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Bubble Gum Classics 5

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This was originally issued as a compilation of session singer Tony Burrow's hits called "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)", and then reissued as one of the Bubblegum Classics volumes.

Burrows, amazingly, had five top-10 hits under the guise of five different studio groups in the 70s, ranging from the novelty of The Pipkins "Gimme Dat Ding" to the proto-beach tune "Beach Baby" by First Class.

The hits (also including Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)", White Plains' "My Baby Loves Lovin'" and The Brotherhood of Man's "United We Stand"), are all hugely memorable radio fare. The remaining tracks, including followups from the hitmaking aggregations, solo tracks, and a few that just never made it, don't really measure up. There's nothing wrong with them, but they don't have the magic that would propel them to the top-40.

Overall, a very enjoyable disc, and a nice tribute to a previously faceless singer whose voice made quite a dent in the charts.

This CD compiles 18 tracks sung by session singer Tony Burrows. Burrows had no success as a solo singer, but managed to have five hit songs as the lead singer of various "groups". Remember "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)", "Beach Baby", "My Baby Loves Lovin'", "United We Stand" and "Gimme Dat Ding"? Yup, those were all sung by our man Tony. All five of those hits are here, plus 13 other songs which are very obscure, but mostly good. Fans of pop music of the '70s should enjoy this CD.

Hey what can be said that has not already been said. This guy Burrows lended his voice to an array of pop bands that turned out one hit wounders but could never quite make it commercially. So what. A good love song is a good love song no matter where it come from. So if your into music with strings, horns, deep bass with an array of percussion instruments set in the style of 'lets get happy and celebrate lifes crushes on those lost or gained loved ones in the teenage years?', then this music is for you.

This is a fabulous record from the most successful singer noone has ever heard of- Tony Burrows. All original recordings. Heaps of hits which I recognised from those long ago days of the early 70s, and amongst the songs with which I was not familiar are some real gems too. Excellent liner notes too. This record has confirmed my opinion that Tony as Edison Lighthouse singing "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes" is THE classic Bubble Gum Pop recording.

Bubblegum Classics, Volume 5: The Voice of Tony Burrows is 56 minutes and 42 seconds and was released on February, 10, 1998. This is the last CD in the Bubblegum Classics series. The songs featured in this CD are songs the Tony Burrows was a member of a group or as a solo artist. Not to say he has a bad voice or anything, he had better success as a member with one of the band he was with then as a solo artist. Tony was a member of at least ten groups where he sang lead vocals or sang backing vocals. The music is in the style of bubblegum pop. His highest charting song was when he was with the band First Class; Beach Baby hit #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. Bubblegum Classics, Volume 5: The Voice of Tony Burrows gets an AAAAA+++++.

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)-Edison Lighthouse
#5 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles
Every Little Move She Makes-Tony Burrows
Have You Had A Little Happiness Lately-Domino
Beach Baby-First Class
#4 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles
In The Bad Old Days- Tony Burrows
Take Me In Your Arms- Edison Lighthouse
My Baby Loves Lovin'-White Plains
#13 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles
The Disco Kid-First Class
Melanie Makes Me Smile-Tony Burrows
#87 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles
Better Fly, Butterfly-Touch
Summertime-West End Boys
Dreams Are Ten A Penny-First Class
#83 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles
In A Moment of Madness-Flowerpot Men
United We Stand-The Brotherhood of Man
#13 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles
Girl You've Got Me Going- Tony Burrows
Never Gonna Fall In Love Again-Magic
Gimmie Dat Ding-Pipkins
#9 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles
Too Many Golden Oldies-First Class