BANDS & ARTISTS FROM SCOTLAND & THEIR HITS IN HELLAS

Bands & artists of Scottish origin known in Hellas


1) Scottish groups


ALTERED IMAGES (Glasgow / biggest hits in Hellas: Bring Me Closer, 1983 / Don't Talk To Me About Love, 1983)

ASSOCIATES, THE (Dundee / hit: Party Fears Two, 1982)

AVERAGE WHITE BAND (Dundee / hit: Pick Up The Pieces, 1974)

AZTEC CAMERA (Glasgow / biggest hit in Hellas: Somewhere In My Heart, 1987)

BELLE & SEBASTIAN (Glasgow / biggest hits in Hellas: The Wrong Girl, 2000 / I'm Waking Up To Us, 2001)

BETA BAND, THE (Edinburgh / hit: Squares, 2002)

BIG COUNTRY (Dunfermline / biggest hits in Hellas: In A Big Country, 1983 / Look Away, 1986)

BIG DISH (Airdrie / hit: Miss America, 1991)

BLUE NILE, THE (Glasgow / hit: Stay, 1984)

BLUEBELLS (biggest hits in Hellas: I'm Falling, 1984 / Young At Heart, 1984)

BOTANY 5 (Edinburgh / hit: Only One In Your Love, 1991)

COCTEAU TWINS (Grangemouth / hit: Pandora, 1984)

LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (Glasgow / biggest hit in Hellas: Forrest Fire, 1984)

DANNY WILSON (Dundee / biggest hit: Mary's Prayer, 1987)

DEACON BLUE (Glasgow / biggest hit: Real Gone Kid, 1988)

DEL AMITRI (Glasgow / hits: Nothing Ever Happens, 1989 / Kiss This Thing Goodbye, 1989)

EL PRESIDENTE (Glasgow / biggest hits in Hellas: Turn This Thing Around, 2005 / Without You, 2005)

ENDGAMES (Glasgow / hit: Waiting For Another Chance, 1983)

FICTION FACTORY (Perth / biggest hits in Hellas: (Feels Like) Heaven, 1984 / Ghost Of Love, 1984)

FRANZ FERDINAND (Glasgow / biggest hits in Hellas: The Dark Of The Matinee, 2004 / Walk Away, 2005)

FRATELLIS, THE (Glasgow / biggest hits in Hellas: Chelsea Dagger, 2006 / Whitsle For The Choir, 2006)

FRIENDS AGAIN (hits in Hellas: South Of Love, 1984 / State Of Art, 1984)

GENTLE WAVES, THE / ISOBEL CAMPBELL (hit: Falling From Grace, 2000)

GUN (Glasgow / hit: Word Up, 1994)

HIPSWAY (Glasgow / biggest hit in Hellas: Ask The Lord, 1986)

HORSE (biggest hits in Hellas: You Could Be Forgiven, 1989 / The Speed Of The Beat Of My Heart, 1990)

HUE & CRY (Coatbridge / hits in Hellas: Labour Of Love, 1987 / Looking For Linda, 1989)

JESUS & MARY CHAIN (East Kilbride / biggest hits in Hellas: Psychocandy, 1985 / Happy When It Rains, 1987)

LOVE & MONEY (Glasgow / biggest hits in Hellas: River Of People, 1986 / Halleluiah Man, 1988)

MARMALADE (Glasgow / hit: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, 1968)

MIDDLE OF THE ROAD (Glasgow / hit: Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, 1971)

NARCOTIC THRUST (Glasgow / hit: I Like It, 2004)

NAZARETH (Dunfermline / hit: Love Hurts, 1974)

ORANGE JUICE (Bearsden, Glasgow / hit: Rip It Up, 1983)

PRIMAL SCREAM (Glasgow / biggest hits in Hellas: Loaded, 1990 / Rocks, 1994)

PROCLAIMERS, THE (Auchtermuchty / hit: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles), 1988)

SHAMEN, THE (Aberdeen / hit: Move Any Mountain, 1991)

SILENCERS, THE (hits in Hellas: Painted Moon, 1987 / Number One Friend, 1995)

SIMPLE MINDS

SLIDE (Glasgow / hit: Why Is It A Crime, 1989)

SOUP DRAGONS, THE (Bellshill / hit: I'm Free, 1990)

STEALERS WHEEL (Paisley / hit: Stuck In The Middle, 1972)

STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE (Glasgow / hit: Jolene, 1985)

TEXAS (Glasgow / biggest hits in Hellas: I Don't Want A Lover, 1989 / Summer Son, 1999)

