Kajagoogoo
 Given an unseemly leg-up by the attentions of their producer (Nick
Rhodes from Duran Duran) and
then Radio 1 DJ Paul Gambaccini, Kajagoogoo's debut single, Too
Shy, sneaked to Number 1 in the UK in February 1983.
From then it was downhill all the way - Immediately prior to
their death they called themselves simply Kaja, and were a
laughing stock.
Their music was riddled with every 80s cliché imaginable, and
by the end of 1983, singer Limahl had fled the group for a
similarly ignominious solo career.
He did, however, manage one giant hit with Never Ending
Story - a glorious slice of Georgio Moroder-written and
produced Europop. The one moment of delight really, in this whole
sorry saga.
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