Johnny Hates Jazz is tagged as: 80s, pop, new wave, british, soft rock “Now don’t be afraid, come and join the parade for the ultimate sacrifice…” “Johnny Hates Jazz” were for a couple of months in the late eighties the toast of the global music industry and their clients, us. A three piece band, they released a string of world wide smash hits between April 1987 and February 1988, before splitting and sinking back into oblivion. The band’s first incarnation consisted of Clark Datchler (vocals, keys), Calvin Hayes (keys) and bassist Mike Nocito. Although still in their early twenties, the three of them had a plethora of studio experience: Hayes was the son of the owner of RAK Studios, and he and Nocito had engineered and recorded for years. Datchler already had a few releases under his own name under his belt before the other two asked him to join. The unusual band name was apparently taken from one of the band’s friends - Johnny - who couldn’t stand Jazz at all. All the songs on the first album were written by Datchler, and produced and engineered by the other two lads. The first single “Me And My Foolish Heart”, released under the studio’s own label flopped, but after being signed by Virgin Records their star began to rise: “Shattered Dreams” was the first... Read More About Johnny Hates Jazz Biography...  Send Johnny Hates Jazz ringtones to your cell
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