Chart entered : 23 November 1991
Chart peak : 48
Jive Bunny's reign of terror lasted for the rest of 1989 with two more number ones then the novelty started wearing off as the group kept on milking the same formula. By the middle of 1991 they weren't making the Top 40. They added a new member, Mark "Hitman" Smith in 1990.
True to formula, "Rock 'n' Roll Dance Party" is a medley of old rock 'n' roll hits clumsily stitched together for wedding parties. The tunes sampled or re-recorded were The Nutcracker, Rip It Up, Ready Teddy, At The Hop, Oh Boy ,Your Teddy Bear, Rock Around The Clock, When, Jenny Jenny and Hoots Mon Their first hit "Swing The Mood" sounded stale; by this time they were rancid.
Jive Bunny's wikipedia entry currently lists a number of subsequent singles up to 1994 but all the other sources indicate that they stopped releasing singles after this one. They did however keep churning out albums of this stuff up to 2004.
Main man Andy Pickles now concentrates on the label he co-owns Tidy Trax which puts out Hard House records. Lee Hemstock became a trance DJ working with Paul Van Dyk . Mark's whereabouts since the early noughties are unknown.
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