Pinkerton's Assorted Colours were an English

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active during the 1960s. They are best known for their 1965 release, "Mirror, Mirror", which reached No. 9 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1966.

Career

Formed in

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as 'The Liberators', they became The Wild Ones 1962 - 1965,then changed the band name again to Pinkerton's Assorted Colours in 1965, and scored a Top 10 hit with their first single release, "Mirror, Mirror" Co written with Terry Stevenson and sung by bandmember Tony Newman. They were managed by Reginald Calvert, and supported by his then

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, Radio City. Lack of further

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success found them dubbed

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, Pinkerton’s one time

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, went on to become a

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DJ, and later a producer for

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. After their second single they shortened their name to 'Pinkerton's Colours', then to 'Pinkertons'. In 1969, following several lineup changes, they reformed as The Flying Machine, who also became one-hit wonders, albeit in the

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. Band member Barrie Bernard later played in Jigsaw. Drummer David Holland left the band in 1968 to form

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Members

* Tony Newman (born 1947,

) - vocals,

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s * Samuel "Pinkerton" Kempe (born 1946, Rugby) -

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* David Holland (born 5 April 1948,

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* Barrie Bernard (born 27 November 1944, Coventry) - bass guitar * Tom Long (born 2 November 1945 Rugby) - lead guitar *

(born Ian Stuart Colman, 19 December 1944,

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* Steve Jones (born 1946, Coventry) - lead guitar, vocals (not to be confused with The Sex Pistols' guitarist) * Paul Bridge-Wilkinson (known as Paul Wilkinson) (born 1948,

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) – drums, vocals * Michael Summerson (born October 1950 - died February 2016) -

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, vocals * Philip Clough (born November 1947) - lead guitar, vocals * Peter Robbins (born February 1959) - drums, vocals. * Martyn "Stalky" Gleeson (born February 1955) - drums. * Terry Stevenson Drummer born 1945 * Alan Baldwin Lead Guitar

Discography

Singles

* "Mirror, Mirror" b/w "She Don't Care" 1965 – No. 9 UK * "Don't Stop Loving Me Baby" / "Will Ya" 1966 – No. 50 UK * "Magic Rockin' Horse" / "It Ain't Right" 1966 – No. 56 UK * "Mum And Dad" / "On A Street Car" 1967 * "There's Nobody I'd Sooner Love" / "Duke's Jetty" 1968 * "Kentucky Woman" / "Behind The Mirror" 1968

References

External links

* Pinkerton's Assorted Colours biographyat

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