Edison Lighthouse
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Edison Lighthouse was an early 70s British pop-rock group that was
primarily devised by songwriters and record producers Barry Mason and
Tony McCaulay as a showcase for veteran session singer Tony Burrows'
pleasant, soothing vocals. The other original band members were: Stuart
Edwards (lead guitar), David Taylor (bass), George Weyman (drums), and
Ray Dorey (guitar). Edison Lighthouse scored a massive hit in 1970 with
the infectiously bouncy, catchy and upbeat bubblegum pop gem "Love
Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)," which peaked at #1 on the UK pop radio
charts for five weeks straight and sold 250,000 copies in Britain.
Moreover, the song sold a million copies in America and peaked at #4 on
the Billboard charts in March, 1970. Burrows subsequently left the band
to pursue other projects and was replaced by singer/actor Paul Vigrass.
The rest of the group line-up was also changed with members from the
band Greenfield Hammer. This particular incarnation of Edison
Lighthouse barely cracked the UK Top 50 with the bubbly and charming
single "It's Up to You, Petula" and eventually broke up in 1971. In
2001 guitarist, songwriter and record producer Les Fradkin obtained the
rights to the group name and formed a new version of Edison Lighthouse
for touring and recording.
