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English trombonist and singer
Don Lang (born Gordon Langhorn; 19 January 1925 – 3 August 1992) was an English trombonist and singer who led Don Lang and his Frantic Five.
[1]
Biography
Lang was born in
Halifax, England, on 19 January 1925.
[2] He and his band appeared on
Six-Five Special, the first
BBC Television show for teenagers, from 1957.
[2] In 1958, his cover version of "
Witch Doctor" reached the top 10 of the
UK Singles Chart.
[3] Lang played trombone on the song "
Revolution 1" on
the Beatles'
'White Album'.
[4] Lang retired in the late 1980s.
[4] He died of cancer in London on 3 August 1992, aged 67.
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[4]
Discography
Albums
- The Complete '50s Singles – 2012 (Peaksoft) (includes HMV POP714 from 1960)
Singles
Don Lang
- HMV POP115: "Cloudburst"/"Seventeen" (1955) –
UK No. 16
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- HMV POP150: "Four Brothers"/"
I Want You to Be My Baby" (1956)
- HMV POP178: "Rock Around the Island"/"Jumpin' to Conclusions" (1956)
- HMV POP224: "Rock and Roll Blues"/"Stop the World I Wanna Get Off" (1956)
- HMV POP260: "Sweet Sue – Just You"/"Lazy Latin" (1956)
Don Lang and his Frantic Five
- Electrola HMV 45-EG 8775: "Red Sputnik Rock (Red Planet Rock)"/"Texas Tambourine" (1956)
- HMV POP289: "Rock Around the Cookhouse"/"Rock Mister Piper"
- HMV POP335: "
Rock-a-Billy"/"Come Go with Me"
- HMV POP350: "
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)" (1956) – UK No. 26
[3]/"Six Five Special"
- HMV POP382: "
White Silver Sands"/"Again 'N' Again 'N' Again" (1957)
- HMV POP414: "Red Planet Rock"/"Texas Tambourine" (1957)
- HMV 7EG 8208: "The Big Beat"/"Rock, Rock, Rock"/"Baby Baby"/"Rock Pretty Baby" (1957)
- HMV POP465: "
Tequila"/"Junior Hand Jive" (1957)
- HMV POP488: "
Witch Doctor" (1958) – UK No. 5
[3]/"Cool Baby Cool"
- HMV POP510: "The Bird on My Head"/"Hey Daddy" (1958)
- HMV POP547: "
Queen of the Hop"/"La-Do-Da-Da" (1958)
- HMV POP585: "Wiggle Wiggle"/Teasin'" (1959)
- HMV POP623: "Percy Green"/Phineas McCoy" (1959)
- HMV POP649: "A Hoot and a Holler"/"See You Friday" (1959)
- HMV POP682: "Reveille Rock"/"
Frankie and Johnny" (1959)
- HMV POP714: "Sink the Bismarck"/"They Call Him Cliff" (1960) – UK No. 43
[3]
[5]
- HMV POP805: "Time Machine"/"Don't Open That Door"
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