Kim & The Cadillacs

Kim & The Cadillacs (also spelled "Kim and The Cadillacs") were an Italian rock band, mainly active in the late seventies and in the early eighties.

Kim & The Cadillacs
Kim Brown of Kim & The Cadillacs
Kim Brown of Kim & The Cadillacs
Background information
OriginItaly
Genres
Years active1977–1986
Labels
Past members(see Personnel section)

Career

The group formed in 1977 in Milan and was founded by three former members of a disbanded group called The Renegades – Kim Brown, Graham Johnson and Mick Webley – and Trutz Groth.[1] The band adopted a 1950s-styled classic rock'n'roll repertoire, inspired by the 1950s nostalgia craze that had already informed similar groups in North America as well as films like American Graffiti and Grease and TV shows like Happy Days in the 1970s.[1]

After scoring a hit with "Rock and Roll Medley", in 1979, Kim & The Cadillacs entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "C'era un'atmosfera" (written by Aldo Stellita and Piero Cassano from Matia Bazar), finishing eight.[1][2]

Their main successes were the 1979/80 single "Stop", the 1981 single "Non Stop Twist" and the 1984 album Size 50, which respectively charted fifteenth, thirteenth and seventh on the Italian hit parade.[2] The latter benefitted from the band's media exposure as regular musical guests in the comedy show Drive In. The band split in 1988 and Kim Brown moved to Finland.

Personnel
  • Kim Brown - voice, bass guitar
  • Mick Webley - voice, lead guitar
  • Trutz "Viking" Groth - voice, guitar, harmonica
  • Graham Johnson - drums, bongos
  • Ettore Vigo - electric piano
  • Charles Stuart - voice
  • Tito Branca - saxophone
  • Attilio Brianzi - saxophone
  • Franco "Dede" Lo Previte - drums

Discography
Albums
  • 1977: Rock'N'Roll
  • 1978: Kim & The Cadillacs
  • 1978: On The Rocks
  • 1979: Rock 'N' Rollers
  • 1980: Rock Bottom
  • 1981: Cadillac's Corn
  • 1982: Boogie
  • 1982: Cadillacs' Eldorado Dance
  • 1984: Size 50
  • 1985: On The Rocks
  • 1986: 1986

References
  1. Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
  2. Dario Salvatori (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. ISBN 8876054391.
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