Cupid’s Inspiration hailed from Stamford, Lincolnshire, originally calling themselves The Ends and paying their dues, like many others, at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany.
The group scored two UK Top 40 hits in 1968. with Yesterday Has Gone (originally a hit for Little Anthony and The Imperials) and My World.
Vocalist Terry Rice-Milton left the band in 1970 and was replaced initially by John Lynch and then by Martin Cure.
Rice-Milton had a solo hit with You’re My World (a previous hit for Cilla Black) in 1970.
By 1978, the band had begun writing and recording heavier rock songs and performing under the name 4 Wheel Drive, which they soon changed to Chevy.
They recruited Steve Walwyn (later of Dr Feelgood) to give a twin guitar sound. Chevy released the singles Too Much Loving, The Taker and Just Another Day, and one album (The Taker), before folding. Bass player Gordon Haskell later joined King Crimson.
Some of the original group reunited for nostalgia shows in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Cupid’s Inspiration reformed in 2010. Wyndham George died on 4 June 2022.
Terry Rice-Milton (Terence Bull)
Vocals Wyndham George (Alec Laughton)
Guitar Laughton James (James Laughton)
Bass Garfield Tonkin (John Sharpe)
Keyboards Roger Gray
Drums Bernie Lee
Guitar Gordon Haskell (Gordon Hionides)
Bass David Morris
Organ Derek Needham
Bass John Lynch
Vocals Martin Cure
Vocals Paul Shanahan
Guitar/vocals Steve Walwyn
Guitar Jim Batty
Guitar Bob Poole
Bass, vocals Andy Chaplin
Drums Eamonn Carr
Guitar, vocals Paul Brooke
Drums Keith Hancock
Bass Ted Duggan
Drums Paul Thomas
Vocals
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