Kim & The Cadillacs

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Kim & The Cadillacs (also spelled "Kim and The Cadillacs") were an Italian rock band, mainly active in the late seventies and in the early eighties.

Kim Brown of Kim & The Cadillacs

Career[]

The group formed in 1977, founded by the former members of the disbanded group The Renegades: Kim Brown, Graham Johnson and Mick Webley.[1] Based in Italy, they adopted a 1950s-styled classic rock'n'roll repertoire, following the 1970s fifties nostalgia craze that had already inspired similar groups in North America as well as Happy Days and Grease.[1] Following the hit "Rock and Roll Medley", in 1979 the group entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival, ranking eighth with the song "C'era un'atmosfera".[1][2] Their main successes were the 1979/80 single "Stop", the 1981 single "Non Stop Twist" and the 1984 album "Size 50", which respectively charted fifteenth, thirteenth and seventh on the Italian hit parade.[2]

Personnel[]

  • Kim Brown - voice, bass guitar
  • Mick Webley - voice, lead guitar
  • Trutz "Viking" Groth - voice, guitar, harmonica
  • Graham Johnson - drums, bongos
  • Ettore Vigo - electric piano
  • Charles Stuart - voice
  • Tito Branca - saxophone
  • Attilio Brianzi - saxophone
  • Franco "Dede" Lo Previte - drums

Discography[]

Albums
  • 1977: Rock'N'Roll
  • 1978: Kim & The Cadillacs
  • 1978: On The Rocks
  • 1979: Rock 'N' Rollers
  • 1980: Rock Bottom
  • 1981: Cadillac's Corn
  • 1982: Boogie
  • 1982: Cadillacs' Eldorado Dance
  • 1984: Size 50
  • 1985: On The Rocks
  • 1986: 1986

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.

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