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label, in the early 1970s.

Career

White Plains evolved from the late 1960s pop/

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, composed of

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, Pete Nelson, and Robin Shaw together with

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(who went to

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). The band was primarily a studio project led by John Carter. The last single of the Flower Pot Men for

was composed by

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and was an attempt at a

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in the style of the then popular Love Affair called "In a Moment of Madness". The single did not

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and for the next single the band's name was changed to White Plains. The band's songs were mainly produced and written by Greenaway and Roger Cook. White Plains released several

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s, including 1970's "

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" (number 13 on the US charts and number 4 in Canada), and 1971's " When You Are a King" (number 13 on the

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) that was translated to

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and

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by the Israeli singer,

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. "Lovin' You Baby" reached number 35 in Canada. White Plains kept changing their line-up during a relatively short existence. Burrows was the band's original lead singer. At the same time Burrows did studio work, singing on hits by

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(again with Roger Greenaway), and

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. Dave Kerr-Clemenson also left Edison Lighthouse in 1973 to join White Plains. The group's top-selling song "

", was recorded on 26 October 1969, and was released on 9 January 1970 on the

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imprint,

. The song has been featured on many CDs, including a White Plains

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and ''The Voice of Tony Burrows'', a compilation of hits sung by Burrows under the various group names. The full-length album version of "My Baby Loves Lovin'" has never been featured on any CD. "I've Got You on My Mind" was a UK hit, reaching number 17. The 1973 hit "Step into a Dream" was used in the British television commercials for

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' holiday camps. Burrows, Nelson, and Shaw met again in 1974 in First Class, another John Carter project that scored worldwide with their single, "

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Personnel

, vocals (left after the 1969

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s) * Pete Nelson, vocals, piano (1969 onwards) (born Peter William Lipscomb, 10 March 1943, Uxbridge, London) * Robin Shaw, bass (1969-1973) (born Robin George Scrimshaw, 6 October 1943, Hayes, Middlesex) *

, guitars * Ricky Wolff, vocals, guitars,

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, saxophone (1969-1971) (born 8 July 1945, Pretoria, South Africa) * Ron Reynolds, organ (mid-1972 onwards) * Robin Box, lead guitar (1969 onwards) (born 19 June 1944) * Eamonn Carr, Vocals, lead guitar, keyboards. (1973 ) * Roger Hills, drums (1969, mid-1970 onwards) * David Kerr-Clemenson (bass guitar/vocals) (1973 onwards) * Roger (Tex) Marsh (percussion) (1973 onwards) * Tony Hall, tenor sax (1971-1972) * Brent Scott Carter, tenor sax (1971-1972) * Julian Bailey, drums (early-mid 1970) * Brian Johnston, keyboards (1970) * Dave Fulford, lead guitar (1974-1976) * Tony Sullivan, bass guitar/vocals (1974-1976)

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

References

External links

45cat discography
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White Plains website
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