Genres Pop Labels Jive Genre Pop music | Years active 1988 – 1994 Associated acts Sonia Record label Jive Records | |
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Past members Mark Gillespie
Phil Creswick
Jason John Origin London, United Kingdom (1988) Albums A Pocketful of Dreams, Composer's Big Fun Members Phil Creswick, Jason Herbert, Mark Gillespie Similar Sonia, Stock Aitken Waterman, Lonnie Gordon, Hazell Dean, Mel and Kim | ||
Big Fun were an English boy band who were active between 1988 and 1994. The band consisted of Phil Creswick, Mark Gillespie and Jason John (a.k.a. Jason Herbert). They were produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.
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Career
Before they were Big Fun, Creswick and John were in another regroup of Ian Levine's boy band Seventh Avenue with Mark Long. The other member of the group at that time was Steve Crawley who provided lead vocals for the group recording and singing live whilst performing in nightclubs all over the UK. Other original Big Fun members included Keith Davies from Stretford in Manchester. Davies then went on to star in Coronation Street before taking on an ambitious tour that covered nine countries.
Their only album, A Pocketful of Dreams (released in 1990), reached the Top 10 in the UK Albums Chart; and contained the hit singles "Blame It on the Boogie" (previously a hit for The Jacksons' in 1978), "Can't Shake the Feeling", and "Handful of Promises". "I Feel the Earth Move" was intended to be their first single (and promo copies were circulated) but it was decided their first single should be "Blame It on the Boogie", Their final single "Stomp!" was issued in 1994, under the name 'Big Fun II' as Jason John had left the band, and although this failed to obtain the commercial heights of their earlier work, it reached the dance chart in the United States.
All three members of the band are gay, but were told by Pete Waterman they could not come out as it would ruin their career. After disbanding, Creswick became a painter and decorator, and John returned to being a model booker and music manager.
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Blame It on the BoogieA Pocketful of Dreams · 1990
Handful of PromisesA Pocketful of Dreams · 1990
Hey There Lonely GirlA Pocketful of Dreams · 1990