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{{Short description|UK jazz vocal harmony group}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Harvey and the Wallbangers
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| origin = [[Cambridge
| genre = {{hlist|[[Jazz]]|[[doo-wop]]|[[blues rock]]}}
| current_members = Jeremy Taylor<br>Jonny Griffiths<br>[[Harvey Brough]]<br>Neil "Reg" McArthur<br>[[Christopher Purves]]<br>Richard Allen
| past_members = Andrew Huggett▼
▲| years_active = 1980 – 1987
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'''Harvey and the Wallbangers''' were a 1980s jazz vocal harmony group, playing major festivals and the main
Harvey and the Wallbangers recorded four albums on their own label (Hubbadots) and also The Jazz Album with [[Simon Rattle]] (EMI).<ref>{{cite web|title=Reviews:The Simon Rattle Jazz Album|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/the-simon-rattle-jazz-album|website=Gramophone|accessdate=25 July 2017}}</ref>
==Band
* Jeremy Taylor
* [[Harvey Brough]]
* [[Christopher Purves]]
* Jonny Griffiths
* Neil "Reg" McArthur
* Richard Allen
* Andrew Huggett
==Early
* [[Paul Daniel]]
* Russell Watson
* Brian Shelley
*
* Chris Cox
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Each year the Wallbangers would put together a new stage show, normally premiered at the [[Edinburgh Fringe Festival|Edinburgh Festival]]<ref>Miles Kington, "Just dying to be noticed." Times [London, England] 30
▲Each year the Wallbangers would put together a new stage show, normally premiered at the [[Edinburgh Fringe Festival|Edinburgh Festival]]<ref>Miles Kington, "Just dying to be noticed." Times [London, England] 30 Aug. 1983: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 25 July 2017.</ref><ref>"Theatre." Times [London, England] 29 Dec. 1984: 16. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 25 July 2017.</ref><ref>Miles Kington. "Reckoning up Auld Reekie." Times [London, England] 19 Aug. 1986: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 25 July 2017.</ref> (the only time they missed performing in Edinburgh was 1985). The shows were produced by a selection of inspiring Directors.
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==Radio Series==
On
This was followed in 1987, when the Wallbangers had their own half
Produced again by [[Paul Mayhew-Archer]] and written by James Hendrie, the series ran for 6 episodes, hosting a number of special guest
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||Episode 4||10 February 1987||[[Jeremy Hardy]], [[Roger McGough]], [[Pete McCarthy]].
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In 1986 the band also provided music for an adaptation of [[Dario Fo]]'s ''Archangels'' broadcast on BBC Radio 3.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mitchell|first1=Tony|title=Dario Fo: People's Court Jester|date=2014|publisher=A&C Black|url=https://books.google.
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The final show, on Sunday 3 May 1987, was originally booked at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] in the West End, but having sold out in just a morning, it was finally moved to the [[Sadler's Wells Theatre]] in Clerkenwell, London, where the Wallbangers performed for the last time
▲The final show, on Sunday 3 May 1987, was originally booked at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] in the West End, but having sold out in just a morning, it was finally moved to the [[Sadler's Wells Theatre]] in Clerkenwell, London, where the Wallbangers performed for the last time to a packed house in a venue four times the size of what had been originally planned.
▲The celebrations were however tinged with some sadness, as Stephen Grater (the bands manager for the past four years) had contracted a brain tumor, and died a few days before the final concert. According to Purves, this partly inspired the band members to stop.<ref>{{cite web|title=Christopher Purves, From Rocker to Choir Boy to Opera Singer On Stage in HGO's Peter Grimes|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/christopher-purves-from-rocker-to-choir-boy-to-opera-singer-on-stage-in-hgos-peter-grimes-6393656|website=Houston Press|date=October 18, 2010}}</ref>
==Discography==
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* Recorded: Gateway Studios, Battersea
* Engineer: Pascal Gabriel
* Produced:
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(1) Five Guy's Named Moe, (2) Who Do You Know
(9) Sweet Talkin' Guy, (10) Sixteen Tons, (11) Traffic Jam, (12) Nutrocker, (13) Right Next Door to An Angel, (14) Sh Boom, (15) Blue Skies.
