White Plains (band)

British pop music group

White Plains were a British pop music group that existed from 1969 to 1976. They had an ever changing line up of musicians and five UK hit singles, all on the Deram Records label, in the early 1970s. The spinoff of the one hit wonder group The Flower Pot Men, White Plains’ first hit came in 1970 with “My Baby Loves Lovin'”. Their later successful songs include “I’ve Got You on My Mind”, “Lovin’ You Baby”, “Julie, Do Ya Love Me”, “When You Are a King” and “Step Into a Dream”. After “When You Are A King” peaked at number four in Northern Ireland, the group would not release a chart worthy song for another two years, until they released “Step Into a Dream”. White Plains disbanded in 1976, but was reformed on three occasions: briefly in 1978, again for a two year run from 2004 to 2006, and finally for a summer tour in 2013. White Plains is also known for being one of the groups Tony Burrows recorded a series of one hit wonder songs with.

White Plains evolved from the late 1960s pop/psychedelic band the Flower Pot Men, composed of Tony Burrows, Pete Nelson, and Robin Shaw together with Neil Landon (who went to Fat Mattress). The Flower Pot Men was initially a 1967 studio project led by John Carter. In early 1969, Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook, in place of John Carter, became the group's new producers. The last single of the Flower Pot Men for Deram Records was “In A Moment Of Madness”, composed by Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook, with Pete Nelson on lead vocals. It was an attempt at a hit single in the style of the then popular Love Affair. The single did not chart and for the next single the band's name was changed to White Plains. The band's songs were mainly produced and written by Greenaway and Roger Cook. A promotional film of "My Baby Loves Lovin'" features bassist Robin Shaw as lead singer, miming over Ricky Wolff’s vocals.

Title YearPeak chart positions UK AUS BE (FLA) BE (WA) CAN IRE NL NZ SA SWE US "My Baby Loves Lovin'"1970920134749—1181213 "I've Got You on My Mind"17————17————— "Lovin' You Baby"————35—————82 "Julie Do Ya Love Me"8————8————— "Every Little Move She Makes"1971—————————19— "When You Are a King"13100————4———— "Gonna Miss Her Mississippi"——————————— "I Can't Stop"1972——————————— "Dad You Saved the World"——————————— "Step into a Dream"197321————9————— "Does Anybody Know Where My Baby Is? "——————————— "Julie Anne"——————————— "Ecstasy"1974——————————— "Summer Nights"1976——————————— "Dance with You"1978——————————— "Wanna Fall in Love"———————————"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.