Tony Burrows | |
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Background information | |
Born | Exeter, Devon, England | 14 April 1942
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1960s–present |
Anthony Burrows (born 14 April 1942) is an English pop singer and recording artist. [1] As a prolific session musician, Burrows was involved in several transatlantic hit singles throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, most of which were one-hit wonders, including "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse, "United We Stand" by Brotherhood of Man, "My Baby Loves Lovin'" by White Plains, "Gimme Dat Ding" by the Pipkins and "Beach Baby" by the First Class.
During 1970, four singles by four different acts with whom he performed all charted at or near the top of the UK Singles Chart and additionally reached the top 20 in the United States, while a fifth single under his own name ("Melanie Makes Me Smile") reached the lower ends of the top 100 in the United States and Canada.
Burrows was born in Exeter, Devon, England.
In the early 1960s, he was a member of the Kestrels, a vocal harmony group which also included the future songwriting team Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook. [2] Burrows recorded his debut album in 1965 under the pseudonym Tony Bond. Subsequently, he joined the Ivy League in 1966 after the departure of John Carter.
Burrows was still with the Ivy League when they metamorphosed into the Flower Pot Men. [2] The Flower Pot Men had only one hit, "Let's Go to San Francisco", which reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart in the autumn of 1967.
However, Burrows had no involvement with the single, which was created and recorded in the studio by the song's writers and producers. He did feature on a few later Flower Pot Men singles which were not hits. Two founding members of Deep Purple, Jon Lord and Nick Simper, were also part of this early band for live shows.
Later, Burrows sang on several other one-hit wonder songs under different group names, Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (February 1970); the Brotherhood of Man's "United We Stand"; and the Pipkins' novelty song "Gimme Dat Ding" (April 1970). He also recorded with White Plains on "My Baby Loves Lovin'," in which he shared lead vocals with Ricky Wolff. [3] These songs were all recorded within nine months of each other, but were all released around the same time in early 1970. His other one-hit wonder group was the First Class's "Beach Baby" (July 1974). [4] The Brotherhood of Man would have an additional minor and regional hit with Burrows as singer, 1972's "Reach Out Your Hand", [5] before its founder Tony Hiller created an entirely new Brotherhood of Man with an entirely different lineup. [6]
A published interview[ which? ] with Burrows claims that he became the first (and still the only) recording artist to appear on BBC Television's Top of the Pops fronting three different group acts appearing almost sequentially in a single broadcast show: Edison Lighthouse (the No. 1 British-charted hit that week), White Plains, and Brotherhood of Man. However, Top of the Pops records show that this did not happen; he had appeared with those three groups within the span of a month, and two on the same show one time—Edison Lighthouse and the Brotherhood of Man—on 29 January 1970 episode of Top of the Pops, but never appeared with three bands on a single show. The recordings of his appearances on 29 January, 5 February (with Edison Lighthouse) and 26 February 1970 (with White Plains) are all still in existence.[ citation needed ]
In April 1970, in the midst of his session groups' success, he released a single under his own name, "Melanie Makes Me Smile", [2] which reached No. 87 on the Billboard Hot 100. His subsequent solo singles failed to chart.
Burrows has also contributed background vocals as a session singer to many other songs, claiming to have sung on 100 top 20 hits in the 1970s. [7] He has recorded as a session harmony singer with Elton John on the songs "Levon" and "Tiny Dancer", with Cliff Richard, and James Last.
In 2011, Burrows was awarded the BASCA Gold Badge Award in recognition of his contribution to music. [8]
Year | Title | Certifications |
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1970 | "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" |
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"She Works in a Woman's Way" |
Title | Album details |
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United We Stand |
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Year | Title |
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1969 | "Love One Another" |
1970 | "United We Stand" |
"Where are You Going to My Love" | |
"This Boy" |
Title | Album details |
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White Plains |
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Year | Title |
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1970 | Gimme Dat Ding |
Title | Year |
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"Gimme Dat Ding" | 1970 |
"Yakety Yak" | 1970 |
"Are You Cooking, Goose?" | 1970 |
"My Baby Loves Lovin'" | 1970 |
"Sunny Honey Girl" | 1970 |
"Hole in the Middle" | 1970 |
Title | Year |
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The First Class | 1974 |
Year | Single |
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1974 | "Beach Baby" |
"Bobby Dazzler" | |
"Dreams are Ten a Penny" | |
1975 | "What Became of Me" |
"Funny How Love Can Be" [9] | |
"Life Is Whatever You Want It To Be" | |
"I Was a Star" | |
1976 | "Beach Baby (Re-Release)" |
"Child's Play" | |
"Ain't No Love" | |
1977 | "Too Many Golden Oldies" |
1978 | "Broken Toy" |
1980 | "Beach Baby (re-release)" |
1982 | "Beach Baby (re-release)" |
1983 | "Gimme Little Sign" |
Brotherhood of Man were a British pop group who achieved success in the 1970s. They won the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with "Save Your Kisses for Me".
The Flower Pot Men were an English pop group created in 1967 as a result of the single "Let's Go to San Francisco", recorded by session musicians, which became a major UK Top 20 and Continental Europe hit in the autumn of 1967. The group's sound was characterised by rich, three-part vocal harmonies.
Edison Lighthouse are an English pop band, formed in London in 1969. The band was best known for their 1970 hit single "Love Grows " recorded in late 1969.
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"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" is the debut single by Edison Lighthouse. The song reached the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart on the week ending 31 January 1970, where it remained for a total of five weeks. It also became the first number one single of the 1970s (not counting Rolf Harris's "Two Little Boys" which was a holdover from 1969).
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The Pipkins were a short-lived English novelty duo, best known for their hit single "Gimme Dat Ding", which reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Charts, No. 7 in Canada, and No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970.
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