Shabby Tiger were:
Henderson Gibson – Lead Vocals (died 2013)
Ton… Read Full Bio ↴Shabby Tiger were:
Henderson Gibson – Lead Vocals (died 2013)
Toni Baker – Keyboards/Vocals
Dave Almond – Lead Guitar/Vocals
Mike Ryan – Bass/Vocals
The band started in 1970 playing the Northern club circuit & quickly went on to play some major venues in London, where they were spotted by Ben Findon who signed them to RCA records.
In the same “stable”, were The Dooleys, Billy Ocean & later, the Nolans.
Their first single, “Slow Down” reached the top of the charts in Scandinavia, Holland, Belgium & Germany but failed to chart in the UK probably due to lack of plays on Radio One at the time, who seemed to have the monopoly on whether a record would be listed or not.
There were numerous TV appearances on programmes like “Lift Off” and other pop shows of the time, whereas in Europe, the band did “Top Pop” the Dutch chart show nearly every week for about 2 months appearing with artistes as varied as “ELO” “Pete Wingfield” “Sweet” “The Chanter Sisters” “Hello” & “Thin Lizzie”.
The band’s subsequent singles reached high positions once again in Europe, but still failed to reach any position in the UK charts again.
After numerous successful tours of Scandinavia playing alongside “Sweet” “Darts” “Thin Lizzie” etc the band finally gave up trying to get that elusive hit in the UK & finally disbanded in 1976 leaving 5 singles and one album to their credit
Lead singer “Hendy” sadly passed away March 2013 after contracting lung cancer.
Henderson Gibson – Lead Vocals (died 2013)
Ton… Read Full Bio ↴Shabby Tiger were:
Henderson Gibson – Lead Vocals (died 2013)
Toni Baker – Keyboards/Vocals
Dave Almond – Lead Guitar/Vocals
Mike Ryan – Bass/Vocals
The band started in 1970 playing the Northern club circuit & quickly went on to play some major venues in London, where they were spotted by Ben Findon who signed them to RCA records.
In the same “stable”, were The Dooleys, Billy Ocean & later, the Nolans.
Their first single, “Slow Down” reached the top of the charts in Scandinavia, Holland, Belgium & Germany but failed to chart in the UK probably due to lack of plays on Radio One at the time, who seemed to have the monopoly on whether a record would be listed or not.
There were numerous TV appearances on programmes like “Lift Off” and other pop shows of the time, whereas in Europe, the band did “Top Pop” the Dutch chart show nearly every week for about 2 months appearing with artistes as varied as “ELO” “Pete Wingfield” “Sweet” “The Chanter Sisters” “Hello” & “Thin Lizzie”.
The band’s subsequent singles reached high positions once again in Europe, but still failed to reach any position in the UK charts again.
After numerous successful tours of Scandinavia playing alongside “Sweet” “Darts” “Thin Lizzie” etc the band finally gave up trying to get that elusive hit in the UK & finally disbanded in 1976 leaving 5 singles and one album to their credit
Lead singer “Hendy” sadly passed away March 2013 after contracting lung cancer.
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@LosGoud
Met hele grote dank aan de persoon die dit indertijd op een Philips VCR recorder heeft opgenomen!!
@that70sgirl90
I had never heard of them.
Good song... yeah, we gotta slow down... we're just moving way too fast!
Happy Wednesday... thank you for sharing! 💖
@marciagasparvieira9593
UAUUUUUUUUU SHOWWWWWW TOPPPPPPPPP LINDA MÚSICA 🎧🎶🎵🎼🎶🎵🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍♥️
@robhanhart2730
Love the music of that era, Slade, Sweet and all the others...
@Maria63756
Great band and music ❤ greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦
@TihetrisWeathersby
Shabby Tiger was such a unique band, Love their music
@ploddebokse
Wat gaaf dat er eindelijk een originele opname van geplaatst is. Echt geweldig.
@simonmason8582
Remember this on Dutch radio in 1974 - amazing to find this on video!
@jackschreuders9122
Nog steeds......lekker nummerrrrrrrr!
@kimbozw1808
this was a breaker under the UK charts in March 1975. Went Top 10 in Netherlands and Denmark and No. 20 in Sweden in 1975. A remixed version without the heavy breathing vocals came out in 1977 and reached No. 19 in Sweden, Top 10 in Rhodesia and Top 3 in South Africa. The rest of the world seemingly remained immune to the charms of the group. South Africa gave the group a second Top 5 hit, LOVELY LADY, in 1977.