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87-624: The Foundations were a British soul band who were primarily active between 1967 and 1970. The group's background was: West Indian , White British and Sri Lankan . Their 1967 debut single " Baby Now That I've Found You " reached number one in the UK and Canada, and number eleven in the US. Their 1968 single " Build Me Up Buttercup " reached number two in the UK and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 . The group

174-746: A Mighty Hannibal song, mistakenly referred to as a Rufus Thomas song. The Foundations would tour the United States after their first hit, playing 32 states with artists such as Big Brother and the Holding Company , Maxine Brown , Tim Buckley , Solomon Burke , the Byrds , the Crazy World of Arthur Brown and the Fifth Dimension . In January 1968, Barry Class had started his label, Trend Records . Eric Allandale would be recruited to produce records for

261-512: A UK #1 for John when " Are You Ready for Love " was re-released in 2003. The Equals (with Eddy Grant), who had come to prominence in the late 1960s playing Caribbean-influenced pop-rock, embraced harder funk sounds on their 1970s releases, most notably on their UK top 10 hit " Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys ". Sweet Sensation were the first all-black British soul band to score a UK number one hit with their song " Sad Sweet Dreamer " in 1974. One of

348-515: A backing singer to sharing the lead with Raymond Morrison. At some stage Morrison was imprisoned for six months. In his absence, a friend of the band called Joan who ran a record store, suggested future psychedelic shock rocker Arthur Brown as a replacement. Brown was straight and clean living, and did not drink, smoke or take drugs. Decades later, Brown recalled when he walked into the Westbourne Grove bar for an audition, he saw Curtis holding

435-494: A condemned house, where the roof had been removed. Elliott was still paying rent. Clem Curtis recalled going to see him one morning, knocking on his door which got Elliott out of bed. He asked him, "Hey, Mike, where's your roof gone?", to which Elliott replied, "I don't know, man, they just came and knocked it off." The 4 February 1967 issue of Melody Maker shows a booking for the Ramong Sound (mis-spelt as Ramog Sound) to play at

522-457: A court hearing that took three hours, Morrison claimed that he had discovered the talent of the group. He failed in his bid to put a freeze on a portion of the group's earnings. He had been released from prison in July 1967 following a six-month sentence for assault. The case was heard by Judge Stamp who said in reference to "Baby, Now That I've Found You", "I cannot understand how it can be suggested that

609-467: A fight the night before. It was at the end of a dance that the group had played at and Curtis was at the bar. Curtis said, "I went to the bar, and was confronted by a guy who stuck a knife in my stomach". Curtis had to talk himself out of the situation which took an hour. It was reported in the July 27 issue of Melody Maker that legal action had been taken against the Foundations by Raymond Morrison . In

696-534: A goal to create an open-access database that included every recording "since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost". The first All Music Guide , published in 1992, was a 1,200-page reference book, packaged with a CD-ROM, titled All Music Guide: The Best CDs, Albums & Tapes: The Expert's Guide to the Best Releases from Thousands of Artists in All Types of Music . Its first online version, in 1994,

783-516: A handful of soul acts in the 1960s, most significantly the blue-eyed soul singers Tom Jones and Dusty Springfield . Dusty in Memphis (1969) is one of the few albums by a British performer considered among the great soul recordings. In 1964 Springfield became the first British Invasion act after the Beatles to chart well in the US. A string of US and British hits followed. In 1965 Springfield hosted

870-430: A picture of Louis Benjamin , head of Pye Records presenting a gold record to three members of the Foundations to mark the million sales of their debut single. Also pictured was the group's manager Barry Class. Bass player Peter MacBeth was interviewed by Bob Dawbarn for the 17 February issue of Melody Maker . He said that they had a van for their equipment and had recently bought a twelve-seater car that used to belong to

957-520: A solo artist with Tony Macaulay. Curtis had made a request to record a solo record. Paul McCartney had also offered to write a song for Curtis. It was also suggested that Curtis left in 1968, because he felt that a couple of the band's members were taking it a bit too easy, thinking that because they had now had a hit, they did not have to put in as much effort as they had previously. Curtis' reason for leaving differs from member Alan Warner 's reason, who in 2022 claimed Curtis left because he tried to change

