Liquid Gold | |
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Origin | Brackley, England, United Kingdom |
Genres | disco, pop rock |
Years active | 1977-1984 |
Labels | Polo Records Ltd |
Past members | Ellie Hope Ray Knott Wally Rothe Syd Twynham |
Liquid Gold was an English disco group, from Brackley in Northamptonshire. Their biggest success came in 1980 with "Dance Yourself Dizzy", which peaked at number two on the UK chart.
Liquid Gold was formed by Ray and Ellie, who had met auditioning to play in Babe Ruth, a group that released four albums between 1972 and 1975. Both of them worked on the band's last album, Kid Stuff. They then recruited Wally Rothe and Syd Twynham under the name Dream Coupe; after a few shows they signed to Creole Records, a Polo Records subsidiary, and changed their name to Liquid Gold.
Their first single, "Anyway You Do It", was released in October 1978. It narrowly missed the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #41, but resulted in their being transferred to Polo for their next release, "My Baby's Baby". A remixed version of the song was concurrently released by Parachute Records in the United States and became a hit, reaching #5 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979. Despite their success in the US, however, they never toured there.
At home, their next single was "Mr. Groovy", which did not chart; it was quickly followed with "Dance Yourself Dizzy", which became their biggest UK hit, peaking at #2 on the UK chart in 1980. The song also reached #26 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. Their next single, "Substitute", peaked at #8 in the UK in the summer of 1980. Their final UK Top 40 entry was "The Night, the Wine, and the Roses", which hit #32 late in the year.