Raymond Froggatt Band Redbridge Festival 20th June 1993

Raymond Froggatt (otherwise known as 'Froggie') began performing rock and roll in the early 1960s before moving on to focus on Country and Western. A chance meeting with guitar virtuoso Hartley Cain (H) led to the formation of a rock band initially known as the Buccaneers, later Monopoly and ultimately The Raymond Froggatt Band. He rapidly built up a large fan base around the Midlands, London and Germany. The band were signed by Polydor in 1964.However chart success eluded them, although the Dave Clark Five had a No. 7 hit in the UK singles chart with Froggatt's 'The Red Balloon' in 1968. His own version of the song, under the title 'Callow la Vita', reached No. 3 in Holland. Another Froggatt song, 'Big Ship', was a No. 8 UK hit for Cliff Richard in 1969.

The rock career lost momentum when the major album Rogues & Thieves did not take off but he did get on Top Of The Pops as part of his mate, Roy Wood¹s band, The Move. Gradually his music became more Country and he was invited by Mervyn Conn to be part of the famed Wembley Festivals. Mervyn Conn backed two albums recorded in Nashville with the Jordanaires and Hargus Pig Robbins. The first, Southern Fried Frog was and still is a massive seller. Froggie did and still does sing 99 percent of his own material and he has the largest following of any UK artist.

His autobiography, Raymond Who?, is a great read. UK singers cover more of his songs than any other writer. When he released Don’t Let Me Cry Again, Terry Wogan played it every day for a fortnight but unfortunately, a distribution blip stopped it being a major pop hit.

After fighting health problems Froggie is still a major player on the UK country scene having played with most of the major American artists including Tina Turner who recorded one of his songs. Raymond Froggatt is the only UK artist to have played the Albert Hall, London Palladium and the Birmingham Symphony Hall. He is one of an elite band who can have a theatre tour each year.

Raymond Froggatt was the 16th inductee to the British Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008.

This video was made at the first Redbridge Country and Irish music festival at the Hainault Forest Country Park in Essex in 1993. The festival was organised by the London Borough of Redbridge in association with Vic Woodhouse Promotions. Vic was the compare.
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