Racey was a British pop group formed from the ashes of a Beatles and Eagles covers band called Alive'n'Kicking in the early 1970s by musicians Clive Wilson, Richard Gower, Phil Fursdon and Pete Miller. There are currently two incarnations of the original Racey both touring. Alive'n'Kicking had been successfully gigging in the UK and Europe when they brought themselves to the attention of legendary 70's producer Mickie Most via a demo tape of their own songs. Most changed the group's name to Racey and teamed them with the songwriting talents of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. This resulted in their biggest hit, a song originally offered to Blondie, in 1979 with 'Some Girls', a number two hit single in the UK.
Racey released one album with 1979's 'Smash and Grab' produced by Most and containing original material as well as songs written for them. The Chinn and Chapman track 'Kitty' from the album was later renamed and released as 'Mickey' and went on to be a hit for Toni Basil. The band continued to release singles, however without the skills of Chinn and Chapman the heights of 'Some Girls' were not to be regained. In 1985 the original Racey disbanded and fractured into two groups, one featuring Gower with the other Wilson, Fursdon and Miller.
