Darts... Daddy cool/the girl cant help it

[@henrysonnemann2597]

I was 15 when they became famous and now at 61 I'm still rocking with the original 50's songs.😂😂😂

[@cw2611]

Move on buddy 😅

[@iancoughlin5364]

Sounds familiar

[@obokeeper]

First band I really 'connected with'. Loved the music and the antics of Den Hegarty were great.

[@andymatthews7617]

No one today could form a group like this, THATS HOW GOOD THEY WERE.

[@sallyjoan]

good wind up.

[@manfredbeuth2921]

I have the DARTS nearly forgotten....But now, I remember my youth!!!!!! Amazing group with there great songs!!!!!!!

[@davidbaker2446]

Absolutely loved Darts and Rita

[@xtstevie]

Absolute top drawer this......Classic

[@jamhoward88]

bring back the 70s the life the music

[@countfrankfritter]

Memories of this vocal group will never leave me! A Totally Enriching and Undeniable Contribution to the Music world! 👍

[@javimaury5632]

Saw them in Bournemouth in 1978, I was 18, it was fun... I am 56 now and it's still fun

[@jameshall6147]

One of my favourite groups

[@andymatthews7617]

JUST BRILLIANT.

[@sallyjoan]

@@andymatthews7617 nah.

[@Realm-of-Horror]

Damn, I used to LOVE this group when i was a kid!

[@andrewblatherwick8758]

I'm sure I had a best of by these when I was a younger lad

[@alexstone9424]

I loved den

[@robertmiller3750]

Love Darts ! I'm going back in time and LOVE it 🎸🎸🎸🎸🥱

[@itwasnt3369]

Get them back in the charts and be done with it. Talent is undeniabley timeless. Long live Darts - Den, Rita, Bob and Griff and Co

[@glenbooth7903]

Bring back the 70s when music was proper music.. and Steve Wright, Dave Lee Travis, Mike Reed ❤

[@gregggreasley407]

This isn't proper music 😂😂 It's a novelty act 🥁

[@viviennewillard2563]

Rock cool daddy! Fabulous band...very underrated...

[@andrewevans7219]

Off to see Darts tomorrow at The Brudenell Leeds tomorrow again!!!!!

[@wkaibigan]

Darts were just great. Glad I can watch them here again.

[@sallyjoan]

didn't last long did they? Couldn't have been that great.

[@manfredbeuth2921]

For me: the absolute best song from the DARTS!!!!!

[@andrewmiddleton25]

Despite their showbiz chops and the clowning, they always struck me as being a bit grittier and more rock 'n' roll than fellow revivalists Showaddywaddy.

[@ianrhodes6928]

Definitely. The fit right in with the post punk/new wave scene.

[@moominpic]

And not having to rely on the Teddy Boy chic

[@fictionfactory7164]

@moominpic their inspiration was from doo-wop which goes back even further than the Teddy Boy chic.

[@davidbennett6289]

Never forgotten lads , brilliant band

[@mikeschofield4319]

brilliant band and performance.

[@StuMorley]

Me & my mates used to sing their tunes when hanging about.. I was 11 in 1979

[@JamesDouglas-my1dn]

Amazing song 😂 amazing group amazing life listening to this 😂

[@alidawson6118]

Rita sure has the moves, brilliant.

[@ciaran82359]

As a teenager, she was my wet dream 😂

[@Chappo44]

The first ever concert/gig I ever went to in 78 with my dad at Leicester Demontfort University and was the greatest experience I’d had in my then young life. Particularly recall an a cappella song that blew me away. Great live band

[@MichaelCotton-c3r]

Daddy cool.i so loved this

[@catherinepestano7799]

I grew up watching them and am always amazed they never get a name check - so thrilled to find this here. My treasured albums all warped now......

[@cindylawrence1515]

I remember thousands of years ago, I and my friends jammed into a tiny record store on Fulton Street near bond in Downtown Brooklyn in 1957 looking for Silhouettes by the Ray's which was top the charts and the owner reached over and put on the flip side (mistake?) and we were mmediately all blown away....amazing memories....

[@johngray-n1x]

Saw them live what a brilliant group of musicians and showmen 😂

[@markhoward9923]

First tape I ever bought when I was 9 and they where my first musical influence.

[@gregggreasley407]

😂 The first time I've heard Darts being a musical influence 😂 No Beatles, Stones, Eric Clapton,Bob Dylan, The Band,Pink Floyd,or even jjcale. But darts had it all 😂😂😂

[@ericgrossart5797]

I loved this group when I was a little kid back in the 70s -80s. Great stuff 😊😊

[@tarzanjesus]

Saw them several times 1977/78 Met Griff Fender outside St Georges Hall in Bradford Gave me lot's of stuff when saw them again in Brighton 78

[@trudirosie4186]

Oh God I love this song! Come back Darts you're the greatest!