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1044-494: A song which came into existence after Mr. Morrison had severed his connection with the group can he one in which he can have any share or interest". He also dismissed a similar motion against the Pye label. It was reported by Melody Maker in the 24 August issue that The Foundations were completing a live album allegedly recorded live in Britain and the US. The album Rocking the Foundations

1131-545: A spear to the throat of the drummer, bent backwards over the bar. Brown and Curtis each performed solo numbers as well as duets and one of the band members recalled later that they had experiment with "underground-type music" when Brown was with them. The group had unsuccessfully tried to recruit Rod Stewart as a singer. They had a jam session with him, but he turned down their offer as he preferred other musical styles. Alan Warner recalled decades later that Stewart's then girlfriend, Dee Harrington, had ended up being secretary for

1218-547: A stream of hit singles such as " Brother Louie ", " Emma ", " You Sexy Thing ", " So You Win Again " and "Every 1's a Winner", whilst including more experimental material on their albums. Heatwave , a multi-national but British-based disco-funk band, not only scored transatlantic hits with " Boogie Nights ", " Always and Forever " and " The Groove Line ", but also launched the career of songwriter Rod Temperton , who went on to write some of Michael Jackson 's biggest hits, including " Off

1305-402: A sum of £10. Arthur Brown appears to have left the group between the first and second quarter of 1967. According to a 1993 interview of Brown with Allan Vorda, Arthur Brown could have signed with the Foundations and sung material from the writers of "Baby, Now That I've Found You" but he did not want to be with the group for two years. The day Tony Macaulay came to hear the Foundations play, he

1392-510: A television show The Sound of Motown which has been widely credited with introducing what was called "The Sound of Young America" to British audiences. Arguably the most notable Motown-influenced act from the UK aside from Springfield were the Foundations , a multi-racial soul group described by Billboard as "the best practitioners of the Motown sound to be found on the far side of the Atlantic" in

1479-546: Is an American online music database . It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands . Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne . AllMusic was launched as All-Music Guide by Michael Erlewine , a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in

1566-476: The Queen Mother . There was still speculation on whether the group would add a trumpet player. Macbeth said that if they do go to the United States, they would pick up one to tour with them. Since "Back on My Feet Again" (their second single) had been released, tensions developed between the band and their songwriter/producer, Tony Macaulay. He would not allow them to record any of their own songs. In an interview,

1653-675: The Radio City City Sixty chart for the Sunday 1 - Sunday 8 January 1967 period, and on the 21st, no. 41 on the Radio Caroline chart. Interestingly the Ways and Means would later end up being involved with a label that Barry Class created. In August 2023, Alan Warner was interviewed by Jack Hodgins of the Australian radio station, 2NUR FM . The interview appears to suggest that Raymond Morrison

1740-516: The 11 November issue of Melody Maker . Moving up from the previous week's no. 2 spot, they pushed the Bee Gees' single, " Massachusetts " off of the no. 1 spot of the Melody Maker Pop 30 chart. This period was the ideal time for the group because of the soul boom that was happening in the UK since 1965 and, with American R&B stars visiting the country, interest and intrigue in the Foundations

1827-453: The 1970s, had major success with " You to Me Are Everything " and " Can't Get By Without You ", UK chart number 1 and 2 respectively, produced by writers Ken Gold and Michael Deanne, and later tracks written by band members Chris and Eddie Amoo and produced by them with Dennis Weinreich. Gold also masterminded and produced British soul/funk group Delegation , who scored several moderate hits including "Where Is The Love (We Used To Know)" and

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1914-477: The 1990s include Eternal , Carleen Anderson ( Vicki Anderson 's daughter), Dina Carroll , Honeyz , Nu Colourz , D'Influence , Heather Small , Kele Le Roc , Damage , Mark Morrison , and Shola Ama . British soul in the 2000s was dominated by female singers and female-led bands, most notably Amy Winehouse , Estelle , Joss Stone , Duffy , Paloma Faith , Florence Welch , Adele , Floetry , Noisettes , Jessie J and Leona Lewis . They enjoyed success on

