Wang Chung

Wang Chung are a British New Wave musical group. The group found their greatest success in the North America, with five Top 40 hits in the US, all charting between 1984 and 1987 (including the #2 hit "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"). In the UK, their home country, their only top 40 hit was "Dance Hall Days" (#21, 1984). The band went on two major tours in America: opening for The Cars in 1984 and for Tina Turner in 1986. The name Huang Chung (simpli... more

Wang Chung are a British New Wave musical group. The group found their greatest success in the North America, with five Top 40 hits in the US, all charting between 1984 and 1987 (including the #2 hit "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"). In the UK, their home country, their only top 40 hit was "Dance Hall Days" (#21, 1984). The band went on two major tours in America: opening for The Cars in 1984 and for Tina Turner in 1986. The name Huang Chung (simplified Chinese: 黄钟; traditional Chinese: 黃鐘; pinyin: huáng zhōng) literally translates from Chinese as "yellow bell" but, in this case, refers to the standardized bass pitch of ancient China. Early on the band summarized the definition as "perfect pitch" and later, on American Bandstand, they claimed it was the sound a guitar made. Jeremy Ryder, known professionally as "Jack Hues" (vocalist/guitarist) and Nick Feldman (bassist) would eventually form the core duo of Wang Chung. They first met when Hues answered Feldman's ad for a musician in the... less