Morgan-McVey

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Morgan McVey were a mid-1980s pop duo with a background in fashion photography, video direction and modeling, composed of Jamie Morgan and Cameron McVey.[1] Jamie Morgan has been highly influential as part of Buffalo, a styling team whose streetwise look was typical in the style mags of the time.

Originally conceived as a Simon & Garfunkel-style male vocal duo who would harmonise over reggae beats, early demos failed to deliver on the concept.[2] Facing creative inertia, the act's record company convinced them to work with rising pop producers Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), a proposition that left them with mixed feelings.[2]

The group released a single, "Looking Good Diving", through Sony Records in 1987,[3] produced by SAW and mixed by Phil Harding. The B-side, "Looking Good Diving with the Wild Bunch", featured Neneh Cherry on vocals, and was a tribute to the 'buffalo stance', a type of pose. "Looking Good Diving with the Wild Bunch" was re-recorded by Cherry in 1988 and released as her debut solo single, "Buffalo Stance". "Buffalo Stance" peaked at No. 3 on the UK chart,[4] and achieved similar success around the world.

Morgan says "Looking Good Diving" left McVey "embarrassed", and the band disintegrated as McVey favoured working with his future wife, Cherry.[2]

After the duo split, Morgan would go on to release a cover of "Walk on the Wild Side", which peaked at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart in 1990,[5] whilst McVey would go on to produce for electronic acts Massive Attack and Portishead and pop acts like All Saints and Sugababes.

References[]

  1. ^ "Smash Hits, 28 January 1987, page 7". Imgur.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 19: Looking Good Diving to I Just Can't Wait on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  3. ^ "News (from Number One magazine, 7 February 1987)". shanemaris.net. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Official Charts > Neneh Cherry". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  5. ^ "JAMIE J. MORGAN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
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