Edison Lighthouse
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Edison Lighthouse were an English pop band, formed in London in 1970. The band are best known for their 1970 hit single, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)".[1][2]
Career
The original lineup of Edison Lighthouse consisted of Tony Burrows (lead vocalist), Stuart Edwards (lead guitar), David Taylor (bass guitar), George Weyman (drums), and Ray Dorey (guitar). The group's Top 40 hit "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"[1] (1970) was one of four near-contemporaneous UK Singles Chart Top Ten hit singles that Burrows released under differing names. The other songs were "Gimme Dat Ding" (The Pipkins), "My Baby Loves Lovin'" (White Plains), and "United We Stand" (Brotherhood of Man).[3] Burrows was also lead vocalist on the single "Beach Baby" (1974) for another studio-only group, The First Class.
"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" was #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 #5 in the Billboard Hot 100, selling a million copies there by April and earning an RIAA gold disc.[2] In Canada the song reached #3.
Burrows left after "Love Grows", and Macaulay (who owned the rights to the name Edison Lighthouse) brought in other musicians.[3] Actor
and singer Paul Vigrass replaced Burrows. Other members included David
Kerr-Clemenson (bass guitar), Andy Locke (vocals, guitar), Eddie
Richards (drums), Wally Scott (guitar), Peter Butt (bass guitar), Brian
Huggins (Lead vocals).Other temps included Ken Reeves (session singer)
and Mike Prophet (bass). The band's song "It's Up to You, Petula"
reached the UK Top 50. Its next single was "What's Happening?" coupled
with "Take a Little Time", which 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 called it a
day after returning from a tour of Europe. 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][3] Guitarist Stuart Edwards died on October 26, 2016 from cancer at the age of 73.[5]
In 2001, Les Fradkin,
obtaining the trademark to the name Edison Lighthouse, formed a new
group for touring and recording. Les Fradkin only has the right to use
the name in the USA. In the UK that right belongs to Brian Huggins and,
since 1973, Huggins has been fronting the band. The current Edison
Lighthouse line-up is as follows:
- Brian Huggins − lead vocals (1973)
- Peter Butt − bass guitar (1973)
- Stephane Booroff − drums
- Simon Aldridge − lead guitar
Origin of the name
Edison Lighthouse was named after the Eddystone Lighthouse off the coast of Devon.
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