[2] During the 1960s, Woodward worked as a shorthand typist at Jaguar and performed in the evenings as the resident pianist at the Stoke Ex-Servicemen's Club.
[6] In 1972, the band recorded "Mouldy Old Dough" in the living room studio, with Woodward playing a honky-tonk style on the piano.
[1] The song became a novelty hit in Belgium, where it was being used as a TV news theme,[1] then reached number one in the UK singles chart.
[8] The band followed "Mouldy Old Dough" with other songs and albums, such as "Goodbye" and "Desperate Dan", but none were as successful as their unexpected pop anthem.
[1] Pete Chambers of the Coventry Music Museum has said about the song and Woodward that "it remains the only number one record to feature a mother and son in its line-up.