[@Holygasoline]

They are still touring :)

[@daveshaw2342]

Love this track .crazy band

[@davidhenrywall8619]

Great song great band

[@IanWilkinson-s9u]

Poor old Hammy in solitude while Den scares the crap out the kid in the audience great stuff 👍

[@doug9066]

I was 10 in 1977, over the years I've not heard this song but I like it.

[@williammitchell9974]

Excellent 🎉 🎯🌹❤️💯

[@Danny-jv7lg]

Remember bopping away to this tune. Excellent stuff

[@yorkiegeoff1825]

Amazing days 😊

[@dnf-dead]

Woke up with this stuck in my head. 🤣

[@timeustace1287]

Always enjoyed watching Den muck about on TOTP - when I could drag my 11 year old eyes away from Rita Ray in full flow...

[@Nebuchadnezzar-Wildebeest]

Good old Den! Mad! As! Toast!

[@jenlovesbooks]

I used to have the 12" single of this, happy days.

[@angelabrown6652]

Ace I loved this group probs the first one I ever heard :)

[@kevinmcnamara667]

me too angela brill they were x

[@thegermanrockabilly]

AAAhhh what's an awfull angle at 1:02 you see a sax and hear this awsome Guitar playing. The best Brit Doo Wop Band ever!

[@filsgreen]

I saw Darts five times at the Liverpool Empire between 1979 & 1979, they were the biz!!!

[@nicholasburgess7035]

Ha ha. Me too...but just the once though. I still have the LP 'Everyone Plays Darts" and listened to it recently. Great album. Love 'Late for work"!

[@hanging1v]

long live the darts

[@ianfosterUSA]

This is so brilliant

[@gregggreasley407]

I take it you've never seen the stones or pink Floyd, etc etc etc etc 😂

[@ianfosterUSA]

@@gregggreasley407 never heard of them but I'm thinking the 4 etcs ring a bell 😳

[@gregggreasley407]

@@ianfosterUSA 😂😂😂 good one 👍

[@Monsterpop]

magic!

[@michaelburland7932]

Had a laugh with God with this track, and snooker Jane got the beeps from the cars , striding down Newmarket road , Cambridge , over 35 years ago. Ha ha. Can't wait. ♥️♥️ Den heggerty was a complete nutter . Ha ha .That fall wasn't planed.

[@markholding7885]

this was my favourite as a kid of 9--10.

[@simongleaden2864]

I was 13 - I loved this song + bought the single.

[@andymatthews7617]

JUST BRILLIANT.

[@daveswallow8351]

First group I saw live, Sheffield City Hall, 1979 I think and I missed Rita Ray's cheek when she came out after the gig, I was 14 and didn't wash my face for a few days!

[@jarisundström]

Darts were too underrated band. 2024 and this sounds really good.

[@eileenhester9978]

Love em still

[@welshexile1963]

Love it!

[@Robert-wn2cw]

Great stuff!

[@lorenzomartinportuguesgonz1555]

Excelente servicio

[@seanwheeldon9315]

I love Rita Ray ♥

[@richiecheval9528]

Dude in red jacket in audience backing off when Den does his bit proberbly thinking what the fuck and where is he going !

[@donnandarts]

I've got my tickets booked for DARTS - Sat 12 July, The 100 Club, Oxford St, LONDON. DARTS tickets were all sold out before both 100 Club gigs last Nov/Dec. Book now to avoid disappointment. If you can't get a ticket, then catch them the day later at the Americana Festival nr Notts. DARTS are closing the show. Last year DARTS hung around after the gig to sign autographs and have photo's taken. That's one reason why we still love 'em. Yes, Mad Den is still as crazy as ever!!!

[@edgarlee2802]

Den Hegarty could be Hugh Grant's evil twin who escaped from a lunatic asylum. Funnily enough, his Wiki page has him down as a "lecturer in psychology at Exeter College and with the Open University." P.S. I always got his name mixed up with Dan Haggerty, the American actor who played Grizzly Adams.

[@bobbysimmo]

you sure do have good taste , what a great track .

[@collierandrew]

Could Rita Ray move or what?

[@andrewevans7219]

They are playing in Leeds. This month.

[@anthonyjohnson8672]

very animated group.great to watch

[@eejit70]

The guy in the grey suit WTF 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@sergioalmasy8722]

Who is listening to this during the dark November nights of Britain 2021 in the middle of Storm Arwen???!!!

