Kajagoogoo
80s Synth Pop Band
Kajagoogoo are best known for their No.1 UK single Too Shy. It was taken from the band's debut album White Feathers which reached No.5 in the UK charts and No.38 in the U.S.
During 1983, Kajagoogoo had two more UK hits from the White Feathers album which were; Ooh to be Ah (No.7 - UK) and Hang On Now (No.13 - UK). The album was mainly produced by Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes and their own producer Colin Thurston.
Now they wouldn't have been a proper eighties band without a big bust-up, and in mid 1983 that's exactly what happened as lead singer, Limahl, was fired by the rest of the band!
The new Kajagoogoo with new lead singer Nick Beggs (the bassist) released the single Big Apple which reached No.8 in the UK in late 1983. The follow-up single The Lion's Mouth reached No.25 in 1984. Both were taken from their next album Islands which only managed to scrape into the Top 40 at No.35 during 1984.
Sadly, this proved to be Kajagoogoo's last Top 40 single.
Kajagoogoo - Big Apple
Big Apple was the first track to be released as a single from Kajagoogoo's second album Islands. It was also the first single to feature the band's bassist Nick Beggs as the replacement lead singer for Limahl. The song reached #8 in the UK. I love the track (particularly the bass) but I can't help feeling that Nick Beggs sounds more like a backing singer than a frontman. Nice effort, though, and at least he sang in key.
Kajagoogoo Performing on The Tube in 1983
