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Arrival (band)

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Genres
  
Pop rock

Labels
  
Decca

Origin
  
Liverpool, United Kingdom

Years active
  
Mid 60s-1972

Active until
  
1972

Genre
  
Pop rock

Associated acts
  
Kokomo, The Olympic Runners, Gonzalez

Past members
  
Dyan Birch Carroll Carter Frank Collins Lloyd Courtenay Don Hume Paddy McHugh Tony O'Malley Glen LeFleur Raphael Pereira Lee Sutherland

Members
  
Dyan Birch, Frank Collins, Tony O'Malley, Glen LeFleur

Albums
  
Chegada3, Life Is A Show, Arrival Live (feat. Russ Miller, Rick Krive & Jerry Watts), Arrival

Similar
  
Kokomo, Neil Hubbard, Alan Spenner, Jody Linscott, 10cc

Arrival was a London-based close-harmony pop-rock band featuring singers originally from Liverpool. Following its appearance on Maynard Ferguson's 1970 UK television special and two chart hits, "Friends" and "I Will Survive", the band was booked to appear at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.

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After Arrival disbanded, its members joined other projects such as Kokomo, The Olympic Runners and Gonzalez, and became session musicians or session singers.

Personnel

  • Dyan Birch - vocals (born 25 January 1949, Liverpool, Lancashire)
  • Carroll Carter - vocals (born 10 June 1948, Liverpool)
  • Frank Collins - vocals (born 25 October 1947, Liverpool)
  • Lloyd Courtenay - drums (born 20 December 1944, Wallasey)
  • Don Hume - bass (born Donald Hume, 31 March 1950, Watford, Hertfordshire)
  • Paddy McHugh - vocals (born Patrick McHugh, 25 August 1946, Allerton, Liverpool)
  • Tony O'Malley - vocals, keyboards (born Anthony O'Malley, 15 July 1948, Bushey, Hertfordshire)
  • Glen LeFleur - drums, percussion
  • Raphael Pereira - guitar
  • Lee Sutherland - bass

    • Singles

  • "Friends" - UK Singles Chart #8, January 1970
  • "I Will Survive" - UK #16, June 1970
  • "(Let My Life Be Your) Love Song", February 1971. Written by Jimmy Webb. Did not chart
  • "He's Misstra Know It All", (CBS), October 1973. Written By Steve Wonder

    • Albums

  • Arrival (Decca SKL 5055), 1970
  • Arrival (CBS 64733), 1972

    • Compilation

  • The Complete Recordings of Arrival (RPM D904), double CD, February 2012

    • Songs

    I Will SurviveArrival · 1970
    Toucan's DanceChegada3 · 2014
    Buy-Own?Arrival Live (feat Russ Miller - Rick Krive & Jerry Watts) · 2011

    References

    Arrival (band) Wikipedia
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