Love affair - everlasting love
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The Soul Survivors
(February 1966 - August 1966)
from left:
Maurice Bacon - drums
Ian Miller - guitar
Morgan Fisher - keyboards
Warwick Rose - bass
Steve Ellis - vocals
The Love Affair started out as the Soul Survivors in early 1966, featuring Steve Ellis (vocals), Maurice 'Mo' Bacon (drums), Stephen Morgan Fisher (keyboards), Ian Miller (guitar), and Warwick Rose (bass).
They were managed by Maurice's father, Sidney Bacon. Sid was a drummer, too, and his brother Max was a famous jazz drummer from the 30s and 40s - so when Maurice started playing drums, Sid formed a band for his son by placing adverts in Melody Maker, and held auditions in his Walthamstow warehouse. Maurice Bacon: "I come from a family of drummers. Uncle Max was a famous drummer in the Ambrose Orchestra in the 30s. My father was a semi-pro drummer, and a cousin, Victor Feldman, was a famous session player. He played on Steely Dan's records. So after I started playing drums, my father formed a band for me by placing adverts in the paper."
The Bacons were from Southgate; the rest of the ba
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Steve Ellis (musician)
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| Birth name | Stephen John Ellis |
| Born | (1950-04-07) 7 April 1950 (age 74) Edgware, Middlesex, England |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Website | steveellis.co.uk |
Musical artist
Stephen John Ellis (born 7 April 1950) is an Englishrock/pop singer. His biggest success was with the band Love Affair in the late 1960s.
Early life
Stephen John Ellis was born in Edgware, Middlesex. When his career as a professional musician took off, he was working part-time at a Co-op.[1]
Career
Love Affair
Main article: Love Affair (band)
When Ellis left his first band, the Clifton Bystanders, he formed his first band as the lead vocalist, which was called Soul Survivors, formed when he was fifteen.[2] The Soul Survivors formed into Love Affair in 1966, with Rex Brayley, Mick Jackson, Lynton Guest, and Maurice Bacon. A few months later, in early 1967, the band released their first two singles, including "Everlasting Love", a song that knocked The Beatles' "Hello, Goodbye" off
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Love Affair (band)
English band
Love Affair were a London-based pop and progressive rock group formed in 1966. The group had several UK Singles Chart top 10 hits, including the number one success "Everlasting Love".
History
Love Affair's first single, "She Smiled Sweetly", written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and released on Decca Records, flopped, but the band reached the top of the UK Singles Chart in January 1968 with "Everlasting Love".[2] By this time the group had relocated to CBS Records.[2] The song was first recorded by Robert Knight,[2] whose version had reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100chart in the autumn of 1967, and it was previously offered to Marmalade, who turned it down. On the B-side was a cover version of "Gone Are the Songs of Yesterday", which was written by Phillip Goodhand-Tait. After its success, Goodhand-Tait saw an opportunity and signed a contract with Love Affair's managers John Cokell and Sid Bacon. Goodhand-Tait went on to write more songs for Love Affair.[3]
Lead vocalist Steve El
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