DIRECT DRIVE- I Won’t Be Back Tonight (1984)

In 1982, Mick Ward ( bass ), Pete Quinton (drums), Bob Williams ( guitar ), and Bones aka Mick Hammond ( congas ) formed the band Direct Drive. Paul Hardcastle later applied as a keyboard player and complemented the formation, which Derek Green also joined as a singer . After the release of the singles Don’t Depend on Me and Time’s Running Out (both 1982) on London label Oval Records, Hardcastle and Green left the band again and founded their joint project First Light . In the years that followed, Direct Drive hired various keyboard players for live performances, and Helen Rogers was won as the singer. As a result, the single In the Middle of Spring was released in 1983 on Nigel Wright’s Dance label Passion Records. In 1984 the band founded their own label Direct Drive Records as well as their own production company BPM and released the single Pass the Paper . With the single Anything? managed to jump into the UK charts , where the song lasted eight weeks and rose to number 67. I Need Som