THE HOUSEMARTINS Topped UK Charts With A Capella Version Of ‘CARAVAN OF LOVE’ 35 Years Ago

Top singles from the past

20 December 2021

Band: THE HOUSEMARTINS (1983-1988)
Who: An English pop band from Hull featuring
Norman Cook aka the later famous DJ Fatboy Slim

Hit: An a cappella version of CARAVAN OF LOVE,
a song originally released by Isley-Jasper-Isley, half
of the Ilsey Brothers in 1985

Score: The single hit the top spot of the UK Singles Chart on
20 December 1986, 33 years ago. It was only the second No 1
a cappela song after The Flying Pickets‘ Only You in 1984

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