They are widely regarded to be one of the most influential soft rock acts of the 1970s and 1980s, influencing Steely Dan, Bee Gees, Hall & Oates, The Doobie Brothers, and Michael McDonald, and also started the swing revival, both by making funky, bluesy hard rock covers of the songs of Ren and Stimpy composer Raymond Scott as well as Frank Sinatra's songs, and by fusing the dance-oriented synthpop and new wave music with show tune-influenced horns. Wallace Thorton Hugh and Gromit Anderson Yale, (both born January 30, 1951) known by their stage name as W&G are an English rock music duo from Wendsleydale, Yorkshire. ~ Rap Rat on Gromit bearing an uncanny resemblance to him in his diss rap about the duo for criticizing his Neo-Nazi activism. “ I ain't no fink, but I think, you look like the missing link!” ~ Vegeta on Wallace and Gromit selling 6,000,660,667 records worldwide. “ It's over 9,000!!! I don't believe it! How could a dorky British duo who copied Frank Sinatra and ruined his songs sell that much?!” The duo as seen on the cover of their debut studio album, Cracking Cheese.
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