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    Foundations, The

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    Often cited, alongside The Equals and Blue Mink, as British melting-pot pop, The Foundations consisted of three white Londoners, a Barbadian, a Jamaican, a Dominican and a Ceylonese.

    Their first hit, Baby Now That I’ve Found You, established the group in 1968. An unpretentious beat ‘n’ bubblegum group, they eschewed flower power stereotypes by sticking to a clap-happy variant on southern soul. Other hits included Build Me Up Buttercup and In The Bad Bad Old Days.

    Singer Clem Curtis and his replacement Colin Young fronted a sound that swung through TV studios and wouldn’t sound out of place now as cruise ship entertainment.

    Curtis passed away in March 2017, aged 76, after a battle with cancer.

    Colin Young
    Vocals, guitar
    Clem Curtis
    Vocals, guitar
    Alan Warner
    Guitar
    Peter Macbeth

    Bass
    Tony Gomesz
    Organ
    Pat Burke
    Sax
    Eric Allendale
    Trombone
    Tim Harris
    Drums

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