Black Lace are a British pop band, best known for novelty party records, including their biggest hit, "Agadoo".

Terry Dobson and school friend Ian Howarth formed The Impact as a five-piece pop group in 1969, with Alan Barton, Steve Scholey and Nigel Scott.

[4] Ian Howarth was replaced by Colin Gibb during late spring of 1976 and after turning professional, the band toured the majority of the UK, managed by Keith Mills, commencing their first summer season at the Skegness Central Pier Bier.

Other television appearances around this time included Nationwide, Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Top of the Pops and Juke Box Jury.

[4][5] The band's follow-up single, "So Long Suzy Baby", failed to chart in the UK (as EMI could not decide on which track should be used, and delayed the planned release date), but achieved success in Europe.

Black Lace's 1983 "Superman" single was their first one under their own name on the Flair label,[4] and a promotional video was shot at Casanova's nightclub in Wakefield.

1 hit "You'll Never Walk Alone" as part of the charity ensemble, The Crowd (which included members of 10cc, Thin Lizzy, Motörhead, The Hollies, Argent, The Who, The Nolans, The Searchers, Smokie, Gerry and the Pacemakers, plus many more) to raise funds for the families of the victims of the Bradford City stadium fire.

63 in the UK chart,[5] but "Viva La Mexico", which was released to capitalise on the 1986 FIFA World Cup football competition, flopped when England were knocked out.

[4] Dene Michael Betteridge became a full-time member of Black Lace, and he and Gibb released the single "Jammin' the Sixties" under the name Barracuda.

A summer season at the Blackpool Tower followed in 1989 and 1990, plus performances at the BBC Radio One Roadshow in the town, along with the release of the single "I Am The Music Man" which peaked at No.

[13] Black Lace played one-off shows in 1996 at DJ conventions in Canada and Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.

Gibb was presented with a special Agadoo guitar to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary, but he was also made bankrupt by the Inland Revenue.

Black Lace played 20 shows in 24 hours in Manchester, London, Watford, Northampton, Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield and Leeds, finishing at the Frontier Club, Batley.

[4] Due to this, Flair Records launched a TV reality show in the style of The X Factor called Agadoo: The Search for the New Black Lace.

[18] In 2015, a television advertisement for Walkers crisps was shown on British TV, featuring Betteridge and Robinson (under the name 'Old Lace') performing alongside Gary Lineker singing along to "Agadoo".

[19] In this year, Betteridge had also appeared alongside Esmée Denters[20] and Eurovision hopeful Joe Woolford[21] on an episode of BBC One's The Voice UK.

[24] In 2016, Dene Michael Betteridge[25] was jailed for six months for benefit fraud after falsely claiming almost £25,000 for his sciatica, with his wife and 'carer' Karen getting 12-month community order for her role in the scam, with the judge sentencing her to 100 hours of unpaid work.

[27] Betteridge had been billing himself as 'Mr Agadoo' by this point in his career, even though he did not appear on the original record, and would find himself back in the Wagstaff managed version of Black Lace later in the year.

Music Co. version of Black Lace[31] comprises Phil Temple[32] and Craig Harper, a vocalist and comedian, who has previously appeared on Britain's Got Talent, Michael Barrymore's TV show and Jane McDonald's Star for a Night.

On 8 September 2024, the duo appeared as special guests[33] at Radio 2 in the Park, Preston 2024 as part of Paddy McGuinness’ Sunday School Disco.