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Jimmy the Hoover
« on: April 11, 2004, 15:40:51 PM »
Hi i loved Jimmys one hit wonder "Tantalise" wondered if anyone had any info on wotever happened to him??

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Re:Jimmy the Hoover
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2004, 06:58:23 AM »
I've got the 12" of "Tantalise (Wo-Wo-E-Yeh-Yeh)" - magic. The follow up, "Kill Me Kwik" was pretty good too.

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Re:Jimmy the Hoover
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Re:Jimmy the Hoover
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2004, 12:38:47 PM »
cant rememeber the follow up cammy, thanks for the link by the way.

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Re:Jimmy the Hoover
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2004, 23:49:48 PM »
Hi i loved Jimmys one hit wonder "Tantalise"......

Oh dear - that was one of my worst records of the 80's!

But I guess life would be boring if we all shared the same views...  :)

That ghastly chorus of Wo Wo Eh Yeh Yeh still gives me nightmares!  Ex-Radio One DJ Pat Sharp loved 'Tantalise' though and played it frequently.


Jimmy The Hoover was dropped by his record label after the follow-up to "Tantalise" flopped in the charts. Jimmy was the brainchild of that old ginger-haired svengali and manipulator Malcolm Mclaren.

Not one of Malcom's best ever signings in my opinion....