Middle Of The Road

Middle Of The Road is a Scottish pop group who have enjoyed global success, particularly in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia and Latin America, since the early 1970s. Before ABBA established themselves the band were the sound of early Euro-Pop with their distinctive harmonies and vocals. Best known for their UK number one smash hit song "Chripy Chirpy Cheep Cheep", and other classics such as "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" and "Soley Soley", by 1972 alone Middle of the road sold over five million records worldwide! And the band are still going! Regularly touring across the UK and Europe, Middle of the Road are busier than ever with the excellent signer Lorna Bannon. As well as playing their hits, the band also play a good mix of classics from the era.

Four singles sold over one million copies and were certified gold: Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, Sacramento, Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum and Soley Soley. By the mid 1970’s the group had sold over five million records and by the mid 1990’s over 30 million. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep was a UK and global number one hit and is one of fewer than forty sound recordings in the history of recorded music to have sold in excess of 10 million physical copies.

In 2016 Middle Of The Road’s founder guitarist Ian McCredie was recognised at the Scottish Music Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2017 Middle of the Road released their first single of the new millennium; Soley Soley (Live in Berlin) recorded in front of 20,000 Euro-Pop fans at the city’s famous Waldbuehne amphitheatre.

In 2018 Middle of the Road performed their greatest hits live across Europe to 1,000s of loyal Euro Pop fans and will do so again in 2019.