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Build Me Up Buttercup (album)
''Build Me Up Buttercup'' is an album by the Foundations. In addition to the title track, " Build Me Up Buttercup", it contained the band's other hits, " Back On My Feet Again" and " Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad)". The album was released by Uni Records in 1968 and reached the charts in various United States music trade magazines in 1969. Track listing Side A #" Love Is Alight (The Horse)" #"People Are Funny" #"Harlem Shuffle" #"Comin' Home Baby "Comin' Home Baby" is a song originally written as an instrumental by Ben Tucker and first recorded by the Dave Bailey Quintet for their album '' 2 Feet in the Gutter'' in 1961, and shortly thereafter by Herbie Mann on his live album '' Herbie M ..." #"Tomorrow" #"Am I Groovin' You" Side B #" Build Me Up Buttercup" #"New Direction" #" Back On My Feet Again" #" I Can Take or Leave Your Lovin'" #" Any Old Time (You're Lonely And Sad)" #"I'm a Whole New Thing" The tracks on Side A were taken from the live ''Rocking the Foundations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Foundations
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. 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 His Master's Voice, Columbia and Parlophone labels, Decca, and Philips, which also owned Fontana). Background The Foundations attracted much interest because of the size and structure of the group. Not only was there a diverse ethnic mix in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uni Records
Uni Records (short for the label's legal name Universal City Records and rendered as UNI) was a record label owned by MCA Inc. The brand, which long featured a distinctive UNi logo, was established in 1966 by MCA executive Ned Tanen and developed by music industry veteran Russ Regan. Notable artists on Uni included Strawberry Alarm Clock, the Foundations, Hugh Masekela, Brian Hyland, Desmond Dekker, Bill Cosby, Elton John, Neil Diamond, Dave and Ansil Collins, Fever Tree, Olivia Newton-John, Betty Everett, and the Factory (Lowell George, Dallas Taylor, et al.). In 1967, Uni took over management of MCA's newly acquired Kapp Records. Uni also operated Revue Records, a soul music subsidiary, from about 1967 to 1970. In 1971 Uni was merged with Kapp and the co-owned American Decca Records, to form MCA Records. The Decca, Kapp, and Uni labels continued to be used for new releases for a short time, but in late 1972, new releases by their former artists began appearing on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Macaulay
Tony Macaulay (born Anthony Gordon Instone; 21 April 1944) is an English author, composer for musical theatre, and songwriter. He has won the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors Award twice as 'Songwriter of the Year' (1970 and 1977). He is a nine time Ivor Novello Awards winning songwriter. In 2007, he became the only British person to win the Edwin Forrest Award for outstanding contribution to the American theatre. Macaulay's best-known songs include " Baby Now That I've Found You" and " Build Me Up Buttercup" with The Foundations, " (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All," as well as "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" and " Don't Give Up on Us". Career Macaulay was born in Fulham, London, England. In the early 1960s he worked as a song plugger for Essex Publishing, then moved to Pye Records as a record producer. It was here that he had his first major success with The Foundations, when they recorded, " Baby Now That I've Found You", a song he had co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Foundations
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. 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 His Master's Voice, Columbia and Parlophone labels, Decca, and Philips, which also owned Fontana). Background The Foundations attracted much interest because of the size and structure of the group. Not only was there a diverse ethnic mix in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Build Me Up Buttercup
"Build Me Up Buttercup" is a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by The Foundations in 1968 with Colin Young singing lead vocals. Young had replaced Clem Curtis during 1968, and this was the first Foundations hit on which he sang. It hit No. 1 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100 and No. 3 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1969. It was also a No. 2 hit in the United Kingdom, for two non-consecutive weeks, behind " Lily the Pink" by the Scaffold. It was quickly certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over a million US copies. In popular culture "Build Me Up Buttercup" is featured in the 1998 romantic comedy film ''There's Something About Mary'', the pilot episode "Truth Be Told" from the first season of the ABC TV spy drama series '' Alias'', and the episode "Art Imitates Art" from the fourth season of the CBS TV detective series ''Elementary''. This song was played during the final scene of the second to last episode of Fuller House. The track also featur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back On My Feet Again
"Back on My Feet Again" is the second single released by the Foundations. It was the follow-up to their hit single "Baby, Now That I've Found You". It was written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod and produced by Tony Macaulay. It charted at number 18 in the UK and also in Ireland. It reached No. 59 in the U.S. and number 29 in Canada. Background Clem Curtis was the lead vocalist on this song. According to bass guitarist Peter MacBeth, they had a choice of three songs. They recorded two and then went with "Back on My Feet Again". This, their second single was released in January 1968, According to Eric Allandale in a February, 1968 article in ''Beat Instrumental'' the band's new equipment made a difference in the recording. Eric also said that they didn't use any session musicians. They only doubled on flute with Pat Burke playing that part. ;Other version by the Foundations A re-recorded version featuring Clem Curtis's replacement, Colin Young, appeared on the Marble Arch al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Any Old Time (You're Lonely And Sad)
"Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad)" was the third single by the Foundations. It reached number 48 on the UK Singles Chart. It was the last single they released with Clem Curtis as their lead singer. Their next single with lead singer Colin Young would give them a bigger hit with "Build Me Up Buttercup". The B side " We Are Happy People", which was composed by Foundations trombone player Eric Allandale, was a top 10 hit in Scandinavia for Swedish group Slam Creepers’. The Foundations would re-record the song in stereo and with Colin Young on vocals instead of Clem Curtis. This appeared on their 1968 LP released on Marble Arch The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 as the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace; it stood near the site of what is today th ... MALS 1157. Clem Curtis and Alan Warner re-recorded the song in the 1980s as Clem Curtis and the Fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Horse
"The Horse" is an instrumental song by Cliff Nobles and Company. It was released as the A-side and B-side, B-side of the single "Love Is All Right" and is simply an instrumental version of that song. Background Although Nobles is the title artist, he does not personally perform on the track. The song was simply "Love Is All Right" without his vocal track. The horn section which is featured eventually became the group MFSB. Mike Terry (saxophonist), Mike Terry played the baritone saxophone on this recording. The track itself features a simple, unvarying rhythmic line played by different instruments, finished off each time around by a melodic, heralding horn section line. According to Bobby Eli, a guitarist on the session, the instrumental track was the result of his jamming in the studio with guitarist Norman Harris (musician), Norman Harris, bassist Ronnie Baker (musician), Ronnie Baker, and drummer Earl Young (drummer), Earl Young (later to become the first MFSB rhythm section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem Shuffle
"Harlem Shuffle" is an R&B song written and originally recorded by the duo Bob & Earl in 1963. The song describes a dance called the “Harlem Shuffle”, and mentions several other contemporary dances of the early 1960s, including the Monkey Shine, the Limbo, the Hitch hike, the Slide, and the Pony. In 1986, it was covered by the British rock band The Rolling Stones on their album '' Dirty Work''. Bob & Earl There was no pre-existing dance called the "Harlem Shuffle". The song was based on an instrumental number called "Slauson Shuffletime" (named after a boulevard in Los Angeles) by another Los Angeles singer, Round Robin. Bob & Earl's original single, arranged by Gene Page, peaked at on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and on the ''Cash Box'' chart. The record was a commercial failure when first released in the UK in 1963, but on reissue in 1969 peaked at on the UK singles chart. It was released on Marc Records, a subsidiary of Titan Records. Barry White stated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comin' Home Baby
"Comin' Home Baby" is a song originally written as an instrumental by Ben Tucker and first recorded by the Dave Bailey Quintet for their album '' 2 Feet in the Gutter'' in 1961, and shortly thereafter by Herbie Mann on his live album '' Herbie Mann at the Village Gate''. Lyrics were added by Bob Dorough, and the vocal version became a US Top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for American jazz singer Mel Tormé from his album '' Comin' Home Baby!'' in 1962. The song has since been covered numerous times. Original instrumental recordings The tune was first recorded by the Dave Bailey Quintet on 6 October 1961, and issued on '' 2 Feet in the Gutter''. It was composed by Dave Bailey's bassist, Ben Tucker. The original musicians were Frank Haynes (tenor saxophone), Bill Hardman (trumpet), Billy Gardner (piano), Ben Tucker (bass), and Dave Bailey (drums). The tune was then recorded six weeks later by Herbie Mann, live at the Village Gate, with Tucker again on bass. Mann's re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving
"I Can Take or Leave Your Loving" is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John Macleod which was written for and originally recorded by The Foundations and it was issued as the B side of their 1968 release "Back on My Feet Again". It was heard on the radio by Mickie Most who recognised its A side potential and quickly cut it with Herman's Hermits (although only Peter Noone from the group appeared on the record.) Chart performance It reached No. 1 in Canada, #11 in United Kingdom, #19 in New Zealand, #22 in the United States, and #37 in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ... in 1968. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Any Old Time (You're Lonely And Sad)
"Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad)" was the third single by the Foundations. It reached number 48 on the UK Singles Chart. It was the last single they released with Clem Curtis as their lead singer. Their next single with lead singer Colin Young would give them a bigger hit with "Build Me Up Buttercup". The B side " We Are Happy People", which was composed by Foundations trombone player Eric Allandale, was a top 10 hit in Scandinavia for Swedish group Slam Creepers’. The Foundations would re-record the song in stereo and with Colin Young on vocals instead of Clem Curtis. This appeared on their 1968 LP released on Marble Arch The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England. The structure was designed by John Nash in 1827 as the state entrance to the cour d'honneur of Buckingham Palace; it stood near the site of what is today th ... MALS 1157. Clem Curtis and Alan Warner re-recorded the song in the 1980s as Clem Curtis and the Fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |