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- See also
- References
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{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}{{Refimprove|date=December 2010}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Sad Café
| image =
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Manchester, England
| genre = Soft rock[1]
| years_active = 1976–1990, 1998, 2000, 2012–present
| label = RCA, A&M
| current_members = Ian Wilson
Dave Irving
Des Tong
Sue Quin
Barry James Thomas
Dave Day
Neil Shaw-Hulme
Pete Hughes
| past_members = Paul Young
Vic Emerson
John Stimpson
Ashley Mulford
Tony Cresswell
Lenni
Michael Byron-Hehir
Steve Pigott
Jeff Seopardi
Paul Burgess
Phil Lanzon
Alistair Gordon
Simon Waggott
Steve Whalley
}}Sad Café are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1976, who achieved their peak of popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known for the UK Top 40 singles "Every Day Hurts", "Strange Little Girl", "My Oh My" and "I'm in Love Again", the first of which was their biggest hit, reaching number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979.[2] The band also had two US Billboard Hot 100 hits with "Run Home Girl" and "La-Di-Da". Frontman Paul Young went on to achieve greater chart success as the co-lead singer (with Paul Carrack) of Mike + The Mechanics. History{{sources|section|date=November 2018}}The group formed as a result of the unification of rock bands Mandalaband and Gyro. Its founder members were Paul Young (vocals), Ian Wilson (guitar), Vic Emerson (keyboards), Ashley Mulford (lead guitar), John Stimpson (bass) and Tony Cresswell (drums). Over the course of the band's history, only Young and Wilson were constant members, with other musicians amongst the band's ranks over the years including: Dave Irving (drums), Lenni "Sax" Zakson (saxophone), Des Tong (bass), Michael Byron-Hehir (lead guitar), Steve Piggot (keys), Jeff Seopardi (drums), Paul Burgess (drums), Phil Lanzon (keyboards) and Alistair Gordon (keyboards). Harvey Lisberg, who also managed 10cc, arranged for Eric Stewart to produce their third album, Façades, which included the top 3 single, "Every Day Hurts".[3] Reviewing the band's 1978 Misplaced Ideals LP, Robert Christgau wrote in Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981): "In which the decade's most paradoxical, characteristic, and disgusting pop-music synthesis—combining hard rock's compulsive riff energy with MOR's smooth determination to displease no one—is achieved without recourse to jazz rhythms or semiclassical decoration. Misplaced ideals my ass—they threw them down the deepest hole they could find."[4] The band initially dissolved in 1990, but briefly reformed in 1998, and again in 2000. The 2000 concert was a tribute to the band's former vocalist Paul Young, who had died, aged 53, on 15 July 2000. In 2012, the band was reformed by Wilson, who due to Young's death is now the band's only continuous member, along with other former members Mulford, Irving, and Tong, and new members Sue Quin (vocals, keyboards), Simon Waggott (keyboards) and Steve Whalley (guitars, vocals). The band conducted a UK tour in November 2012, the band's first full live tour in 25 years. The new lineup formed in 2018 includes Wilson, Tong and Irving plus Sue Quin and new members Dave Day (lead guitar, vocals), Barry James Thomas (vocals, percussion), Neil Shaw-Hulme (saxophone, wx7, vocals) and Pete Hughes (keyboards, vocals). They played their first gig in November 2018 to a sell-out audience in Bowdon and will be playing more shows in 2019.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} PersonnelMembers{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}- Current members
- Ian Wilson – guitars, vocals (1976–1990, 1998, 2000, 2012–present)
- Dave Irving – drums, vocals (1978–1984, 2000, 2012–present)
- Des Tong – bass, vocals (1980–1990, 1998, 2000, 2012–present)
- Sue Quin – vocals (2012–present)
- Dave Day - lead guitars, vocals (2018-present)
- Barry James Thomas - vocals, percussion (2018-present)
- Neil Shaw-Hulme - saxophones, wx7, vocals (2018-present)
- Pete Hughes - keyboards, vocals (2018-present)
{{col-2}}- Former members
- Paul Young – lead vocals (1976–1990, 1998; died 2000)
- Vic Emerson – keyboards (1976–1984, 2000; died 13 October 2018)[5]
- John Stimpson – bass (1976–1980)
- Tony Cresswell – drums (1976–1978)
- Lenni – saxophone (1979–1984, 1998, 2000)
- Michael Byron-Hehir – lead guitars (1981–1984, 1989–1990, 1998; guest musician: 1986)
- Jeff Seopardi – drums (1984–1986)
- Phil Lanzon – keyboards (1986)
- Alistair Gordon – keyboards, vocals (1989–1990, 1998)
- Simon Waggott – keyboards (2012–2014)
- Steve Whalley – guitars, vocals (2012–2014)
- Ashley Mulford – lead guitars, vocals (1976–1981, 1986–1989, 2000, 2012–2014)
- Guest musicians
- Roy Martin – drums (1998)
- Paul Burgess – drums (1986–1990)
- Steve Pigott – keyboards (1984–1986)
{{col-end}}Lineups| 1976–1978 | 1978–1979 | 1979–1980 | 1980–1981 |
|---|
- Paul Young – lead vocals
- Ashley Mulford – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Vic Emerson – keyboards
- John Stimpson – bass, backing vocals
- Tony Cresswell – drums
| - Paul Young – lead vocals
- Ashley Mulford – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Vic Emerson – keyboards
- John Stimpson – bass, backing vocals
- Dave Irving – drums
| - Paul Young – lead vocals
