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My name is Russ Strothard, bass player with 'Tonight' UK 1978 Power Pop band, I understand and sympathise that the listing of the lesser known artists, of the aforementioned music genre can't be all mentioned, but although we only had two top 40 entry's: Drummer Man no.14 Feb '78 & Money (That's Your Problem) no.34 April'78, we actually were the first UK band to be labelled 'Power Pop' (Jan'78), and the first to score a hit for the genre. The new 'Power Pop' term was branded by our promotion team at W.E.A in London, first mentioned in the press by Charles Catchpole 17/01/78 (Evening Standard). We all remember vividly at the time thinking what does this new phrase mean? and during the 70's I was an avid music fan, reading all the music papers i.e N.M.E, Melody Maker, Sounds, Record Mirror e.t.c. and I'm sure 'Power Pop' as a term was not used in the U.K until then, wether it was in the U.S is open to discussion, personally I don't think it was, correct me if I'm wrong. As documented in Wikipedia Pete Townshend did coin the phrase back in'67, but it was'nt used to describe a music genre until '78 in the U.K. Please take a look at our website for verification and info, we are currently in the process of releasing a true Power Pop album (unreleased at the time) for a 30th anniversary, so obviously we are quite keen to get our facts right! I feel the inclusion of our name is fully justified on the UK section of the power pop article, due to our unique place in the new-wave/power pop story, we would like our entry to stay on this page. Please reply and thanks for your time, from a true Essex power pop musician on behalf of my band TONIGHT, Russ Strothard.

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