Doolally was a monkier created by the English duo of UK garage producers Steven Meade and Danny Langsman. As doolally, they had success with "Straight from the Heart" when it was released twice in 1998 and 1999. Each time reaching the topspot on the UK Dance chart. Second time around it reached the UK Top 10. However, due to legal reasons the duo could no longer release material under the Doolally name, they were forced to change. They went with the Shanks and Bigfoot moniker and they reached the top of the UK chart in May 1999 and spent 2 weeks there. It was also a UK dance #1. Both of the above songs were sung by Sharon Woolf.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Nov 1998 20 Straight From The Heart May 1999 1 Sweet Like Chocolate Aug 1999 9 Straight From The Heart
What happened next?
At the annual MOBO Awards in 1999, Shanks & Bigfoot received three nominations and won one, for Best British Dance Act, beating out Fatboy Slim, Armand van Helden and Phats & Small. Additionally, they were nominated for two Ivor Novello Awards and two BRITs. A bidding war for Shanks & Bigfoot soon resulted, with the duo eventually signing to Zomba Records. They were also in hot demand as songwriters, with Britney Spears asking them to write for her, as well as Beyoncé and Destiny's Child reporting in the now-defunct Ministry magazine, that they loved the record and had taken copies of "Sweet Like Chocolate" back to the US where it was never released. However, it would later show up in a compilation album that was released Stateside by Epic in 2001. In 2000, the follow-up, "Sing-a-long" reached #12 on the UK chart.
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