Shirehorses

Compare with Weird Al Yankovic. Each of the band members has gone on to solo careers. The Shirehorses have released two albums to date:. Danoff and Nivert divorced shortly afterwards. Formerly a double act on BBC Radio 1, in March of 2004 they went their separate ways, Radcliffe to BBC Radio 2, Riley to BBC 6 Music. The band broke up by 1980, unable to match their previous success (see 1980 in music). Marc Riley was formerly a member of The Fall and later Creepers before embarking on his current career as a radio personality with Mark Radcliffe. David Letterman, then unknown, also participated in the show.

However, they have played large venues, supporting Blur on their 1997 tour of the UK, which took in several stadia, and even played Glastonbury in 1998. The band hosted a variety show titled "Starland Vocal Band" that ran on CBS for two months. The band has toured extensively, playing many university gigs because of their popularity with students. The follow-up, Rear View Mirror was a failure in comparison. When they rewrote the Seahorses' Love is the Law as (Now) I know (where I'm going) our kid they chose the stage-name "Shirehorses", which then stuck. They won two and were nominated for five Grammy Awards. As part of their radio show, they have produced pastiches of recent chart songs, such as Lardy Boy for Placebo's Nancy Boy, and Why Is It Always Dairylea for Travis's Why Does It Always Rain On Me, using the band names "Gazebo" and "Travisty" respectively. The song was a hit, and the album topped the charts too.

The Shirehorses are a spoof band made up of two BBC Radio DJs from Manchester, Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley (known collectively as Mark and Lard). Their debut was Starland Vocal Band, which included "Afternoon Delight". Our Kid Eh, a play on the name of Radiohead's album, 'Kid A'. They recorded several albums before making a group called the Starland Vocal Band. Worst album in the world ever.....EVER!, a parody of the long string of compilation albums released in the UK since the 1990s called The Best (genre) Album in the world ever!. The latter song is the de facto state song of West Virginia, although it has no official status as such. Nivert and Danoff wrote "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads", both big hits for John Denver.

The group began as Fat City, a husband/wife duo of Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert. Starland Vocal Band is an American rock band, known primarily for "Afternoon Delight", one of the biggest singles in 1976 (see 1976 in music).