Star Turn on 45 (Pints)
| Star Turn on 45 (Pints) | |
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| Origin | North East England |
| Genres | Pop, novelty song, comedy |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Labels | V Tone Records, Turn Trax, Pacific Records, BMG Records |
| Members |
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| Past members | Steve O'Donnell (deceased) |
Star Turn on 45 (Pints) is an English novelty song musical ensemble, originally with Steve O'Donnell, Colin Jennings and J. Vincent Edwards. They have recorded a number of singles since 1981, two of which appeared in the UK Singles Chart, and released two albums.
In the fictional Whitley Bay social club, Hampton Cummings performs as "Star Turn", a club singer, introduced by Geordie concert chairman Albert Charlton who frequently interrupts with announcements and who sometimes joins in the performance, by playing the spoons or providing a spoken word accompaniment.
Charlton is played by J. Vincent Edwards, who had previously appeared in the London performance of Hair, had a brief career as a solo singer in the late sixties and early seventies, and then moved into song writing and production, and was a co-writer of "Right Back Where We Started From", a UK No. 8 hit, and US No. 2, for Maxine Nightingale. Edwards' experiences of performing at affiliated working men's clubs in North East England, early in his career, was part of the inspiration for Star Turn.
Cummings is played by Colin Horton Jennings, who had sung and performed with the groups The Greatest Show on Earth and Taggett, and who composed songs for, amongst others, The Hollies, Cilla Black and the Salsoul Orchestra. In 2012 Jennings and the backing musicians from Star Turn formed a group "The Ilsleys".
Star Turn's debut single was "Are You Affiliated?" (1981), followed by "Starturn on 45 (Pints)" in October that year, a parody of the Stars on 45 singles, a medley of various pop standards with a non-stop disco beat. Both were released by V Tone Records. Jennings' performance exaggerated the "club singer" style, while the concert chairman urged the audience to "settle down; give the lad a chance now, he's only doing his best".
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