2001-513: The All-Star Club on Sunday, 5 February. Following the band being forced out of their club by a protection racket gang who tied up Clem Curtis and held a knife to his throat, they moved next door to the new premises, a run-down place that was once a mini-cab office. According to Alan Warner in his interview with It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine , dated 22 July 2011, this is where they were discovered. The biography on AllMusic stated that Barry Class

2088-602: The American charts, leading to talk of another British Invasion , known as the "Third British Invasion", "R&B British Invasion" or "British Soul Invasion". In 2008, Amy Winehouse won 5 Grammy Awards, at the time, more than any British female artist had won in one night. In 2009, Jay Sean 's single " Down " reached the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold millions in the United States, making him "the most successful male UK urban artist in US chart history" at

2175-488: The Foundations as a group, "Baby, Now That I've Found You" was also the song that established their song writer Tony Macaulay. According to the 21 October issue of Disc and Music Echo , when the Foundations' single at no. 11 in the chart, the group had been booked for two star shows. One was for 31 October at Bily Smart's Circus at London Clapham Common, an event where a member of the Royal Family attends each year. The other

2262-472: The Foundations go back to an R&B and ska outfit called the Ramong Sound , aka Ramongs. The band had two lead singers, Raymond Morrison (aka Ramong Morrison) and Clem Curtis. Curtis had come to the group by way of his guitar-playing uncle, who was impressed by his nephew's voice and told him that there was a band called the Ramongs looking for singers. Curtis auditioned and joined the band, and rose from being

2349-656: The Foundations' management. The Foundations are said to have formed in Bayswater , London, in January 1967. They practised and played in a basement coffee bar club called the Butterfly Club, which they also ran. The premises were at one time `used as a gambling den. While managing the club themselves, they played music nightly and handled the cooking and cleaning. They would get to bed around 6am or 7am, sleep until 4pm, and open again at 8pm. Sometimes they barely made enough money to pay

2436-517: The Foundations, Young had to learn that he was just another group member. Other members put him in into Coventry but he eventually learnt to toe the line and was accepted by the other members. With Young, the band would have two more big hits; " Build Me Up Buttercup ", which was their third big hit in January 1969 and " In the Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me) " which was a hit in April 1969. On

2523-605: The Kung Fu". Other British soul acts working with Biddu at the time included the Outriders and Jimmy James . Jimmy James & the Vagabonds recorded funky song "Disco Fever"(1976). Maxine Nightingale had an international pop disco hit in late 1975 and early 1976 with " Right Back Where We Started From ". The Real Thing , who were the most successful black rock/soul act in England during

2610-601: The November 25 issue. The album From the Foundations was issued on Pye NPL 18206. Nick Logan, NME reviewer gave the album a solid review and a track by track analysis, noting the Four Tops feel of "The Writings on the Wall". One of his favorites was "Mr. Personality Man". One song he did not warm to was " Call Me ". Other tracks on the album were Joe Tex's " Show Me " and " Jerking the Dog ",

2697-569: The Style Council 's " Shout to the Top " (1984), Eurythmics ' " Here Comes the Rain Again " and " Missionary Man " (1986), ABC 's " When Smokey Sings " (1987), and Spandau Ballet 's " True " and " Only When You Leave ". Dexys Midnight Runners also achieved two UK number ones in " Come On Eileen " and " Geno " with their distinctive blend of Celtic folk , new wave and, most importantly, soul music. For

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2784-720: The Tremeloes and the Alan Price Set etc., they were set for a BBC-1 appearance in the next few days. The single made its debut at no. 24 in the Melody Maker Pop 30 on the week of 10 February. It also debuted at no. 24 in the Disc and Music Echo TOP 30 chart that week. It did not do as well as the first single, but it spent ten weeks in the UK chart, and made it to No. 18. It made it to No. 29 in Canada. In January 1968, they were invited to put down some tracks for John Peel 's radio show. One of

