Middle Of The Road – Original Hits

June 6th, 2009 |

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Middle Of The Road ,

was a Scottish pop group who enjoyed great success across Europe in the early 1970s. Three of their singles sold over one million copies each, and received a gold disc. The tracks were “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep” (which went on to sell over 10 million), “Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum” and “Soley Soley”. By early 1972 alone the group had sold over five million records.
Lead singer Sally Carr (born Sarah Cecilia Carr, 28 March 1945, in Muirhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland), drummer Ken Andrew (born Kenneth Ballentyne Andrew, 28 August 1942, in Bearsden, Glasgow, Strathclyde), guitarist Ian McCredie (b. 15 July 1948, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde), and bassist his brother Eric McCredie (born 17 July 1945, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde died 6 October 2007) from Glasgow founded the band on April, 1st (“All Fools Day”) in 1970. They already played together under the name Part Four since 1967 and later in Latin American style under the name Los Caracas.

They moved to Italy in 1970 because they had not found success in the United Kingdom. There they met the Italian music producer Giacomo Tosti, who gave the band their distinctive sound and gave them their international break. ….Read More