The Dandys
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The Dandys were a British
indie-pop
act
that formed in 1996, releasing their only album
, Symphonic Screams in 1998. The album featured the singles
"I Wanna Be Like You", "Dirty Weekend", "You Make Me Want To Scream" and "English Country Garden".
Although from Leeds
, Yorkshire
, England
, the band is more associated with the York
music scene. The band members were Andy Firth lead vocals, Mike Brooke keyboards plus backing vocals, Ben Davies guitar
, Tony Beasley bass guitar
and Bryan Munslow drums.
Their song
s "I Wanna Be Like You" and "All That You Do" were featured in the first series of British comedy
/drama
television program
, Teachers
. They performed the song "English Country Garden" on BBC Television
Sunday morning television programme Fully Booked
.
Later incarnations of the band, all featuring singer Andy Firth, include Soulshaker, Sonar, The Shanks, The Clients and most recently Deltawave.
United Kingdom
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indie-pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
act
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
that formed in 1996, releasing their only album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Symphonic Screams in 1998. The album featured the singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
"I Wanna Be Like You", "Dirty Weekend", "You Make Me Want To Scream" and "English Country Garden".
Although from Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, the band is more associated with the York
York
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
music scene. The band members were Andy Firth lead vocals, Mike Brooke keyboards plus backing vocals, Ben Davies guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Tony Beasley bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and Bryan Munslow drums.
Their song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
s "I Wanna Be Like You" and "All That You Do" were featured in the first series of British comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
/drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
, Teachers
Teachers (UK TV series)
Teachers is a British television sitcom, originally shown on Channel 4. The series follows a group of secondary school teachers in their daily lives....
. They performed the song "English Country Garden" on BBC Television
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
Sunday morning television programme Fully Booked
Fully Booked
Fully Booked was a magazine show for children produced by BBC Scotland and broadcast from 1995 to 1999, and in revised form as FBi in 2000. The show was a summer-time replacement for Live & Kicking, which would normally not broadcast over the summer months...
.
Later incarnations of the band, all featuring singer Andy Firth, include Soulshaker, Sonar, The Shanks, The Clients and most recently Deltawave.
Singles
- "I Wanna Be Like You" 19/5/97 (ATF1) Ltd purple 7" backed with "Stormy Weather", CD extra track "Real".
- "Dirty Weekend" 4/8/97 (ATF2) Ltd clear 7" backed with "Elephant Man", CD extra track "Glory Glory".
- "You Make Me Want To Scream" 2/3/98 (ATF3) Ltd blue 7" backed with "Til There Was You" / CD1 "You Make Me Want To Scream", "Til There Was You" and "Wintery Gate" CD2 "You Make Me Want To Scream", "Sunshine Superstar" and "Pop Tart". UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#71
- "English Country Garden" 18/5/98 (ATF4) 7" "English Country Garden" backed with "Man Eater", CD1 "English Country Garden", "Man Eater" and "Real" (Live version), CD2 "English Country Garden", "Braindead" and "Oh Yuko". UK #57
Albums
- Symphonic Screams - "Intro", "Merry Go Round", "Drag Queen", "You Make Me Want To Scream", "English Country Garden", "Dirty Weekend", "All That You Do", "I Wanna Be Like You", "Walter Ego", "Long Live The King", "The Butterfly Song" and "Johnny Foxtrot".