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 - Lançado por Parlophone UK em 09/01/2004
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The Deluxe Collection (Remastered)
Lounge - Lançado por Master Tape Records em 21/08/2020
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The Best Of The Temperance Seven
Jazz - Lançado por Upbeat Jazz em 10/08/2007
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The Writing On The Wall
Jazz - Lançado por Upbeat Jazz em 13/08/2007
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Live Broadcasts (Live)
Rock - Lançado por Event em 26/05/2020
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33 Not Out
Jazz - Lançado por Upbeat Recordings em 10/08/2007
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Ukelele Lady, Vol. 2
Jazz - Lançado por Diamond Days em 05/05/2008
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The Temperance Seven
Jazz - Lançado por Past Classics em 02/03/2013
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Those BBC Years
Jazz - Lançado por Upbeat Jazz em 18/07/2008
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Tea For Eight
Jazz - Lançado por Upbeat Jazz em 10/08/2007
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Chilli Bom Bom
Dixieland - Lançado por BritBop em 01/01/2012
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The Temperance Seven + 1
Jazz - Lançado por CoolNote em 01/01/2000
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You're Driving Me Crazy
Jazz - Lançado por Stars and Stripes em 22/10/2014
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Hard Hearted Hannah (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 28)
Jazz - Lançado por Music Manager em 19/12/2018
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Wild And Free (Live)
Jazz - Lançado por Wild Waters em 26/09/2019
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Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues
Jazz - Lançado por Top Tracks em 30/10/2013
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The BBC Years, Vol. 2
Jazz - Lançado por Supreme Media em 01/01/2013
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You're Driving Me Crazy - The Early Hits
Pop - Lançado por Ap Music em 15/08/2011
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My Blue Heaven
Jazz - Lançado por Top Tracks em 30/10/2013
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