The Chart Show Top Ten (6th May 1989)

Early-Mid 1989, the ITV Chart Show would only play 2 songs in the top ten including the number one. This time they chosen London Boys and the obvious number 1 from Kylie Minogue. I used to think that the London Boys were a gay pop act, due to their music being very camp. In fact, they were never gay, but two straight blokes from London, who were living in Hamburg.

Sadly for the London Boys, they both tragically died in a car crash in Austria in 1996. To be honest their music tried to be very euro-beat. Although I found out that they weren't big in Europe, as everyone said they were. They were more popular in Switzerland and the UK than they were in Germany or in most places. Nevertheless, they did sound very PWL-esque, despite Stock Aitken Waterman never producing their music.

London Boys only had a couple of hits in the UK and split up in 1992 when the record company dropped them. Their music was very similar to Modern Talking, and many people associated London Boys as a German act rather than British, due to their records being produced by a German producer called Ralf Maue.

After London Boys split, Rauf Maue continued to produce records for Sam Fox and other euro acts, who didn't really match London Boys success in the UK market. Will there ever be another London Boys in the future. I really doubt it, as euro-dance music was never that popular in the UK. The nationality of the London Boys may have helped in the UK records market, but if they were from another country, I doubt they would have had some success in the UK.