Dollar (group)

Dollar were a British pop vocal duo, comprising David Van Day and Anglo-Canadian Thereza Bazar.

Thereza Bazar and David Van Day met at 17 when they successfully auditioned for the pop act Guys 'n' Dolls.

After two hit singles featuring Van Day on lead vocals, their third, the ballad "Love's Gotta Hold on Me" was sung by Bazar.

Encouraged by this steady run of success, the group released their debut album, Shooting Stars, which made the top 40.

In a change of pace, the band released a cover of The Beatles' song "I Want to Hold Your Hand", which reached number 9.

In 1981, Bazar approached record producer Trevor Horn, whom she had met during her days in Guys n' Dolls, and asked if he would work with them.

Horn's production work gave Dollar a more distinctive sound, and their four Horn-produced singles represented the high point in the band's career.

The production on these four hit singles had brought Horn to the attention of other bands, notably ABC, and it was not long before he was too busy to continue working with the duo.

[8] During a promotional trip to Japan in February 1983, relations between the duo had become increasingly tempestuous and Van Day quit the band.

Meanwhile, Bazar recorded an album, The Big Kiss, with producer Arif Mardin, and a theme song for the US film Gotcha!

Neither member of the duo enjoyed the same kind of success as solo artists as they had had as Dollar,[9] and by 1986, they had reformed and released the singles "We Walked in Love" and "Haven't We Said Goodbye Before".

In the latter half of the decade, he joined a rival variation of the group Bucks Fizz with original member Mike Nolan.

It took place at Wembley Arena and Dollar appeared alongside ABC and Pet Shop Boys, amongst other acts who had worked with Horn over the years.

On 15 February 2010, Cherry Red Records re-issued remastered and expanded editions of The Dollar Album and The Paris Collection for the first time on CD.