Gallagher and Lyle were a Scottish musical duo, comprising singer-songwriters

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and

Graham Lyle Graham Hamilton Lyle (born 11 March 1944, in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. Between 1970 and 1997, he co-wrote 18 British Top 40 hits, 9 Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 entrie ...

. Their style consisted mainly in pop, soft and

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oriented songs. Their first recognition came in 1968, when they were signed by

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to write for

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' artists. They were founding members of the band

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and wrote the 1970 UK chart hit "

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". In 1972 they formed the duo Gallagher and Lyle, whose fifth album '' Breakaway'' charted well and included the hit songs "Heart on My Sleeve" and "I Wanna Stay with You".

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took their song " Stay Young" to No. 1 on the US Country charts. The duo split in 1980, but re-formed in 2010 and worked together on an intermittent basis, mainly as a live act, until 2018. Gallagher and Lyle have worked, jointly and individually, on records with, among others,

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and Jim Diamond. Artists who have released Gallagher and Lyle songs include

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and Joe Brown.

Career

They joined forces in 1959, initially as members of a local

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-based band, The Bluefrets. They began writing original material for the band, while Gallagher also co-wrote "Mr Heartbreak's Here Instead" for

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(later to become

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). The duo issued a one-off single, "Trees" b/w "In The Crowd" under the name 'Gallagher-Lyle' on UK

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56093 in 1967. They also backed singer James Galt, a friend of theirs from Largs, on two singles for

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that are now highly prized by northern soul collectors: "Comes The Dawn"/"My Own Way" and "With My Baby"/"A Most Unusual Feeling". The first of these was composed by Gallagher, Lyle and Galt, while the second was written by, firstly, Lyle alone and secondly by Gallagher and Lyle. They were then signed by

where they wrote for one of the label's most successful artists aside from The Beatles and Beatles-related acts,

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. Songs for Hopkin included "Sparrow", "The Fields of St. Etienne", "International", "Heritage" and "Jefferson". In 1970 Gallagher and Lyle were amongst the founders of

, writing nine of the 11 songs on the group's debut album, including the

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success "

" as well as the follow-up non-album single "Malt and Barley Blues", both of which were produced by

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. They recorded a second album with McGuinness Flint, ''Happy Birthday Ruthy Baby'', again writing most of the songs, before leaving to form the duo Gallagher and Lyle in 1972. Their first album as a duo, ''Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle'', was produced by Glyn Johns and released on Capitol; they then signed to

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. They were to record three more albums with Johns, ''Willie and the Lapdog'', ''Seeds'' and ''The Last Cowboy''. Their fifth album '' Breakaway'' utilised US producer

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and it was with this release, in 1976, that they charted again, with the hits "Heart on My Sleeve" and "I Wanna Stay With You", both of which reached Number 6 in the

and also charted in the US. Their mellow sound was only briefly in vogue and elusive further success (another minor hit in the UK was "Every Little Teardrop") prompted their split in 1980, by which time three more albums had been issued: '' Love On The Airwaves'' (which went silver in the UK), ''Showdown'' and ''Lonesome No More''. The last of these was issued on Mercury; a further album recorded for that label, ''Living On The Breadline'', has never been released. The duo's original version of "A Heart In New York", which was to have been included on that set, appeared on 1991's compilation album ''Heart On My Sleeve – The Very Best of Gallagher and Lyle''. Gallagher and Lyle sang and performed as members of

and The Slim Chance Band on the hit single "

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" and the ensuing album ''

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'', and they have worked, jointly and individually, on records with

, Joe Egan,

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, Dennis Coulson,

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and Jim Diamond. Other artists who have recorded Gallagher and Lyle songs include:

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, Fury in the Slaughterhouse, Joe Brown,

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, and

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Reunion

The seeds for a reunion were sown in 2007 when both Gallagher and Lyle, as session musicians, appeared on an album by Canadian singer-songwriter Chris Tassone; this was recorded at London's

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. In April 2009, the two Scots attended the opening of the Largs Heritage Centre. The following year, the duo re-formed. In October 2010 the pair staged two charity concerts in Largs in aid of Haylie House, a residential care home in the town. This was followed in June 2011 by 'The Big Gig', an all-star charity concert at Glasgow's Barrowland nightclub, in which they performed alongside

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, Jim Diamond and

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. In September of that year, the duo appeared at the outdoor MOARE Festival in Faversham, Kent, which was headlined by former

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stalwart

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. 2012 saw Gallagher and Lyle undertake their first tour since 1979, consisting of 9 dates at 8 Scottish venues. Their two dates at The Green Hotel in Kinross, a large golf resort, earned them the Mundell Music Award for Best UK Performance of the year, to add to their Tartan Clef Award for Lifetime Achievement, which they had received in November 2010. The soundtrack to the 2012 documentary film "We Went To War", directed by

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and relating the stories of three

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veterans, features the song "I Was A Soldier", which was written and performed by Gallagher and Lyle. In March 2016, Gallagher and Lyle performed together at the Belfast Nashville Songwriters' Festival. In November 2016, the duo returned to The Green Hotel in Kinross for four concerts. The summer of 2017 saw the duo perform as part of the 'Byre at The Botanics' season in St Andrews, and also at the Belladrum Festival in Inverness and the Albany Theatre in Greenock. In March 2018, the duo returned to Belfast to perform once more at the Belfast Nashville Songwriters' Festival. On 13 March 2018, it was announced on Facebook that Benny Gallagher's and the duo's fan pages were to be closed down; the duo has been inactive since then.

