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Love Affair were a London based pop group of the late 1960s. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...
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Personnel The band primarily featured the following — - Steve Ellis born Stephen John Ellis on 7 April 1950, in Edgware, London — (vocals)
- Rex Brayley born Rex Charles Brayley on 3 January 1948, in London — (guitar)
- Lynton Guest born on 28 November 1951, in Leicester — (keyboards 1967 to 1968)
- Morgan Fisher born Stephen Morgan Fisher on 1 January 1950, in Mayfair, London — (keyboards) from 1968 to 1971)
- Maurice Bacon born on 26 January 1952, in Southgate, London — (drums)
- Mick Jackson born Michael Jackson on 27 January 1950, in Bradford, Yorkshire — (bass)
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History Their first single, "She Smiled Sweetly", written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, released on Decca Records flopped, but they reached the top of the UK singles chart in January 1968 with "Everlasting Love". By this time the group had relocated to CBS Records. The song was first recorded by Robert Knight, whose version had reached No. 13 in the US charts in the autumn of 1967, and it was previously offered to the Marmalade, who turned it down as they thought it too pop-oriented for them. Mick Jagger as photographed by David Bailey in 1968. ...
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See also: 1967 in music, other events of 1968, 1969 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ...
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Ellis had a similar vocal style to Steve Marriott of the Small Faces, and the production was similar to a Motown soul record. Controversy ensued when the group admitted they had not played on the record, but that all the work was done by session musicians, although such a practice had long since been common - and has continued ever since. Ironically their first recording of the song, produced by Muff Winwood, had featured them playing all the instruments. But the record company rejected this version, in favour of one produced by Mike Smith, recorded with a rhythm section, strings, brass, flutes and session backing vocalists, arranged by Keith Mansfield - and Ellis the only member of the group to be heard. Steve Marriott (January 30, 1947 in Bow, London – April 20, 1991 in Essex) was a British rock and roll singer, songwriter and guitarist who also worked as a juvenile actor in his youth; he appeared in an early London stage production of Oliver! with Ian Carmichael, and featured in two...
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Four further top 20 hits followed, "Rainbow Valley", "A Day Without Love" (both 1968), "One Road" and "Bringing On Back The Good Times" (both 1969). Love Affair sold more singles in 1968 in the UK than any other band, except for The Beatles. At the end of that year they released an album, Everlasting Love Affair. The Beatles were an English rock group from Liverpool. ...
The group became frustrated at being treated like teen idols, unable to hear themselves on stage because of the constant screaming, and at being pigeonholed as a "pop group". All the A-sides featured heavy orchestral and brass arrangements behind Ellis' vocals, with minimal participation from the others, though they wrote and played on the heavier B-sides themselves. For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ...
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As Ellis wrote in the booklet notes to a later compilation CD, "Singles A's and B's", 'In an attempt to break the mould we recorded a song far removed from the anthemic-like previous hits. The song was called "Baby I Know." Released at the end of 1969, competing with simultaneous releases from other big names for a place in the charts over Christmas, it failed completely. Ellis felt the band had run its course, and he left in December 1969, for a solo career; 'it felt like a mountain had been lifted from my shoulders.' The rest of the band soldiered on without any further success, continuing briefly as LA with new vocalist, Auguste Eadon. Further releases likewise never charted.
The group has since been revived, though sometimes without any original members, for cabaret dates; and Ellis has also performed live with a reconstituted Steve Ellis's Love Affair.
Miscellanea Love Affair's first hit song, "Everlasting Love", was used in the film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. However, the CD of the soundtrack contains Jamie Cullum's cover version, instead of the Love Affair version actually used in the film. Jamie Cullum's version is played over the end credits. Steve Ellis was the only member of the group to play a part in the hit song "Everlasting Love". The group had many members thirteen in all. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a 2004 movie directed by Beeban Kidron. ...
Jamie Cullum (born August 20, 1979) is an English jazz/pop pianist and singer/songwriter. ...
UK Discography
Singles - Decca F12558 (1967) "She Smiled Sweetly" b/w "Satisfaction Guaranteed"
- CBS 3125 (1967) "Everlasting Love" b/w "Gone Are The Songs Of Yesterday" - Number 1
- CBS 3366 (1968) "Rainbow Valley" b/w " Someone Like Us" - Number 5
- CBS 3674 (1968) "A Day Without Love" b/w " I'm Happy" - Number 6
- CBS 33994 (1969) "One Road" b/w "Let Me Know" - Number 16
- CBS 4300 (1969) "Bringing On Back The Good Times" b/w "Another Day" - Number 9
- CBS 4631 (1969) "Baby I Know" b/w "Accept Me For What I Am"
See also: 1966 in music, other events of 1967, 1968 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music 1967 was an important year for psychedelic music, with releases from the Beatles Sgt. ...
See also: 1967 in music, other events of 1968, 1969 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ...
See also: 1968 in music, other events of 1969, 1970 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events Perhaps the most famous musical events of 1969 are two legendary concerts. ...
Albums - CBS 63416 (1968) Everlasting Love Affair
- CBS 64109 (1971) New Day - credited to LA
Compilation CDs - Columbia 504419 2 (2001) The Best of the Good Times [includes three new previoualy unreleased tracks by Ellis]
- ACA 8031 (2002) Singles A's and B's [includes six tracks recorded by Ellis as solo artist, 1970-71]
External links - Love Affair fan website
- Love Affair 'Oldies' website
- Steve Ellis website
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