"Strummin'"
Single by Chas & Dave
from the album Rockney
B-side"I'm in Trouble"
Released5 November 1978
GenreFolk
Length4:00
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Chas & Dave
Producer(s)Tony Ashton
Chas & Dave singles chronology
"Strummin'"
(1978)
"Gertcha"
(1979)

"Strummin'" is a song by Chas & Dave from the album Rockney, which was released as a single on 5 November 1978 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 74.[1] The song stayed in the charts for 3 weeks and peaked at number 52 on 25 November 1979.

Background

The song is a track from the second album by Chas & Dave, which was recorded at Roundhouse Studios on Chalk Farm Road, London in 1977.[2]

According to Chas Hodges, Simon Bates of BBC Radio 1 played the track "Strummin'" from the album and said that he would make the song record of the week if Chas & Dave had released it a single, and so it was released as a single.[2] The song would become their first song by Chas & Dave to reach the chart at number 52.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. โ†‘ "Strummin'". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  2. 1 2 Hodges, Chas (October 2009). "Chapter 21: Second Record Deal". Chas and Dave: All About Us. ISBN 9781857828269.
  3. โ†‘ "Chas and Dave". Official Charts Company.
  4. โ†‘ Clarke, Donald (1998). The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music. Penguin Books. p. 239. ISBN 9780140513707.
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