Kandidate

Kandidate
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	soul
Years active	1975–1983
Labels	RAK Records
Past members	Ferdi Morris Teeroy Morris St Lloyd Phillips Alex Bruce Phil Fearon Bob Collins Jascha Tambiuttu

Kandidate was a British soul band consisting of Ferdi Morris (bass and backing vocals), Teeroy Morris (keyboards and lead vocals), St Lloyd Phillips (drums), Alex Bruce (percussion), Phil Fearon (lead guitar and backing vocals), Bob Collins (guitar/percussion/vocals), and Jascha Tambimuttu (rhythm guitar and backing vocals). ^[1]

Overview

The band was signed to Vulcan Records, an offshoot of Trojan Records, in 1975; ^[2] it was made up of members of two previous bands, Hot Wax (who became Hi Tension) and 70% Proof. ^[3] Although the band's sole single for Vulcan, "I'm Coming (Wait For Me)", failed to chart, the band attracted the attention of Mickie Most, who signed it up to his RAK Records label.

Kandidate released five singles for RAK, four of which made the UK singles charts. Its best position came with "I Don't Wanna Lose You", boosted by its use on the soundtrack of the film Sunburn. ^[4]

In 1981, after a hiatus to allow the members to concentrate on songwriting, ^[5] the band left RAK for Polydor Records, ^[6] and released two further singles, neither of which charted. The band's proposed debut album, Positives, mentioned on the sleeve of the "I Want To Be Yours" single, was shelved when the group split up following these two failures. Phil Fearon formed the band Galaxy. ^[7]

Discography

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		UK [8]	RoI [9]
1975	"I'm Coming (Wait For Me)"	–	–
1978	"Don't Wanna Say Goodnight"	47	14
1979	"I Don't Wanna Lose You"	11	15
1979	"Girls Girls Girls"	38	26
1980	"I'm Young/Go To Work On You"	–	–
1980	"Let Me Rock You"	58	–
1981	"I Want To Be Yours"	–	–
1982	"Can't Say Bye" (featuring Viscount Oliver)	–	–
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

1. Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles. UK: Collins. p. 416.
2. "Artists sign with Vulcan". Thanet Times: 12. 16 December 1975.
3. "Kandidate". Apple Music. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
4. "Various – Sunburn (The Original Soundtrack Album From...)". discogs.com. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
5. "Kandidate". Record Business. 3 (15): 33. 29 June 1981.
6. Jasper, Tony (23 October 1981). "Most likely Kandidate". Manchester Evening News: 16.
7. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 197. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
8. "Kandidate". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
9. "The Irish Charts". The Irish Charts. Retrieved 22 February 2025.