In 1969, Wingfield played keyboards and sang on Jellybread's First Slice album, which was produced by Mike Vernon for the Blue Horizon label.
In the 1970s, Wingfield was a specialist in soul music and regularly contributed articles and reviews to the monthly journal, "Let It Rock" and "Melody Maker". As a performer, he played with the British soul band The Olympic Runners, and Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes.
He played piano for the Alan Parsons rhythm section at Abbey Road Studios, with Pete Moss on bass guitar, for Dexys Midnight Runners and Paul McCartney.
Wingfield hit the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic in 1975 with "Eighteen With a Bullet", a pastiche doo-wop number involving word play on hit record chart positions - a bullet, in record-chart parlance, referring to a song still selling strongly and/or moving up the charts. It entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 23 August 1975.
On the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending 22 November 1975, the tune lived up to its name by charting at no. 18 – with a bullet. The song peaked at no. 15 a week later. It also reached no. 7 in the UK Singles Chart. T
aken from the album, Breakfast Special, "Eighteen with a Bullet" later featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Side A
A1. Eighteen With A Bullet – 3:29
A2. A Whole Pot Of Jelly (For A Little Slice Of Toast) – 2:58
A3. Hold Me Closer – 5:01
A4. Shadow Of A Doubt – 3:28
A5. Anytime – 5:32
Side B
B1. Please – 2:55
B2. Lovin’ As You Wanna Be – 5:00
B3. Kangaroo Dip – 3:23
B4. Number One Priority – 5:09
B5. Shining Eyes – 2:59
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Inc.
- Recorded At – Chipping Norton Recording Studios
- Mixed At – Chipping Norton Recording Studios
- Recorded At – Island Studios
- Distributed By – Island Records Inc.
- Manufactured By – Island Records Inc.
- Mastered At – Kendun Recorders
Credits
- Bass – Delisle Harper
- Composed By, Lyrics By, Vocals, Synthesizer, Organ, Grand Piano, Electric Piano, Clavinet, Producer – Pete Wingfield
- Design – Ian Logan Associates
- Drums – Glen Le Fleur
- Engineer [Island Studios] – Rod Thear
- Engineer, Producer – Barry Hammond
- Guitar – Joseph Edward Wright II
- Photography By – Alan Randall
Notes
Release: 1975
Genre: Pop Rock
Format: LP
Label: Island Records
Catalog# ILPS 9333
Prijs: € 7.00
Vinyl: Goed
Cover: Goed
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