Blue mink

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Blue Mink was a British pop group that was successful between 1969 and 1973.

group

Roger Coulam ( organ ) formed the band in the fall of 1969, with Madeline Bell (vocals), Roger Cook (vocals), Herbie Flowers ( bass ) and Barry Morgan ( drums ). Most of the songs were written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway . The two were successful songwriters as early as the 1960s .

In their biggest hit, Melting Pot , which was number 3 in Great Britain at the end of 1969 , they recommend simply throwing all of humanity, regardless of ethnic origin or religious belief, into one huge pot and stirring it until everyone is finally equal (“coffee -brown ") would be. Mick Jagger and his girlfriend at the time Marianne Faithfull explain that life could also be very beautiful.

As a studio musician, Herbie Flowers has played bass on numerous albums by well-known artists. Among others on Tumbleweed Connection and Madman Across the Water by Elton John (1970/71), Diamond Dogs by David Bowie (1974), Nilsson Schmilsson (1971), Transformer by Lou Reed (1972), Cat Stevens Foreigner (1973), Rock On by David Essex (1973), Dandy in the Underworld by T. Rex (1977) and on the concept album Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (1978) where his virtuoso playing comes into its own.

Discography

Albums

  • 1969: Melting Pot (also published as Blue Mink in NL )
  • 1970: Real Mink
  • 1970: Our World
  • 1972: A Time of Change
  • 1972: Live at the Talk of the Town
  • 1973: Only When I Laugh
  • 1974: Fruity

Compilations

  • 1970: Attention! Blue Mink!
  • 1973: The Best of Blue Mink
  • 1974: The Best of Blue Mink
  • 1975: The Hit-Making Sound of Blue Mink
  • 1985: The Very Best of Blue Mink
  • 1986: The Collection
  • 1989: The Best of & the Rest of Blue Mink
  • 1989: Greatest Hits
  • 1993: The Best of Blue Mink
  • 1997: Blue Mink
  • 2006: Melting Pot - The Best of Blue Mink

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1969 Melting Pot
Melting Pot 		- UK3 (15 weeks)
UK 		-
1970 Good Morning Freedom
Melting Pot 		DE31 (1 month)
DE 		UK10 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
Authors: Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Albert Hammond , Michael Hazlewood
Our World
Our World 		- UK17 (9 weeks)
UK 		US64 (6 weeks)
US
Authors: Herbie Flowers , Kenny Pickett
1971 The Banner Man
Live at the Talk of the Town 		DE38 (3 weeks)
DE 		UK3 (14 weeks)
UK 		-
Authors: Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Herbie Flowers
1972 Stay with Me
Only When I Laugh 		- UK11 (15 weeks)
UK 		-
Authors: Herbie Flowers, Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway
1973 By the Devil (I Was Tempted)
Only When I Laugh 		- UK26 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
Authors: Doug Flett, Guy Fletcher
Randy
Only When I Laugh 		- UK9 (11 weeks)
UK 		-
Authors: Herbie Flowers, Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway

More singles

  • 1969: Blue Mink
  • 1971: Time for Winning
  • 1971: Sunday
  • 1971: We Have All Been Saved
  • 1972: Count Me In
  • 1972: Wacky, Wacky, Wacky
  • 1974: Quackers
  • 1974: Get Up
  • 1974: Another "Without You" Day
  • 1976: You're the One
  • 1977: Five Minute Wonder
  • 1977: Where Were You Today

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE UK US

literature

  • The Guinness Who's Who of Seventies Music , (London: Guinness) ISBN 0851127274 .

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