Thursday music corner: Slade were a rock band formed in the English Midlands in 1966, first as the N'Betweens, then as Ambrose Slade, and finally from 1969 simply as Slade. They attained huge success in the British glam rock scene, with their particular prowess for crafting enduringly popular hit singles.
They finally found a broader audience with their seventh single, a 1971 cover of R&B singer Bobby Marchan's Get Down & Get With It, which reached number 16 in the UK charts. For the next five years Slade chalked up a multitude of hit singles, including six chart-toppers and six other singles that hit the top five. Slade also scored three chart-topping UK albums, Slayed? (1972), Old New Borrowed & Blue (1974) and the Sladest compilation album (1973).
The 1971 non-album single Coz I Luv You was the band's first number one UK song. Co-written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and multi-instrumentalist Jim Lea, it was propelled by Lea's electric violin that sought to emulate the Hot Club-style gypsy violin of Stephane Grappelli. Coz I Luv You also topped the Irish pop charts and entered the top 10 in Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium and West Germany. The performance below is from West German TV programme Beat-Club.
Slade - Coz I Luv You (live, 1971)
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