Colourful Music Hits of 1970

Here are some music of the 70s hits that had a colour in the title or in the group or artist. All these charted in the UK during the year 1970.

1/Melting Pot by Blue Mink

Written by Cook and Greenway this hit was still a left over hit from 1969, and is all about racial harmony. Still applies today.

The lyrics to many Blue Mink songs here.

In the 1970s White Plains

Of course, this is a place in the U.S., but it also was and from the early 1970s. The band formed out of the remnants of the Flowerpot Men in 1969. Tony Burrows the singer with so many 1970s bands was the vocals on some of the songs and along with band members Robin Shaw, Peter Nelson and Neil Landon who also worked with Cat Stevens, Englebert Humperdinck and had associations with The Jimmy Hendrix Experience too.

The band or more accurately the session musicians were brought together by John Carter who was responsible for such hits as Let’s Go To San Francisco, Beach Baby and Knock, Knock Who’s There by Mary Hopkin written for the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest.

It was 1970 when White Plains had a hit on both sides of the Atlantic with My Baby Loves Lovin’ written by the famous Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway. In Australia the song was a hit by the Joe Jeffrey Group.

1970 also gave them I’ve Got You On My Mind getting to No. 17 in the UK was the last hit to feature Burrow and the writing of Greenaway and new session singers entered the group. The last hit of 1970 was Julie Do You Love Me a No. 8 hit.

The group were successful but really lacked a consistent image. So 1971 would be there final top twenty chart hit with When You Are King.

 One more fling at the chart in 1973 with a No. 21 hit called Step Into A Dream, and then that was it. But the song had TV play because it was used for the Butlins holiday camp commercials.

Tony Burrows INTERVIEW how Flowerpot Men became White Plains

In The 1970s White Plains

Formed from the Flowerpot men of the 1960s and featuring the legendary Tony Burrows.

Nothing more than a great pop band with their first hit being in 1970 with My Baby Loves Lovin written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway getting as high as No. 9 in the UK charts. This was followed by I've Got You On My Mind and other 1970 top twenty hit.The last hit of 1970 was Julie Do Ya Love Me (covered by Bobby Sherman in the States).

 There last top twenty hit of the 1970s came in 1971 with When You Are A King.