Editing Squeeze (band) (section)

===First incarnation: 1974–1982===
The band's founding members in March 1974 were [[Chris Difford]] (guitar, vocals, lyrics), and [[Glenn Tilbrook]] (vocals, guitar, music). Difford claims that in 1973, he stole 50p from his mother's purse to put a card in a local sweetshop window to advertise for a guitarist to join his band, although he was not actually in a band at the time. Tilbrook was the only person who responded to the advertisement.<ref name="Loose Ends 8 November 2014">{{cite episode| title= Mick Fleetwood, Matt Berry, Imtiaz Dharker, Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, GoGo Penguin| url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nqpdb| series = Loose Ends| credits = Presenters: [[Clive Anderson]]| network = [[BBC]]| station = [[BBC Radio Four]]| airdate = 8 November 2014| minutes = 20:50}}</ref> Difford and Tilbrook began writing songs together, and soon added [[Jools Holland]] (keyboards) and Paul Gunn (drums) to form an actual band. The group performed under several names, most frequently "Captain Trundlow's Sky Company" or "Skyco", before selecting the band name "Squeeze" as a facetious tribute to [[the Velvet Underground]]'s oft-derided 1973 album ''[[Squeeze (The Velvet Underground album)|Squeeze]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.squeezeofficial.com/biography/ |title=Biography |publisher=Squeeze Official |access-date=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021144823/http://www.squeezeofficial.com/biography/ |archive-date=21 October 2013}}</ref>

[[Gilson Lavis]] replaced Gunn on drums, and Harri Kakoulli joined on bass in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beckett |first1=Christopher & Jennifer |title=Squeeze Lineup History |url=http://www.squeezefan.com/lineups.htm |website=Squeezefan.com |access-date=11 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Harri Kakoulli – The Night Demons |url=http://www.packetofthree.com/2011/08/05/harri-kakoulli-the-night-demons/ |website=Packet of Three |access-date=11 July 2018 |date=5 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Here's the full, epic list of this year's Record Store Day releases |url=https://www.gigwise.com/news/105880/record-store-day-2016-full-vinyl-list-revealed-nirvana-bowie-who |website=Gigwise.com |access-date=11 July 2018}}</ref>

Squeeze's early career was spent around [[Deptford]] in south-east London, where they were part of a lively local music scene which included [[Alternative TV]] and [[Dire Straits]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bobbyvalentino.co.uk/electric-bluebirds-sleevenotes.html |title=Bobby Valentino -Electric Bluebirds Sleeve Notes |publisher=Bobbyvalentino.co.uk |access-date=9 January 2010 }}</ref> Though the group was initially signed to [[Miles Copeland III]]'s BTM Records, the label went under in late 1976,<ref>Sutcliffe, Phil & Fielder, Hugh (1981). ''L'Historia Bandido''. London and New York: Proteus Books. {{ISBN|0-906071-66-6}}. Page 16.</ref> and so their early singles and debut [[Extended play|EP]], 1977's ''[[Packet of Three]]'', were released on the [[Deptford Fun City]] label.<ref>{{cite web |title=Squeeze - Cat On A Wall |url=http://www.45cat.com/record/dfc01 |website=45cat.com|access-date=11 July 2018}}</ref>

Squeeze's first EP and most of their [[Squeeze (Squeeze album)|self-titled debut album]] (1978) were produced by [[John Cale]] for [[A&M Records]]. Cale had been a member of Velvet Underground from whose album Squeeze took their name. However, the debut album's two hit singles ("[[Take Me I'm Yours]]" and "Bang Bang") were produced by the band themselves, as the label found Cale's recordings uncommercial.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brackett |first1=Nathan |last2=Hoard |first2=Christian David |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n787 774] |quote=squeeze john cale a&m. |publisher=Simon and Schuster |access-date=11 July 2018 |language=en |date=2004|isbn=9780743201698 }}</ref>

In the United States and Canada, the band and album were dubbed ''UK Squeeze'' owing to legal conflicts arising from a contemporary American band called "Tight Squeeze". The "UK" was dropped for all subsequent releases. In Australia, the same name change was used due to legal conflicts arising from an existing Sydney-based band also called "Squeeze". Albums in Australia were credited to ''UK Squeeze'' up to and including 1985's ''[[Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti]]''.<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last1=Difford |first1=Chris |last2=Tilbrook |first2=Glenn |last3=Drury |first3=Jim |title=Squeeze: Song by Song |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4UEGAAAACAAJ&q=%22UK+squeeze%22+legal+conflict |publisher=Sanctuary |access-date=11 July 2018 |language=en |date=2004|isbn=9781860746048}}</ref>

The band's second album, ''[[Cool for Cats (album)|Cool for Cats]]'' (1979), contained the band's two highest charting UK singles in "Cool For Cats" and "Up The Junction", both of which peaked at No.&nbsp;2. [[John Bentley (musician)|John Bentley]] replaced Harry Kakoulli on bass in 1979 following the release of the LP.<ref name="ALLMUSIC" />

''[[Argybargy]]'' (1980), the band's third album, was also a UK hit. It was additionally a mild breakthrough in North America, as the single "[[Another Nail in My Heart]]" was a No.&nbsp;56 hit in Canada, and second single "[[Pulling Mussels (from the Shell)]]" received [[airplay]] on US rock radio stations. The video for the former was frequently shown on independent video music shows in the US.

Holland left for a solo career in 1980. He was replaced by [[Paul Carrack]], formerly of the soul-pop band [[Ace (band)|Ace]] and the progressive rock band [[Roxy Music]].

In 1981, the band released ''[[East Side Story (Squeeze album)|East Side Story]]''. It was produced by [[Elvis Costello]] and [[Roger Bechirian]], and featured Carrack's lead vocals on the radio hit "[[Tempted (Squeeze song)|Tempted]]". Carrack himself left after the release of ''East Side Story'', and was replaced by [[Don Snow]]. This line-up recorded the ''[[Sweets from a Stranger]]'' LP in 1982. Negative reviews, the stresses of touring, and conflict between band members led Difford and Tilbrook to break up the band later that year, after releasing a final single, "[[Annie Get Your Gun (song)|Annie Get Your Gun]]".{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}