Typically Tropical

Typically Tropical was a British studio band, which in August 1975 had a number-one hit in the UK with the song " Barbados " and throughout Europe occupied front seats hit parade.

Jeffery Calvert ( born November 13, 1954) and Max West were engineers, the periods in " Morgan Studio " this used to record your own compositions. As Calvert returned from a holiday in Barbados, he wrote a song about this holiday in reggae style. This record reached the UK top the charts and turned eleven weeks on the charts in the UK. Place the song in Germany reached 8 on the plate were heard studio musicians, including guitarist Chris Spedding of.

Under the band name three more singles have been published, "Rocket Now", "Ghost Story" and " Everybody Plays the Fool", but were no more successful. As a songwriter, Calvert had with the song " I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper", sung by Sarah Brightman, the end of 1978 another top 10 success in the UK. Then he produced until the 1990s, many more shots in his own recording studio.

In 1999, the Vengaboys from " Barbados " the hit song " We're Going to Ibiza " and so came on 12 August 1999 also No. 1 on the British charts. In Switzerland, the recording space reached 7, in Germany and in Austria 9th place 12th place