A Showaddywaddy legend has sadly died.
Trevor Oakes has sadly handed away (Picture: Getty)
One of many founding members of Seventies outfit Showaddywaddy has handed away, the group confirmed in the present day. Trevor Oakes died peacefully final month aged 79 following “an extended sickness”, the band’s former frontman Dave Bartram, who additionally serves as their supervisor, revealed. He mentioned: “Trevor was a novel character and a devoted skilled, with out whom the band would by no means have fairly scaled the dizzy heights we appeared destined to realize.
“He was additionally a caring and affectionate household man, with a mischievous sense of humour, which will likely be sadly missed by all these pricey to him. I may write a e book in regards to the unimaginable recollections we have shared over the previous fifty-seven years, however most of all I thank him from the underside of my coronary heart for his unwavering friendship.” A supply instructed The Solar that Oakes died in a Leicester care dwelling and that his funeral has already taken place.
Showaddywaddy had been established in 1973 when two outfits, Choise and the Golden Hammers, mixed in Leicester. Trevor was a part of Selection, alongside Dave Bartram, Al James, and Romeo Challenger. Showaddywaddy had been famend for his or her revivals of songs from the 50s and 60s and all through their profession, accrued a formidable complete of 209 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, boasting 10 high ten singles.
Trevor is known to have departed the band, finest recognized for his or her No.1 hit Underneath The Moon Of Love, in Might 2009 when he was aged 62 following well being struggles.
Showaddywaddy proceed to tour however with solely one of many authentic line-up nonetheless a part of the group.
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Two of Oakes’ sons pursued careers as skilled footballers, with Steffan Oakes turning out for Leicester Metropolis within the Premier League within the early 2000s.
Steffan’s brother Scott featured greater than 170 occasions for Luton City within the 90s and likewise earned a cap for England U21s.
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