History Don Lang and His Frantic Five

Don Lang (born Gordon Langhorn, 19 January 1925, Halifax, Yorkshire, died 3 August 1992, Surrey) was an English trombone player and singer, who led his own band, Don Lang & his Frantic Five. They appeared on the first BBC Television show for teenagers called Six-Five Special, for which he recorded the theme tune. In 1958 his cover version of "Witch Doctor" reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, and he played trombone on the song "Revolution 1" on The Beatles' White Album.

He retired at the end of the 1980s, as his son, Brad Lang, became visible as a session bassist with the groups ABC, Jade Warrior, Wham!, and Wishbone Ash. Lang senior died of cancer during the summer of 1992, after a long period of illness. He was aged 67. His music is best known in the United Kingdom, where Castle Communications has issued compilations of some of his vintage recordings.

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