The Legend of Xanadu

Infobox Single
Name = The Legend of Xanadu


Artist = Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
from Album =
B-side = "Please" (Harman, Dymond, Davies)
Released = 9 February 1968 (UK)
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:35
Label = Fontana TF903 (UK)
Imperial Records (U.S.)
Writer = Ken Howard, Alan Blaikley
Producer = Steve Rowland, musical accompaniment directed by John Gregory
Chart position =

• #1 (UK, Éire, Sweden)
• #3 (Australia (NSW), Norway)
• #5 (Germany, Netherlands)
• #6 (Belgium)
• #11 (Japan)
• #20 (Finland)

Reviews =
Last single = "Zabadak!"
(1967)
This single = "The Legend of Xanadu"
(1968)
Next single = "Last Night In Soho"
(1968) |

"The Legend of Xanadu" is a single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich that reached Number One in the UK Singles Chart in 1968, and was the group's biggest hit. As with many of their singles, it was written by songwriters Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, and like many of the group's recordings, it features a novelty element - in this case a trumpet section, and the distinctive sound of a whip cracking in the chorus.

Trivia

In "Red Dwarf" episode "Timeslides" (Season 3, Episode 5), an alternate dimension sees Dave Lister rich and living in a mansion named Xanadu; "not as a reference to the movie "Citizen Kane" , but rather as a tribute to the hit single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich".

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A13730825 BBC website band profile]