The Magic Numbers is an English indie rock band comprised of two pairs of brothers and sisters who all attended The Cardinal Wiseman Roman Catholic High School in Greenford. The group was formed in 2002, releasing their critically acclaimed debut album titled The Magic Numbers on June 13, 2005.
Their follow-up album, Those the Brokes was released on November 6, 2006. The Magic Numbers are: Romeo Stodart (lead guitar, vocals), Michele Stodart (bass, vocals), Sean Gannon (drums) and Angela Gannon (melodica, percussion, glockenspiel, vocals). The Stodarts are the children of a Scottish father and a Portuguese mother and were born in Trinidad in the Caribbean, where their mother was an opera singer and had her own TV show. When the family fled an Islamic coup attempt there in 1990, they were raised in New York. In the mid-1990s, when Romeo was 16 and Michelle was 10, they moved to London. The Gannons are of Irish descent but lived in Hanwell, London where they became friends with their neighbours the Stodarts. Prior to forming The Magic Numbers, Romeo and Sean spent time trying to form a band together under various guises, and previously performed under the name 'Guess'.
Studio albums
* The Magic Numbers (13 June 2005)
Chart Position: #7 (UK)
* Those the Brokes (6 November 2006)
Chart Position: #11 (UK)
Contributions
The Magic Numbers have made appearances on various other artists' releases, including:
* Duke Special - "Our Love Goes Deeper Than This" (backing vocals)
* The Chemical Brothers - "Close Your Eyes" (vocals)
* The Concretes – "Your Call" (vocals), "Sunbeams" (backing vocals)
* Ed Harcourt – "Revolution in the Heart" (backing vocals)
* David Kitt – "Up to You" and "Guilty Prayers, Pointless Ends" from the album, Not Fade Away (backing vocals)
* Jane Birkin - Fictions
* The Boxer Rebellion - "Flashing Red Light Means Go" (backing vocals by Angela) - from their newly released album, Union.
Compilation contributions
* Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley (2005) - cover of Tim Buckley's "Sing a Song for You"
* Help!: A Day in the Life (2005) - "Gone Are the Days"
* Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project (2007) - cover of Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love"
* The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show (2007) - "Love Me Like You"
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