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Don Lang (musician)
Don Lang (born Gordon Langhorn; 19 January 1925 – 3 August 1992) was an English trombonist and singer who led Don Lang and his Frantic Five.[1]
Biography edit
Lang was born in Halifax, England, on 19 January 1925.[2] He and his band appeared on Six-Five Special, the first BBC Television show for teenagers, from 1957.[2] In 1958 his cover version of Witch Doctor reached the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart.[3] Lang played trombone on the song Revolution 1 on The Beatles' 'White Album'.[4] Lang retired in the late 1980s.[4] He died of cancer in London on 3 August 1992, aged 67.[2][4]
Discography edit
Albums edit
- The Complete '50s Singles – 2012 (Peaksoft) (includes HMV POP714 from 1960)
Singles edit
Don Lang
- HMV POP115: "Cloudburst"/"Seventeen" – 1955, UK No. 16[3]
- HMV POP150: "Four Brothers"/"I Want You to Be My Baby" – 1956
- HMV POP178: "Rock Around the Island"/"Jumpin' to Conclusions" – 1956
- HMV POP224: "Rock and Roll Blues"/"Stop the World I Wanna Get Off" – 1956
- HMV POP260: "Sweet Sue – Just You"/"Lazy Latin" – 1956
Don Lang and his Frantic Five
- Electrola HMV 45-EG 8775: "Red Sputnik Rock (Red Planet Rock)"/"Texas Tambourine" – 1956
- HMV POP289: "Rock Around the Cookhouse"/"Rock Mister Piper"
- HMV POP335: "Rock-a-Billy"/"Come Go with Me"
- HMV POP350: "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)" – 1956, UK No. 26[3]/"Six Five Special"
- HMV POP382: "White Silver Sands"/"Again 'N' Again 'N' Again" - 1957
- HMV POP414: "Red Planet Rock"/"Texas Tambourine" - 1957
- HMV 7EG 8208: "The Big Beat"/"Rock, Rock, Rock"/"Baby Baby"/"Rock Pretty Baby" - 1957
- HMV POP465: "Tequila"/"Junior Hand Jive" - 1957
- HMV POP488: "Witch Doctor" – 1958, UK No. 5[3]/"Cool Baby Cool" - 1958
- HMV POP510: "The Bird On My Head"/"Hey Daddy" - 1958
- HMV POP547: "Queen Of The Hop"/"La-Do-Da-Da" - 1958
- HMV POP585: "Wiggle Wiggle"/Teasin'" - 1959
- HMV POP623: "Percy Green"/Phineas McCoy" - 1959
- HMV POP649: "A Hoot and a Holler"/"See You Friday" - 1959
- HMV POP682: "Reveille Rock"/"Frankie and Johnny" – 1959
- HMV POP714: "Sink the Bismarck"/"They Call Him Cliff" – 1960, UK No. 43[3][5]
- HMV POP805: "Time Machine"/"Don't Open That Door"
References edit
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Fifties Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 197. ISBN 0-85112-732-0.
- ^ a b c Danter, John (24 August 1992). "Obituary: Don Lang". Independent.
- ^ a b c d e Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. p. 312. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b c Eder, Bruce. "Don Lang". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ [1] April 29, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
- Mini biography at 45-rpm.org.uk