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Independent label: Hollywood
Records owned by John Edward. Best known for
releasing records by Renée and Renato. John Edward Real Name: John Edward
Flux (born 1945), is a British musician, writer and record producer, also
known as the creator of the children's television character Metal Mickey. he set
up independent label Hollywood Records as a vehicle through which to write and
produce his own songs via a series of unattached artistes. Being a rock and roll
man, Edward hated the soft-kitsch style of production at that time in the early
1970s, specifically citing Brotherhood Of Man's "Save Your Kisses For Me" which
won the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, he wrote with his wife Sue a song called
"Save Your Love" to a kitsch-Italian orchestral themed backing. In 1975, he
heard West Midlands-resident Italian waiter Renato Pagliari audition for ITV's
talent show New Faces. Teaming Pagliari with British-born female singer Hilary
Lester, Edward renamed them Renée and Renato to record the song. "Save Your
Love" entered the UK Singles Chart in October 1982 at number 54. However, it
began to pick up sales during the Christmas period, and seven weeks after its
debut was at the top of the chart, resulting in it being played on Top of the
Pops and many radio stations. Lester, whom by now Edward had placed in another
Hollywood Records band, did not appear in the video, replaced by a
more-Italianate looking model. "Save Your Love" was a UK Number one hit single,
remaining at the top of the chart for four weeks before being knocked off by
Phil Collins' "You Can't Hurry Love". It was the first song produced by an
independent record label to ever reach the UK Number one position. The Edwards
written contractually enforced follow-ups, "Just One More Kiss" stalled at
Number 48, and "Jesus Loves Us All" did not chart, breaking the duo up. Edward
created the 1960s inspired robot Metal Mickey. Voiced by Edwards with a
catchphrase of "boogie, boogie, boogie", his favourite treat was Atomic
Thunderbusters, which had the appearance of lemon bonbons. First shown on the
Southern Television produced The Saturday Banana in 1978, friend and former The
Monkees drummer Micky Dolenz picked up the rights to produce and then direct the
first episodes of The Metal Mickey TV Show. Set in a family-home environment
with the grandmother played by Irene Handl, the show had a peak ITV Saturday
teatime viewing figure of 12 million people, and ran for three series from 1980
to 1983. Hollywood Records Former Address: 38-40 Upper Clapton Road London
E5 8BQ. Distributed By Pinnacle Records.
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Voxpop
Sleeping In A
Stranger'S Bed
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Tony &
Maria
Roses Are
Red
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Renee &
Renato
Save Your
Love
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Metal Micky
Theme Tune From The T.V. Show
Metal Mickey
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Jookes
I Just Wanna Stay
Here
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Renee &
Renato
Just One More
Kiss
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Colt And
Colby
Save Your
Love
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Metal Mickey
I Want To Hold Your
Hand
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Renee &
Renato
Little Bitta
Me
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Laine John
Temptation
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Renee &
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Only You
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Renee &
Renato
Jesus Loves Us
All
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Not Issued
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Hewke Elmer
Tell Me
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Head To Head
Shanty
Shanty
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Boulaye Patti & Georgie
Fame
Swinging On A
Star
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Dream Team
Boy George
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Renato
Funiculi Funiculi
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