Welcome to the Official Guys n Dolls Fansite

In 1974 a band called Guys n Dolls were formed, but after years of success in 1985 the band were sadly no more. Although the members are all continuing to perform in the UK and Holland, Guys n Dolls are sadly missed as a band. So for all you fans out there I thought it would be nice to make this site so you can reminisce on all the good times we had in those days. With the hope that one day the band may perform once more for us all in the words of their own song "If only for the good times". For the full Guys n Dolls story go to www.Paulgriggs.com Julie Sheppard

Biography

Guys 'n' Dolls were formed in 1974, after Ammo Productions held auditions for three girls and three boys to start the band. The six members of the group Paul Griggs, David Van Day, Thereza Bazar, Dominic Grant, Martine Howard, and Julie Forsyth (daughter of Bruce Forsyth), first met in November 1974. They released their first hit single, "There's a Whole Lot of Loving" in January 1975 (this was actually recorded by session singers, and the group were later discovered not to have actually recorded the original). In the six years that followed, the group released several more hits, including "Here I Go Again" (1975) and "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (1976). In 1977 the group had a record chart No.1 in both the Netherlands and Flanders with "You're My World", formerly made famous by Cilla Black.

 

By 1977, David and Thereza had left the band, but went on to have success as Dollar. In 1979, the group took part in the A Song For Europecontest, hoping to represent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "How Do You Mend A Broken Heart?" Although the show was abandoned due to a BBC strike, the song finished in tenth place of the 12 entries when the judges cast votes on the audio recordings of the songs.

 

In 1980, Martine left the group and was replaced by Julie's younger sister, Laura early in 1981. The change was short-lived, when she was replaced by Rosie Hetherington. She had previously been a part of the group Legs & Co.

 

Guys 'n' Dolls split as a band in December 1985, having spent eleven years together. Julie and Dominic perform as the duo Grant & Forsyth, and had numerous hits in the Netherlands. In 1988, Julie wrote the UK's Eurovision Song Contest entry "Go" performed by Scott Fitzgerald. Both Forsyth and Grant, together with ex-Jigsaw member Des Dyer, and sang backing vocals for the song's performance at the contest in Dublin, Ireland. According to author John Kennedy O'Connor, the song finished second by a margin of one point behind Celine Dion's song for Switzerland, making it the closest ever run contest.

 

The original line up of Guys 'n' Dolls, (Grant, Forsyth, Griggs, Howard, Van Day and Bazar) reunited for the first time in thirty one years for a major television show in the Netherlands on 22 March 2008. This was preceded on Friday 21 March by a day of press and TV interviews.

 

Paul has published a book called Diary of a Musician, based on diaries he kept from 1960. This includes a large in depth section on the story of Guys n' Dolls.

 

Courtesy of Wikipedia