#Toploader dancing in the moonlight series

“And that’s all I remember very clearly.” Why don’t we just stretch out on the beach?” “And he said, ‘Sure, you can stay here if your girlfriend will sleep with me,’” said Kelly in a telephone interview from his home in the Finger Lakes region of New York.Īfter being turned down at a second inn, Kelly’s girlfriend said, “It’s a beautiful night. The two went to a small inn, explained the situation to the innkeeper and offered to settle up in the morning when Kelly could return to the boat to retrieve his wallet. There was only one problem: Due to his extreme seasickness and disorientation, Kelly had left his wallet on the boat and had no money or credit cards for a hotel.

Kelly and his girlfriend looked out into the harbor and saw the boat’s mast swaying back and forth, and instead opted to stay in town overnight rather than risk more seasickness on the boat. The group got its food and decided to head back to the boat to spend the night. But Kelly and his girlfriend were both still sick and weren’t interested in eating at that point. Croix, those onboard took a dingy to shore to look for some dinner. Unbeknownst to him at the time, Kelly was prone to seasickness, and he and his girlfriend got really seasick on the crossing. One day, they decided to rent a 65-foot yacht and travel to St. Kelly and some friends were running a nightclub in St.

#Toploader dancing in the moonlight series

Since I love the stories behind the writing and making of songs and albums - the very foundation on which The Vinyl Dialogues book series is based - my first thought was, “Can I find Sherman Kelly and ask him if he’d consent to an interview to share the story behind “Dancing in the Moonlight?” Normally, I often read the comments on those YouTube videos, and I noticed on one Orleans video of “Dancing in the Moonlight,” there was a comment by Sherman Kelly from about five months ago. 22 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. 10 on the Cash Box Top 100 singles chart, No 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and No. Released on July 9, 1972, it became a big hit for King Harvest, reaching No. That song, written by Sherman Kelly, has always been one of my favorite tunes from the 1970s. Nevertheless, in the weeks leading up to this show, I had been watching YouTube videos of all three bands, particularly the Orleans cover of the great King Harvest song, “Dancing in the Moonlight.” In fact, there’s still a question here in early May 2020 if we’ll get back to having any concerts at all this year. 1253323.But that didn’t happen because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Registered Office: The Concorde, Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9HQ. The Concorde, Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9HQ - Telephone: 023 8061 3989 - Directions They have also appeared at a host of festivals including Glastonbury, V-Festival, T In The Park and Chris Evans’s CarFest. With a reputation as a genuine crowd-pleasing live band Toploader have backed the likes of Paul Weller, Robbie Williams, Noel Gallagher, Tom Jones, Simple Minds and Bon Jovi, where they became the last British band to play the original Wembley Stadium. Both tracks were excellently received by the press and gained strong support with BBC Radio 2 with placements on the ‘A’ Playlist. ‘This Is The Night’ gave them their first No.1 in the Radio 2 Airplay Charts. In 2013 Toploader released two singles ‘Turn It Around,‘ co-written with Eg White (Adele,James Morrison) and produced by Andy Green (Keane, Scouting For Girls) and ‘This Is The Night,‘ produced by Tim Bran (London Grammar).

Their second album ‘Magic Hotel’ reached number 3 in the UK Albums Chart and saw Joseph Washbourn (singer), Dan Hipgrave (guitar) AND Rob Green (drums) embark on the biggest tour of their careers playing to over 100,000 people in the UK alone. In 2013 the same track re-entered the Top 40 for three weekend topped the 10,000,000 hits mark on Youtube, an incredible thirteen years after it was first released, cementing it as one of the biggest songs of recent times. In 2000 the single ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’ became a global hit spending over a year in European Airplay Charts transforming Toploader into a household name. Their debut album ‘Onka’s Big Moka,‘ sold over one million copies and remained in the Top 5 of the UK album chart for over six months earning them 4 Brit Award nominations. Since forming in 1997 Toploader have over two million album sales to their name and a string of top 20 hits both home and abroad. TOPLOADER - 20 years of Dancing in the Moonlight TourĪbout this event Member Ticket Only – £15