Dene Betteridge’s stage name is Dene Michael but he’s better known as ‘Mr Agadoo’. The former Black Lace star has sung their most famous novelty song an estimated 10,000 times over four decades – that’s 90,000 times to the left and 90,000 times to the right if you were following all the dance moves.

Black Lace’s songs, which attempted to put the fun in funky, seemingly soundtracked every children’s party held in the 80s and 90s.

You can love or loathe “Agadoo” – Betteridge, 68, himself has mixed feelings. “To be honest, I did try and stop doing it for a while,” he says. “I was brought up on soul music . I try all different styles of songs, but you’ll always get people up on the dance floor to ‘Agadoo.’”

Betteridge is subject of a new documentary, Still Pushing Pineapples , by Kim Ho

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