Sailor (Band)
Sailor is a British pop group that has been active since 1973. Their biggest hits are A Glass of Champagne and Girls, Girls, Girls from the 1970s.
Band History
Sailor was founded in 1973 by Georg Kajanus ( born February 9, 1946 in Norway), Henry Marsh ( born December 8, 1948), Phil Pickett ( born November 19, 1946) and Grant Serpell ( born February 9, 1944) founded; first appearances the band had in 1974. Initially Sailor went with Kiki Dee and Cockney Rebel on tour. The first album and the single Sailor Traffic Jam in the Netherlands reached gold status immediately.
Achievements
1976 succeeded with Sailor A Glass of Champagne international breakthrough; the single reached number 2 in the UK and number 3 on the German charts. In the same year followed by Girls Girls Girls, reached the number 2 in the German charts and the top ten in the UK. Both were extractions from the album Trouble. In Germany, these two songs were the only top ten successes, only Stiletto Heels, also from 1976 still reached number 12 in the charts. 1977 published One Drink Too Many and Down by the docks that could be placed in Germany in the Top 20.
Comeback
In 1979, the band parted ways. In the early 1990s, she launched a comeback; the songs The Secretary La Cumbia and reached the Top 40 in Germany
End of 1995, Georg Kajanus left the band. In his place as a singer came Peter Lincoln, who had previously sung among others, Shakin 'Stevens and Cliff Richard. 1999 then also left the band Henry Marsh. It was first later replaced by Anthony England, by Rob Alderton.
In November 2002, a live DVD Copy was Pirate - Sailor Recorded live in Concert. In mid-2005 Henry Marsh returned to the band. In the spring of 2006, the album Buried Treasure appeared with old Sailor recordings. In September 2006, singer Peter Lincoln left the band to go to Andy Scott's The Sweet. From October 2006 to April 2009 sang Oliver Marsh, the son of a founding member Henry Marsh, in the band. He was replaced for two years by Nick Parvin, returned in May 2011, however, just like his older brother Thomas Marsh to the band back to replace the original drummer Grant Serpell, who retired in early 2011 from the business.
Music
On their first three albums ( Sailor, 1974, Trouble, in 1975 and The Third Step, 1976) presented Sailor a concept in the name of the band program was: The texts revolved around life as a sailor, and the music was shaped by influences from different countries and eras. Sailor used Latin American rhythms (Out of Money ), waltz ( The Old Nickelodeon Sound) and stylistic elements reminiscent of the Twenties ( Two Ladies on the Corner ).
Georg Kajanus ' lead vocals often alternated with polyphonic vocal passages from (Girls, Girls, Girls ). Characteristic of the style of Sailor was also that they used in addition to piano, acoustic guitar and synth sounds (especially for bass) popuntypische numerous instruments such as Honkytonk piano, glockenspiel, accordion, harp, marimba, dulcimer and autoharp.
Completed on the later plates Checkpoint (1977) and Hideaway (1978 ) Sailor a substantive as well as musical departure from the previous concept: It flowed increasingly current Popstilelemente in their music a such as disco ( Down by the docks) and New Wave ( Give Me Shakespeare ). In addition, in the meantime not only written by Georg Kajanus songs were also electric guitars used for the first time.
In order to realize their arrangements are also in concerts with only four musicians, Sailor developed the " Nickelodeon ", which looked like two back -to-back Asked pianos. The instrument is loud band member Henry Marsh, a "tailor-made all-round machine, the opposing pianos, two synthesizers, mini - organs and carillons includes two, everything mechanically connected and housed in a wooden frame with each other ." Sailors Nickelodeon is not identical to the pianola also called.
Solo projects
Georg Kajanus released three albums in the 1980s with the pop band DATA, in the 1990s an album NOIR well as a solo album; Henry Marsh has composed music for television; Grant Serpell taught chemistry; Phil Pickett joined Culture Club and was co-author of the worldwide hits Karma Chameleon and It's a Miracle.
Discography (excerpt)
Albums
Awards
RSH Gold