Delegation (band)

In 1976, Delegation released their first single, “The Promise Of Love”, taken from their debut album of the same name, and released on the State Records label, although it wasn’t successful. Their second single, “Where Is The Love We Used To Know” also from the same album, charted in United Kingdom in April 1977,[2] and gave the group their first hit, and consequently, their first Top of the Pops appearance.[1]

Ray Patterson replaced Roddy Harris later that year and the group released their third single, “You’ve Been Doing Me Wrong”, which became their second hit from the Promise of Love album. “Oh Honey”, a smooth ballad, gave the group their first US hit in 1979. This song reached #5 in the US Billboard R&B charts.[3]

Coley later left the band and Bruce Dunbar took his place. Their second album “Eau De Vie” was released in 1979. This album turned out to be very successful, including the hits “You And I”, “Put A Little Love On Me”, “Heartache #9,” and “Darling I Think About You”. Bruce Left the Group 1981 and returned to the US after their third album entitled “Delegation” and the group continued on with lesser success.[3]

They followed with an eponymously titled album in 1981, and Deuces High in 1982.[3] All charted in Europe, but not in the United States.[3] The act recorded a couple more singles, and continued to perform through the end of the decade. The record It's Your Turn, on Epic was successful only in France, although did well on the club scene across the United Kingdom, and The Mix on Scorpio Records, a segue compilation of five of their greatest hits, also sold poorly.

Bailey reunited with Gold, to form Euro Jam Records in the mid 1990s,[3] to repackage Delegation's earlier recordings into new compilation albums, and reformed the group to release Encore in Europe in 1999, but this was Delegation's final recording.

• List of performances on Top of the Pops

• Delegation at Discogs.