The Flower Pot Men
| The Flower Pot Men | |
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.jpg) The Flower Pot Men, 1967 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Rock , pop |
| founding | 1967 |
| Founding members | |
| Tony Burrows | |
singing |
Neil Landon |
singing |
Robin Shaw |
singing |
Pete Nelson |
The Flower Pot Men were a British band. It was formed in 1967 from the band The Ivy League . The driving forces behind the band were the two songwriters John Carter and Ken Lewis.
The band had their only hit in 1967 with Let's Go to San Francisco . Characteristic for this song are melody and chanting in the style of the Beach Boys . The Flower Pot Men rose to number 4 in the British charts. More singles followed, but none of them became a hit. The band broke up in 1970.
Members
- Tony Burrows (born April 14, 1942)
- Neil Landon (born July 26, 1941)
- Robin Shaw (born October 6, 1945)
- Pete Nelson (March 10, 1945 - October 23, 2005)
Discography (selection)
Singles (chart positions)
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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 UK
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 DE
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| 1967 | Let's go to San Francisco |
UK4 (12 weeks) UK |
DE23 (6 weeks) DE |
Entry into the chart on August 26, 1967
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More singles
- A Walk In The Sky (1967)
- A Man Without A Woman (1968)
- In A Moment Of Madness (1969)
Others
Keyboard player was also briefly Jon Lord ( Deep Purple ). Even Jimmy Page ( Led Zeppelin ) was involved in the sixties at studio sessions as a guitarist.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of Pete Nelson (accessed July 15, 2020)
- ↑ Discography of the Flower Pot Men. Accessed April 16, 2020 .