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| name = The Sports | image = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | genre = Rock, new wave | years_active = {{start date|1976}}–{{end date|1981}} | label ={{flatlist|
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}} | website = | current_members = | past_members = see members list below }} The Sports were an Australian rock group which performed and recorded between 1976 and 1981. Mainstay members were Stephen Cummings on lead vocals and Robert Glover on bass guitar, with long-term members such as Paul Hitchins on drums, Andrew Pendlebury on lead guitar and vocals, and Martin Armiger on guitar. Their style was similar to both 1970s British pub rock bands (such as Brinsley Schwarz) and British new wave (such as Elvis Costello). The Sports' top forty singles are "Who Listens to the Radio", "Don't Throw Stones", "Strangers on a Train" and "How Come" . Their top 20 releases on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart are Don't Throw Stones (February 1979), Suddenly (March 1980) and Sondra (May 1981). In October 2010 Don't Throw Stones was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums. HistoryThe Sports were formed in 1976 by Stephen Cummings who was the lead singer of Melbourne rockabilly group, The Pelaco Brothers, (which also comprised Joe Camilleri, Peter Lillie and Johnny Topper). The original line-up were Cummings and ex-The Pelaco Brothers bandmate, Ed Bates, on guitar, Robert Glover (ex-Myriad) on bass guitar, Jim Niven (ex-The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band) on piano and Paul Hitchins on drums.[2][3][4] Their early sets contained covers of Chuck Berry, Billy Emerson, Don Covay, Company Caine and Graham Parker material.[2] Original songs, mostly written by Cummings and Bates, completed their sets.[2] The Sports' debut recording was a four-track extended play, Fair Game, which was released in early 1977 on the independent label, Zac Records.[2] A friend in London posted the record to the New Musical Express (aka NME) which declared it 'Record of the Week'.[8] The Sports were in tune with music trends dominating London rock and had provided song-based rock as an antidote to punk, which was dubbed new wave. Cummings was compared favourably with Mick Jagger and Bates was praised for his slide guitar style: being similar to Little Feat.[2] "We were totally surprised", Cummings said in 1997 of the NME review; he continued, "It was the last thing you'd expect. It was my making and my undoing in some ways. When you have everything go right so quickly you expect that everything after that is going to be good and that easy. It meant that I probably didn't put myself out as much as I should have."[10] Andrew Pendlebury (ex-Myriad) joined on guitar in August 1977 and assisted Cummings with song writing.[2][10] Cummings recalled, "I just vaguely met people and dragged them into it. I always wanted Andrew in the group as a guitarist and I had an idea for a rockabilly country sound. But I always wanted to change it because I really liked the MC5 and wanted to make it more like that as well."[10] In May 1978 The Sports issued their debut studio album, Reckless, on Mushroom Records with ex-The Pelaco Brothers bandmate, Camilieri, as their producer.[2][3][4] John Magowan of Woroni enthused about the "passionate, alive, and in its own way, unique" album, which showed "a perfect synthesis of archetypal 50's romance and the cutting neurotic edge of life in the 70's."[17] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, felt it "displayed plenty of charm, but failed to capture the atmosphere of the band's sweaty live shows."[2]The lead track, "Boys! (What Did the Detective Say?)", was released in March 1978 and peaked at 55 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart.[19] In England it provided some confusion with the similarly titled, "Watching the Detectives", by Elvis Costello, which had been released in the previous October.[4] In August 1978 Cummings brought in Martin Armiger (ex-Toads, Bleeding Hearts, High Rise Bombers) on guitar, vocals and for song writing, to replace Bates.[2][3] According to McFarlane, Bates had been "ousted" as Armiger "had a more commercial outlook".[2] On the strength of Reckless, The Sports were chosen to support Graham Parker & the Rumour's Australian tour later that year.[4][25] Luis Feliu of The Canberra Times described The Sports in September that year, "[their] roots lie in the fifties or early rock 'n' roll, rhythm and blues ... [Cummings and Bates] pen short and sharp songs ... [while Armiger] brings with him a more electric sound."[25] Parker arranged for The Sports to support their United Kingdom tour in February of the following year.