Fancy (band)

{{Short description|British pop group (1973 – 1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Primary sources|date=May 2007}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Fancy | image =  | caption = | image_size =  | alias = | origin = England | instrument = | genre = Pop | occupation = | years_active = 1973–1975 | label = Atlantic (Australia, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, UK) Arista (UK) Big Tree (USA) RCA Victor (USA) Angel Air (reissues - UK) Collectables (reissues - USA) | website = | current_members = | past_members = Helen Caunt Annie Kavanagh Ray Fenwick Mo Foster Les Binks }}

'''Fancy''' were an early-mid-1970s pop group. The band was made up of session musicians produced by Mike Hurst. They had a surprise US hit single in 1974 with a version of the classic "Wild Thing", peaking at #14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, #9 in Canada,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3841a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - September 7, 1974}}</ref> and #31 in Australia.<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=108}}</ref> They also had a second US hit with "Touch Me", peaking at #19, #58 in Canada,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3902b.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - December 14, 1974}}</ref> and #97 in Australia.<ref name=aus/> They were initially fronted by ''Penthouse'' Pet Helen Caunt and later Annie Kavanagh. Ray Fenwick, formerly of The Spencer Davis Group, joined Fancy in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rayfenwick.com/fancy.htm|title=Ray Fenwick: News: Fancy - funky rock band that achieved two hit singles in the USA|website=Rayfenwick.com|accessdate=2 May 2019}}</ref> Fancy's song "Feel Good" from the album ''Wild Thing'' has been sampled over one hundred times, most notably by the Beastie Boys on the song "3-Minute Rule" off their album ''Paul's Boutique'' (1989). Les Binks, later of Judas Priest, played drums on Fancy's releases.<ref name="Thompson">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p365609/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography: Fancy |last=Thompson |first=Dave |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=11 June 2010}}</ref>

==Album discography== ''Wild Thing''

#"Wild Thing" #"Love for Sale" #"Move On" #"I Don't Need Your Love" #"One Night" #"Touch Me" #"U.S. Surprise" #"Between the Devil and Me" #"I'm a Woman" #"Feel Good"

''Turns You On'' (UK release title: ''Something to Remember'')

#"She's Riding the Rock Machine" #"I Was Made to Love Him" #"You've Been in Love Too Long" #"Something to Remember" #"Everybody's Cryin' Mercy" #"The Tour Song" #"Stop"

Both albums were re-released on a single CD, circa 2002, on the UK-based Angel Air record label.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Thing-Turns-You-Fancy/dp/B00005MCY1 |title=Amazon.com: Wild Thing / Turns You on: Fancy: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=2017-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217210447/http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Thing-Turns-You-Fancy/dp/B00005MCY1 |archive-date=2011-12-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Turns You On'' was expanded with additional tracks and B-sides for this release.

A U.S. CD release of ''Wild Thing'' came out on the Collectables reissue label in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7020988|title=Fancy - Wild Thing CD Album|website=Cduniverse.com|accessdate=2 May 2019}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://rayfenwick.com/fancy.htm Ray Fenwick: Fancy] * [http://www.mofoster.com Mo Foster] * [http://www.angelair.co.uk Angel Air Records] * [http://www.epmusic.biz Fancy licensing] * {{Discogs artist|Fancy (3)|Fancy}}

Category:Musical groups established in 1973 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1975 Category:English pop music groups Category:1973 establishments in England Category:1975 disestablishments in England Category:Big Tree Records artists Category:Arista Records artists