The Temperance Seven
After decades of music hall and pantomime in Britain, the link between various forms of jazz and various forms of comedy (many of them low) was well-forged indeed. This link was very well understood by the people involved with The Goon Show, a BBC Radio comedy show starring Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan, with the occasional appearance from Michael Bentine -- this kind of surreal comedy would give rise to the Alberts, the Scaffold and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, with the influences traveling across the Atlantic to inspire such bent comedy-with-brass outfits as the Roto Rooter Good Time Christmas Band.
The Temperance Seven first appeared in 1957, led by the flamboyant Alexander Hitchcock Galloway, who provided vocals and periodic bellows and commentary through a brass megaphone. The band had some direct links with the Alberts, in that members of the expanded version of the Alberts (known as the Massed Alberts) found their way to the Temperance Seven. Ted Wood, brother of Rolling Stones member Ron Wood, was a member for some time. In 1966, they appeared in The Wrong Box, providing some of the more hilarious moments in the film.
While the band has, in its various lineups, recorded a number of albums, they achieved only a few hits in Britain -- although these included a #1 with "You're Driving Me Crazy." Other chart successes included "Pasadena" and "Chili Bom-Bom," a song so pervasive that it approached the saturation of a national fad.
The band continues to perform and record as of 1998.
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The Very Best Of The Temperance Seven
Pop - Released by Parlophone UK on 9 Jan 2004
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The Deluxe Collection (Remastered)
Lounge - Released by Master Tape Records on 21 Aug 2020
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The Best Of The Temperance Seven
Jazz - Released by Upbeat Jazz on 10 Aug 2007
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The Writing On The Wall
Jazz - Released by Upbeat Jazz on 13 Aug 2007
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Ukelele Lady, Vol. 2
Jazz - Released by Diamond Days on 5 May 2008
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You're Driving Me Crazy
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 22 Oct 2014
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The Temperance Seven
Jazz - Released by Past Classics on 2 Mar 2013
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The Temperance Seven + 1
Jazz - Released by CoolNote on 1 Jan 2000
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Hard Hearted Hannah (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 28)
Jazz - Released by Music Manager on 19 Dec 2018
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Wild And Free (Live)
Jazz - Released by Wild Waters on 26 Sep 2019
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Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues
Jazz - Released by Top Tracks on 30 Oct 2013
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The BBC Years, Vol. 2
Jazz - Released by Supreme Media on 1 Jan 2013
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You're Driving Me Crazy - The Early Hits
Pop - Released by Ap music on 15 Aug 2011
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