- Ashley Mulford – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Vic Emerson – keyboards
- John Stimpson – bass, backing vocals
- Dave Irving – drums
- Lenni – saxophone
| - Paul Young – lead vocals
- Ashley Mulford – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Vic Emerson – keyboards
- Dave Irving – drums
- Lenni – saxophone
- Des Tong – bass, backing vocals
| | 1981–1984 | 1984–1986 | 1986 | 1986–1989 |
|---|
- Paul Young – lead vocals
- Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Vic Emerson – keyboards
- Dave Irving – drums
- Lenni – saxophone
- Des Tong – bass, backing vocals
- Michael Byron-Hehir – lead guitar
| - Paul Young – lead vocals
- Ian Wilson – guitars, backing vocals
- Des Tong – bass, backing vocals
- Danny Schogger – keyboards
- Jeff Seopardi – drums
| - Paul Young – lead vocals
- Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Des Tong – bass, backing vocals
- Ashley Mulford – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Jeff Seopardi – drums
- Phil Lanzon – keyboards
- Guest musicians
- Michael Byron-Hehir – lead guitar
| - Paul Young – lead vocals
- Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Des Tong – bass, backing vocals
- Ashley Mulford – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Paul Burgess – drums
| | 1989–1990 | 1990–1998 | 1998 | 1998–2000 |
|---|
- Paul Young – lead vocals
- Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Des Tong – bass, backing vocals
- Paul Burgess – drums
- Michael Byron-Hehir – lead guitar
- Alistair Gordon – keyboards, backing vocals
| Disbanded | - Paul Young – lead vocals
- Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Des Tong – bass, backing vocals
- Michael Byron-Hehir – lead guitar
- Alistair Gordon – keyboards, backing vocals
- Lenni – saxophone
- Guest musicians
| Disbanded | | 2000 | 2000–2012 | 2012–2014 | 2018 |
|---|
- Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Des Tong – bass, vocals
- Lenni – saxophone
- Vic Emerson – keyboards
- Dave Irving – drums,
- Michael Byron-Hehir – lead guitar
- Alistair Gordon- vocals
- Steve Butler - vocals
- Sue Quin - vocals
| Disbanded | - Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Des Tong – bass, vocals
- Dave Irving – drums
- Ashley Mulford – lead guitar, vocals
- Sue Quin – vocals, keyboards
- Simon Waggott – keyboards, vocals
- Steve Whalley – guitar, vocals
| - Ian Wilson – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Des Tong – bass, vocals
- Dave Irving – drums, vocals
- Sue Quin – vocals
- Barry James Thomas - vocals
- Dave Day - lead guitars, vocals
- Neil Shaw-Hulme - saxophone, wx7, vocals
- Pete Hughes - keyboards, vocals
|
DiscographyAlbums- Fanx Ta-ra (1977, # 56 UK)
- Misplaced Ideals (1978, # 50 UK)
- Misplaced Ideals (1979, US version of the two first LPs, # 94 US)
- Façades (1979, # 8 UK, # 146 US)
- Sad Café (1980, # 46 UK, # 160 US)
- Olé (1981, # 72 UK)
- Politics of Existing (1985)
- Whatever It Takes (1989)
- Live
- Live In Concert (1981, # 37 UK)
- Compilation
- The Best Of Sad Café (2001)
Singles- 1977: "Black Rose" / "Babylon" (feat. Neil Thompson) (UK)
- 1977: "Hungry Eyes" / "Bell Ends" (UK)
- 1977: "(I Believe) Love Will Survive" / "Shellshock" (UK)
- 1978: "Run Home Girl" / "Black Rose" (US, #71)
- 1978: "Feel Like Dying" / "Run Home Girl" (US)
- 1979: "Every Day Hurts" / "Wish This Night Would Never End" (UK, #3)
- 1979: "Emptiness" / "Cottage Love" (US)
- 1980: "Strange Little Girl" / "Time Is So Hard To Find" (UK, #32)
- 1980: "No Favours No Way" (Stereo) / "No Favours No Way" (Mono) (US)
- 1980: "My Oh My" / "Cottage Love" (UK, #14)
- 1980: "Nothing Left Toulouse" / "On with the Show" (UK, #62)
- 1980: "La-Di-Da" / "Love Today" (UK, #41)
- 1980: "I'm in Love Again" / "Restless" (UK, #40)
- 1981: "Black Rose" / "(I Believe) Love Will Survive" / "Emptiness" / "Hungry Eyes" (LIVE) (UK)
- 1981: "Misunderstanding" / "Rat Race" (UK)
- 1981: "La-Di-Da" (US, #78)
- 1982: "Follow You Anywhere" / "#Nine" (UK)
- 1983: "Keep Us Together" / "Hold On" / "(I Believe) Love Will Survive" / "My Oh My" (UK, #76)
- 1984: "(Why Do You Love Me Like You Do) Heart" / "It's So Easy" (UK)
- 1985: "Refugees" / "China Seize" (UK)
- 1986: "Only Love" / "China Seize" (UK)
- 1986: "Heart" / "Keep Us Together" (US)
- 1989: "Take Me (Heart And Soul)" / "Universe" (UK)
See also- List of bands from Manchester
- List of bands from England
- List of performers on Top of the Pops
- Swan Song Records
References1. ^{{cite web|author=Artist Biography by Greg Prato |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sad-caf%C3%A9-mn0000276492/biography |title=Sad Café | Biography |publisher=AllMusic |date=15 July 2000 |accessdate=10 February 2014}}
2. ^{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 478}}
3. ^{{cite news |last1=Laing |first1=Dave |title=Obituary: Paul Young – Singer who made Manchester rock |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jul/19/guardianobituaries |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=19 July 2000}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|accessdate=March 12, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2018/nov/08/vic-emerson-obituary|title=Vic Emerson obituary|first=Guy|last=Mowbray|date=8 November 2018|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}
External links- Sad Café official website
- Sad Café at Harvey Lisberg
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