Middle Of The Road - Soley Soley

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Middle Of The Road
Soley Soley / To Remind Me
RCA Victor RCA 25 (1971)

Before ABBA the sound of Europop was this band from Scotland. The band originally began in 1967 playing under the name Part Four before changing their name to Las Caracus.  Under the later name they won the UK TV show Opportunity Knocks.

In 1970 they moved to Italy where the producer Giacomo Tosti assisted them to international success under their new name, Middle Of The Road. 

They debuted with "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" which reached #1 in the UK charts as well as being very popular in Germany.  The follow-up single "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" reached #2 and this, their third 45 release, reached #5 as well as hitting the top of the charts in 6 European countries.

"Soley Soley" was written by Spanish musician Fernando Arbex and the band recorded a demo whilst they were in Spain. The demo was sent to RCA in Rome to be finalised. It was first released in the Netherlands in August 1971 and was released in the UK on 26 November 1971. The flip-side d Me", was written by Lally Stott, brothers Giosy and Mario Capuano, and the band's lead singer Sally Carr.

This 45 sold over a million and the band was awarded a gold disc for sales.  At the time of the award the band had sold over 5 million records.  The band went on to release a handful of 45s in the UK however none matched the success of their 3 singles.






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