''Darling'' were a British band from the late 1970s, whose music was a mixture of new wave and

pop music Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describe ...

. The band's singer, Alice Spring, had been the vocalist of the band Slack Alice on their eponymously titled album of 1974, and had a career as pop singer Sandra Barry in the 1960s. Drummer Paul Varley had been the percussionist and a founder member of the well-known band Arrows. Vocalist Alice Spring and bassist Mick Howard came from the 70's London RnB + Rock group Slack Alice. In 1979, Darling released their first and only album, ''Put It Down to Experience'', with

Charisma Records Charisma Records (also known as The Famous Charisma Label) was a British record label founded in 1969 by former journalist Tony Stratton-Smith. He had previously acted as manager for rock bands such as The Nice, the Bonzo Dog Band and Van der ...

. After the album release, the band broke up. Only the guitarist, the until then unknown

Hal Lindes Hal Andrew Lindes is an American–English guitarist and film score composer. In 1979, he played guitar with the new wave group Darling. Signed to Charisma Records, they released the single "Do You Wanna" (written by Lindes) and published the ...

, continued with a musical career of any note – first as a member of

Dire Straits Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percuss ...

and more recently as a soundtrack composer for British television and American movies.

Members

* Mick Howard – bass guitar *

– guitar * Alice Spring – vocals * Paul Varley – drums

Discography

*''Put It Down to Experience'' (1979)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Darling British pop music groups English rock music groups Musical groups from London Musical groups established in 1978