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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
CHAS Hodges (1943-2018) n DAVE Peacock (1945-)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Chas n Dave, pop rock duo, were surprised by Eamonn Andrews while performing on stage in an unnamed pub in London.
Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock, who were both born in north London and both played in various local bands after leaving school, met by chance through a school friend in 1963 but only started writing songs together in 1972 when they formed the idea of a musical style 'rockney' - a mix of rock and cockney.
They recorded their first album in 1974 and a second, Rockney, in 1978. A year later, a song from their first album Woortcha, used for a television commercial, was re-recorded and released as Gertcha and became a top 20 hit in the singles chart - the first of their eight Top 40 hit singles, which included Rabbit and Ain't No Pleasing You.
"It ain't him really - pull his mask off!"
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