CaVa CaVa

CaVa CaVa
OriginBournemouth, United Kingdom
GenresNew wave
LabelRegard Records
Past membersSteven Parris
Richard Hixson
Jonathan Hallett
Derek Ritchie
Paul Darville
Pat Davey
David Parsons
Marc Ford

CaVa CaVa were a short-lived English new wave group, best known for their 1982 single "Where's Romeo?".

History

The band was formed in 1980 by singer/songwriter Steven Parris, who came up with the name CaVa CaVa while flicking through a foreign phrase dictionary; Radio 1 Breakfast disc jockey Peter Powell heard them at a Bournemouth night-club residency in 1981, and, after he brought them to London for a radio session, Regard Records, a new label which had had success with Haysi Fantayzee, signed the group to a deal.[1]

Regard had high enough hopes to spend £1,000 on a Fiorucci t-shirt for Parris,[2] and secure the band as guests all morning on the BBC children's programme Saturday Superstore in October 1982.[3] However, the band's first single, "Where's Romeo", missed the top 40 after distribution problems prevented singles reaching the shops.[4] A second single brushed the charts and, by the time the third single was released, guitarist Richard Hixson and drummer Derek Ritchie (who had replaced original drummer Dave Parsons just before the band signed to Regard) had left.[5]

The final straw was self-titled album Cava Cava[6] missing the chart entirely, although the band had an unexpected posthumous success as "Where's Romeo" reached number 35 in the Japanese chart in October 1983.[7] Darville and Hixson later reunited in the group Shoot The Moon.[8]

Discography

Albums

  • CaVa CaVa (1983)

Singles

Year Title UK Peak
[9] 		Album
1982 "Where's Romeo?" No. 49 CaVa CaVa
1983 "Brother Bright" No. 65
"Burning Boy" –

References

  1. ^ Ellen, Mark (13 October 1982). "CaVa CaVa". Smash Hits (100): 19.
  2. ^ "Win a shirt-cut to success". Daily Mirror: 19. 17 August 1982.
  3. ^ "9 October 1982". BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  4. ^ Barnsley, Jon (13 January 1983). "Music echoes". Daily Echo: 28.
  5. ^ "Swanage pop group split up". Daily Echo: 7. 15 March 1983.
  6. ^ "Regard Records Label | Releases". Discogs.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Success in Japan's top 40". Daily Echo: 12. 24 October 1983.
  8. ^ "Shoot The Moon". Dorset Echo: 12. 31 January 1986.
  9. ^ "CA VA CA VA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.


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