White Plains

White Plains are an early 70s British pop-rock band that specialized in extremely bouncy and happy songs. The group started out as an offshoot of the 60's British psychedelic rock outfit the Flowerpot Men, who changed their name to White Plains and switched to a more radio friendly pop-oriented soft rock sound after recording the unsuccessful single "In a Moment of Madness." The original line-up for the band was: Tony Burrows (vocals), Pete Nelson (piano), Robin Shaw (bass), Ricky Wolff (guitar/keyboards/flute/saxophone), Robin Box (lead guitar), and Roger Hills (drums). Their two albums and almost all of their singles were written and produced by the prolific musical duo of Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook. White Plains scored their biggest smash hit in 1970 with the infectiously catchy and upbeat bubblegum pop gem "My Baby Loves Lovin'," which soared all the way to #9 on the UK pop charts and reached #13 on the US Billboard charts. Burrows left the group following the success of "My Baby Loves Lovin'". The band enjoyed a steady succession of follow-up hit songs on the UK pop radio charts throughout the early 70's: "I've Got You on My Mind" (#17), "Julie Do Ya Love Me" (#8), "When You Are a King" (#13), and "Step Into a Dream" (#21). Ricky Wolff left White Plains in 1973 and was replaced by organist Ron Reynolds. The group recorded their last single "Summer Nights" in 1976. A majority of the original members of White Plains are still together and continue to perform in concert on the oldies circuit.