15 10 07 200 W - + 0 - 4 One Hit Wonders: #3 Jimmy The Hoover

Jimmy The Hoover was a group that were notable for two things: 1) their hit, ‘Tantalise’ and 2) their hunky singer, Derek Dunbar.

The girls’ magazines were wild on Derek Dunbar. With his chiselled good looks and mane of floppy hair, he was the perfect pinup. So I was eager to go and do a photo-session with him, in the certain knowledge that I’d be able to sell pictures to all the teen-zines.

Alas, it was not so. As he walked in through the door to meet me, my heart sank.

“What do you think of it?” he said, “It’s my new image.”

The new image was a Mohican haircut. The lustrous hair had been shaved to the scalp leaving just a ridge of fur down the middle. I took the photos but none of the magazines wanted them. And the pop buying public didn’t want the group either. I can’t be absolutely sure that it was Dunbar’s Mohican that killed his career - but I don’t think it helped.

I can’t find a video of Tantalise so you’ll have to do with this audio version on YouTube.

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