The Foundations
| The Foundations | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | soul |
| founding | 1967 |
| resolution | 1970 |
| Founding members | |
| Clem Curtis († 2017) | |
| Alan Warner | |
| Peter Macbeth | |
| Tim Harris | |
| Tony Gomez | |
| Pat Burke | |
saxophone |
Mike Elliott |
| Eric Allan Dale | |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Colin Young |
guitar |
Alan Warner |
bass |
Peter Macbeth |
Drums |
Tim Harris |
Keyboard |
Tony Gomez |
Saxophone, flute |
Pat Burke |
saxophone |
Mike Elliott |
trombone |
Eric Allan Dale |
The Foundations [ faʊnˈdeɪʃənz ] were a soul band . It was founded in London in January 1967 .
The cast was international: Dale was from Dominica , Burke and Elliott were both Jamaicans , Gomez was from Sri Lanka , Curtis from Trinidad ; Warner, Macbeth, and Harris were native Englishmen .
history
The single Baby Now That I've Found You became a bestseller in the fall of 1967 . The follow-up single Back on My Feet Again also made it into the top 20 in 1968. The debut album From the Foundations, however, did not sell well. The next single, Any Old Time You're Lonely and Sad , made it into the top 30 and its successor, Build Me Up, Buttercup , written by Mike d'Abo , became a million-seller. Curtis left soon after, Colin Young from Barbados came for him . The single In the Bad Bad Old Days made it into the top 10 again at the beginning of 1969, My Little Chickadee and Born to Live and Born to Die were only represented at the bottom of the charts. In 1970 the Foundations dissolved.
The group's singer, Clem Curtis , who started a solo career after leaving, died on March 27, 2017 at the age of 76 of complications from lung cancer .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
|
 US
|
|||
| 1968 | From the Foundations |
DE34 (8 weeks) DE |
- | |
| 1969 | Build Me Up Buttercup | - |
US92 (11 weeks) US |
|
More albums
- 1968: Rocking The Foundations
- 1969: Digging the Foundations
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
 UK
|
US
|
|||
| 1967 | Baby, Now That I Found You From the Foundations |
DE33 (3 weeks) DE |
UK1 (16 weeks) UK |
US11 (13 weeks) US |
|
| 1968 | Back on My Feet Again Rocking The Foundations |
- |
UK18 (10 weeks) UK |
US59 (6 weeks) US |
|
| Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad) Rocking The Foundations |
- |
UK48 (2 weeks) UK |
- | ||
| Build Me Up Buttercup Build Me Up Buttercup |
DE24 (9 weeks) DE |
UK2  (16 weeks)UK |
US3 (15 weeks) US |
||
| 1969 | In the Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me) Digging the Foundations |
- |
UK8 (10 weeks) UK |
US51 (7 weeks) US |
|
| Born to Live, Born to Die |
- |
UK46 (3 weeks) UK |
- | ||
| My Little Chickadee Digging the Foundations |
- | - |
US99 (2 weeks) US |
||
Individual evidence
- ^ The Foundations singer Clem Curtis has died, age 76. In: The Daily Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group Limited, March 27, 2017, accessed March 30, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK