Bond - Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)

Issued February 1975 in Canada on Columbia C4-4061.

Bond was formed in the Toronto area in the late '60s as "Common Bond," but dropped the "Common" in 1970. There were various personnel changes over the years, but in 1974, the members were Ted Trenholm (vocals), John Roles (lead guitar), Alex MacDougall (rhythm guitar), Bill Dunn (bass, vocals) and Jeff Hamilton (drums, vocals). They played the Ontario club circuit doing covers of British rock songs, mixed with originals.

This incarnation of the group was signed to Columbia, and had a self-titled album, produced by Bob Gallo. They had a hit right out of the box with "Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)," written by Barry Blue and Lynsey De Paul. It had been previously recorded by both composers, and Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids. Bond toured Eastern Canada with The Stampeders, and crossed the country touring by themselves.

The group made six singles between 1975 and 1978, but due to the sound of the first one, radio seemed to peg them as a bubblegum act, and would have nothing to do with their other music. John Roles left the group in 1976, and played with both Chilliwack and Doucette. Bond, however, were denied another ride on the charts for the rest of their career, and they disbanded in 1979.

Note that Wikipedia lists an entirely different group called "bond" (small "b") as having covered this song, but that's a factual error.

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• Bond
• Dancin'
• On
• Saturday
• Night
• 1975
• Canadian
• pop

[gravano2]

Did they do a song called " loving you baby "

[mojofilter02]

@gravano2

No, that was a group called Wednesday.

[joro2000]

John Roles here..

Amazed to see this..

I thought it was bubblegum at the time

but YOU KNOW record companies..

It did get played a lot though!

Thanks for posting it..I think :)

Barry Blue version is a riot!

[mojofilter02]

Hi, John! Thanks for stopping by to leave a comment. We all appreciate your work.

[flyinelvis69]

Is it me or does the cheesy stuff from the '70s sound better than the polished "acts" of today?

[joro2000]

Above is another Bond single..Maybe you could add it to your collection for me??

[auldsk8r]

Ahh, memories of hearing this song on the radio while I was supposed to be doing my homework!

[MumbaDude]

@TheMicheleHolland I really loved that song and still do. Brings back memories of babysitting and bringing my best friend along. We would dance for hours. That was when records could hold up to such abuse LOL!

[ShotgunDave1961]

Heya Joro! Dave Hampton here. Verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry tasty solo for any decade. I'd forgotten what a great dance tune this is. I bopped my socks off to it at my 1st "offical" school mixer in Grade 7. Great memories!! Cheers dude!

[Sweetman191058]

Thanks for this, love this song.

[gravano2]

@mojofilter02 Thanks , I love these 70's pop hits compared to the garbage today

[ShaytardsRulee]

@pandersonx7x theres a site called .vidtomp3 put it in google and if you get the song Adress and paste it into the box it'll go on itunes or any other music program you have got :)

Hope this has helped

[ChildOfThe1980s]

Wow, this song is awesome!! Heard it a few times on Vinyl 95.3 a few times and wondered what it was.