The Hotshots

The Hotshots
GenresSka
Years active1973
LabelMooncrest Records
Past members
  • Clive Crawley (vocals)
  • Brian Bennett (keyboards)
  • The Cimarons:
  • Franklyn Dunn (bass)
  • Carl Levy (keyboards)
  • Locksley Gichie (guitar)
  • Maurice Ellis (drums)
  • Wild Country:
  • Alan Kanter (bass)
  • Pete Dye (guitar)
  • Kelvin Purcell (drums)
  • Albatross:
  • Terry Keyworth (vocals, guitar)
  • Danny Balkwill (bass)
  • John "Joe" Jones (guitar)
  • Malcolm Player (drums)

The Hotshots was a ska band which had a hit single in the UK singles charts with a cover of "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" in 1973.

History

In Spring 1973, the head of Mooncrest Records, Clive Crawley, decided to record a cover of the Royal Guardsmen's hit "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" as a counter to the heavy metal that was becoming popular. Crawley got together with the label's regular session keyboardist, Brian Bennett, and, in order to create a lilting ska sound, hired an Anglo-Jamaican band, the Cimarons,[1] to provide the appropriate rhythm.

The recording, released on 4 May 1973[2] under the group name the Hotshots, entered the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 2 June 1973, and peaked at no. 4 for the week ending 14 July 1973.[3] However, rather than use the Cimarons to promote the single, Crawley recruited a different band - Wild Country - which twice appeared on Top of the Pops performing the song.[4]

As the single dropped out of the charts, Wild Country, which did not have the rights to the Hotshots name, recorded a follow-up single ("Here Come the Three Bears") under the name the Hi-Shots, with Cliff Bennett as lead singer.[5] Brian Bennett recruited a new band, Albatross, to be the Hotshots; this different combine recorded four further ska singles as the Hotshots, as well as an album, but none was a hit, and Albatross reverted to recording under their own name.[6]

Discography

Albums

Year Album UK
1973 Snoopy vs. the Red Baron –

Singles

Year Song UK
[3]
1973 "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" 4
"Battle of New Orleans" –
"Yesterday Man" –
1974 "Caribbean" –
1975 "Mellow Yellow" –
"–" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

  1. ^ "Discography". The Cimarons. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Record details". 45cat. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b "HOT SHOTS (sic)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  4. ^ "08/06/1973". Top of the Pops Archive. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Top spots for Hi-Shots?". Middlesex Chronicle. 24 August 1973. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Albatross/The Hotshots". Bournemouth Beat Boom. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

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