by Jason Ankeny
The British pop group Edison Lighthouse was primarily the vehicle of session vocalist Tony Burrows; the groups lone hit, 1970s Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes), was one of four simultaneous U.K. Top Ten records scored by Burrows under different names (the others were White Plains My Baby Loves Lovin, the Pipkins Gimme Dat Ding, and the Brotherhood of Mans United We Stand). In truth, Edison Lighthouse was merely the alias of songwriters and producers Tony McCaulay and Barry Mason, although members of the group Greenfield Hammer were eventually brought in to perpetuate the image of a real working band; after the success of Love Grows, Burrows exited to pursue other projects, and McCaulay, who owned the copyright to the Edison name, simply assembled another group to record under the alias. The second Edison Lighthouse barely cracked the U.K. Top 50 with the single Its Up to You, Petula before vanishing.
The British pop group Edison Lighthouse was primarily the vehicle of session vocalist Tony Burrows; the groups lone hit, 1970s Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes), was one of four simultaneous U.K. Top Ten records scored by Burrows under different names (the others were White Plains My Baby Loves Lovin, the Pipkins Gimme Dat Ding, and the Brotherhood of Mans United We Stand). In truth, Edison Lighthouse was merely the alias of songwriters and producers Tony McCaulay and Barry Mason, although members of the group Greenfield Hammer were eventually brought in to perpetuate the image of a real working band; after the success of Love Grows, Burrows exited to pursue other projects, and McCaulay, who owned the copyright to the Edison name, simply assembled another group to record under the alias. The second Edison Lighthouse barely cracked the U.K. Top 50 with the single Its Up to You, Petula before vanishing.
