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.
