Rocky Sharpe & The Replays
Biography
Rocky Sharpe and the Replays are an English rock n roll revival group that found fame in the late 1970s. The usual line-up of the group was Rocky (real name Robert Podsiadly), Helen Highwater (real name Helen Blizard), Johnny Stud (Rockys brother Jan) and Eric Rondo (Mike Vernon). An earlier incarnation of the group, Rocky Sharpe and the Razors, contained Den Hegarty and Rita Ray who later formed Darts.
It was in 1978 that the group enjoyed their first commercial success with "Rama Lama Ding Dong", which reached number 17 in the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart. More chart success quickly followed with another single, "Imagination", which reached number 39 in 1979.
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It was not until 1982 that the group would find themselves with another major hit. "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)" was moderately popular and put them back into the higher reaches of the chart. The groups last chart single was "If You Wanna Be Happy", which reached UK chart position 46 in 1983.
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