TRAVIS (Glasgow / biggest hits in Hellas: Side, 2001 / Sing, 2001)

WET WET WET (Clydebank / biggest hits in Hellas: Angel Eyes, 1987 /  Love Is All Around, 1993)




2) Scottish artists


IAN ANDERSON (Dunfermline)

ANEKA (Edinburgh / hit: Japanese Boy, 1981)

DAVID BYRNE (Dumbarton)

EDWYN COLLINS (Edinburgh / biggest hits in Hellas: A Girl Like You, 1994 / If You Could Love Me, 1994)

JIM DIAMOND (Glasgow / hit: I Should Have Know Better, 1984 / see  band Ph.D: I Won't Le You Down, 1981)

BARBARA DICKSON (Dunfermline / biggest hits in Hellas: January February, 1980 / I Know Him So Well, 1985)

DONOVAN (Glasgow / biggest hit in Hellas: Colours, 1965)

BILL DRUMMOND (Butterworth, South Africa)

SHEENA EASTON (Bellshill / biggest hits in Hellas: 9 To 5, 1980 / Hard To Say It's Over, 1984)

FISH (Dalkeith, Midlothian / singer of MARILLION: Kayleigh, 1985)

ANNIE LENNOX (Aberdeen / biggest hits in Hellas: Why, 1992 / No More "I Love You's", 1995)

LULU (Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire / biggest hits in Hellas: Shout, 1964 / To Sir With Love, 1967)

AMY MacDONALD (Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire / hit: This Is The Life, 2007)

SHIRLEY MANSON (Edinburgh)

KELLY MARIE (Paisley, Renfrewshire / hit: Feels Like I'm In Love, 1980)

BILLY MacKENZIE (collaboration: Moon On Ice - YELLO, 1987 / Pain In Any Language - APOLLO 440, 1996)

FRANKIE MILLER (Bridgeton / hit: Darlin', 1978)

MOMUS alias NICK CURRIE (Paisley / hit: The Hairstyle Of The Devil, 1989)

OWEN PAUL (Glasgow / hit: My Favourite Waste Of Time, 1986)

GERRY RAFFERTY (Paisley / biggest hits in Hellas: Baker Street, 1977 / Right Down The Line, 1977)

EDDI READER (Glasgow / hit: Town Without Pity, 1996) also see: Fairground Attraction (biggest hits in Hellas: Perfect, 1988 / Find My Love, 1988)

MAGGIE REILLY (Glasgow)

RICHARD SANDERSON (Taplow / hit: Reality, 1980)

BON SCOTT (Kirriemuir)

MIKE SCOTT (Edinburgh)

JIMMY SOMERVILLE (Glasgow / biggest hits in Hellas: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real), 1989 / To Love Somebody, 1990)

AL STEWART (Glasgow / biggest hits in Hellas: Year Of The Cat (1976), On The Border (1977)

ROD STEWART (London)

MIDGE URE (Cambuslang, Lanarkshire / hit: If I Was, 1985)

ERIC WOOLFSON (ALAN PARSONS PROJECT)

ANGUS & MALCOLM YOUNG (of AC/DC)




3) Other significant Scottish acts less known or less successful in Hellas


BALAAM & THE ANGEL (Cannock, England)

BAY CITY ROLLERS (Edinburgh)

BLOOMSDAY

CAMERA OBSCURA (Glasgow)

GOODBYE MR. MacKENZIE (Bathgate)

IDLEWILD (Edinburgh)

JOSEF K (Edinburgh)

KISSING THE PINK (London)

MOGWAI (Glasgow)

THE RIVER DETECTIVES (Craigneuk)

SKIDS (Dunfermline, Fife)

TEENAGE FANCLUB (Bellshill)




4) The 10 most popular songs by a Scottish act in Hellas ever:


A Girl Like You-EDWYN COLLINS

Baby Jane-ROD STEWART

Baker Street-GERRY RAFFERTY

Don't You (Forget About Me)-SIMPLE MINDS (by far the most popular song by a Scottish act in Hellenic radio stations ever)

I Don't Want A Lover-TEXAS

Love Hurts-NAZARETH

Summer Son-TEXAS

Year Of The Cat-AL STEWART


also (by exception) included:

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)-EURYTHMICS (feat. ANNIE LENNOX)

The Whole Of The Moon-THE WATERBOYS (feat. MIKE SCOTT)

&

Eye In The Sky-THE ALAN PARSON'S PROJECT (feat. ERIC WOOLFSON)


Runner up:

Maggie May-ROD STEWART