Formula Five:

1976 I had joined Formula Five. Norman Odam was our manager and agent. He was a wonderful, lovely man. He looked after us. None of the group wanted to do it as a career because we all had other jobs. Noel, our lead guitarist, was a brilliant cartoonist. He works for a national newspaper now. I worked full-time as well. The group worked Friday and Saturday nights and sometimes another night. We landed a spot on New Faces. We went down for the audition and it was just horrendous. Just hanging around in corridors the whole day waiting to be heard. It was a three-day event. We did 'Sweet Nuthin's' and they said instantly that we could do the show. We were elated. But the whole thing turned out to be a set-up. Stella Starr had been brought in especially for the show. Of course she won it. Danny La Rue was on the panel. He liked us but the others weren't that impressed. But it was a good show and we were glad we did it. We looked upon it as free publicity on prime time television on a Saturday night. Our fees went up automatically.

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