (also seen as "The Harmony Chords"), a classically styled instrumental harmonica-act. Events January 5 - Renato Carosone and his band start their American tour in Cuba. An instrumental is a Musical composition or recording without Lyrics or any other sort of Vocal music; all of the Music is produced by A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or

As such they appeared on Hughie Green's 'Opportunity Knocks' on Radio Luxembourg [1], and the 'Ed Sullivan' TV Show filmed in Dublin as a St. Patrick's Day Special, when they played "Danny Boy," aired March 15, 1959[2]. Hughie Green ( February 2, 1920 &ndash May 3, 1997) was the host of numerous British television shows The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, Saint Patrick's Day (Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig) colloquially St " Danny Boy " is a song whose lyrics are set to the Irish tune Londonderry Air. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, They also played background music plus featured pieces in 25 week radio comedy series called 'Odd Noises' on Radio Éireann [3] featuring Eamonn Andrews. RTÉ Radio 1 ( Irish: RTÉ Raidió 1) is the principal radio channel of Irish Eamonn Andrews, CBE (hon ( 19 December, 1922 &ndash 5 November, 1987) was an Irish born Television presenter They changed the name to "The Bachelors" in 1962 at the suggestion of Dick Rowe, A&R at Decca Records. Events January 1 - The Beatles and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes both audition at Decca Records, a company which has the option Dick Rowe (died June 6 1986) was an A&R man at Decca Records from the 1950s to the 1960s Artists and Repertoire ( A&R) is the division of a Record label that is responsible for talent scouting and artist development Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. He reportedly recommended the name, The Bachelors, "because that’s the kind of boy a girl likes". [4]

During the 1960s, they had many successful songs that featured in the music charts in Europe Australia, South Africa, South America, parts of the USSR and the United States. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Record chart are a method of ranking Music according to Popularity during a given period of time The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Some of the most successful were: "Diane" (1964), "Marie" (1964), "I Wouldn't Trade You For the World" (1965), and "In the Chapel in the Moonlight". They also appeared in a film with Billy Fury in 1965, called "I've Gotta Horse. Billy Fury (born Ronald William Wycherley, 17 April 1940 - 28 January, 1983) was an internationally successful British I've Gotta Horse was Billy Fury 's first smash hit feature film " In 1965 they had the 'most played juke box track' with 'The Stars Will Remember' from a film they made with then current DJ Sam Costa. [5]

The Songs

The Bachelors' version of "Charmaine", with its descending melody that had already made it an evergreen, jogs along to a country guitar strum and a sprinkling of piano licks. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Dick Rowe chose American Shel Talmy as record producer, who went on to produce some of The Kinks' classic rock hits. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Shel Talmy (born August 11 1937 in Chicago, Illinois United States is an American record producer best known for his work in 1960s London with The Who and In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing The Kinks were an English pop and rock group formed in 1963 and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top Another 1927 movie theme song, "Diane", penned by the same songwriters as "Charmaine", Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack, and arranged in the same Nashville-like manner, was released in 1964 and gave the group their first Number one in the UK Singles Chart, as well as an American breakthrough at number two. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Lew Pollack [[16 June] 1895 in New York, d 18 January 1946 in Hollywood was a Composer active during the 1920's and the In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

In 1963 they starred in Its All Over Town with Frankie Vaughan and The Springfields. Frankie Vaughan, CBE ( 3 February 1928 - 17 September 1999) was a Singer of Traditional pop music in the The Springfields were a British pop-folk vocal trio in the early 1960s who had success in the UK USA and Ireland but are now best remembered as the launch pad for singer Dusty

