Should have provided the ideal launch pad, but the BASF company saw it differently, and dropped the group after two singles and one album entitled I’ve Seen the Film, I’ve Read the Book. Their success as the writers of “Who Do You Think You Are” In 1974, Scott and Dyer took the advice of a New York music publisher and began fashioning poppier, more upbeat material with mainstream potential.
They failed to make the charts, however, despite their strong reputation as a live band. It was a worldwide smash, most notably topping the Japanese charts on two separate occasions after being adopted as the intro music for Mil Mascaras, a Mexican wrestler with a big Japanese following, and featuring in Toyota commercials. Written in three days by keyboardplayer and vocalist Clive Scott and drummer Des Dyer, who sang lead on the single, “Sky High” became the debut hit for Jigsaw, a Warwickshire group formed in 1966. Fittingly enough, it was the main theme song from The Man from Hong Kong, an action picture directed by the British journeyman Brian Trenchard-Smith and starring the martial arts star Jimmy Wang Yu, as well as the Australian actor George Lazenby, six years after his lone outing as Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Usually billed as Johnny Chester and Jigsaw, but did release recordings as Jigsaw.With its dramatic introduction and big orchestral flourishes, “Sky High”, the 1975 Top Ten hit by Jigsaw, sounded like a long-lost theme to a James Bond film.
SourceĤ) An Australian Band in the 1970s. Usually billed as Johnny Chester and Jigsaw, but did release recordings as Jigsaw. Preston a.k.a "Klamity The Jigsaw", a rapper from Baltimore who released "Pieces of a Puzzle" and "Strickly Biznezz".Ĥ) An Australian Band in the 1970s.
They also released thirteen albums, including "Letherslade Farm", "I've Seen The Film, I've Read The Book" and "Sky High".Ģ) Jigsaw is Grindcore band from Jakarta, Indonesiaģ) Rodney L. 1) Originally a six piece band, they formed from musicians in Coventry and Rugby by Tony Campbell in 1966, and went on to score a number of hit singles around the world.
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