Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes- Edison Lighthouse/Burrows

Description: In the early 1970s, British session singer Tony Burrows did a miraculous feat of helping lead several studio/session bands to stardom with a chart-topping hit or two for each. For those of us listening to poprock radio in those days, we couldn't figure out what was happening since the airwaves were filled with megahits which sounded somewhat similar but had different band names and member lineups. When examining the performers with closer inspection, there appeared to be the same lead singer in each of the groups! His name was Tony Burrows and his hit output at the time was simply incredible! Burrows sang lead and contributed to hits with the following... Edison Lighthouse (Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes); White Plains (My Baby Loves Lovin'); The Pipkins (Gimme Dat Ding); The Brotherhood of Man (United We Stand); The First Class (Beach Baby), and several more. In February 1970 he became the first (and still the only) person to appear on BBC Television's Top Of The Pops fronting three different acts in one show. In case you can't comprehend; just imagine watching a variety show containing various top acts of the day and three of the very biggest chart-toppers appearing on the show all have the same lead singer!! It's hard to imagine since it's never happened since. This rare footage from TOTP is from the editing suite and includes timecodes and date information. An unseen, behind-the-scenes genius who helped launch each of Burrow's groups was the song's author, Tony Macaulay. Tony was one of the best songwriters in the business, with songs recorded by many artists... each becoming hits; each well-written; each possessing a melody hummed by practically every one, even by those who couldn't stand the song which was 'stuck in their head'. The quality of Macaulay's songs were at the very pinnacle of top-ten pop, with freshness, positiveness and flowing tunes that almost guaranteed them to become megahits. Both "Love Grows (Where My Rosemarry Goes)" and "Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" (recorded by the Fifth Dimension) are considered to be two of the best, most perfect pop ballads of all-time. If you're serious about 'behind-the-scenes' artistic genius, you owe it to yourself to find-out more about Burrows and Macaulay. They're two of the best and their influence is greatly felt even to this day.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 1970s
• 5th
• Dimension
• Jesus
• Macaulay
• Rosemary
• Tony

[LoveeiBrindaeo48]

hu i am wearing red undies lol don't ask meh why i am telling you this

[TheEctomorph]

@gabbydeb Well said, Gabbydeb. What is so bloody marvellous about adult life, anyway? Not a great deal, as far as I can tell. Adult life = responsibilities, stress and unhappiness (and, unless you happen to be very fortunate, you get to experience a great deal of those 3 things).

Who would want to be a 14, 15 or 16-year-old teenager again? Well, literally millions of 30 and 40-somethings would (unless i am very much mistaken)!

[DonLicuala]

Tony Burrows is the Greates One-Hit Wonderer

He formed aout 1/2 a dozen bands, each of which had only one #1 hit each.

He had a great voice for Top-40 pop and was successful and well known even today.

[mjw9363]

is that announcer from the Future!??

[budman30k]

The guy who introduced the band called them Edison black house..

[oceantracks]

Wonderful songwriting and a terrific singer. Top of their game.

[hraith]

this is a solid live rendition. the guitar part is a bit catchier than i remember the recording, but maybe the lead vocals could've used a bit more volume.

[gabbydeb]

@mishigreene Well whatever it was, we loved it! It was happy and upbeat and we got to look at good looking guys singing the song! LOL I mean what more could a 14 year old girl want? Everyone likes to have that time in their life, when carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders, wasn't a reality, like it becomes when you move through adulthood, and have responsibilities, sadness, and accountability for others.

[1900JME1959]

@MultiHotNERD Dear nerd , it may surprise you that there is a whole musical genre called pop music which will never die which is why you are commenting on a 40 year old `crap` song lol ! You say it`s repetetive - you mean like She Loves You yeah yeah yeah ... If someone wants to hear some music to put them in a good mood they arent going to listen to the 3 po-faced songs you listed are they ! Pass the razor blade...

[mishigreene]

Respond to this video... Yesterday i met Serena Williams. very nice person. I am a good tennis player. In fact was on my college team I begged her to allow me 5 min to warm up with her, then i'd leave. Said sure. I never saw the ball. i never made contact. The ball was past me before i moved. I hit to her she rushed the baseline and i never returned her return. She's john lennon, smokey ribinson, bob dylan, levi stubbs and i'm edison lighthouse