The Hee Bee Gee Bees


The Hee Bee Gee Bees was a fictitious pop group which parodied pop groups and performers in the early 1980s, consisting of Angus Deayton, Michael Fenton Stevens, and Philip Pope of the UK radio series Radio Active.
Their first single was "Meaningless Songs " by the Hee Bee Gee Bees, a parody of the Bee Gees. The 'band' consisted of the three Cribb brothers; Garry, Norris and Dobbin, performed respectively by Deayton, Fenton Stevens, and Pope. It was written by Pope and Richard Curtis, released by Original Records in 1980, reached number two in the Australian singles chart and made an appearance on the UK Indie Charts.
Two albums were subsequently released under the Hee Bee Gee Bees name, featuring parodies of various pop groups that had originally been featured on the Radio Active. Tracks included parodies of Supertramp, Michael Jackson, Status Quo, The Police, David Bowie, Gary Numan and others. The albums were recorded in the Strawberry Studios in Stockport, and featured 10cc and Sad Café studio musicians. The music was written by Pope, with lyrics by Deayton and other Radio Active scriptwriters.
Fenton Stevens and Pope later collaborated on the parody song "The Chicken Song", which reached number 1 in the UK in 1986.

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