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| Also known as | Greenfield Hammer |
| Origin | London, England |
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| Years active | 1969–1972, 1974–present |
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| Website | edison-lighthouse |
Edison Lighthouse are an English pop band, formed in London in 1969. The band was best known for their 1970 hit single "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" recorded in late 1969. [1] [2]
Before the name Edison Lighthouse, they were known as the soft rock band Greenfield Hammer, gigging on the home counties circuit. [3] The original line-up of Edison Lighthouse consisted of Tony Burrows (lead vocalist), Stuart Edwards (lead guitar), David Taylor (bass guitar), George Weyman (drums), and Ray Dorey (guitar).
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" was No. 1 for five weeks and sold 250,000 copies in the UK. [2] It reached the top of the chart in its second week. [4] The United States release was in February 1970 and reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, selling a million copies there by April and earning an RIAA gold disc. [2] In Canada, the song reached No. 3.
After recording the second single "She Works In a Woman's Way" which failed to chart in either the UK or the US, Tony Burrows left Edison Lighthouse. Tony Macaulay (who owned the rights to the name Edison Lighthouse) brought in other musicians. [5] Actor and singer Paul Vigrass replaced Burrows. Other members included David Kerr-Clemenson (bass guitar) of Warehorne, Andy Locke (vocals, guitar), Eddie Richards (drums), Wally Scott (guitar) and Ken Reeves (vocals).
The band's song "It's Up to You Petula" reached the UK top 50. Their next single, "What's Happening?" coupled with "Take a Little Time", was written by the band. They then went on to tour Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Africa. The single released for the Africa tour was "Reconsider My Belinda". The last single released was "Find Mr. Zebedee". The band then ceased activity after returning from a tour of Europe.
In 1973 Brian Huggins and Peter Butt, of the band Crush, were approached by their management to takeover the touring of Scandinavia as Edison Lighthouse. Brian Huggins acquired the rights to the name Edison Lighthouse in 1974. Huggins has been fronting the band ever since.
On 17 January 2024, the band released a cover of "Fun, Fun, Fun", which debut at No. 32 on the "Heritage Chart" on 21 January. [6] On 20 January 2024, Alan Warner of the Foundations joined on guitar. [7]
Edison Lighthouse was named after the Eddystone Lighthouse off the coast of Devon.[ citation needed ] The band later briefly dropped the Lighthouse and became just Edison,[ citation needed ] although the original name was later reinstated.
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Stephane Booroff drums 2013–2021
Dave Kerr-Clemenson, after touring with White Plains and Andy Locke, went on to form Fast Buck, recorded an album with Jet Records, and toured the world extensively supporting ELO. Eddie Richards was the drummer in The First Class who had a hit with "Beach Baby". [1] [5] Guitarist Stuart Edwards died on 26 October 2016 from cancer at the age of 73. [8]
The group's top 40 hit "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" [1] (1970) was one of four near-concurrent UK Singles Chart top ten hit singles that Burrows was involved with different groups. The other songs were "Gimme Dat Ding" (the Pipkins), "My Baby Loves Lovin '" (White Plains), and "United We Stand" (Brotherhood of Man). [5] Burrows was also lead vocalist on the single "Beach Baby" (1974) for another studio-only group, the First Class.
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
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| UK [12] | AUS [13] | CAN | IRE | NLD [14] | NOR [15] | NZ [16] | US [17] | US A/C [17] | |||
| 1970 | "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | ― | 5 | 20 | |
| "She Works in a Woman's Way" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | 3 | ― | ― | ||
| 1971 | "It's Up to You, Petula" | 49 | 68 | 71 | ― | ― | ― | 18 | 72 | ― | |
| "Everybody Knows" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||
| "What's Happening" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||
| "My Baby Loves Lovin'" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ||
| 1972 | "Find Mr. Zebedee" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |
| 1981 | "Endearing Young Charms" | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
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