Terry Dobson (singer)
| Terry Dobson (singer) | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Terry Dobson |
| Born |
March 29, 1952 Wakefield, UK |
| Genres | Europop |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer, author, businessman, manager |
| Instruments | Vocals, drums |
| Years active | 1969-Present |
| Associated acts | Black Lace |
| Website | andthencameagadoo.co.uk |
Terry Dobson was a founding member of the worldwide pop band, Black Lace, with Ian Howarth. Their best-known hits include "Superman", "Agadoo", "Do the Conga", "Hokey Cokey", "Wig-Wam Bam" and "Music Man", although Dobson had left the band by the time of those releases.
They also represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem, with the song "Mary Ann", which finished seventh.
Terry Dobson was born on 29 March 1952 on a large council estate in Wakefield. He attended Flanshaw Infants (now called Flanshaw Junior and Infants), Alverthorpe Junior, Ings Road Secondary Modern School, and Building College until, at the age of 21, he entered higher education at Huddersfield Polytechnic, now the University of Huddersfield.
From 15 years of age, Dobson worked as a joiner for Horners Building Contractors in Ossett and for Wakefield Metropolitan District Council before turning professional with Black Lace in 1976.
Dobson formed The Impact pop group in 1969 with his schoolfriend Ian Howarth. This was after playing drums on the chair arms of another friend Freddy Pearson's mother's best three piece suite...a drum kit of sorts put together after Mr Billy Blackburn donated a bass drum and tom toms to the cause. It was four years and two further band name changes (Penny Arcade and Love or Confusion) before Black Lace was born.
Dobson and Howart, founded Black Lace in 1974 together, after four years with the other band members Steve Scholey, Nigel Scott and Alan Barton. Dobson left the group in 1973, a short time after Howarth, but both later rejoined after a couple of line up changes involving Neil Hardcastle (drums for three months) and Nigel Scott (bass guitar for four years)
They finally arrived at the line up in 1976 consisting of Steve Scholey (lead singer), Alan Barton (lead guitar, lead singer and backing vocals), Dobson (drums and backing vocals) and Colin Routh (Gibb) (bass guitar, backing vocals and stringed instruments).
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