Stand By - Roman Holliday

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Roman Holliday was a 1980s British band, whose style of music was a mixture of swing and pop. They are best known in the UK for their hit single, "Don't Try To Stop It", which reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart in the summer of 1983. A follow-up, "Motormania," peaked at number 40.

The band started in 1980, composed of Bonhomme, Lambert, Cohen and Noone - who left the band shortly thereafter. In 1984 both brass men, Rob Lambert and John Eacott also left the band.

In the United States the group achieved exposure through MTV, which aired their "Stand By" video. The single went to number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart in November 1983. Roman Holliday also charted in Japan on the international, as well as the domestic market, with "Hear It in The Night"; and the Robert John "Mutt" Lange written and produced track, "One Foot Back in Your Door." Both singles went Top 10.

Trivia: Bonhomme is currently employed at Youngstown State University. He is a professor of Russian History, and teaches a number of courses in World and European history.

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• 1983

[tundraization]

This song gives me happy feet !!

[sswise]

I wish I had this in college! Dr. Brian Bonhomme was one of my professors! I used to go to a coffee shop and watch him play a few songs with a couple of my classmates. Cool dude in person.

[nyomythus]

Kooky i mean Kool!

[km19700425]

This song makes me happy!

This band's song "Hear in the night" is my favorite song

[Slaughter70]

In ´84 love them song



[TheArsenalgooner]

@LolaCrazy222 To be fair this is a mish mash of the swing era. i would not blame urban/hip hop music for rock and pop music's current failure.

[vozdemano]

I can't stop moving in my chair

[karameldreem]

i used to love this song ; we used to watch this video on mtv in the 1980's. I love this song. Thanks for posting!!! :)

[sosydneyreese]

saw them live in84 with stray cats..awesome

[nightfrog205]

Great foot tapping along song!!!!

[allantony1]

@rhythmrancher

I was at Swansea in 2003 whan they supported Belle Stars. As a memeber of the SU I sat in an empty hall as the only member of the audience whilst they did their sound check. They just played their set.On the night they blew Belle Stars out of the water.