2871-521: The US Billboard Hot 100 in March 2010. The success of Sean and Cruz, as well as the upcoming US release of Tinchy Stryder , has led to talk of how "U.K. stars seize American R&B". British R&B has also been increasingly incorporating electropop sounds in recent years, exemplified by the music of Jay Sean and Taio Cruz. Since then, Adele has global superstardom around the world, especially in

2958-520: The US R&;B hit "Oh Honey"(1977). The 1977 disco soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever , mostly featured songs by British soul/disco act Bee Gees , who also produced the project, and went on to become the best-selling soundtrack album at the time. Also of note were the Average White Band , one of the few white soul groups to attain both critical respect and commercial success, particularly in

3045-484: The US, UK, Canada, New Zealand and globally. Several other names gained popularity as well, including Paolo Nutini , Michael Kiwanuka and Samm Henshaw who achieved remarkable success in recent years. Northern soul has also seen a resurgence in the UK and British artists such as Paul Stuart Davies , Johnny Boy and Stefan Taylor have contributed to its popularity in the present day. AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG )

3132-409: The United States in the late 2000s, resulting in another British Invasion , this time a soul invasion (in contrast to the 1960s rock and pop , and 1980s new wave and synthpop invasions ). Widespread British interest in soul music developed after the advent of rock and roll from the mid-1950s and the subsequent interest in American music. In the early 1960s, rhythm and blues , including soul,

3219-519: The United States, where she had several number one hits in 2011 and 2012. Her album 21 became the most sold-out of the 21st century and one of the most sold in history with over 35 million copies. In the United Kingdom, it was the second best-selling album ever. Then in 2015, 25 by Adele also saw much success across the Billboard 200, as it became the fastest-selling album in music history in

3306-503: The United States, where they simultaneously hit the number one spot on the Billboard pop singles and albums charts with " Pick Up the Pieces " and its album AWB , and scoring a Top 10 follow-up with 1975's " Cut the Cake ". After dabbling in reggae, pop-soul, glam rock, hard rock and bubblegum pop, Hot Chocolate enjoyed major success by settling on a pop-disco formula in the mid-1970s, enjoying

3393-571: The United States. Also in that month, they played at the Brave New World in Portsmouth. Drummer Tim Harris was out of action due to a poisoned arm and Eric Allandale filled in as the drummer. They were also set to go into the studio in October to record and it was speculated that it would be with the new singer. Curtis would move to the United States for a solo career on the club circuit, encouraged by

3480-477: The Wall ", " Rock with You " and " Thriller ", as well as working with acts such as George Benson , Donna Summer , Herbie Hancock and Aretha Franklin , among others. In the 1980s, the situation began to change radically, with a wave of nostalgia for 1960s soul music. There were flourishing soul scenes in major cities like London and Manchester, often with many black artists, supported by local and pirate radio stations, but most acts were unable to break out into

3567-477: The Ways and Means, they were offered the chance to record " Baby Now That I've Found You ", but they turned it down. So it was given to the Foundations, and they recorded it with Clem Curtis on lead vocals. It was released on 25 August 1967. Reviewed in the Quick Spins section of Disc and Music Echo , the reviewer Benny Valentine liked it but remarked that it needed a bit more drive on the production and singing. It

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3654-464: The band name to "Clem Curtis & the Foundations" and left when the band refused. An advertisement appeared on page 22 of the September 14, 1968, issue of Melody Maker . Class Management on behalf of the Foundations were inviting enquiries from soul, r&b and progressive singers who considered themselves suitable to join the above-named group. Saxophonist Mike Elliott also left around this time and

3741-496: The band's organ player, Tony Gomez, told the New Musical Express ( NME ) that he, Peter MacBeth, and Eric Allandale had some ideas that they wanted to put together. Curtis later recalled that Macaulay was a problem. "Tony Macaulay was very talented, but could be difficult to get on with. When we asked to record some of our own material – just as B sides, we weren't after the A side – he called us 'ungrateful' and stormed out of

