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English pop singer and recording artist

Anthony Burrows (born 14 April 1942) is an English pop singer and recording artist. As a prolific session musician, Burrows was involved in several transatlantic hit singles throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, most of which were one hit wonders, including "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse, "United We Stand" by Brotherhood of Man, "My Baby Loves Lovin'" by White Plains, "Gimme Dat Ding" by The Pipkins and "Beach Baby" by The First Class. During 1970, four singles by four different acts with whom he performed all charted at or near the top of the UK Singles Chart and additionally reached the top 20 in the United States.

Burrows was born in Exeter, Devon, England. In the early 1960s, he was a member of The Kestrels, a vocal harmony group which also included the future songwriting team Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook. Burrows recorded his debut album in 1965 under the pseudonym Tony Bond. Subsequently, he joined the Ivy League in 1966 after the departure of John Carter.

Burrows was still with the Ivy League when they metamorphosed into the Flower Pot Men. A published interview with Burrows claims that he became the first (and still the only) recording artist to appear on BBC Television's Top of the Pops fronting three different group acts appearing almost sequentially in a single broadcast show: Edison Lighthouse (the No. 1 British charted hit that week), White Plains, and Brotherhood of Man. However, Top of the Pops records show that this did not happen. He did appear with two of his bands, Edison Lighthouse and Brotherhood of Man on the same show one time on the 29 January 1970 episode of Top of the Pops, but never appeared with three bands on a single show. The recordings of his appearances on 29 January (with Edison Lighthouse and Brotherhood of Man), 5 February (with Edison Lighthouse) and 26 February 1970 (with White Plains) are all still in existence. Although he hit the top 40 performing with five different groups, the singles released on his own weren't nearly as successful. He only managed to have one low charting single (No. 87) in the US as a solo artist.

In April, 1970, he released his solo single "Melanie Makes Me Smile", He has recorded as a session harmony singer with Elton John on the songs "Levon" and "Tiny Dancer", with Cliff Richard, and James Last.

In 2011, Burrows was awarded the BASCA Gold Badge Award in recognition of his contribution to music.