![]() ![]() The band, after serving as the backing band for two successful Neil Sedaka albums, evolved into 10cc in 1972 when Graham Gouldman joined. Joined by Eric Stewart to form Hotlegs they first secured a chart success with the song " Neanderthal Man" which hit #2 in the UK. A 7-song LP was slated for a late 1969 release on Marmalade however, the label collapsed under the weight of its financial situation before the end of the year, and the LP was shelved until its release in the 2022 compilation Frabjous Days: The Secret World of Godley & Creme 1967–1969 on Grapefruit Records. The duo also released a single in 1969, "I'm Beside Myself" b/w "Animal Song", under the name Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon after being signed on to Marmalade Records directly by label head Giorgio Gomelsky. Though they played in different bands, with Godley briefly in The Mockingbirds with Graham Gouldman, who would later work with Godley and Creme in 10cc.Īfter recording a one-off single under the name of 'Yellow Bellow Room Boom' for UK CBS in 1967 ("Seeing Things Green" b/w "Still Life"), the pair began their professional music career together in 1969, performing pop music in Strawberry Studios at Stockport near Manchester with Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman (often mistakenly referred to as being "Bubblegum Music", perhaps because they were contracted by Kasenetz & Katz, who produced bubblegum sub-teen pop in the US on the Buddah label). ![]() Early 60s they joined white R&B combo The Sabres (The Magic Lanterns) together. Kevin Godley and Lol Creme met in the late 1950s and for a brief time were in an amateur band together. Both have since been involved in music videos, TV commercials, and sporadic music projects. After this, they became involved in the production of videos for artists such as Ultravox, the Police, Yes, Duran Duran, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Wang Chung, as well as directing the groundbreaking video for their 1985 single " Cry". In 1979, they directed their first music video with the single " An Englishman in New York". ![]() ![]() The pair began releasing music as a duo after their departure from the rock band 10cc. Godley & Creme were an English rock duo formally established in Manchester in 1977 by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. ![]()
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