The Rap Pack was the name of a British

United Kingdom

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 musical group formed by presenter

Presenter

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s of a Pan-European

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 London

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-based music channel

Television channel

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 called Music Box

Music Box (TV)

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, which existed in the mid 1980s.

The only release by The Rap Pack was a single titled "Back To The Rhythm," which was released in December 1986. They also made an accompanying video

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, often shown on the channel. The B-side of the 7" single is an instrumental

Instrumental

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 version.

The lyrics

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 of the happy 'rappy' song include several references to Music Box shows.

Band members

• Timmy Mallett
  Timmy Mallett
  Timmy Mallett is a TV presenter and broadcaster in the UK. He achieved cult status on BBC Radio Oxford and Manchester's Piccadilly Radio and later on TV-am...
  
  
• Amanda Redington
  Amanda Redington
  Amanda Redington is a British presenter and actress. She has been a presenter for cable and satellite TV channels such as Music Box and Sky Channel, during the mid and late 1980s.Main presenter on GMTV for 8 years till 2002.The Heaven and Earth show BBC1 till 2001...
  
  
• Nino Firetto
  Nino Firetto
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• Simon Potter
• Martin Buchanan
• Steve Blacknell
• Gloria

External links

• Watch the video on YouTube.com