[2] Fellow Australian musician Keith Shadwick accompanied the band on the tour and wrote an extensive account for the Australian music magazine Roadrunner.[1] In November, they started work on their second album, Don't Throw Stones, with Pete Solley and Dave Robinson producing.[3][30] It was released in February 1979 ahead of their joining Graham Parker & the Rumour's UK tour.[30] Feliu felt "plenty of admiration for their punchy and melodic rockabilly sound, [he] found the change to the more diverse, bigger-breath songs of new a wee strange but acceptable."[30] While in the UK they recorded another four-track EP, O.K, U.K!, which appeared in August that year.[2] Don't Throw Stones reached No. 9 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart, which provided two top 40 singles, "Who Listens to the Radio" (November 1978) and the title track (March 1979).[2][19] "Who Listens to the Radio?", was their only hit on the United States Billboard Pop Singles chart, peaking at No. 45 in November 1979.[36][37] Stiff issued material from the first two Australian albums under the name, Don't Throw Stones, in October 1979; while Arista Records released it in the US and continental Europe.[2][3]The group's third album, Suddenly, was released in March 1980 and was also produced by Solley.[2][3][42] Feliu opined that it showed "trimmed up reggae-favoured tunes and souped-up straight, melodic rockers... [and] has its fair share of goodies" while he "had reservations about the overall slickness, and excesses in production for the sake of commercial acceptance" by Solley.[42] McFarlane noticed that it "featured an even slicker, more commercial pop sound."[2] In Australia, the album reached No. 13 and its lead single, "Strangers on a Train", peaked at No. 22.[2][19] Before the album had appeared Hitchins was replaced by Iain McLennan (ex-Ariel, Mondo Rock) on drums and Niven was replaced by Red Symons (ex-Skyhooks) on keyboards.[2][3] To promote the album, in March and April 1980, The Sports undertook a national tour with Mushroom label mates, Split Enz.[2] Symons left after the tour and McLennan, who had hepatitis in May, was then replaced by Freddie Strauks (Symons' bandmate from Skyhooks) on drums.[2][3] In 1981, the Sports had another top 30 hit on the Australian singles chart with "How Come"; and a top 20 album with Sondra.[19] The Sports broke up late in 1981 with Cummings going on a solo singing career; Armiger became a composer for film and TV after moving to Sydney; Pendlebury joined The Dugites; Strauks joined Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons; and Glover was in Wilbur Wilde's backing band.[2][3] In October 2010, their 1979 album, Don't Throw Stones, was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[55] Members
Discography{{Main|The Sports discography}}Studio albums
Live albums
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://roadrunnertwice.com.au/2014/11/live-work-play-the-sports-1979-u-k-tour/|title= Live, Work & Play: the Sports’ 1979 U.K. tour | last=Shadwick | first=Keith | date=April 1979|publisher= Roadrunner}} [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 {{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'The Sports' |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=402 |accessdate=1 July 2009 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040806231417/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=402 |archivedate=6 August 2004 }} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Entries at Australian Rock Database* The Sports: {{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131127164650/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/s/sports.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/s/sports.html | title = The Sports | work = Australian Rock Database | via = passagen.se | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | first2 = Stefan | last2 = Warnqvist | first3 = Paul | last3 = Hitchins | archivedate = 27 November 2013 | accessdate = 17 December 2014 }}* Martin Armiger (1978–81): {{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130929125849/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/armigermartin.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/a/armigermartin.html | title = Martin Armiger | work = Australian Rock Database | via = passagen.se | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | archivedate = 29 September 2013 | accessdate = 21 December 2014 }}* Ed Bates (1976–78): {{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120924062447/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/b/batesed.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/b/batesed.html | title = Ed Bates | work = Australian Rock Database | via = passagen.se | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | archivedate = 24 September 2013 | accessdate = 21 December 2014 }}* Stephen Cummings (1976–81): {{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120923035011/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/c/cummingsstephen.