3828-504: The band, McBeth and Gomez were pictured with Tom Jones in the 1 March 1969 issue of Melody Maker , where Tom Jones was giving the band a gold disc at Elstree Studios where they appeared on his show. British soul However, a clear genre of British soul did not emerge until the 1980s, when a number of black and white artists who made soul their major focus, influenced by contemporary R&B , began to enjoy some commercial success. British soul artists began gaining popularity in

3915-546: The bands Linx and Freeez . Loose Ends , Five Star , 52nd Street , Beggar and Co and the Pasadenas gained R&B hits also. Increased interest in soul was reflected and fuelled by a series of covers and songs inspired by soul for a number of major acts including Phil Collins ' cover of " You Can't Hurry Love " (1982), Paul Young 's " Every Time You Go Away " (1984), Steve Winwood 's " Higher Love " (1986) and " Roll with It " (1988) and songs by new wave acts including

4002-524: The company after its sale. Alliance filed for bankruptcy in 1999, and its assets were acquired by Ron Burkle 's Yucaipa Equity Fund. In 1999, All Music relocated from Big Rapids to Ann Arbor , where the staff expanded from 12 to 100 people. By February of that year, 350,000 albums and two million tracks had been cataloged. All Music had published biographies of 30,000 artists, 120,000 record reviews and 300 essays written by "a hybrid of historians, critics and passionate collectors". In late 2007, AllMusic

4089-596: The door to the mainstream for black British soul and R&B performers. In the 1990s, British soul-influenced acts included Omar and acid jazz bands Incognito , Jamiroquai and Brand New Heavies . Particularly noticeable was the proliferation of British female black singers; many, like American artists of the 1950s and 1960s, coming out of a gospel tradition. These included Mica Paris , Caron Wheeler , Gabrielle , Des'ree , Beverley Knight and Pauline Henry (the Chimes). Other British artists who gained success during

4176-446: The first time since the 1960s, there were also notable acts who specialised in soul. These included George Michael , who reinvented himself a white soul singer with the multi-platinum album Faith (1987). Also significant were Sade , Simply Red , Loose Ends , and toward the end of the decade, Lisa Stansfield and Soul II Soul . The latter's breakthrough hits " Keep on Movin' " and " Back to Life " in 1989 have been seen as opening

4263-539: The group mis-named Peter Gomez said that they were frustrated with playing other people's sounds. But now that Clem has left, they felt that they were able to change their sound but only gradually. On 30 November with Young still a fledgling lead singer, the group was to do two shows on one night, the first being the Old Hill Plaza at 9 pm and then followed by the Handsworth Plaza at 11 pm. In his early period with

4350-586: The group would be doing a string of radio and television appearances to tie in with the single's release. With "Baby, Now that I've Found You" being released in the United States on the Uni label that week, they were filming a US promo for the single and hoping to fit in a three-day visit to the States at the end of the month. They were also planning to fly to the United States after the completion of their radio and television promotions for "Back on My Feet Again" in January. With

4437-512: The key figures in Britain's soul and disco scenes during the 1970s was Biddu , an Indian-born British composer and producer who gained breakthrough success with chart-topping hits such as " Kung Fu Fighting " (1974) with Carl Douglas and " I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) " with Tina Charles , while his own Biddu Orchestra records also appeared in the charts. "Kung Fu Fighting" in particular sold eleven million records worldwide. In 1975, Carl Douglas released more soulful song "Dance

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4524-527: The label. The group was in France in January and they appeared on the Bouton Rouge television show. Their appearance was recorded on 30 January. According to bass guitarist Peter MacBeth, they had a choice of three songs. They recorded two and then chose " Back on My Feet Again ". This, their second single was released in January 1968, It was reviewed by New Musical Express in the magazine's January 20 issue. It

4611-404: The late 1960s, who scored transatlantic hits with " Baby Now That I've Found You " (the first UK number one for a multi-racial band), " Build Me Up Buttercup " and " In the Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me) ". Also, in 1969, British blue-eyed soul singer Kiki Dee became the first singer from the UK to sign and record with Motown. It has been suggested that the performance of soul in Britain

4698-674: The likes of Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave , playing Las Vegas with the Righteous Brothers . Clem Curtis' successful replacement was Colin Young . Young was born in Barbados and had previously been in a group called Joe E. Young and the Tonics who had the Soul Buster! album released in 1968. Young had joined the Foundations in late September / early October. He had been rehearsing with them for

4785-513: The mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard . After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan , he founded All Music Guide with

4872-552: The national consciousness. Britain's post-disco sound contributed some new black artists to the emerging contemporary R&B sound (originating in the U.S.) by artists such as Imagination . Also of note were Junior , whose major hit " Mama Used to Say " made him the first black British act to appear on Soul Train , followed by Princess with " Say I'm Your Number One " (1985), Jaki Graham with " Could It Be I'm Falling in Love ", Central Line with " Walking into Sunshine " (1981) and

4959-528: The pirate stations had missed. "Baby, Now That I've Found You" was one of them. The single then took off. The group members except for Pat Burke were pictured on page 4 of the 7 October issue of New Musical Express . The single had broken into the New Musical Express chart at no. 25 that week. And by November was number one in the UK Singles Chart . The Foundations were pictured on the front page of

5046-473: The rent, occasionally living off leftovers and a couple of pounds of rice. Gomez recalled in 1969 that he, MacBeth, Allandale and Harris were living on £2 per week and could not afford a packet of razor blades. His mother would come and tell him off for leaving his job in the County Hall architect's department. The situation of saxophonist Mike Elliott was also not ideal. He had been staying in a top floor flat, in

5133-563: The size and structure of the group. Not only was there a diverse ethnic mix in the group, there was also diversity in ages and musical backgrounds. The oldest member of the group, Mike Elliott , was 38 years old. The youngest was Tim Harris, who, at 18, was barely out of school. The West Indian horn section consisted of Jamaican -born Mike Elliott and Pat Burke, both saxophonists and Dominican-born Eric Allandale on trombone. They were all highly experienced musicians who came from professional jazz and rock-and-roll backgrounds. The origins of

5220-430: The studio." The group felt that Macaulay had reined in their "real" sound, making them seem more pop-oriented than they were. Tony Macaulay also recalled, "I was never close to the Foundations. I couldn't stand them, and they hated me! But the body of work we recorded was excellent." According to the March 8 issue of New Musical Express , Tony Macaulay was to fly to the United States on 20 May for ten days. While there, he

5307-417: The success of "Baby Now that I've Found You" having been established, there was talk within the group of adding a trumpet player to the line-up. Both Allandale and Burke could double on trumpet, but they were still looking to add one. The readers of New Musical Express were alerted to the new album by the Foundations with the words in bold, New LPs by Foundations and Jimi Hendrix on the front cover of

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5394-485: The time. In the early 2000s, a number of British Asian Underground artists began creating fusion music that combines contemporary R&B with Indian music , particularly Punjabi bhangra and Bollywood filmi music. One of the most well known groups from this movement was the Rishi Rich Project , consisting of producer Rishi Rich . In 2010, Jay Sean's success was followed by Taio Cruz also topping

5481-409: The tone of the music and the platforms on which the music is sold. It then connects that data together, in a way that can intelligently tell you about an entire type of music, whether a massive genre like classical, or a tiny one like sadcore ." In 1996, seeking to further develop its web-based businesses, Alliance Entertainment Corp. bought All Music from Erlewine for a reported $ 3.5 million. He left

5568-594: The tracks that they laid down was a cover of ? and the Mysterians garage classic " 96 Tears ". On the same day, PP Arnold was in the studio with Dusty Springfield and Madeline Bell as her backing vocalists. However, the list of tracks given on the BBC site are, "A Whole New Thing", "Back on My Feet Again" and "Help Me". A recording of "96 Tears" did find its way on to an EP, Baby, Now That I've Found You , released on Pye PNV 24199. The 10 February 1968 issue of Billboard ran

5655-497: The week of 30 November 1968, "Build Me Up Buttercup" made its debut in the Disc and Music Echo Top 30 chart at no. 25. Spending 15 weeks in the UK chart, it would get to the peak position of no. 2. Making its debut at no. 84 in the US, on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending 4 January 1969, it would reach the peak position of no. 3 on the week ending 22 February 1969. It held that position for another two weeks. Two members of

