Liquid Gold

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Liquid Gold was an English disco group.

Liquid Gold was formed by Ray Knott and Ellie Hope, who had met auditioning to play in Babe Ruth, a group that released four albums between 1972 and 1975. Both of them worked on the band's last album, Kid Stuff. They then recruited Wally Rothe and Syd Twynham under the name Dream Coupe; after a few shows they signed to Creole Records, a Polo Records subsidiary, and changed their name to Liquid Gold.^[1]

Their first single, "Anyway You Do It", was released in October 1978. It missed the UK Top 40 but resulted in their being transferred to Polo for their next release, "My Baby's Baby". A remixed version of the song was concurrently released by Parachute Records in the U.S. and became a hit, reaching #5 on the US Club Play charts and #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979.^[2] Despite their success in America, however, they never toured the U.S..^[1]

In England, their next single was "Mr. Groovy", which did not chart; it was quickly followed with "Dance Yourself Dizzy", which became their biggest English hit, peaking at #2 on the UK charts in 1980.^[3] The song also reached #26 on the U.S. Club Play charts.^[2] Their next single, "Substitute", also went Top Ten in England, reaching #8 in the summer of 1980; their final UK Top 40 entry was "The Night, the Wine, and the Roses", which hit #32 late in the year.^[3]

In March 1981, the single "Don't Panic" was released and was used in the Eurovision Song Contest that year. 1982 saw the release of the singles "Where Did We Go Wrong" and "Turn the Table". In 1983, Rothe quit the band, and Twynham left soon after. With the slimmer lineup they released one final single that year, "What's She Got". They disbanded shortly afterward.

[edit] Members

• Wally Rothe - drums
• Ray Knott - bass
• Syd Twynham - guitar
• Ellie Hope - vocals

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