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/c/cummingsstephen.html | title = Stephen Cummings | work = Australian Rock Database | via = passagen.se | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | first2 = Stefan | last2 = Warnqvist | archivedate = 23 September 2013 | accessdate = 21 December 2014 }}* Iain McLennan (1980): {{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121002145157/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/mclennaniain.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/mclennaniain.html | title = Iain McLennan | work = Australian Rock Database | via = passagen.se | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | archivedate = 2 October 2012 | accessdate = 21 December 2014 }}* Andrew Pendlebury (1976–81): {{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121006012659/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/p/pendleburyandrew.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/p/pendleburyandrew.html | title = Andrew Pendlebury | work = Australian Rock Database| via = passagen.se | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | last2 = Pendlebury | first2 = Andrew | authorlink2 = Andrew Pendlebury | archivedate = 6 October 2012 | accessdate = 21 December 2014 }} 4. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web | archiveurl = http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/14231/20120727-0512/www.howlspace.com.au/en2/sports/sports.htm | url = http://www.howlspace.com.au/en2/sports/sports.htm | title = The Sports | last = Nimmervoll | first = Ed | authorlink = Ed Nimmervoll | work = Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music (Ed Nimmervoll) | archivedate = 27 July 2012 | accessdate = 17 December 2014 }} 5. ^1 2 {{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110909413 | title = Full-on and No Slack | last = Feliu | first = Luis | newspaper = The Canberra Times | date = 15 September 1978 | accessdate = 21 December 2014 | page = 33 | via = National Library of Australia }} 6. ^1 2 3 {{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136981939 | title = Acceptable Change by The Sports | last = Feliu | first = Luis | newspaper = The Canberra Times | date = 23 February 1979 | accessdate = 22 December 2014 | page = 7 | via = National Library of Australia }} 7. ^1 2 {{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110582545 | title = Slickness, Who Needs It? | last = Feliu | first = Luis | newspaper = The Canberra Times | date = 14 March 1980 | accessdate = 24 December 2014 | page = 25 | via = National Library of Australia }} 8. ^1 {{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080723083220/http://mushroommusic.com.au/songwriters/songwriter.asp?id=268 | url = http://www.mushroommusic.com.au/songwriters/songwriter.asp?id=268 | title = Songwriters: Cummings, Stephen | publisher = Mushroom Music Publishing | year = 2004 | archivedate = 23 July 2008 | accessdate = 17 December 2014 }} 9. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.lovetown.net/articles/97juice.html|title=The Good Sport|work=Juice Magazine|last=Creswell |first=Toby|authorlink=Toby Creswell|publisher=Terraplane Press|date=September 1997|accessdate=26 June 2008}} 10. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134399692 | title = Sports Reckless | last = Magowan | first = John | newspaper =Woroni | location=Canberra | date = 18 July 1978 | accessdate = 17 December 2014 | page = 20 | via = National Library of Australia }} 11. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, New South Wales|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. 12. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1979-11-10/hot-100 |title=Top Music Charts – Hot 100 – "Who Listens to the Radio" – The Sports |work=Billboard |date=10 November 1979 |accessdate=17 June 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607125356/http://www.billboard.com/charts/1979-11-10/hot-100 |archivedate=7 June 2014 }} 13. ^1 {{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p20694/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Sports > Charts & Awards – Billboard Singles |work=AllMusic|publisher=Macrovision|accessdate=1 July 2009}} 14. ^1 {{Cite book | title = 100 Best Australian Albums | last1 = O'Donnell | first1 = John | authorlink1 = John O'Donnell (music journalist) | last2 = Creswell | first2=Toby | authorlink2 = Toby Creswell | last3 = Mathieson | first3 = Craig | authorlink3 = Craig Mathieson | publisher = Hardie Grant Books | date = October 2010 | location = Prahran, Vic | isbn = 978-1-74066-955-9 }} }}{{The Sports}}{{Stephen Cummings}} External links
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