Black Lace - Superman. Top Of The Pops 1983 video free download

Good quality video recorded from Top Of The Pops 1983. Black Lace is a British pop group best known for novelty party records, including their biggest hit, "Agadoo". The band first came to the public eye after being selected to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in which they finished seventh with the song "Mary Ann". With numerous lineup changes, Black Lace went on to have success with a number of lightweight party anthems such as "Superman," "Agadoo" and "Do The Conga." A duo still performs under the name of Black Lace, but neither current band member was in the group when it was formed or when it enjoyed its biggest chart success.

Terry Dobson and school pal Ian Howarth formed The Impact as a five-piece pop group in 1969 with Alan Barton, Steve Scholey and Nigel Scott. The group also performed under the names Penny Arcade and Love or Confusion.

Howarth left the band for a short while but returned to the line-up in 1974, Dobson also left to be replaced briefly by Neil Hardcastle, Dobson then re-joined and Nigel Scott left in 1974; That same year the band adopted the name Black Lace. Howarth left the band for good in 1976 and was replaced by Colin Gibb (born Colin Routh, 8 December 1953).

The (now Professional) four members of Black Lace 1976 - 1981:

Alan Barton (lead singer and guitar)

Colin Gibb (guitar, bass and backing vocals)

Steve Scholey (bass and backing vocals)

Terry Dobson (drums and backing vocals)

The band was managed by Keith Mills and played their first summer season at the Beer Garten, Bottons Fun Park in Skegness, Lincolnshire. In 1977, they enjoyed a number of successes playing a summer season at Butlins in Skegness & Filey. They released an EP to be sold at shows and were voted Yorkshire Band of the Year by BBC Radio Leeds and voted best clubland group at a show in the Winter Gardens Blackpool.

In 1978, Black Lace recorded their first single, "Mary Ann," for ATV music and a record deal quickly followed with EMI. The song won the BBC's A Song For Europe. Other television appearances around this time included BBC Nationwide, Multi-Coloured Swapshop with Noel Edmonds, Top of the Pops and Juke Box Jury. At the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Israel, the band finished seventh and "Mary Ann" only reached number 42 in the UK charts, one of the lowest chart positions for any Eurovision entry at that time.

The band's follow-up single, "So Long Suzy Baby", failed to stir interest but Black Lace continued live performances, notably at the festivals Sopot in Poland and Golden Orpheus in Bulgaria, and TV shows in East Germany, West Germany and Spain. By this time Black Lace is said to have played to an international TV audience estimated at over 2.5 million people but the success was tarnished by a rift between the band and its manager and a split from record label EMI.

The band toured Denmark in 1980 supporting Suzi Quatro and working with Tommy Seebach, a Danish entertainer. Black Lace and Seebach recorded Hey Hey Jock McRay for the Danish singles market, but an intended 1980 tour of Poland was called off because of political unrest in the country.

On 4 November 2009 the new incarnation of Black Lace was filmed by British airline easyJet performing a re-written version of Agadoo, launching a new air service between Gatwick airport and Agadir in Morocco, for release on the video-sharing website YouTube.

Founder-member Terry Dobson is still playing the drums in the Wakefield band Mr Twister. His book And Then Came Agadoo was published by Authorhouse in November 2009. In it Dobson describes starting up the band with Ian Howarth in 1969, Dobson's life and times and his continued friendship with band members past and present.

Colin Gibb remains in Tenerife, continues to play Black Lace shows and is still represented by Now Music and manager John Wagstaff.

Dene Michael and Ian Robinson recorded a new version of Music Man for BBC Children in Need 2009, and are also represented by Now Music and John Wagstaff. In 2010 they recorded yet another version of Music Man, this time entitled We Are The England Fans, as an unofficial England supporters' song to coincide with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The record, thanks to there being no publicity whatsoever, unsurprisingly flopped.

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