The Bloomfields were an English rock band formed in 1970 by
Maurice Gibb
Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician. He achieved fame as a member of the pop group Bee Gees. Although his elder brother Barry Gibb and fraternal twin brother Robin Gibb were the group's main lea ...
, Billy Lawrie and
Johnny Harris.
During the 1969-1970 split between the three Gibb brothers (
Barry Barry may refer to:
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,
Robin and Maurice), which temporarily broke up the Bee Gees, Maurice worked on a number of solo projects, Billy Lawrie is the brother of Scottish singer
Lulu
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.
The band recorded a new short version of "The Loner" and was released as a single originally recorded by Maurice on his first solo album ''
The Loner'', for use as the main title of a film called ''
Bloomfield''. The single's B-side was "Homing in On the Next Trade Wind", the song was performed by the
Heads, Hands and Feet (Johnny Harris was also member of that band) The Bloomfields recorded another two songs for the film included: "Men of Men" and "Ballet of Freedom" both songs recorded in Nova Sound Studios, London and was not released. They only released one single and they disbanded also in that year.
References
External links
The Bloomfields discographya
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Rock music supergroups
Musical groups established in 1970
Musical groups from London
Pye Records artists
Capitol Records artists