The band is best known for its single, "The Shape of Things to Come", which entered the UK Singles Chart on 22 September 1979. The track spent eight weeks on the chart, reaching number 45.[2] This secured the band an appearance on Top of the Pops on 11 October 1979; the debut show for host Andy Peebles.
The lack of any other UK chart hit left them labelled as one-hit wonders.[3]
In 2013, the band announced on their Facebook page that the ten tracks they had recorded for a follow-up album, but which remained unreleased, would be issued on CD under the title The Lost Album by the American record label, Pop Detective Records.[4] The album, issued on 1 December that year,[4] was dedicated to the memory of drummer Davy Ross, who died in November 2010.[5] George Boyter died in September 2022.[6] Bob Heatlie died on 8 April 2023, at the age of 76.[7]
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External linksedit
Band biography
Lyrics for "The Shape of Things to Come"
November 23, 2023
headboys, were, scottish, power, band, formed, 1977, edinburgh, scotland, originally, under, name, badger, originscotlandgenrespower, waveyears, active1977, 1980labelsrso, recordspast, memberslou, lewisgeorge, boytercalum, malcolmdavy, rossbob, heatlie, conten. The Headboys were a Scottish power pop band formed in 1977 in Edinburgh Scotland originally under the name of Badger 1 The HeadboysOriginScotlandGenresPower pop new waveYears active1977 1980LabelsRSO RecordsPast membersLou LewisGeorge BoyterCalum MalcolmDavy RossBob Heatlie Contents 1 Career 2 Band members 3 Discography 3 1 Albums 3 2 Singles 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksCareer editThe band is best known for its single The Shape of Things to Come which entered the UK Singles Chart on 22 September 1979 The track spent eight weeks on the chart reaching number 45 2 This secured the band an appearance on Top of the Pops on 11 October 1979 the debut show for host Andy Peebles The group released an album in 1979 on Robert Stigwood s RSO label 1 which was produced by Peter Ker who also worked with The Motors and Bram Tchaikovsky The lack of any other UK chart hit left them labelled as one hit wonders 3 In 2013 the band announced on their Facebook page that the ten tracks they had recorded for a follow up album but which remained unreleased would be issued on CD under the title The Lost Album by the American record label Pop Detective Records 4 The album issued on 1 December that year 4 was dedicated to the memory of drummer Davy Ross who died in November 2010 5 George Boyter died in September 2022 6 Bob Heatlie died on 8 April 2023 at the age of 76 7 Band members editLou Lewis guitar and vocals George Boyter bass and vocals Calum Malcolm keyboards and vocals Davy Ross drums and vocals 8 Bob Heatlie keyboards sax vocalsDiscography editAlbums edit The Headboys 1979 US 113 9 Canada 69 10 AUS 43 11 The Lost Album 2013 4 Singles edit Year Title UK 3 US 9 12 AUS 11 NZ 13 NL 14 Label Cat 1977 Biding My Time Stepping Stones as Badger MCA 2931977 Night of Love Don t Wanna Wait Too Long as Badger MCA 3181979 The Shape of Things to Come The Mood I m in 45 67 89 17 RSO 40 20903861979 Stepping Stones Before Tonight RSO 49 20904041979 Schoolgirls Stepping Stones Double Vision 18 RSO Holland 22521341980 Kickin the Kans Double Vision My Favourite DJ 44 RSO 56 20904301980 Something s Happening Writing on the Wall Polydor 2040366See also editVideo Concert HallReferences edit a b Myspace Profile myspace com Retrieved 30 January 2014 Brown Tony 2002 The Complete Book of the British Charts London Omnibus Press p 457 ISBN 0 7119 9075 1 a b Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 247 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 a b c The Lost Album The Headboys Releases AllMusic Retrieved 25 October 2014 The Shape of Things to Come Headboys Jonkutner com Retrieved 2 August 2023 UK Singles Chart Forums deathlist net 29 February 2020 Retrieved 2 August 2023 Merry Christmas Everyone songwriter dies aged 76 BBC News 17 April 2023 Retrieved 18 April 2023 Lost Bands Of The New Wave Era The Headboys Lostbands blogspot com 14 January 2007 Retrieved 30 January 2014 a b Headboys Awards AllMusic Retrieved 30 January 2014 Results RPM Weekly Bac lac gc ca Retrieved 28 January 2016 a b Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 136 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Lyrics The Shape Of Things To Come by The Headboys Top40db net Retrieved 30 January 2014 Steffen Hung The Headboys Kickin The Kans Swedishcharts com Retrieved 28 January 2016 The Headboys The Shape Of Things To Come Top 40 Top40 nl Retrieved 28 January 2016 External links editBand biography Lyrics for The Shape of Things to Come Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Headboys amp oldid 1168384105, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
