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  • Great song.

    Thanks for the memories.

    George Vreeland Hill

  • junk bubble gum crap

  • Good song but not a one hit wonder!

  • @regentv980 This depends on where you live. In the US, they were a one hit wonder which is where the upload was posted from.

  • @revup67 No they were not, they were a session group lead by Roger Greenaway and Tony Burrows, both of whom had many other hits in both the US and UK, not just under the White Plains name, but with groups like The First Class, Edison Lighthouse, The Kestrels, and many others. As Burrows himself once put it "If I am a one hit wonder, i'm the only one whose done it multiple times".

  • @FabFM well I see your point but I am not referring to Tony Burrows or Roger Greenway but more specificly to "White Plains" as this is the name of the band on the record label, the band that charted, etc. They aren't called Tony Burrows and White Plains. Here in the US (where this posting was uploaded), White Plains had only one Billboard Top 20 hit (one other at #82). We dont' have access to how well they did in every other country. I am familiar with Tonys other bands-thanks

  • @revup67 You may be familiar with tony other bands, and a song at ~82 by White Plains means then they are not a one hit wonder. Billboard considers a song a hit if it charts inside the hot 100, or on one of their other major charts. A one hit wonder would be Zager and Evans - one #1 and then nothing else on the hot 100 at all, ever. Cheers!

  • @FabFM first, good debate here. I am very familiar with the Billboard books and actually started working with them to distribute in digital format in the early 90's but never came to fruition. I've also got my FCC and was a DJ in oldies clubs and FM radio. Technically you are correct at #82 though also note billboard has other books such as Top 40. A Top 40 hit was a verbal classification used decades ago when AM was in its heyday. (part 2 below)

  • @FabFM Additionally, a Top 40 hit in NYC may not have been a Top 40 in Denver or LA as charts were regional and compiled to the Billboard national Top 100. This #82 may not have made a local Top 100 in many major cities. Hence a song called "I Spy" by Jamo Thomas reached #98 in 1966 - I recall it well. Though they played the hell out of it in the NYC area and probably not many other places. WABC AM sent me some 60's playlists. There are songs on these lists that are not in BB Top 100.

  • White Plains, Edison Lighthouse, The Pipkins & First Class were all fronted by British studio singer Tony Burrows. He was the british version of america's Ron Dante of the Archies and Cufflinks. Both guys had superb bubble gum pop rock voices.

  • Roger Greenaway I think wrote the song. Robin is lip synching this video. I think that Tony Burrows sang lead for the recording.

  • @dks13827 Robin does a great job in the video, doesn't he ? very animated !! a great video and song.

  • a superb, energetic video !!!

  • piece of heaven  !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • White Plains were not one his wonders. Julie Do Ya Love Me and When You Are A King were also hits for them.

  • Brings a tear to your eye to listen to this cool music...sure do miss those days.

  • How can anyone complain about this video?!!! Any video from the day will ALWAYS be appreciated.

  • Same lead singer: Edison Lighthouse, White Plains, First Class. Tony. Incredible voice. I'm old (56). The guy had the talent. Just not at the right place/right time like Paul or John.

  • I was surprised to find out it was a UK act. I thought it was a New York area band that took its name from that Westchester County suburb.

  • the lead singer in the video is Robin Shaw.

  • @dks13827 who sang on the record ? This sounds like the record -- If that is Robin Shaw in the video is he lip syncing to anothers voice ? Or did he sing in the studio ? Who is this person Tony people are referring to? I am confused as are a few on the board!- Let's clear it up ---Anyone volunteering?

  • @cathode1990 BTW another name has surfaced -- Greenaway? Let's clear it up The recorded version was sung by whom >> Who is this in the video? We know he is lip syncing :::who is Tony? Who is Robin?? and who is Greenaway??T

  • Tony Burrows was a great session singer. Also had his own REAL band (First Class) Got nowhere. One time he was lead on 5 different Top 10 HITS at same time-credited to different bands - three in same edition of TOTP. Often, a real, "working" band went out under new name to capitalise on "their" hit - Edison Lighthouse for one. Bands were often formed AFTER record started 2 chart. That's show biz guys. Tony's still around & as great a voice as ever. Shame he's not the superstar he deserved to be.

  • Is that Greenaway on lead??He also sings lead on a black and white clip with Burrows to the left doing harmonies. But I have been told Burrows sang lead on the record .. Why would another singer appear to sing the lead while the original singer on recording[from what I gather] does harmonies?? Very strange and confusing!

  • @lpvcrcd

    Good question. And knowing how vast the Youtube galaxy is, I bet we'll get someone in the know to drop in and enlighten us.

  • I have been told by a DJ that the lead singer here also sang lead for Edison Lighthouse's "Love grows where my Rosemary goes". They sure as heck sound exactly alike. Listen to EL sing that song and then relisten to WP sing this one and you'll see what I mean.

