Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
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Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers | |
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Origin | Novelty, pop |
Years active | 1989–present |
Labels | BCM, Indisc |
Past members | Les Hemstock John Pickles Andrew Pickles Patrick Perkins Ian Morgan Mark Smith Joe Holden John Anderson (producer/sampled) |
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers are a British
, England. The face of the group was Jive Bunny, a cartoon rabbit who appeared in their music videos. Costumed actors also made promotional appearances as the character.Doncaster DJ and producer Les Hemstock created the original "Swing the Mood" mix for the Music Factory owned Mastermix DJ service. It was then taken from there and developed as a single release by father and son team John and Andrew Pickles.[1] The name Jive Bunny was devised by Andy Pickles.[2] Ian Morgan, a fellow DJ and co-producer, also engineered and mixed some of the early releases along with Andy Pickles. Morgan was replaced in the early 1990s by DJ and producer Mark "The Hitman" Smith.
Jive Bunny's three number ones during 1989 were "Swing the Mood",
Musical career
The act had 11 entries in the UK singles chart between July 1989 and November 1991. Each track used a sampled
"That's What I Like" featured the
With "Let's Party" reaching Number One in the UK Singles Chart a couple of weeks before the Christmas chart of 1989,
The original European medleys featured the original recordings by the original artists. Legalities prevented certain of the original recordings to be reused in
The original idea for the project came from Les Hemstock on the DJ-only Mastermix
Partial discography
Notable albums and compilations
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
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UK [9] |
AUS [10][11] |
AUT [12] |
CAN [13] |
GER [14] |
NZ [15] |
SWI [16] |
US [17] | |||
Jive Bunny: The Album |
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2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 26 | |
It's Party Time |
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23 | 12 | 26 | — | — | 50 | 14 | — |
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Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame |
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— | — | 14 | — | — | 34 | — | — | |
The Best of Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
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— | — | — | — | 88 | — | 44 | — | |
Christmas Party |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Hop Around The Clock |
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76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Ultimate Christmas Party |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Charting singles
Year | Single | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
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UK [9] |
AUS [21][11] |
AUT [12] |
BEL (FL) [22] |
GER [14] |
NET [23] |
NZ [15] |
SWE [24] |
SWI [16] |
US [17] | |||||||
1989 | "Swing the Mood" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | Jive Bunny - The Album | ||||
"That's What I Like" | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 69 | ||||||
" Let's Party "
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1 | — | 26 | 13 | 80 | 70 | 49 | 14 | 13 | — |
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singles only | ||||
1990 | "That Sounds Good to Me" | 4 | 66 | 19 | 12 | 36 | 12 | — | — | 19 | — | |||||
"Can Can You Party" | 8 | — | 27 | 28 | — | 51 | — | — | 13 | — | It's Party Time | |||||
"Let's Swing Again" | 19 | 67 | 27 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"The Crazy Party Mixes" | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
1991 | "Over to You John (Here We Go Again)" | 28 | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Hot Summer Salsa" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | singles only | |||||
"Rock 'n' Roll Dance Party" | 48 | — | — | 24 | — | 68 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
As featured artist
- "It Takes Two, Baby" by Liz Kershaw, Bruno Brookes, Jive Bunny and Londonbeat[8][25] (number 53 on the UK Singles Chart, December 1989)
See also
- Stars on 45, a Dutch novelty group of the early 1980s that used a similar format to Jive Bunny.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7535-0427-8.
- ^ a b Campbell, Mary (29 November 1989). "Jive Bunny has Europe hopping". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "BBC One - Top of the Pops, 14/12/1989". Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "BBC One - Top of the Pops, 21/12/1989". Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b "JIVE BUNNY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ a b "BRUNO BROOKES AND LIZ KERSHAW | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ a b "United Kingdom Charts: Rita Coolidge". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers Discography". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ a b "Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers Discography". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "CAN Charts > Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers". RPM. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b "GfK Entertainment charts: Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b "New Zealand Charts: Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers". Official New Zealand Music Chart. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Swiss Charts: Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers". Swiss Hitparade. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ Rovi Corporation. Archived from the originalon 28 March 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Searchable Database: Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers". Official Charts Company (BPI). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Searchable Database: Jive Bunny". Music Canada (MC). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Searchable Database: Rita Coolidge". Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Belgium (Flanders) charts: Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers". Ultratop. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Dutch Charts: Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers". Dutch Charts. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Sweden Charts: Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Liz Kershaw, Bruno Brookes, Jive Bunny And London Beat - It Takes Two, Baby". 45cat.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020.