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On this day, 30 October 1974, Manchester rock/pop band 10cc played Cardiff University, playing Swansea University a day later.
On this day, 30 October 1974, pop/rockers 10cc played Cardiff University.
A few months earlier the band had released their second album Sheet Music, which yielded the hit singles "The Wall Street Shuffle" and "Silly Love". The album reached No. 9 in the UK and No. 81 in the United States.
It is thought by many to be the group’s best offering with impeccable writing and musicianship.
Three of the founding members of 10cc were childhood friends in the Manchester area. As boys, Godley and Creme knew each other; Gouldman and Godley attended the same secondary school and their musical enthusiasm led to playing at the local Jewish Lads' Brigade.
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Live the band included drummer Paul Burgess supplementing the group’s drummer Kevin Godly, whose vocals were a key element to the group’s live performances.
Their first recorded collaboration was in 1964, when Gouldman's band The Whirlwinds recorded the Lol Creme composition "Baby Not Like You", as the B-side of their only single, "Look At Me".
The Whirlwinds then changed members and name, becoming The Mockingbirds (including singer-guitarist Gouldman, bassist Bernard Basso and drummer Kevin Godley, formerly of The Sabres with Creme). The Mockingbirds recorded five singles in 1965–66 without any success, before dissolving.