5742-454: The week of October 5 and was ready to make his debut on Friday October 4 at Aberdeen University. It had been reported in the October 12 issue of Melody Maker that the Foundations would record their next single "Build Me Up Buttercup" as soon as legal complications for the release of Joey Young (Colin Young) were sorted out with his former label, Major Minor Records . In the same issue, a member of

5829-492: Was a sleeper And for ten weeks it did not do anything in the charts. Unlike the Ways and Means' single, " Sea of Faces " which was played on the pirate radio stations , charting on both Radio City and Radio Caroline , "Baby, Now that I've Found You" was not played on them. Luckily, the BBC 's newly founded BBC Radio 1 was looking to avoid any records being played by the pirate radio stations and looked back at some recent releases that

5916-568: Was a text-based Gopher site. It moved to the World Wide Web as web browsers became more user-friendly. Erlewine hired a database engineer, Vladimir Bogdanov , to design the All Music Guide framework, and recruited his nephew, writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine , to develop editorial content. In 1993, Chris Woodstra joined the staff as an engineer. A "record geek" who had written for alternative weeklies and fanzines, his main qualification

6003-500: Was an "encyclopedic knowledge of music". 1,400 subgenres of music were created, a feature that became central to the site's utility. In a 2016 article in Tedium , Ernie Smith wrote: "AllMusic may have been one of the most ambitious sites of the early-internet era—and it's one that is fundamental to our understanding of pop culture. Because, the thing is, it doesn't just track reviews or albums. It tracks styles, genres, and subgenres, along with

6090-644: Was an American expatriate, and James was from Jamaica . A handful of British artists continued to perform soul-inspired music in the 1970s. These included David Bowie , whose " Plastic soul " on his Young Americans album (1975), helped keep the sound in the British mainstream. Elton John gained blue eyed soul hit "Benny and the Jets". He experimented with the Philadelphia soul/disco sound while working with producer Thom Bell in 1977, sessions which eventually resulted in

6177-444: Was cited for release in mid-September. Disc and Music Echo also reported the same thing in their 27 August issue. By August, rumors had leaked out that Clem Curtis may be leaving the group. The group had been together for a year when there was speculation on this. Melody Maker wrote in their 31 August issue, that at press-time no confirmation could be obtained. They did however write that he wanted to develop his career and record as

6264-487: Was due for release "Tomorrow". The magazine also mentioned the recent completion of the group's "next album" which is rush-released in the US and would be available in the UK within the next eight weeks. "Any Old Time" would enter the UK charts at no. 48 and stay around for 2 weeks. An article "Ireland not for us" appeared in the April 1968 issue of Beat Instrumental which told of a near violent situation involving Clem Curtis where he had been accused of being involved in

6351-468: Was for 11 November to play at a banquet for the Lord Mayor and civic dignitaries. Not long after their success with "Baby, Now That I've Found You", there were issues. Rock historian Roger Dopson describes what followed as a "behind the scenes struggle", where Fairway was "pushed out" and his partner, Barry Class, remained as sole manager of the group. Fairway later attempted to sue the band, alleging that he

6438-410: Was generated. With the Foundations in the top spot with "Baby, Now That I've Found You", Ron Fairway commented to Melody Maker that most managements would have pulled them out of the "bargain priced dates" that had been booked for some time. He expressed gratitude to everyone for their support, and said that they would fulfill every engagement for which they had signed. In addition to establishing

6525-492: Was never replaced. Curtis hung around and helped them audition a replacement singer. They auditioned 200 singers. It was reported in the September 14 issue of Melody Maker that they were also trying out Warren Davis of the Warren Davis Monday Band for the role. Curtis said he would not leave the band until they found a replacement. He had become friendly with Sammy Davis Jr. , and was encouraged to try his luck in

6612-779: Was particularly popular among some members of the beat music boom, including the Beatles , and among bands of who contributed to the blues rock, British blues boom, including the Spencer Davis Group , Alexis Korner , John Mayall , the Rolling Stones , the Animals, Them and Van Morrison . Most of these were popular with members of the Mod subculture, out of which grew the Northern soul movement, in which northern English youths avidly collected and played rare soul records. Britain produced