It is curious to note that four of their hit songs were taken from 1920’s movies. Jim Reeves had also previously covered the same four songs, "Charmaine", "Diane", "Ramona" and "Marie" in the 1950s. James Travis "Jim" Reeves ( August 20 1923 &ndash July 31 1964) was an American country and Pop singer The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Throughout the 1960s the Bachelors racked up hit singles and albums and made guest appearances on all the then current TV shows [6]also made their own situation comedy TV series called Under and Over[7] which was a success. They appeared in two Royal Variety TV shows. [8]. They also scored the largest viewing audience ever for Bruce Forsyth's Sunday Night At The London Palladium. [9]Live work was carrying them into the 1970s with record breaking theatre season shows and after a successful start to the decade with the album World of the Bachelors hitting the top 5 and a top twenty follow up, the band became less and less dominant of the music industry along with singers like Tom Jones they found themselves stuck in a decade of Glam Rock and unable to change with the times. Tom Jones can refer to Tom Jones (singer (born 1940 Welsh pop music singer Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946 American actor and director Glam rock (also known as glitter rock) is a sub-genre of Rock music that developed in the UK in the post- Hippie early 1970s which was "performed by The records however kept on coming with a move to the Pye label which was a safe haven for easy listening stars like Frankie Vaughan and Max Bygraves it became increasing apparent that their career would follow the path of live shows. This article is about the electronics company Pye Ltd. For other uses of Pye see Pye (disambiguation. Frankie Vaughan, CBE ( 3 February 1928 - 17 September 1999) was a Singer of Traditional pop music in the Max Bygraves OBE (born 16 October 1922 in Rotherhithe, London as Walter William Bygraves) is an English By 1979 however without a hit single in almost 12 years the cracks were showing.

The split and beyond

In 1984 there was a falling out between the members of The Bachelors, and John Stokes was asked to leave the band at a meeting held in The Eccentric Club in London. He was also removed as a director of Bachelors Limited.

After a High Court case, John Stokes was not allowed to use any name containing the word Bachelors ["or any colourable imitation"] [8] [High Court undertaking 15th May 1984, London], whilst Con & Dec were allowed to use any name that contained the word Bachelors [except The Bachelors alone or The Original Bachelors] [9] [ref. same High Court Undertaking]. This was contained in a legal undertaking which John Stokes signed with Con & Dec Cluskey when he bought the company 'Bachelors Ltd' from them. Meanwhile Con & Dec recruited a new member, Peter Phipps, and continued until 1993 as The New Bachelors.

In 1993 John Stokes reappeared with a new group also calling himself 'The New Bachelors' so the Cluskey Brothers changed their name to ‘Con and Dec, The Bachelors’ to not confuse the public. In 2006 Con & Dec tried to take John Stokes to the High Court to stop him using the name The Bachelors but, due to Dec being overseas, the forms had not been filled in properly, and the court case was not allowed to take place. Counsel in the court, representing 'Brick Lane Music Hall', where the offence was committed, confirmed in court that they had changed the advertising and introduced John Stokes on stage as: 'John Stokes and his fabulous band'. [ref. contemporaneous court notes Altringham County Court 10 July 2006]

As of 2008, only Con and Dec - the Bachelors are still touring. Stokes's group, now called "The Bachelors" [10], [in contempt of court - ref. High Court Undertaking 15th May 1984], includes singer Jonathan Young and guitarist Kevin Neill (formerly of the Karl Denver Trio). They rarely play in the UK and are currently scheduled to appear once in London[Spring 2008].

Con and Dec Cluskey are finishing their latest album which will be released early 2008 [the 70th. album].

Hit singles

Hit EP's

Hit ALBUMS

There are 69 + albums on release in the UK.
This discography does not include hit releases outside the UK.

References

  1. ^ Kilmainham & Inchicore Local Dictionary of Biography
  2. ^ 1TV.Com - list of Ed Sullivan shows.
  3. ^ Kilmainham & Inchicore Local Dictionary of Biography
  4. ^ Ian Whitcomb's article on The Bachelors
  5. ^ Kilmainham & Inchicore Local Dictionary of Biography
  6. ^ Television's Greatest Hits - Paul Gambaccini/Rod Taylor
  7. ^ Television's Greatest Hits - Paul Gambaccini/Rod Taylor
  8. ^ Television's Greatest Hits - Paul Gambaccini/Rod Taylor
  9. ^ Television's Greatest Hits - Paul Gambaccini/Rod Taylor


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