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Chas 'n' Dave
12+ albums
britishpopRockneycomedycockney
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Chas & Dave are a Cockney pop rock music artists, often billed as Chas 'n' Dave or erroneously as Chaz 'n' Dave. Their full names are Charles "Chas" Hodges (piano, vocals, banjo, guitars) and David "Dave" Peacock (bass guitar, vocals, banjo, guitars), with Mick Burt on drums. They were regulars on British TV from 1975 onwards and had hits like "Gertcha", their first, as well as "Rabbit" and "The Sideboard Song". Their music was featured in a TV beer advertising campaign for Courage Bitter, which also helped to establish them in the United Kingdom. The unique cockney style of singing was from the start intentional. They felt an alternative to the way British bands copied American accents was needed. The songs above are partly comic, and Chas 'n' Dave are identified with London pub culture. But their 1982 number 2 hit, "Ain't No Pleasing You" was a more romantic record, with strings added to the usual piano, drum and bass sound. 'Rockney', a portmanteau of 'rock' and 'Cockney', has been coined as a term for their music style. They have always done a great deal of live work, and are currently doing shows all over the UK. "Snooker Loopy" is a comic song about snooker by Chas and Dave, featuring Tony Meo, Dennis Taylor, Terry Griffiths, Willy Thorne and Steve Davis, collectively credited as "The Matchroom Mob". Chas and Dave have remained famous, in part, because of the songs they have written and recorded for Tottenham Hotspur F.C., which they were both fans off. Among their m
