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Chris Waddle's pop career included duet with Glenn Hoddle and 'number one in Albania'
Tottenham and England midfielder Chris Waddle went one step further with team-mate Glen Hoddle.The pair had an impromptu performance at a 1987 awards ceremony in Coventry, which after praise from a music-connected friend, kickstarted a strange career in the industry.Waddle and Hoddle, or 'Glen & Chris' as they used for their stage name, were put in touch with a producer.Before they knew it, they were on Top of the Pops performing their single 'Diamond Lights', which had reached number 12 in the UK charts.If you think two footballers duetting on a pop track sounds like a bad idea, then you'd be right.Despite the song's relative success, the follow-up performance on the famous music show went down like a led balloon.Hoddle was so into it that