Slade

Slade are a British rock band formed in Wolverhampton, UK in 1966. They became popular during the glam rock era in the early 1970s, achieving 17 consecutive top 20 hits including six number ones on the UK Singles Chart.

They were the first act to have three singles to enter the charts at number one and their best-selling single, Merry Xmas Everybody, has sold in excess of one million copies.

The classic Slade line-up featured Noddy Holder (b. 1946 - lead guitar, lead vocals), Dave Hill (b.1946, guitar), Jim Lea (b.1949, bass guitar) and Don Powell (b.1946. drums)

Records

 * Old New Borrowed and Blue
 * My Friend Stan / Everyday
 * Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me

Chart placings

 * 27 February 1973 - Cum On Feel the Noize (straight in at N1)
 * 13 March 1973 - Cum On Feel the Noize
 * 10 July 1973 - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me (N1)
 * 04 December 2011 - Merry Xmas Everybody
 * 02 October 2020

TV

 * 27 December 1971 - Top of the Pops
 * 15 June 1972 - Top of the Pops
 * 11 October 1973 (& 13 October 1994) - Top of the Pops
 * 11 April 1974 - Top of the Pops
 * 20 February 1975 - Top of the Pops
 * 08 May 1975 - Top of the Pops
 * 02 June 1975 - Shangalang (Bay City Rollers)
 * 29 January 1981 - Top of the Pops
 * 12 February 1981 - Top of the Pops
 * 22 December 1983 - Top of the Pops
 * 05 January 1984 - TOTP 20th anniversary
 * 16 February 1984 - Top of the Pops
 * 01 March 1984 - Top of the Pops
 * 15 November 1984 - Top of the Pops
 * 22 December 1984 - Saturday Superstore
 * 24 December 1984 - Pop Quiz

BBC Radio & sessions
Sessions info from Garner (1993)


 * 08 June 1969 - Symonds on Sunday
 * 28 April 1970 - Harding session
 * 12 January 1971 - Harding
 * 13 May 1971 - Henry session
 * 27 January 1972 - Drummond session
 * 26 May 1972 - Peel session
 * 30 September 1972 - In Concert
 * 20 October 1974 - Sounds on Sunday
 * 13 July 1975 - Insight Slade - Six Days on the Road Part 1: The Tour
 * 21 November 1980 - Roundtable (N. Holder)
 * 11 December 1980 - Mike Read
 * 27 February 1981 - Reading Festival 1980
 * 20 April 1993 - Glitter and Glam
 * 04 October 1993 - Glitter and Twisted
 * 21 December 1996 - So Here It Is, Merry Christmas Suzi Quatro presents a glamrock concert featuring Slade II and Les Gray 's Mud.

Related artists

 * The Sweet
 * Lynsey De Paul
 * Mud

Other pages

 * Straight in at No.1
 * June No.1s
 * September No.1s
 * November No.1s
 * 1973