Recently on the Blog... we had a look at Abba 70's rivals Brotherhood of Man- who
followed the swedes to Eurovision fame, plus a string of hits in the Fernando' vain.
In the seventies, a disco-pop band calling themselves-
The Dooleys!!
In Britian
& Europe the eight piece family group
had a solid string of male-vocal hits ' Think I'm gonna fall in love with you'
'Honey I'm Lost' 'A rose has to die' and 'Love of My Life' The band
found a regular spot on the disco dance halls of the time.
Then suddenly for no reason,
the two girls took vocal-control, with the top 3 hit 'Wanted'
This song looked and
sounded very much like an unused track from Abba's 1979 Voulez Vous LP.
The Dooleys continued with a whole album simular to the big hit, called
'Chosen Few This album
has recently been remastered on cd on Cherry Red lable. This Cd /LP it is well worth
a re-visit.
While The Dooleys never did enter Eurovision Song Contest, this may
have been as they did a cover of Olivia's Song for Europe 74 song
'Hands across the Sea' (when it failed to make it- The year 'Long Live Love'
was choosen for UK!) This was The Dooleys debut single that met very little success.
Here is the 'Wanted' clip-
only thing missing is some blond hair dye!
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