Put some vinyl on the turntable and turn up the volume. Cum on, feel the noize echoing down from the 1970s when Slade rocked Britain.
Noddy Holder, Dave Hill, Jim Lea, and Don Powell, lads from Wolverhampton and the Black Country, had hit after hit and seeing and hearing them live was really something.
There’s that one song, of course, that you’ll hear at a certain time of year. But Slade are not just for Christmas. Let’s recapture the magic with some archive pictures. Why are we doing it? Coz we luv you, of course.
9. Chart toppers
According to the original caption to this November 1971 picture Slade heard confirmation that Coz I Luv You had become Number One on a car radio in a Wolverhampton car park. It was their first Number One and they were the first Wolverhampton group to achieve the feat. | Express & Star archive