- The Peddlers
The Peddlers were a British pop trio of the 1960s and 1970s.
History
The Peddlers formed in
Manchester in1964 as a trio of Trevor Morais (born Trevor Gladstone Emanuel Morais, inLiverpool ,10 October 1944 ), Tab Martin (born Alan Raymond Brearley, inNewcastle upon Tyne on24 December 1944 ) and Roy Phillips (born Roy Godfrey Phillips, inParkstone , Dorset on5 May 1941 ). Morais, the drummer, had previously played withFaron's Flamingoes andRory Storm and the Hurricanes (who had struggled to replaceRingo Starr after he had left to joinThe Beatles ). Martin, the bassist, and Phillips, on vocals and keyboards, had both been in The Saints andThe Tornados ; Phillips had also been withThe Soundtracks .The trio released six singles and an EP on the Philips label before joining CBS in 1967. That year they released the album "Freewheelers", consisting of standards sometimes adventurously arranged by
Keith Mansfield (composer of the "Grandstand" theme tune, amongst others). The follow-up, 1968's "Three In A Cell", included a downtempo version of 'On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)', from the 1965 musical of the same name, which was later heavily sampled for its bass andhammond organ riff. The third and final CBS album, "Birthday", followed in 1969, and brought the band two UK Top 40 singles in 'Girlie' and the title track. Following "Birthday", the Peddlers returned to Philips.Morais left the trio during an Australian tour in 1972, and the Peddlers disbanded in 1976.
After the Peddlers
Morais left the Peddlers during an Australian tour in 1972 and joined
Quantum Jump . He later opened El Cortijo studios in Malaga, Spain, and has worked withDavid Essex , Howard Jones andBjörk . Phillips now lives in Auckland, New Zealand, where he owns a recording studio. He contributed lead vocals for the track 'Closer' to the 2007 Lord Large album 'The Lord's First XI'. [ [http://www.lordlarge.com/the_history_blab.htm the_history ] ] Martin lives in Portugal.References
External links
*http://www.thepeddlers.co.uk/ The Peddlers
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