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Rock Follies is a soundtrack album of the 1976 UK television series Rock Follies. The album featured songs from the show, sung by stars Julie Covington, Charlotte Cornwell and Rula Lenska. The songs were composed by Howard Schuman and Andy Mackay. The album reached No.1 in the UK album charts.

Overview

The series Rock Follies was a musical drama, which centered on a singing trio and their struggles to become famous. Throughout the series, the fictional band (The Little Ladies) performed a number of songs - all original compositions. During the success of the series, an album containing 12 of the tracks was released by Island Records in the UK, and Atlantic Records in the US. It exceeded expectations by entering the charts at No.1, which was very much a rarity at the time.[2] It remained at the top for three weeks in April 1976. Two singles were taken from the album; "Glen Miller is Missing" backed with "Talking Pictures", and "Sugar Mountain" backed with the non-album "War Brides", although neither of these charted.[3]

The music was written by Andy Mackay, who was a founding member of Roxy Music, while the lyrics were written by Howard Schuman (who also wrote the television screenplay).

Rock Follies was re-released on Compact disc in 2000 by Virgin Records.

Track listing

All tracks credited to Howard Schuman and Andy Mackay

Side One

  1. "Sugar Mountain" — 2:47
  2. "Good Behaviour" — 2:35
  3. "Stairway" — 4:05
  4. "Daddy" — 2:00
  5. "Lamplight" — 3:55
  6. "The Road" — 3:55

Side Two

  1. "Glenn Miller is Missing" — 3:12
  2. "Biba Nova" — 3:55
  3. "Talking Pictures" — 2:53
  4. "Hot Neon" — 3:02
  5. "Roller Coaster" — 1:25
  6. "Rock Follies" — 3:58

CD Bonus track:

  1. "War Brides" - 2:47

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart Year Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[2] 1976 1

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b Official Charts - entry at No.1
  3. ^ Rock Follies fanpage - discography
Preceded by
Blue for You by Status Quo
Presence by Led Zeppelin
 UK Albums Chart number one album
10 April 1976 - 17 April 1976
1 May 1976 		Succeeded by
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