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The Nick Straker Band were an English pop music group from London, England, led by musician and vocalist
Nick Straker Nick Straker (born Nicholas Bailey) is a London-born musician, who had hits in Europe and the US in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Career Straker joined his first band, called Stonehenge, in 1969. The band changed its name in 1971 to Matumbi, ...
. Several members of the band were also in
New Musik New Musik were an English synthpop group active from 1977 to 1982. Led by Tony Mansfield, they achieved success in 1980 with the top 20 single " Living by Numbers" which was followed up with the top 40 hits "This World of Water", "Sanctuary" ...
, and the band's line-up consisted of Straker along with
Tony Mansfield Tony Mansfield (born 19 January 1955) is an English songwriter, musician and record producer. Early work Mansfield was born in Wimbledon, London, and became best known as the main songwriter/producer for New Musik, a synthpop band that perfo ...
,
Tony Hibbert Anthony James Hibbert (born 20 February 1981) is an English footballer, currently playing for French amateur side ES Louzy. Originally a midfielder, Hibbert converted to play at right-back. He spent his entire professional career with Everton, ...
, David McShearer, Pete Hammond and Phil Towner. Their song "A Walk in the Park" peaked at No. 20 on the
UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
in 1980, having previously been a substantial hit in
Continental Europe Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous continent of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands. It can also be referred to ambiguously as the European continent, – which can conversely mean the whole of Europe – and, by ...
in 1979. Their most successful song in the US was "
A Little Bit of Jazz "A Little Bit of Jazz" is a 1980 single by the group Nick Straker Band. The British band had their only American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United ...
", which spent one week at No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart in 1981.


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List of Billboard number-one dance club songs This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by ''Billboard'' magazine's Dance Club Songs chart – a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. It began on October 26, 1974, under the title ''Disco Action'' chart. It is c ...
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List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard magazine's'' Dance Club Songs chart. ''Billboard'' began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26, 1974, and this is the standard music popularity chart in t ...


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* * {{Authority control English electronic music groups English dance music groups English new wave musical groups English boogie musicians British post-disco music groups Prelude Records artists Musical groups from London