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! scope="row"| ''Wallbangers A
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* Released: 1985
* Recorded: Gateway Studios, Battersea
* Engineer: Pascal Gabriel
* Produced:
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(1) Make Your Mind Up, (2) Lets Make It Today, (3) Sea Cruise, (4) Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, (5) Breakaway, (6) The Falling Rain, (7) Someday Soon Somehow, (8) Needle
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! scope="row"| ''Park The Tiger (EP)''
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* Released: 1986
* Recorded: Hollywood Studios, London
* Engineer:
* Produced: Harvey Brough & Olly Hitch
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(1) I Ain't Got You, (2) Tons & Tons
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! scope="row"| ''Someday Soon Somehow''
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* Released: 1987
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* Produced: [[Paul Mayhew-Archer]], Jo Cooke & Harvey Brough
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(1) Here Comes Leroy, (2) We're Heading
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! scope="row"|
! scope="row"| ''Simon Rattle Jazz Album''
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* Released: 1987
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! scope="row"| ''Early Days''
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* Remastering of 'Allez Bananas' with some added out-takes
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* Recorded: Gateway Studios, Battersea
* Engineer: Pascal Gabriel
* Produced:
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(1) Five Guy's Named Moe, (2) Who Do You Know
(9) Sweet Talkin' Guy, (10) Sixteen Tons, (11) Traffic Jam, (12) Nutrocker, (13) Right Next Door to An Angel, (14) Sh Boom, (15) Blue Skies, (16) Glad To Be Here, (17) Paper Moon, (18) Deacon Jones, (19) Atom & Evil, (20) Mr Paganini, (21) Old Man River, (22) Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing, (23) Sunny Side
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==Post-Wallbangers careers==
[[Christopher Purves]], who left the band due to the pressures of touring, trained as an operatic baritone and his first major role was in ''Inés de Castro'' by [[James MacMillan]] in 1997. He also played the lead roles in Alban Berg's ''Wozzeck'' and Verdi's ''Falstaff'', Beckmesser in Wagner's ''Meistersinger'', Tonio in Leoncavallo's ''Pagliacci'' and Balstrode in Britten's ''Peter Grimes''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Christopher Purves interview: From doo-wop to new opera|url=
[[Harvey Brough]] followed the dissolution by scoring [[John Godber]]'s ''Shakers'' with his brother Rex, providing what the Times described as "blues, country and [[Bananarama]]-ish tunes".<ref>Kate Bassett. "Happy hour not quite on song." Times [London, England] 17 May 1994: 39. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 25 July 2017.</ref> But like Purves, he later went in a more serious direction, including composing and performing ''Requiem in Blue'', a composition with elements of jazz, folk, and classical music, in tribute to his dead brother.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Walters|first1=John L|title=Harvey Brough|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/jun/22/jazz|work=The Guardian|date=22 June 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Album: Harvey Brough, Requiem in Blue (Smudged Discs)|url=
==Harvey and the "New" Wallbangers==
The members of the band worked together occasionally after the split. Harvey Brough was joined by the reunited Wallbangers for a 2004 concert at the [[Usher Hall]] in Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Wallbangers bounce back|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/the-wallbangers-bounce-back-1-561498|work=The Scotsman|date=10 November 2004}}</ref>
In 2016 Clara Sanabras asked Harvey to reform the Wallbangers to appear on one song (Travellers Never Did Lie) on her album ''"A Hum About Mine Ears”.'' Based on Shakespeare’s ''"The Tempest”'', this was an extraordinarily ambitious suite of songs for Soloist (the composer herself) Choir (Chorus of Dissent) and Orchestra ([[Britten Sinfonia]]), with another special guest, one [[Nigel Kennedy]]. The CD was launched at the Barbican, London in March 2016, by Clara with the new Harvey and The Wallbangers, Britten Sinfonia, Jacqueline Shave, Violin and two choirs - Chorus of Dissent and Harvey’s Vox Holloway conducted by Harvey. {▼
▲In 2016 Clara Sanabras asked Harvey to reform the Wallbangers to appear on one song (Travellers Never Did Lie) on her album ''"A Hum About Mine
In 2017, after a 30 year hiatus, three of the original Wallbangers (Harvey Brough, Jeremy Taylor & Richard Allen) plus two new Wallbangers (Clara Sanabras & Naomi Hammerton) decided to reform the band.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b087td6j "In Tune"], BBC Radio 3, 11 Jan 2017</ref> They were joined by a rhythm section Andy Hamill and Roy Dodds to perform in three sold out gigs in London and Southampton, followed by an appearance at the Bury St Edmunds music festival.▼
▲In 2017, after a 30
At the London shows the Wallbangers were joined on stage by original pianist "Reg Prescott", for the song Blue Skies.{{
==Film
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* Songs : ''Schboom'' & ''Paper Moon''
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! scope="row"| ''Folio
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* Released: 1984
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! scope="row"| ''[[Royal Variety Performance]]''
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* Released: Sunday 25 November 1984
* Channel: BBC 1
* Cast: Various
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* Songs : ''Who put the Bomp'' & ''William Tell''
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! scope="row"| ''Cabaret (TV
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* Released: Wednesday 6 February 1985
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* Director: Philip Chilvers
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! scope="row"| ''[[The Laughter Show]] (TV
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* Released: Saturday 2 March 1985
* Channel: BBC 1
* Cast: [[Les Dennis]] and [[Dustin Gee]] with Slither Spook and Roy Jay
* Director: John Bishop
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! scope="row"| ''[[The Laughter Show]] (TV
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* Released: Saturday 23 March 1985
* Channel: BBC 1
* Cast: [[Les Dennis]] and [[Dustin Gee]] with Greg Rodgers
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! scope="row"| ''Kelly's Eye''
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* Released: 1985
* Channel: TVS ([[Television South]])
* Cast: [[Matthew Kelly]]
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== See also ==
* [[Harvey Wallbanger]]
* [[Harvey Kuenn#Milwaukee Brewers career|Harvey's Wallbangers]]
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==External links==
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