NS557 Mickey Moonshine [1974] - Name It You Got It [UK Decca F 13555]

557 Mickey Moonshine [1974] - Name It You Got It [UK Decca F 13555]

b/w:	Baby Blue
Format:	45
Label:	Decca
Cat No:	F 13555
Year:	1974
Value:	£10 (2nd Issue) £20 (1st Issue)

Now this artist is bit of a mystery.  Claims are that it could be Alvin Stardust, Paul Nicholas (Just Good Friends actor), Chris Rainbow, Paul Micheal Curtis (claimed by Black Echoes magazine), Mickey Most etc. etc.

However after some research I have discovered that it may be Ben Cross who appeared as Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots Of Fire along with Nigel Havers.  Check the 'Other Professions' section at Wikipedia although it is not clear whether he wrote the song or sang it but I would guess both as the writer credits are Moonshine!

This is obviously white, British pop music.  To be fair you could say blue-eyed pop soul, but regardless of that it has very little to do with real soul music and is akin to the early 70s pop/soul put out by The Pearls and Polly Brown et al.  However it did shake the dance floors for a while at the time and seems to still be popular if DJ is brave enough to drop the needle on it .. but it is still white British pop music NOT soul.

UPDATE: Following an anonymous comment claiming this to be Paul Michael Curtis (eluded to above by Black Echoes), it appears that Curtis has confirmed that it is in fact him. 

So that then casts doubt on the accuracy of the Wiki article, but having re-read it it may be that Ben Cross was a backing singer on the recording as it states he was a session musician for Decca and recorded Name It You've Got It.

Perhaps the confusion/misunderstanding is caused by Ben Cross being a co-writer of a track for Wavemaker+ in 1977 on Polydor called Mickey Moonshine? here

Further investigation indicates that the majority of Wiki text is 'copied' from here with a bit of 'poet licence' I suspect the Wiki article has been embellished somewhat by making assumptions about Mick(e)y Moonshine.