Clout formed in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1977 and was originally an all-female line up consisting of Glenda Hyam, Cindy Alter, Lee Tomlinson, Jenni Garson and Ingi Herbst.

The band would be one of the very few local acts who saw international success as ‘Substitute’ (a cover of a Righteous Brother’s b-side) would get to number 2 in the UK (kept off the number 1 spot by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John’s ‘You’re The One That I Want’) and would get to 67 in the US. It would be their only hit on those charts. It would top the charts in Germany, New Zealand and what was then Rhodesia. Their other South African hits, ‘You’ve Got All Of Me’, ‘Save Me’ and ‘Under Fire, would all see chart action in various European countries.

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Clout (left-to-right): Lee Tomlinson, Glenda Hyam, Jenni Garson, Ingi Herbst, Cindy Alter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fgA_yNCeq4 Clout - Substitute (TopPop TV show, Netherlands) The band formed in 1977 and was originally an all-female line up consisting of Glenda Hyam, Cindy Alter, Lee Tomlinson, Jenni Garson and Ingi Herbst. Hyam had been in an early incarnation of McCully Workshop...