Hedgehoppers Anonymous were a 1960s

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group from the United Kingdom. They formed in November 1963 as The Trendsetters, and became ''The Hedgehoppers'' the following year.

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took over their

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in 1965, and added ''Anonymous'' to their name. Their most successful single was "

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The major success of Hedgehoppers Anonymous was the King produced and written "

", issued on

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. It reached No. 5 on the

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, and No. 48 on ''Billboard''s

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. This song has been used as the

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for ''

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'', a satirical news-based comedy quiz show on Australian television which ran from 1996 to 2000 and was revived in 2008. The group released four other tracks but did not achieve significant success. "Don't Push Me" only managed to reach the

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chart in the US. while "Daytime" only appeared on ''

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''s "Breakers List" (chart listing songs outside the Top 50). Without further success, the band soon broke up, and the lack of significant

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activity other than "It's Good News Week" leaves them labelled as

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Band members

Band members were

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personnel. (Hedgehoppers was RAF slang for low flying aircraft).

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Mike Tinsley's websiteGaragehangover.com
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