Featuring a pre-Wham line-up of two lead singers, the George Gray managed band had a considerable following.
Lead singer Christopher Neal went on to play the lead role in Hair, record a number of singles and produced a quantity of hit records - including Marshall Hain's "Dancing in the City".
Other singer was, I believe, called Paul and had fronted DIXIES DON'TS and PADDY, PAUL AND THE CASTE. "Not directly a Chuckles story but related. We had been a soul band for some time but the scene was changing - so we were slowly changing with it. We had worn white Wrangler jackets with black trousers with a red stripe (hey, it was ok at the time) but wanted to get more poppy. George Gray, the manager of The Chuckles, suggested we went a bit more poppy and flambouyant and suggested two girls to make our new stage gear. The girls had made all the stuff for the Chuckles and they looked good, so it seemed like a good idea. After a measuring session, we went to get our gear and it was the crappiest stuff we had ever seen. The material was very cheap and lost all shape after one wash. The poor old drummer had a pair of trousers with the legs totally different widths - not slightly different, about 6 inches different. The next day we went to Tony Mansfield's boutique next to Top of the Town!"
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