6699-422: Was purchased for $ 72 million by TiVo Corporation (known as Macrovision at the time of the sale, and as Rovi from 2009 until 2016). In 2012, AllMusic removed all of Bryan Adams ' info from the site per a request from the artist. In 2015, AllMusic was purchased by BlinkX, later known as RhythmOne . The AllMusic database is powered by a combination of MySQL and MongoDB . The All Media Network produced

6786-484: Was quoted in the 18 November issue of Melody Maker as saying that it was a friction of personalities and it had been going on for about four months. It was also confirmed by New Musical Express that same week that Fairway no longer had any association with the group and that agency representation would be only handled by Class. New Musical Express had the exclusive on the follow up to "Baby, Now That I've Found You" being "Back on My Feet Again". The article also said that

6873-447: Was referred to as a scorcher and a very good pop record. The throaty vocals, organ, handclaps, brass and stormy beat were obvious bonuses. The only criticisms, minor as they were, was that the tune was not as catchy as the B-side, "Need Your Loving" (the reviewer most likely referring to the B side, "I Can Take or Leave Your Loving"), and too much top (possibly referring the treble). Along with

6960-534: Was so limited because white fans saw it as exclusively a black genre, and because black British performers, while incorporating some sounds into other forms such as reggae , considered soul a distant American genre. At the same time, bands led by black singers, notably Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band , and Jimmy James and the Vagabonds , established strong reputations as live acts in Britain, largely playing cover versions of American soul records; Washington

7047-422: Was still in the group when Ron Fairway approached them. Ron Fairway told the group that he was going to get them a gig at Herne Bay. However, this job never materialized. The group sourced their own gigs which included a Caribbean club along Edgware Road and a few other clubs. The Foundations were booked to appear at Eel Pie Island on Sunday 14 May 1967. Appearing as a support act, for their efforts they were paid

7134-439: Was suffering from what he described as "the worst hangover of his life". The band was playing so loud he could not judge how good they were, but he decided to give them a chance. His comments are recorded in the book, 1000 UK No. 1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, that he woke up that morning with a stinking headache, and when he got to the studio and heard the Foundations, he thought they were terrible. He decided his hangover

7221-577: Was the first multi-racial group to have a number one hit in the UK in the 1960s. The Foundations were one of the few British acts to imitate successfully what became known as the Motown Sound . The Foundations signed to Pye , at the time one of only four big UK record companies (the others being EMI , which included the HMV , Columbia and Parlophone labels, Decca , and Philips , which also owned Fontana ). The Foundations attracted much interest because of

7308-417: Was the first to discover them. Other sources claim they were discovered by Ron Fairway, a man with many music connections and who managed the group, the Ways and Means . Fairway had his own agency, Ron Fairway Enterprises which was located at 6 Artesian Road, London W.2. Fairway already had some success with his group, the Ways and Means. They already had record out, " Sea of Faces " on Pye . It got to no.39 on

7395-464: Was to blame, and so he gave them the benefit of the doubt. At first, they found progress quite slow, and one of their sax players, Pat Burke, had to drop out of the band and take another job while they went through a rough patch. He later rejoined them in 1967. They were noticed by Brian Epstein , who added them to the roster of his NEMS Agency, but the contract became void after he died on August 27, 1967. According to Roy Delo of Ron Fairway's group,

7482-459: Was to supervise some recording sessions in Detroit by The Foundations who were to cut an album and a single there. A third single, also released in 1968 was " Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad) ". It had been announced for release for April 26. It was backed with an Eric Allandale composition, " We Are Happy People ". It was also mentioned in the April 27 issue of Disc and Music Echo that the single

7569-421: Was wrongfully dismissed as the group's co-manager, though the band said that he had resigned of his own accord. The December 2 issue of New Musical Express wrote that it was likely to be several months before the case would be heard. According to Dopson, Fairway had leaked a story to the media saying that the Foundations had broken up which only served to keep the Foundations name in the news headlines. Barry Class

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