One of various pesudonyms for clever producer, acknowledged egomaniac, Conservative candidate, discoverer of Genesis, and latterly convicted paedophile - Johnathan King.
jonathan king wrote the song; the hedgehoppers were a group that met through their "RAF" connections - "hedgehopping" was the term used by pilots of v-bombers when flying under radar. the vocalist on "it's good news week" was Mike Tinsley.
They didn't actually get to play on their own record, did they? King got a load of session players in instead. And by the way King is not a convicted paedophile - he's a convicted ephebophile.
Have to take issue with you jenstar - an ephebophile is someone who's sexual preference is for pre-pubescent children, and I do not think you can legally imprision someone for a preference.
Kind was convicted of four indecent assaults and two serious exual assaults - all on under-age boys. That makes him a paedophile.