This was written by British producers Tony McCaulay and Barry Mason, who recorded it using session musicians. When it became a hit, they put together a band from members of the group Greefield Hammer in order to perform the song live. McCaulay eventually put together another group using the Edison Lighthouse name. A session singer named Tony Burrows sang lead. He was the voice of several studio groups, including White Plains, The Pipkins, and Brotherhood Of Man, First Class ("Beach Baby") and the Flowerpot Men ("Let's Go To San Francisco"). He famously appeared on one UK TV show three times in one night when three different groups (all fronted by him) were due to perform their current chart hits. He said, "I just kept changing hats."
In an interview in 2003, Rob Grill of The Grass Roots said that the song had been offered to them, but they turned it down.
This was written by British producers Tony McCaulay and Barry Mason, who recorded it using session musicians. When it became a hit, they put together a band from members of the group Greefield Hammer in order to perform the song live. McCaulay eventually put together another group using the Edison Lighthouse name. A session singer named Tony Burrows sang lead. He was the voice of several studio groups, including White Plains, The Pipkins, and Brotherhood Of Man, First Class ("Beach Baby") and the Flowerpot Men ("Let's Go To San Francisco"). He famously appeared on one UK TV show three times in one night when three different groups (all fronted by him) were due to perform their current chart hits. He said, "I just kept changing hats."
In an interview in 2003, Rob Grill of The Grass Roots said that the song had been offered to them, but they turned it down.
This was written by British producers Tony McCaulay and Barry Mason, who recorded it using session musicians. When it became a hit, they put together a band from members of the group Greefield Hammer in order to perform the song live. McCaulay eventually put together another group using the Edison Lighthouse name. A session singer named Tony Burrows sang lead. He was the voice of several studio groups, including White Plains, The Pipkins, and Brotherhood Of Man, First Class ("Beach Baby") and the Flowerpot Men ("Let's Go To San Francisco"). He famously appeared on one UK TV show three times in one night when three different groups (all fronted by him) were due to perform their current chart hits. He said, "I just kept changing hats."
In an interview in 2003, Rob Grill of The Grass Roots said that the song had been offered to them, but they turned it down.