DARTS – DUKE OF EARL Promo 7″ – Nr MINT/EXC+ UK 1979 ORIG

Darts – Duke Of Earl
(Magnet Records  1979  MAG147)
Promo Large “A” on label – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle – B side is a little cracklier – only EX+)

Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges and some creasing

Darts is a nine-piece British doo-wop revival band that achieved chart success in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The London-based band had a number of UK top 20 hits including three successive number twos with revivals of early US rock and roll, R&Band original songs.

“Duke of Earl” is a 1962 US number-one song, originally recorded by Gene Chandler. It is the best known of Chandler’s songs, and he subsequently dubbed himself “The Duke of Earl”. The song was written by Chandler, Bernice Williams, and Earl Edwards. This song was a 2002 inductee into the Grammy Hall of Fame It has also been selected by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

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