And Why Not? were a British pop trio, from Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Their only album, Move Your Skin (1990) was produced by Alan Shacklock a guitarist in the 1970s rock band Babe Ruth and engineered by Bryan Smith and Harry Sutcliffe, recorded at Mediasmiths Studio, London, Colney.

Career

Their style was a mix of reggae with pop. The lead vocalist Wayne Gidden, was supported with backing vocals from Michael Steer (also on drums, percussion) and Hylton Horatio Hayles (also bass guitar).

They were successful in the UK Singles Chart during 1989 and 1990. Tracks on their 1990 album included; "The Cage", "The Face", "Correct Me If I'm Wrong", "Something U Got", "Speak the Word", "Restless Days" and "Move Your Skin".

And Why Not? played as supporting act to UB40 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham in 1990, and they supported Transvision Vamp at the Hammersmith Odeon in the same year.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

Barry Leslie Norman, CBE (born 21 August 1933 in London) is a British film critic, writer and media personality. He presented BBC Television's Film 72 (and successive years) until 1998.

Early life

Barry Norman is the son of film director Leslie and Elizabeth Norman. He was educated at a state primary school and at Highgate School, then an all-boys independent school in North London. He did not go to university, but instead began his career in journalism at the Kensington News, later spending a period in South Africa where he developed a hostility to the situation created there by the emergence of apartheid. He is the brother of script editor and director Valerie Norman.

Career

By the 1960s, Norman was a prominent journalist, and show business editor of the Daily Mail until 1971, when he was made redundant. Subsequently, he wrote a column each Wednesday for The Guardian, also contributing leader columns to the newspaper.

He was one of the collaborators with Wally Fawkes on the long running cartoon strip Flook. He has also contributed a column to the Radio Times for many years, and has written several novels.

Why Not... is the final album by organist Don Patterson recorded in 1978 and released on the Muse label.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Don Patterson

Personnel

References

Why Not may refer to:

Film and TV

Computing

Music

Why Not Records, a Swedish record label

Albums

Songs

See also

"Why Not" is a song recorded by American singer Hilary Duff for the soundtrack of the 2003 comedy film, The Lizzie McGuire Movie. It was written by Charlie Midnight alongside the song's producer, Matthew Gerrard.

Background

Disney International released the single internationally on June 23, 2003 (see 2003 in music). The CD single release included a remix of "Why Not", a remix of "I Can't Wait" and the music video. Later in 2003, a different version of "Why Not" was released on Duff's first album, Metamorphosis. According to Duff, the song is also included as a single for the album Metamorphosis.

Versions

"Why Not?" has three versions. The main version is the one originally recorded for the soundtrack of The Lizzie McGuire Movie, The second version has slightly different lyrics in the first verse and was released as a second single on her album, Metamorphosis. The third version is a remixed version of the second version, with a rock arrangement; this version was released on Most Wanted. The re-recorded version is included in the collection of Duff's greatest-hits album, Best of Hilary Duff.