Stage musical

"Caledonia USA", a musical based on the songs of Gallagher and Lyle, was staged in

in April 2016. Originally titled "When I'm Dead and Gone", it was subsequently retitled after a new song written specially for the show by Gallagher and Lyle.

References in popular culture

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author

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's 2010 novel ''After The Party'' makes reference to "I Wanna Stay With You". The late British broadcaster

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staged a visual interpretation of "Heart on My Sleeve" on his BBC TV show in the early 1980s. The

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has used "Heart on My Sleeve" to promote its Gold Heart Appeal. British Electronic music duo

sampled "I Wanna Stay With You" on the track "'75 aka Stay With You", which is on their third studio album '64-'95.

Duo discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Live albums

Charted singles

A: Reissued in 1973 on A&M; titled ''Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle'' in some countries.
B: Includes previously unreleased "A Heart in New York", which was recorded for Mercury.
C: Recorded by the

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D: Recorded for

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in 1974. NOTE: All the duo's original studio albums for A&M and

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, excluding the eponymous debut, were reissued on CD in 2004 by River Records. (The River reissues suffered from less than ideal sound quality with reduced highs. Although these were legal reissues, it is not known if they had access to the original master tapes or not.) Universal Music Japan reissued the duo's first four albums as limited edition CDs (with excellent sound), including the debut, with bonus tracks in 2016, thus making the rare A&M B-sides "Joie De Vivre" and "All I Wanna Do" available on CD along with both sides of the duo's

single, "Trees" and "In The Crowd". Tracks still to be released on CD are the B-sides "Golden Boy", "Sunny Side Up" and "Take the Money and Run", as well as 1980's non-album A-side "Living On The Breadline".

Miscellaneous discography

With
McGuinness Flint McGuinness Flint was a rock band formed in 1970 by Tom McGuinness (musician), Tom McGuinness, a bassist and guitarist with Manfred Mann, and Hughie Flint, former drummer with John Mayall; plus vocalist and keyboard player Dennis Coulson, and mul ...

*''McGuinness Flint'' (1970, Capitol) *''Happy Birthday, Ruthy Baby'' (1971, Capitol) *''McGuinness Flint: The Capitol Years'' (

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) (1996, Capitol; includes some non-album tracks) *''McGuinness Flint in Session at the BBC'' (2009, BBC; includes some tracks by the post-Gallagher and Lyle line-up)

With
Ronnie Lane Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of Small Faces (1965–69) and subsequently Faces (1969–73). Lane formed Small Faces in ...
's Slim Chance

*''Anymore For Anymore'' (1974, GM; reissued in 1998 on See For Miles with the additions of non-album tracks "How Come" and "Done This One Before") Compilations featuring rare early tracks: *''Footsteps to Fame, Vol.2'' (1991, Repertoire) *''Soul For Sale'' (1998, Sequel) *''Ripples, Volume 8'' (2002, Sanctuary) *''An Apple A Day'' (2006, RPM) *''Fairytales Can Come True'' (2007, Psychic Circle) *''Treacle Toffee World'' (2008, RPM)

Graham Lyle Graham Hamilton Lyle (born 11 March 1944, in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. Between 1970 and 1997, he co-wrote 18 British Top 40 hits, 9 Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 entrie ...

*''Something Beautiful Remains'' (2003, Hypertension) NOTE: Lyle's solo single "Marley"/"Down The Subway" (1983, Red Bus) and the Lyle-Livsey Band's one-off single "Taking Off"/"Taking Off (Instrumental)" (1984, Dolphin; Ireland only) have never appeared on any CD.

Lyle McGuinness Band

*''Acting On Impulse'' (1983, Cool King/Polydor) *''Elise, Elise'' (1997, Diamond Recordings; reissue of ''Acting On Impulse'' with additional non-album tracks, plus previously unreleased Gallagher/Lyle composition "Fighting For The Cause")

References

External links

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Career

Reunion

Stage musical

References in popular culture

Duo discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Live albums

Charted singles

Miscellaneous discography

With McGuinness Flint McGuinness Flint was a rock band formed in 1970 by Tom McGuinness (musician), Tom McGuinness, a bassist and guitarist with Manfred Mann, and Hughie Flint, former drummer with John Mayall; plus vocalist and keyboard player Dennis Coulson, and mul ...

With Ronnie Lane Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of Small Faces (1965–69) and subsequently Faces (1969–73). Lane formed Small Faces in ...'s Slim Chance

Graham Lyle Graham Hamilton Lyle (born 11 March 1944, in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. Between 1970 and 1997, he co-wrote 18 British Top 40 hits, 9 Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 entrie ...

Lyle McGuinness Band

References

External links

With
McGuinness Flint McGuinness Flint was a rock band formed in 1970 by Tom McGuinness (musician), Tom McGuinness, a bassist and guitarist with Manfred Mann, and Hughie Flint, former drummer with John Mayall; plus vocalist and keyboard player Dennis Coulson, and mul ...

With
Ronnie Lane Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who is best known as the bass guitarist and founding member of Small Faces (1965–69) and subsequently Faces (1969–73). Lane formed Small Faces in ...
's Slim Chance