Talk:Fancy (band)

This article was nominated for deletion on 12 May 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

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they had a hit with "Wild Thing", and some now popular session musicians

Here is a biography of the band: http://rayfenwick.com/fancy.htm

significant? + questions[edit]

The musicians (Fenwick, Foster, Binks) worked together on Roger Glover's The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast project, released 18 Nov 1974. It appears Fenwick was the only guitarist, Binks one of two kit drummers.

This article says Fenwick joined Fancy in 1974. Did they previously work without guitar?

Fenwick's page on Fancy (http://rayfenwick.com/fancy.htm, one of the three sources for this article) appears to indicate that the band existed and was recording before he then Kavanagh were recruited. Another interpretation: the three musicians were in place from the beginning, supporting Caunt, whose voice we hear on "Wild Thing" (uncredited) but who was replaced for the remainder of the tracks by the much more dynamic Kavanagh (compare to "U.S. Surprise").

Variant: another source says Hurst brought together Fenwick, Foster, and Caunt (with an unnamed drummer?) to record "Wild Thing" only, which was a bit too racy for U.K. airplay but sneaked across the water and was a surprise U.S. hit, so Kavanagh (having previously sung behind Steely Dan) and Binks were brought in to tour and record. (Even at that, it remains unclear which singer deserves credit for "Touch Me.") This blog post is my source, and includes a few brief responses from Kavanagh.

Does Kavanagh not deserve her own WP article? She's had a steady career: see https://www.discogs.com/artist/2169380-Annie-Kavanagh and http://www.solotosymphony.net/artists/Neil/
Weeb Dingle (talk) 03:36, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]