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Vanity Fare - 1970 - Early In The Morning
Vanity Fare (due to the similarity of the novel and magazine title often misspelled Vanity Fair) were a UK pop/rock group formed in 1966, best remembered for their million selling song, "Hitchin' a Ride," which became a worldwide hit in 1970. School friends Trevor Brice (vocals), Tony Goulden (guitar), Dick Allix (drums) and Tony Jarrett (bass) formed the band in Kent in 1966, originally calling themselves The Avengers. They played local clubs and were spotted by entrepreneur Roger Easterby who became their manager and producer. Having changed the name of the band to Vanity Fare, they signed to Page One Records. Vanity Fare achieved a UK hit single with their first release, a cover of "I Live For The Sun" (originally recorded by The Sunrays in 1965) in the summer of 1968. Following two more singles, "Summer Morning" and "Highway Of Dreams," both of which failed to make the UK Singles Chart, they released their biggest UK hit "Early in the Morning". Written by Mike Leander and Eddie Seago, it reached number 8 in that country in August 1969 and number 12 in the US in early 1970. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The band was on tour with P.J. Proby in 2007.
01 - Early In The Morning 02 - In My Lonely Room 03 - Music, Music, Music 04 - Man Child 05 - I Live For The Sun 06 - Hitchin' A Ride 07 - Highway Of Dreams 08 - (I Remember) Summer Morning 09 - Four Strong Wind 10 - You Made Me Love You 11 - Hey Baby
