Happy 76th Birthday to JOHN HALL, drummer and co-founding member of THE EQUALS (born 25 Oct 1946)
THE EQUALS - BABY COME BACK (1968, in colour)
The video here is the group performing their classic hit singleon Top Of The Pops. I've upscaled and colorized the original black and white clip.
Written by Eddy Grant (who you can see here on lead guitar and backing vocals), BABY COME BACK was a mixture of the ingredients that The Equals excelled in providing, a distinct style fusing pop, blues, and R&B plus elements of ska and bluebeat.
Originally, this was the B-side of The Equals' "Hold Me Closer" single. That record did not capture much attention, but in early 1968 this was released as a single in Germany, where it rose to #1. After it subsequently topped the charts in Belgium and Holland the song was finally reissued in the UK, where it soared to #1.
Hailing from North London, Eddy Grant founded the group with Pat Lloyd, John Hall, and brothers Derv and Lincoln Gordon, and they were noted as being the first major interracial rock group in the UK and one of the few racially mixed bands of the era.
They went on to have 12 more hits in Germany and two other UK Top 10 hits ("Viva Bobby Joe" and "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys") before legal problems with the record company made it impossible to release any more records.
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