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dave dee, dozy, beaky, mick and tich “ bend It! “ 2021 stereo mono.... “Bend It!“ is a song by English pop band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, released as a single by Fontana on 9 September 1966. Written by the band's management team Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, the song's Greek flavour and tempo changes garnered comparisons to Mikis Theodorakis's composition “Zorba's Dance“. Though considered a departure from the “big-beat“ style of the band's previous hits, “Bend It!“ was a major chart success. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and had combined sales of over a million in the UK and Europe. For “Bend It!“, an electric mandolin was used, with the result coming from experimenting during rehearsals. It represented a departure in sound for the band; Dave Dee told Record Mirror the band couldn't have recorded “another thump-thump thing“, adding “we won
