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Love Affair (band)

Love Affair
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Love Affair in 1968
Background information
Origin London, England
Genres Pop, soul, British Invasion
Years active 1966–1971
Labels Decca, CBS
Website www.theloveaffair.co.uk
Past members

Rex Brayley
Maurice Bacon
Mick Jackson
Steve Ellis
Lynton Guest
Morgan Fisher

John Watchman

Rex Brayley
Maurice Bacon
Mick Jackson
Steve Ellis
Lynton Guest
Morgan Fisher

Love Affair was a London-based pop, soul, R&B group formed in 1966. The group had several UK Singles Chart Top 10 hits, including the number one success, "Everlasting Love".

Love Affair's first single, "She Smiled Sweetly", written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, released on Decca Records flopped, but the band reached the top of the UK Singles Chart in January 1968 with "Everlasting Love". By this time the group had relocated to CBS Records. The song was first recorded by Robert Knight, whose version had reached No. 13 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart 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.


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