[@laurabyers5283]

I just love the madness

[@andrewofford1533]

Back in the late '70's, we had a head Teacher, who ended up with the nick name, "Daddy Paul" after this song..........

[@williammitchell9974]

Topps Darts 🎯 😂💯🌹👌

[@matthewbaker6429]

When Den sings The Girl Can't Help It ,all I see is Jayne Mansfield. Wow

[@jimokeefe290]

1st single bought yeeeeeeahhhhh !!!!!

[@harryzoe]

Illhaveadouble.....yes, they grew up in the Brighton/Hove area.

[@kevinwatton4312]

The 70s before my time

[@audreycotterill2224]

Go Rita go 😍😍

[@johnjack6725]

You really cannot compare these guys from the garbage we get today DARTS were the masters .

[@pappachook]

Doc Brown?

[@susansalter566]

♥️💫♥️💫♥️💫♥️💫

[@martinmaddocks698]

Was Lenny McLean's walk down tune when he had his fights

[@anchorface9671]

RIP Bob Fish

[@wendyrock]

cool..

[@eoghanpatterson8900]

Did 1 of them becomes the doctor on doctor who?

[@andrewlaw]

😆 No, Den Hegarty does resemble Peter Capaldi though (and Doc Emmet Brown)

[@Georgieastra]

No but the bald guy was in Blake's 7 🚀

[@buxvan]

Den Haggerty must be, Beaker (from the Muppet show's) twin

[@youtrojaxtube]

is that a young ( jaws ) from the bond film next to the singer?

[@gregggreasley407]

I remember that big Fool in the silver suite jumped off a piano during a gig and broke his leg 🦵😂😂 the fool He got replaced by the big black fella who sang Duke of earl 💯🥁 Google it,as I hate them

[@davespagnol8847]

That was Den Hegarty. He actually left the band to go an live with his dad who was seriously ill. He was replaced by American Kenny Andrews, who could sing bass better than Hegarty, but he didn't have 1/10 of his stage presence and didn't do comedy vocals either.

[@dava123]

if i remember right,one of these ended up being a presenter of tiswas.

[@andrewlaw]

Yep, Den Hegarty the mental bass singer left Darts to present Tiswas.

[@Georgieastra]

Den Hegarty

[@bapete5159]

Looking for a girl I use to know back in 1979 her name was Debbie and she lived in Blaby Leicestershire.....never new her last name... her Dad was Colin he was a lorry driver worked for Coates of Leicester and she also had a Brother..... my name his ( rubbish think ) Pete from Kettering I use to ride my motorbike over to see her on Sunday afternoon afternoon... but I let her down badly and I want to say sorry for what I did and ask her if she could forgive me....believe me I truly sorry.....so if anyone knows her please let her know Thanks.......👍🇬🇧🤓

[@juliedavies8503]

I don't know her or her dad but total respect to you for having such a good heart I hope you find her or she finds you you were young we all did stupid things don't beat yourself up

[@bapete5159]

@@juliedavies8503 A bit Late...but Thanks Julie.....👍🇬🇧🤓

[@mickthemardy]

It was more fun back then

[@doriangriffiths6099]

Rip Bob Fish

[@yusuke9300]

There is a song in Japan that sounds just like this one

[@neilwinspear5928]

the dogs bollocks yep

[@DisappointerSisters]

hiya bedroom bowie!

[@coraltaylor7671]

Such a shame RIP

[@mwa1254]

An ex girlfriend of mine lived with the son of Den Hegarty at Goldsmiths University

[@blackdiamond139]

Before Daddy Chill

[@matelot95]

Griff's short tongued!

[@steveeilertsen28]

Fick off

[@Michael-zj7lg]

Daddy Cool.!! DC. Douglas Collins. DC.!! When i was working in 1984/5 a elderly man called Douglas started work at the same buiness. " REMU's " on mill road Cambridge. I was heading for a second madness breakdown , when l believed that Douglas was God. One time he was on the phone telling whoever he was talking to that his name was joe bloggs !! Now l heard this and thought this is hilarious , God telling someone that he was Joe Bloggs.!! All sorts happened around that time 1984/5. I even thought another Guy , called Stuart Davies who worked there was Jesus. ( His friend was the Unicorn on the British Coat of Arms , A man called Simon.) Well you can tell i was well gone mentally , completely off with the fairies. Ha ha. Stuart and Douglas weren't who l thought they were , but Simon is the Unicorn , no doubt about that. All sorts went on. And l ended up losing my job as l was creating chaos , having a full blown Schizophrenic breakdown. St Michael the Holy Spirit.

[@mistermangetout]

This was the shzinit. Still is.