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The Little Heroes were an Australian band formed in 1980 by founding mainstay Roger Hart (aka Roger Wells or Roger Hart-Wells, ex-Secret Police) on lead vocals and guitar. They released three studio albums, ''The Little Heroes'' (August 1981), ''Play by Numbers'' (August 1982) and ''Watch the World'' (September 1983). Their highest charting hit, "One Perfect Day", which was released in 1982, reached No. 12 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart. Their other charting singles are "Young Hearts" (1982), "Watch the World" and "Bon Voyage" (both 1983). They disbanded in June 1984. ==History== In 1980 The Little Heroes were formed in Melbourne from the remnants of pub rockers, Secret Police.〔 Secret Police had formed in 1978 with Roger Hart (aka Roger Wells or Roger Hart-Wells, ex-The Cruisers) as singer-songwriter and guitarist, Bruce Pumpa on drums, and Neil Walker on bass guitar.〔 Walker died in 1979 from leukaemia and was replaced by John Taylor (ex-Soap, Llama, Hot Rocket and Uncle Bob's Band). They were soon joined by Andrew Callender on guitar and backing vocals, and Peter Linley on saxophone.〔 The Secret Police did not issue any records, although they posthumously contributed "Emotion" and "Everybody Looks Lonely at Night" to Missing Link Records' various artists compilation album ''The Melbourne Club'' (1981).〔 In 1980 Hart, Pumpa and Taylor joined with David Crosbie on keyboards to start an indie pop band, The Little Heroes.〔〔 The Little Heroes competed in the Victorian state heat of the 1980 Battle of the Sounds, finishing second; however upon progressing they won the national final in Sydney, earning $5000.〔 In November that year they released their debut single, "She Says".〔 Huk Treloar (ex-Bleeding Hearts, High Rise Bombers, Living Legends, Sneakers) replaced Pumpa on drums.〔〔 The group signed with Giant Records/CBS to record their debut self-titled album, with production by Peter Dawkins (Matt Finish), which was released in August 1981.〔〔 It reached No. 81 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart and provided three singles, "For a Bleeding Heart" (March 1981), "Last Number One" (June), and "India Was Calling Me" (September), none of which appeared on the related Kent Music Report Singles Chart.〔 Late that year Alan 'Clutch' Robertson replaced Treloar on drums.〔〔 By early 1982 the group had signed to EMI Records and started recording their second album, ''Play by Numbers'', at Melbourne's Armstrong Studios with Dave Marrett producing.〔〔〔 The first single from these sessions, "One Perfect Day", was written by Hart (as Roger Galtier Hart-Wells),〔 and released in May, which reached No. 12.〔 Their second single, "Young Hearts" (September), which reached No. 42,〔 was co-written by Hart (as R Wells) and Crosbie.〔 By June Martin Fisher (ex-Breakers) had replaced Crosbie on keyboards, and Peter Leslie replaced Taylor on bass guitar.〔〔〔 The new line up completed ''Play by Numbers'' at 301 Studios in Sydney in July with Marrett.〔 The album was released in August and peaked at No. 37.〔 In October it yielded a third single, "Saturday (Afternoon) Inside", which failed to chart, was written by Hart (as Roger Galtier Wells).〔〔〔 At the end of 1982 Fisher and Leslie left to join fellow indie pop band, Dear Enemy, and were replaced by Paul Brickhill (ex-MEO-245) on keyboards and bass guitarist, Rick Loriot (ex-Inserts).〔〔 Loriot left after four weeks and was replaced on bass guitar by Anthony Tavasz (ex-Modesty).〔〔 The group added Paul Bell on guitar which allowed Hart more freedom as lead vocalist.〔〔 They travelled to the United Kingdom in June 1983 to record their third album, ''Watch the World'', at Farmyard Studios with UK producer, Rupert Hine (The Fixx, Howard Jones).〔〔 The album was issued in Australia in September and reached No. 50.〔 The lead single, "Watch the World", was released in August and reached No. 73, while the second single "Bon Voyage" (November) peaked at No. 51.〔 Both are written by Hart (as Roger Galtier Wells).〔〔 A third single "Modern Times", co-written by Hart and Bell, appeared in March the following year but it failed to chart.〔〔〔 Also that month Hart announced he was leaving the group and by June The Little Heroes had disbanded.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Heroes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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