  • @lpvcrcd the guy singingon this video is Robin shaw , the bass player who went out with first class beach baby, and also was in the flowerpot men. He wrote one of the other white plain hits "when you are a king.

  • White Plains weren't a one hit wonder. They had at least 3 or 4 hits IIRC

  • My sister made me stop playing this record at home 'cause she thought the lyrics(She's got what it takes,and she knows how to use it) were dirty. The prude

  • @handinside that made me laugh!

  • @handinside your sister is nowdays sucking dicks to support her Meth habit!

  • God I love this song! I still have the single!

  • @Railrodder

    Perfect post, Railrodder.

    I mean, I can feel your enthusiasm. And having heard this song as you did, when it came out, that is, I know what it's like for a song to make it through the decades intact in one's mind. Ah, for the simple, lasting pleasures in life.

  • I saw White Plains live at Northwick Park hospital (North West London) many years ago... of course two of them went to much greater fame...

  • this is my big bro's collection :-) shame about the quality

  • Great song from a band that actually lasted from 1969 (when this song was recorded) until 1976. This was their biggest hit and I still think about it from time to time. Catchy lyrics and music.

  • One hit wonder??

    Didn't they do "When you are a king"?

  • and the original version of 'Jule Do You Love Me' a Top 10 hit in the UK..

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  • Yes, it was a hit in the UK in summer 1971.

  • another fave! thanks, for posting it!

  • erratum. isn't the title "my baby loves love"?

  • Yep,this is a classic

  • 60 and 70"s music had heart and drive.

  • Heart, drive, and an actual TUNE! I defy anyone to name a "song"from this year that will stick in your head for 30 years.

  • Que bom recordar...Quanta saudade

    obrigada

  • Tony Burrows, the only man to be a "one hit wonder" as the lead singer of four different bands!

  • Great music like this lives on forever.

  • @dss9111 this is whats wrong about recorded music, it lives on forever, shamelessly

  • Sorry revup69 but they where hardly one hit wonders.They made lots of wonderful bouncy happy music.Lets all go back to those wonderful days.nostalgia is not what it used to be!! Hey Ho.lol

  • I agree as I have their CD but they were not hits...just great tunes

  • White Plains were not one-hit wonders in the UK. Sadly Pete Nelson one of the vocalists in the band,plus the Flowerpotmen. Is no longer with us, he died a few years ago. RIP Pete....

  • Similar to The Foundations - Build me up Buttercup.

  • Ermmmmmmm..similar in what way??

    sure you hadn't had 14beers when you typed that?

  • It's a bit obvious -- very similar chord structure.

  • Looks like the original record was played for this though, the horns and the woman's voice at the end of the song.

    Elton John back in the early '70s did an all hits album of other people, Mungo Jerry, Creedence Clearwater, Yellow River, United We stand, Young gifted and black, I'm a neanderthal (or apeman, I don't have it on me) and he does "My baby loves love" and his version is pretty good.

  • Well, the reason why the record version was playing over White Plains performance is because this was filmed to be one of those rare first half of the 1970's promotional music videos. Music videos, in 1970, still had a long way to go to get to the music videos originally shown on MTV and VH1 -- and even those in the later half of the 1970's.

  • I think he had left the group before they did up this video. I would love to see a video of them with Tony Burrows in it.

  • Thats not Tony Burrows. What gives?

  • great song

  • MUSIC MEMORIES LIKE THIS...all I had to worry about then were a paper route, little league baseball, and the cute girls at school....12 years old, Hampton, Virginia WGH radio...9 volt transistor am radio...

    just close your eyes..

    miss these days immeasurably

    jctoronto

  • wow!!!..i listened to WGH too!!!...do you remember their bumper stickers that said "don't step on the grass"?

  • Yes, it sounded great on a 9V transistor! Fun and upbeat music - yes!

  • that tony was a great singer,very underated,great voice.

  • Cheesy as fyuk buy still able to stir memories of happy sunny times just prior to adolesence and the onset of having to appear cool!.. yuk that was a drag

  • Back when you could hear real Pop music on the radio - music that was happy and uplifting, and not about "hos" and "grills" and "humps". I was born too late.

  • I hear you about how great life used to be. Instead of cute teenager girls running around with smiles on their faces, I see the "single moms" with their tatoos and unhappy attitudes. And they got that way listening to the junk you describe.. the "hos" and the "humps."

  • OMG this is so true. What happened? How did we get so lost? I searched for one 70's song on Youtube today and I'm going from one related vid to another adn i can FEEL the difference.

