Sad Café

Sad Café are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1976, who achieved their peak of popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known for the UK top 40 singles "Every Day Hurts", "Strange Little Girl", "My Oh My" and "I'm in Love Again", the first of which was their biggest hit, reaching number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1979. The band also had two US Billboard Hot 100 hits with "Run Home Girl" and "La-Di-Da". The group formed as a result of the unification of rock bands Mandalaband and Gyro. Its founder members were Paul Young (vocals), Ian Wilson (guitar), Vic Emerson (keyboards), Ashley Mulford (lead guitar), John Stimpson (bass) and Tony Cresswell (drums). The band took their name from the Carson McCullers novella The Ballad of the Sad Café.[citation needed] Harvey Lisberg, who also managed 10cc, arranged for Eric Stewart to produce their third album, Facades (an anagram of Sad Cafe), which included the top 3 single "Every Day Hurts". List of bands from Manchester List of bands from England List of performers on Top of the Pops Swan Song Records Artist Biography by Greg Prato (15 July 2000). "Sad Café | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2014. Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1051. ISBN 1-85227-745-9. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 478. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. Laing, Dave (19 July 2000). "Obituary: Paul Young – Singer who made Manchester rock". The Guardian. London. Mowbray, Guy (8 November 2018). "Vic Emerson obituary". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com. "Sad Cafe | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 July 2021. "Sad Café Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 6 July 2021. "New Albums". Music Week. 19 October 1985. p. 31. "New Albums". Music Week. 4 February 1989. p. 34. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 263. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. "Discografie Sad Café". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 6 July 2021. "Sad Café Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 6 July 2021. Sad Café official website Sad Café at Harvey Lisberg Sad Café discography at Discogs