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A German version of the song, titled "Tür an Tür mit Alice", was a hit for Howard Carpendale in 1977. The single peaked at No. 8 in Germany [79] and Switzerland [80] and at No. 11 in Austria. [81] In Czechoslovakia, the song was released on 21 February 1973 under the title "Alenka v říši divů" ("Alice in Wonderland"), performed by Karel ...
Gompie was a Dutch band from Nijmegen, which in 1995 edited the Smokie hit "Living Next Door to Alice", adding the words "Alice, who the fuck is Alice!?". The song reached number 1 in the Netherlands [1] and number 17 in the UK. [2] Who the X Is Gompie! is the name of the album they released in 1995.
Shortly after the song was recorded Smokie's tour bus careered off of the road during a hailstorm in Germany. Barton, badly injured, died after five days in intensive care. [14] The rest of the band and Brown agreed to donate their royalties from the song to Barton's first wife. [citation needed]
Born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, [1] Barton replaced Chris Norman in Smokie in 1986, recording six albums with them, and touring extensively as their lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. [1] He was the lead singer on Smokie's revival of their hit, " Living Next Door to Alice ", recorded with comedian Roy 'Chubby' Brown , as "Living Next Door to ...
Christopher Ward Norman (born 25 October 1950) is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the original lead singer of the English rock band Smokie [1] (1964–1986), which found success in Europe in the 1970s.
He was the bass guitarist for Smokie from 1964 to 2021. From 1996 onwards, Uttley had been the last original member that was still in the band. Terry was a pupil at St. Bede's School in Bradford. [1] [2] Uttley formed Smokie in 1964 with St. Bede students Chris Norman, Alan Silson, [2] and Ron Kelly (later
"I'll Meet You at Midnight" is a song by the British rock band Smokie from their 1976 studio album Midnight Café. In September of the same year it was released as a single . It was the third and final single from the album, after " Something's Been Making Me Blue " and " Wild Wild Angels ".
Filipino boyband group, Quamo did a cover of this song in Filipino entitled Sumpa Ko from the movie, "Pustahan Tayo, Mahal Mo Ako". The Minions perform an emotional version of the song during Gru's wedding in Despicable Me 2. [85] Rock band Smokie also featured a version on their 2000 album Uncovered. [86]