Middle of the Road are a pop group from Scotland who enjoyed great success … Read Full Bio ↴Middle of the Road are a pop group from Scotland who enjoyed great success across Europe in the early 1970s.
They had three major hits in the UK singles chart, all of them bubblegum pop classics: "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" (Number 1), "Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum" (Number 2) and "Soley Soley" (Number 5), all in 1971. But in other European countries, their success continued well into 1972 and 1973, with songs like "Sacramento", "Samson and Delilah", "Bottom's Up" and "The Talk of All the USA".
Their enigmatic percussionist / lead vocalist was Sally Carr (born Sarah Cecilia Young on 28 March 1945, in Muirhead, Lanarkshire) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas), the rest of the band were, drummer Ken Andrews (born Kenneth Andrew Ballentyne, 28 August 1946, in Bearsden, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas); guitarist / flutist Ian Campbell-Lewis (born Ian McCreadie, 15 July 1947, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas); bassist / vocalist Eric Campbell-Lewis (born Eric McCreadle, 17 June 1949, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas).
They had three major hits in the UK singles chart, all of them bubblegum pop classics: "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" (Number 1), "Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum" (Number 2) and "Soley Soley" (Number 5), all in 1971. But in other European countries, their success continued well into 1972 and 1973, with songs like "Sacramento", "Samson and Delilah", "Bottom's Up" and "The Talk of All the USA".
Their enigmatic percussionist / lead vocalist was Sally Carr (born Sarah Cecilia Young on 28 March 1945, in Muirhead, Lanarkshire) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas), the rest of the band were, drummer Ken Andrews (born Kenneth Andrew Ballentyne, 28 August 1946, in Bearsden, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas); guitarist / flutist Ian Campbell-Lewis (born Ian McCreadie, 15 July 1947, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas); bassist / vocalist Eric Campbell-Lewis (born Eric McCreadle, 17 June 1949, in Partick, Glasgow, Strathclyde) (ex Part Four, Los Caracas).
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The Original Hits
Middle Of The Road Lyrics
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Where's your mama gone? (Where's your mama gone?) Little ba…
Honey No Ah get on home now! Hear me say: Ah get on home! Come…
I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top And every time I get to thinking With every thought…
Kailakee Kailakoo You say you're tired of TV Cartoons Searchin' for taxis on…
Love Sweet Love You were standing there in front of me that night No…
Medicine Woman There was a man - A King of England in [a]…
Queen Bee Sweet are the flowers in my garden And the bees are…
Sacramento (A Wonderful Town) There's something about the weather that everybody loves The…
Samson And Delilah Samson and Delilah lived A long long time ago, she was…
Soley Soley Just a little bit lonely Just a little bit sad I was…
The Talk Of All The USA Julie puts her make up On her face ev'ry day She's a…
Try A Little Understanding You keep speakin' of freedom But what happens when you don't…
Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum Do you recall Some years ago? Up in the mountains that were…
Yellow Boomerang You're like my yellow Boomerang when you say you gonna have…
Yellow River So long, boy you can take my place Got my…
David van Iwaarden
on Union Silver
Beautifull song. Is Union Silver a coalmine?