Hedgehoppers Anonymous

Hedgehoppers Anonymous
Hedgehoppers Anonymous
Origin	Peterborough, England
Genres	Beat music, pop
Years active	1963–1966
Labels	Decca
Past members	Mick Tinsley; John Stewart; Alan Laud; Ray Honeybull; Leslie Dash

Hedgehoppers Anonymous were a 1960s beat group from the United Kingdom. They formed in November 1963 as The Trendsetters, and became The Hedgehoppers the following year.^[2] Jonathan King took over their record production in 1965, and added Anonymous to their name.^[2] Their most successful single was "It's Good News Week".^[3]

Singles

The major success of Hedgehoppers Anonymous was the King-produced and -written "It's Good News Week", issued on Decca in 1965.^[2] It reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart, and No. 48 on Billboard's Hot 100.^[4]^[5] This song has been used as the theme music for Good News Week, a satirical news-based comedy quiz show on Australian television which ran from 1996 to 2000 and was revived in 2008.^[2]

The group released four other tracks but did not achieve significant success. "Don't Push Me" only managed to reach the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in the US.^[6] while "Daytime" only appeared on Record Mirror's "Breakers List" (chart listing songs outside the Top 50). Without further success, the band soon broke up,^[2] and the lack of significant chart activity other than "It's Good News Week" leaves them labelled as one-hit wonders.

Band members

Band members were Royal Air Force personnel. (Hedgehoppers was RAF slang for low flying aircraft).^[2]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions			Label
Year	Single	UK ^[7]	AU ^[8]	US ^[5]	Label
1965	"It's Good News Week"	5	8	48	Decca F 12241
1965	"Don't Push Me"	—	28	123^[a]	Decca F 12298
1966	"Baby (You're My Everything)"	—	—	—	Decca F 12400
	"Daytime"	58^[b]	—	—	Decca F 12479
	"Stop Press"	—	—	—	Decca F 12530

^ Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart^[9]
^ Chart position from Record Mirror "Breakers List" (15 June 66)

References

^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 230. ISBN 0-7535-0149-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Biography by Steven McDonald". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
^ Dean, Maury (2003). Rock N Roll Gold Rush. Algora Publishing. p. 177. ISBN 9780875862071.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 249. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ ^a ^b "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 29 January 1966. pp. 20, 44, 48.
^ "Bubbling Under the Hot 100". Billboard. 26 March 1966. p. 20.
^ "Hedgehoppers Anonymous". The Official Charts Company.
^ "AMR Top Singles of 1965". Top 100 Singles.
^ "Bubbling Under the Hot 100". Billboard. 26 March 1966. p. 20.

External links

Mike Tinsley's website
Garagehangover.com
Hedgehoppers Anonymous discography at Discogs

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[10] Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart^[9]

[11] Chart position from Record Mirror "Breakers List" (15 June 66)

[Larkin60-1] Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 230. ISBN 0-7535-0149-X.

[AMG-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Biography by Steven McDonald". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2009.

[3] Dean, Maury (2003). Rock N Roll Gold Rush. Algora Publishing. p. 177. ISBN 9780875862071.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-4] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 249. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[billboard-5] "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 29 January 1966. pp. 20, 44, 48.

[6] "Bubbling Under the Hot 100". Billboard. 26 March 1966. p. 20.

[7] "Hedgehoppers Anonymous". The Official Charts Company.

[8] "AMR Top Singles of 1965". Top 100 Singles.

[9] "Bubbling Under the Hot 100". Billboard. 26 March 1966. p. 20.

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Authority control databases
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Artists	MusicBrainz

Singles

Band members

Singles

See also

References

External links