A Tribe of Toffs

A Tribe of Toffs were a novelty pop band from Sunderland, England, best remembered for their 1988 Top 40 single, "John Kettley is a Weatherman".

They were noticed after sending a tape of their songs to children's TV presenter Andy Crane.

The following month the four were back in London to record the video, at the warehouse just across the road from BBC Television Centre, where Who Framed Roger Rabbit had just been filmed.

They decided to release a second humorous single in 1989 called "Terry Wogan's On TV (Again)" but it did not chart.

On 19 July 2022 (the hottest day recorded in the UK) Radio X DJ Chris Moyles played ‘John Kettley is a Weather Man’ on his show and subsequently ‘campaigned’ for his listeners to buy it and it reached number 1 in the UK iTunes chart.