The Walkers
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The Walkers was a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 glam rock
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...

 band featuring singer-composer Torben Lendager
Torben Lendager
Torben Lendager is Danish singer and composer notable for composing hit songs "Little Kitty" and "Sha-La-La-La-La", which was covered by Vengaboys as "Shalala Lala".- References :*...

, guitarist Gert Michelsen, drummer-lyricist Poul Dehnhardt and bassist Jan Kanstrup Hansen. It was founded in 1968 and broke up in 1977. They did several comebacks after initial breakup.

Walkers' hits include song "Little Kitty", which was in 2000 covered by another Danish band Creamy
Creamy
Creamy was a Danish teen-pop duo, composed of Rebekka Mathew and Rannva Joensen.Their 1999 debut album, Creamy, made when the pair were just thirteen years of age, was composed of euro-pop versions of children’s songs. In 2001, they released a seasonal album, Christmas Snow...

, and "Sha La La La La", which was covered on the same year by Vengaboys
Vengaboys
Vengaboys are a Eurodance pop group based in Amsterdam. The brainchild of two Dutch producers Wessel van Diepen and Dennis van den Driesschen , they enjoyed commercial success in the late 1990s. They are best known for their two UK number one singles, "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" and "We're Going...

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Singles

  • Bang-Shang-a-Lang, 1969
  • Looky Looky, 1970
  • Marry me, 1971
  • Dabadio-Dabadie, 1972
  • Rosie, 1972
  • Sunshine, 1972
  • (We're just a) rock'n'roll band, 1973
  • Fire, 1973
  • Sha-La-La-La-La, 1973
  • Do the yo-yo, 1974
  • Let's go, let's go, let's Rock'n'Roll, 1974
  • Little Kitty, 1974
  • Strip tease, 1974
  • Baby love, 1975
  • Forever together, 1975
  • Wish I could give you up, 1975
  • Cinderella, 1976
  • Dance on (disco darling), 1977
  • I wanna boogie, 1977
  • Baby, now that I've found you, 2001

Albums

  • Walkers, 1972
  • A show just for you, 1974
  • Forever together, 1975
  • Greatest hits, 1976
  • Sha-la-la-la-la, 2000
  • Reinstalled, 2003

External links

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