At this stage, Taylor was still trying to find his voice, yet that is the very reason why these recordings are of interest to fans. "Smile A Little Smile For Me" was a US hit for The Flying Machine, who were a pop band from the UK. Some members of The Flying Machine went to from the one hit wonder band Edison Lighthouse, who recorded the hit song " Those magnificent men in their flying machines, they go up tiddly up up, they go down tiddly down down. Various Artists Given its dreamy melody and low-key arrangement, based on chiming acoustic guitars and a muted trumpet and featuring a deliciously mournful chorus, it seems obvious in retrospect that the song would be a smash, but Macaulay and Stephens didn't put much effort towards crafting a follow-up. Profile: Renamed in 1969 from Pinkerton's Assorted Colours. "Smile A Little Smile For Me" was written by the UK hitmakers Tony Macaulay (the Foundations, Edison Lighthouse, Marmalade, literally dozens of others) and Geoff Stephens (New Vaudeville Band, Tom Jones, Lulu, etc. Various Artists Sites: Wikipedia. Various Artists Pinkerton's (as they were often known, for short) had scored a major UK hit with "Mirror Mirror" in 1966 and continued recording over the next few years. The Flying Machine. The Flying Machine first rose out of the ashes of British band Pinkerton's Assorted Colours. The band they formed to tour behind the song, basically the third-tier freakbeat band Pinkerton's Assorted Colours with a slightly rejiggered lineup, recorded and released a few singles and a 1970 album under the Flying Machine name, then broke up.
This could be interesting.The Nails lead singer Marc Campbell talks about those 44 women he sings about over a stock Casio keyboard track. History. You really should accept This time he's gone for good He'll never come back now Even though he said he would So darling dry your eyes They enchant all the ladies and steal all the scenes, with their up tiddly up up and their down tiddly down down. Doors expert Jim Cherry, author of The Doors Examined, talks about some of their defining songs and exposes some Jim Morrison myths.The motto for Boys Town, which was a Nebraska home for troubled youth, inspired the song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" by The Hollies.The TV show One Tree Hill got it's name from a song of the same name on U2's Joshua Tree album.The Australian band Jet took their name from the 1973 song of the same by Paul McCartney and Wings.
Various Artists The song is a story of a boy (possibly a love interest or a friend) that is telling a girl named Rose Marie that she needs to get over the boy that has left her. Various Artists The band they formed to tour behind the song, basically the third-tier freakbeat band Pinkerton's Assorted Colours with a slightly rejiggered lineup, recorded and released a few singles and a 1970 album under the Flying Machine name, then broke up. The singer/bassist for Concrete Blonde talks about how her songs come from clairvoyance, and takes us through the making of their hit "Joey." Marie was the mother of Dean Pitchford, who co-wrote it.A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs