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Websites: Official Site

Genre: New Wave, Pop Rock

Last Played: 02-04-2008 4:09 pm

Sounds Like:Wham!, The Human League

Kajagoogoo were a British pop band best known for their first single, "Too Shy", which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart and number five in the U.S Billboard Hot 100 in 1983. The band was founded in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, in 1979. The band was signed to EMI in July of 1982, and Rhodes was signed to produce their first album, White Feathers. In between they supported Birmingham New Romantic band Fashion on tour. The debut single "Too Shy" was released in January of 1983 and went to the top of the charts. Follow-up releases "Ooh to Be Aah" and "Hang on Now" both reached the UK top twenty as well. In 2007 Nick Beggs, Steve Askew and Stuart Neale continue to play together as Kajagoogoo and a new album is about to be released. June 24th 2007 saw the release of 'Rocket Boy' the first KajaGooGoo single in 22 years. The single has received airplay on Steve Wrights Radio 2 show in the UK.