![]() ![]() The album quickly reached the British Top 30 and led to an appearance on popular British TV music show, Top of the Pops. ![]() Signing with Epic in 1988, the Darling Buds released several singles before issuing their debut full-length album, Pop Said, in January 1989. Reissued by the Native record label, the single was heard numerous times on John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. Releasing their debut single, "If I Said," on their own label in February 1987, the group began attracting considerable attention. Firmly entrenched in the "blonde" period of British indie music, the group is remembered for the singing of blonde female vocalist, Andrea Lewis (born: March 25, 1967) and the beatnik-like black clothing worn by the band's instrumentalists.įormed in Cardiff, Wales in 1986, the Darling Buds took their name from a comic novel, Darling Buds of May by British author H.E. With their Beatles-influenced vocal harmonies and hook-laden melodies, the Darling Buds were one of the most promising bands in Wales during the late '80s and early '90s. ![]()
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