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.
© Steven McDonald /TiVo
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The Very Best Of The Temperance Seven
Pop - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 09.01.2004
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The Deluxe Collection (Remastered)
Lounge - Erschienen bei Master Tape Records am 21.08.2020
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The Best Of The Temperance Seven
Jazz - Erschienen bei Upbeat Jazz am 10.08.2007
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The Writing On The Wall
Jazz - Erschienen bei Upbeat Jazz am 13.08.2007
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Live Broadcasts (Live)
Rock - Erschienen bei Event am 26.05.2020
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33 Not Out
Jazz - Erschienen bei Upbeat Recordings am 10.08.2007
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Ukelele Lady, Vol. 2
Jazz - Erschienen bei Diamond Days am 05.05.2008
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The Temperance Seven
Jazz - Erschienen bei Past Classics am 02.03.2013
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The Temperance Seven + 1
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 01.01.2000
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You're Driving Me Crazy
Jazz - Erschienen bei Stars and Stripes am 22.10.2014
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Hard Hearted Hannah (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 28)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 19.12.2018
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Wild And Free (Live)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Wild Waters am 26.09.2019
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Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues
Jazz - Erschienen bei Top Tracks am 30.10.2013
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You're Driving Me Crazy - The Early Hits
Pop - Erschienen bei Ap music am 15.08.2011
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Chilli Bom Bom (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 28)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 19.12.2018
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