  • We didn't all get 'lost.' When you see the unhappy, tatooed, single mom types.... they're the ones who got lost. When you see the 18 or 19 year old "fathers" who have kids but nothing more than a minimum wage job, they're the ones who are lost. And oddly enough, I even had one young guy claim it was "your generations fault" meaning us in middle age. NOPE. Its the fault of young people who refuse to listen to mainstream thinking rather than "gangsta rap," and such.

  • amen bud

  • You got it Bob.

    60s & 70s music was fun. Today's is crap.

    I have been like Urbanimpulse, going from one to the other over the past week. Even ordered a ton of oldie albums, or should I say CD's. Great stuff

  • I agree.

  • Love this song and love goes where my rosemary goes. brings back memories of my youth.

  • Who doesn't love lovin'?

  • Aside from the lineup, the younger generation may not realize, but "Lovin'" meant sex back then!

  • fantastic song,still stands the test of time,all the barbers were on strike at the time

  • I'd love to see the Top of The Pops version with Tony Burrows in it. DOes anyone know if this is anywhere on YouTube? A search doesn't bring it up...

  • try edison lighthouse if you are lookiing for Rosemary

  • Thanks for the info. I've seen Edison Lighthouses versions of Rosemary & those are great! Esp the Top Of The Pops ones. I too would love to see the Top of The Pops of White Plains with Tony Burrows in it. I bet that is a good one...

  • Hi There I just received DVD`s of TOTP for 1969 through to1972 not been through them yet but if I have it i will post on here........be patient please theres a few hours to look at

  • ....the sweet sound of our youth!

    It so sweet to hear these sound...but, I for me also brings back a lot of sad, lonely days...

    xxx

  • I'm so sorry Suzie

  • Hard to believe this song is an oldie!!! hard to believe I'm 45!!

    AWESOME song, brings back a ton of memories!...thanks for posting it!

  • @atlantacurtis

    You young whippersnapper you!

  • 1970???? No Way!! That was 38 years ago!

    It was just the other day....

  • this song is cool.

  • love this song,wish it was still around

  • we all love the L word

    it is always around if it is within you...

    psp

  • I like this music so much... I remember my past time long ago...

  • Listen this music our mind voyage around the wonderfull time than no back no more... Saudade...

  • what i dont understand

  • Saudade: Portuguese word, want to say missing something or somebody, no there a traduction exactaly... I´m a brasilian, so I used this word...

  • thats looks like robin shaw the bass player singing

  • Yep - that's Robin!

  • Love this song but wondering how come Tony Burrows isn't in the video. Enjoyed this tho. I think the confusion between Tony Burrows & Flying Machine may be because they both had out songs at the same time..

  • watch yer fucking mouth.

    answer: those are gospel singers at the end of the track is the answer to your question

  • youve got a limited education if you have to use the f word so freely

  • Whatever starting coming on after this song sounded cool what was that? :)

  • I love this song sooo much!!! :D

  • Going off the top of my head, I believe the lead singer of Flying Machine was Tony Warren and that might have led to some confusion between him and Tony Burrows.

  • Btw, the guy singing here is NOT Tony Burrows.

  • No jameycruz, Tony Burrow didn't sing 'Smile A Little Smile For me, Rosemarie'. That song was done by a group called 'The Flying Machine' or just 'Flying Machine'. I know there was some dispute back then regarding that group name because James Taylor was also in another completely different group with same name. I believe Smile A Little Smile came out around Sept '69

  • fun song--thanks for posting

  • Em 1971 ou 1972 minha banda tocava esta música e fazia um sucesso enorme. Parabéns!!!

  • The title is incorrect. It's "My Baby Loves Lovin'"

  • After all this time I never caught this..thanks...I knew that as I bought the record when it came out!

  • PS - Ron Dante was the US sort of speak version of Tony Burrows. Around the same time he sang on "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies. He also sang "Tracy" by the Cuff Links" and was also the Lead singer of the Detergents who had a single on the Roulette label (name escapes me at moment)

  • Did you know that the original singer Tony Burrows was lead singer on 4 records in the top ten at the same time? As well as this one, he was lead singer on love grows(wmrg)by edison lighthouse as well as gimme dat ding by pipkins and also united we stand by brotherhood of man. All 4 were in the top ten at the same time! Quite a feat i would say.

  • Yes, you are right - I was in fact aware of this.

  • Wasn't he the singer for Smile A Little Smile For Me Rosemarie Number 4 in 1969.That singer was on different records too.

  • They weren't One Hit Wonders in England! Maybe you're referring to the USA.

  • yes, you are corerct. This was their only major release here in the US.

  • Oh, that's a shame...'When You Are A King' was a really good single.

    I liked them a lot at the time.

  • Does anyone have Top of Pops version with Tony Burrows (actual singer) singing?

  • THIS IS THE UNDERWATER VERSION!

  • would love to see the "non" underwater version - it's all I can find though I recall hearing there's a video on their greatest hits CD..anyone have further info please post here

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