Wanted (The Dooleys song)

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"Wanted"
Single by The Dooleys
from the album The Best of The Dooleys
Released 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre Pop
Songwriter(s) Findon\Myers\Puzey

"Wanted" is a 1979 song by English pop group The Dooleys. It was recorded in 1979 and reached no.3 in both the UK and Irish charts that summer, becoming the band's highest charting single in both countries. [1] It was written by Findon\Myers\Puzey and was produced by Ben Findon. The label was GTO. The lead singers on this record were, Kathy Dooley and Anne Dooley.

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many diverse styles. "Pop" and "rock" were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they became increasingly differentiated from each other.

The Dooleys were a United Kingdom male–female pop group comprising at its peak eight members – six of them in the Dooley family. The group achieved several UK chart hits between 1977 and 1981, including top-ten hits "Wanted", "Love of My Life" and "The Chosen Few".

GTO Records british record label; formed by Laurence Myers

GTO Records was a British record label which released many hits during the 1970s. It ran from 1974 to 1981 and mainly concentrated on pop music and disco. The acronym represented the Gem Toby Organization.

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References

  1. "Dooleys - Official Charts". official charts.com. Retrieved 29 May 2016.