The Temperance Seven
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The Temperance Seven was a British band specializing in 1920s-style jazz music.
The Temperance Seven were formed at the Royal College of Art in 1957. Despite its name, the Temperance Seven usually had nine members. The lead vocalist was Paul MacDowell.
They had a British number 1 hit in 1961 with "You're Driving Me Crazy", which was produced by George Martin. Other noted songs were "Charley My Boy", "Pasadena", "Sugar" and "Chili Bom-Bom".
The original Temperance Seven came to an end in the late 1960s, but the band continues to perform with new personnel; from time to time original members sometimes making guest appearances. Many members of the original band reunited for a BBC radio programme about the group in 2003.
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[edit] Members
The members of the Temperance Seven often went under preposterous pseudonyms. A partial line-up includes:
- Clifford Bevan (piano, trombone)
- Canon Colin Bowles (piano)
- Alan Swainston Cooper (clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone)
- John R.T. Davies (trombone, alto saxophone)
- Martin Fry (sousaphone)
- John Gieves-Watson (banjo)
- Phillip Harrison (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone)
- Cephas Howard (trumpet, euphonium)
- Brian Innes (percussion)
- "Whispering" Paul MacDowell (vocals)
- Franklin D. Paverty (sousaphone)
- John Watson (banjo)
- Mac White (clarinet, alto saxophone)
- Ray Whittam (clarinet, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone)
[edit] Selected discography
[edit] Singles
- "Pasadena"/"Sugar" (1961)
- "You're Driving Me Crazy"/"Charley My Boy" (1961)
[edit] Albums
- Those BBC Years (recorded in 1962, released in 2002)
- Pasadena & the Lost Cylinders (1967)
- Tea for Eight (1989)
- 33 Not Out (1990)
- The Writing on the Wall (1992)
[edit] Filmography
- It's Trad, Dad! (1962)
- Take Me Over (1963)
- The Wrong Box (1966)
[edit] External links
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