Rocky Sharpe & The Replays

Rocky Sharpe is the pseudonym of an English rock/pop singer who, with Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, first found fame in the late 1970s. The usual line-up of the group was Sharpe (real name Robert Podsiadly), Helen Highwater (real name Helen Blizard), Johnny Stud (Sharpe's brother Jan) and Eric Rondo (Mike Vernon). An earlier incarnation of the group, Rocky Sharpe and the Razors, included Den Hegarty and Rita Ray who later formed Darts.

In 1978, the group enjoyed its first commercial success with "Rama Lama Ding Dong", a cover version of The Edsels' original hit, which reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart. More chart success quickly followed with another single, "Imagination", which reached number 39 in 1979. After this, success was more difficult to find, and Sharpe found greater success in touring than in the charts.

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