38 years ago this week, Frankie Goes To Hollywood rose to Number 1 with their debut single Relax. The song, first released in October 1983, had quite the adventure arriving at the top, with a long-winded climb and brief tenancy around the lower reaches, before entering the Top 40 at the start of the year.
The song got its big break when it opened Top Of The Pops’ 20th anniversary show on January 5th 1984, as one of the few new entries in a post-Christmas rundown.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood first formed in 1980 from the ashes of local Liverpudlian act the Sons of Egypt, when singer Holly Johnson got together with Peter ‘Ped’ Gill and Mark O’Toole, and initially a female vocalist, who left after finding herself upstaged by Holly’s longtime friend Paul Rutherford dancing during their performances.
The band then took to performing with a pair of dancers called The Leatherpets, who Holly and Paul would, um, tie up during their show.
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