Nick Warburton, for the first time tells the full story Hedgehoppers Anonymous. The band brought biting satire to the pop charts with UK top-5 smash hit single, the tongue-in-cheek protest song ‘It’s Good News Week’. Unfortunately, they never achieved such dizzy heights again despite the stewardship of producer/songwriter Jonathan King.
When follow-up single releases on Decca Records failed to chart, the British music press announced the band’s demise in early 1967. At least, that’s what record buyers were led to believe.
In the first of a two-part series covering this criminally overlooked band, The Strange Brew discovers how ground crew in the Royal Air Force came to record a hit single and the struggles they endured to maintain a profile in the fickle world of pop music:
hi been reading alot my uncle was ray my grandparents couldnt afford to pay ray release from raf hence band broke up…..
I think it’s great to learn about this famous Hedgehoppers Anonymous a famous band!! Their performance does break our heart….. Great to see their position is on UK top-5. . I hope to see more of your post, thank you again 🙂