Tony Burrows

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Tony Burrows (born Anthony Burrows, on 14 April, 1943, in Exeter, Devon) is a British session singer. In the early 1960s he was a member of The Kestrels, a vocal harmony group which also included future songwriter Roger Greenaway. Later Burrows sang the lead vocals on several hits songs under different group names.

He sang on -

Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"
White Plains' "My Baby Loves Lovin'"
The Pipkins' novelty song "Gimme Dat Ding"
The Brotherhood of Man's "United We Stand"
The First Class' "Beach Baby";

In February 1970 he became the first (and still the only) person to appear on Top Of The Pops fronting three different acts in one show - Edison Lighthouse (who were No. 1 that week), White Plains, and Brotherhood of Man. Afterwards he was told that he would be unofficially blacklisted from the programme as listeners might think it was 'a fix' with his appearing so often. In fact he returned to the show a few weeks later as one member of The Pipkins, a duo - the other member being fellow ex-Kestrel Roger Greenaway. Nevertheless this success worked against him, in that he subsequently made several singles under his own name which were excluded from radio playlists, among them "Melanie Makes Me Smile", "The Humming Song", and "Hand me Down Man".

He has also recorded as a session singer with Elton John, Cliff Richard, and James Last.

External links

http://www.popentertainment.com/burrows.htm (Tony Burrows interview)

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/salaryman/asada/burrows.htm (Tony Burrows website and discography)

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