The Foundations | |
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![]() The Foundations in 1968. Left to right: Alan Warner, Tim Harris, Tony Gomez, Pat Burke, Clem Curtis, Peter MacBeth, Mike Elliott, Eric Allandale | |
Background information | |
Origin | London, England |
Genres | Soul, pop, rock |
Years active | 1966–1970 |
Labels | Pye, Castle, Uni, Astor, Repertoire |
Spinoffs | Development Clem Curtis & The Foundations |
Spinoff of | The Ramong Sound |
Past members | Original line-up Eric Allandale Pat Burke Clem Curtis Mike Elliott Tony Gomez Tim Harris Peter MacBeth Alan Warner |
The Foundations were a British soul band who were primarily active between 1967 and 1970. The group's background was: West Indian, White British and Sri Lankan. Their 1967 debut single "Baby Now That I've Found You" reached number one in the UK and Canada, and number eleven in the US. Their 1968 single "Build Me Up Buttercup" reached number two in the UK and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100. The group was the first multi-racial group to have a number one hit in the UK in the 1960s.[1]
The Foundations were one of the few British acts to imitate successfully what became known as the Motown Sound. The Foundations signed to Pye, at the time one of only four big UK record companies (the others being EMI, which included the HMV, Columbia and Parlophone labels, Decca, and Philips, which also owned Fontana).[2]
British Hit Singles & Albums
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