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Multiple issues| COI = October 2008| tone = October 2008Infobox musical artist | name = The Foundations| image =| caption =| image_size = | background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = London , England | genre = Soul music|Soul | years_active = 1967& ndash;1970| label = Pye Records|Pye , Castle Records|Castle , Uni Records|Uni | associated_acts =| website =| past_members = 1966-1968 Eric Allendale Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown Pat Burke Clem Curtis Mike Elliott (saxophonist)|Mike Elliott Tony Gomez Tim Harris Peter MacBeth Alan Warner (musician)|Alan Warner
1968-1970 Eric Allendale Pat Burke Tony Gomez Tim Harris Peter MacBeth Alan Warner Colin Young
1970-1971 Eric Allendale Steve Bingham Pat Burke Tony Gomez Tim Harris Alan Warner Colin Young
The Foundations were a British soul band (music)|band , active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indies|West Indians , White British , and a Sri Lanka n, are best known for their two biggest hits, " Baby Now That I've Found You " (a Chart-topper|Number One hit single|hit in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, and subsequently Top 40|Top 10 in the United States|US ), written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod; and " Build Me Up Buttercup " (a number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 in Canada), co-written by Macaulay with Mike d'Abo , at the time the lead singer|vocalist with Manfred Mann . The group was the first multi-racial group to have a number 1 hit in the UK in the 1960s.All Music - Allmusic|class=artist|id=p17644|pure_url=yesFoundations Biography
The Foundations are notable for being one of the few label acts to successfully imitate what became known as the Motown Sound . In terms of line-up and musical style, they anticipated the sound of the more successful Hot Chocolate (band)|Hot Chocolate . They were in a similar musical vein as Love Affair (band)|Love Affair , who also topped the UK charts in 1968 with their version of Robert Knight (musician)|Robert Knight 's " Everlasting Love ". The Foundations signed to Pye Records|Pye , at the time one of only four big United Kingdom|UK record label|record companies (the others being EMI with its HMV , Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia Records , and Parlophone Records|Parlophone labels; Decca Records|Decca ; and Philips Records|Philips who also owned Fontana Records|Fontana ).
Biography
Origins
The Foundations drew much interest and intrigue due to the size and structure of the group. Not only was there a diverse ethnic mix in the group, but there was also diversity in ages and musical backgrounds. The oldest member of the group was Mike Elliott, who was 38& nbsp;years old. The youngest was Tim Harris, who, at 18, was barely out of school. The West Indian horn section , which consisted of Jamaican -born Mike Elliott (saxophonist)|Mike Elliott and Pat Burke, both saxophonists and Dominica n-born Eric Allendale on trombone. They were all highly experienced musician s who came from professional jazz and rock-and-roll backgrounds. Mike Elliott had played in various jazz and rock and roll bands including Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott ,Inlay notes to ''Baby Now That I've Found You'' CD, Sequel Records NEECD 300 the Cabin Boys (led by Tommy Steele 's brother, Colin Hicks), and others. Pat Burke, a professional musician, was from the London Music Conservatorium. Eric Allendale had led his own band at one stage as well as having played with Edmundo Ros and being a former member of the Terry Lightfoot www.50connect.co.uk http://www.50connect.co.uk/entertainment/music/artist_focus/a_chat_with_the_foundations_clem_curtis A Chat With The Foundations Clem Curtis By Cherry Butler and Alex Walsh bands. Alan Warner (musician)|Alan Warner , the guitarist, was also an experienced musician for his age, having played with numerous semi-pro groups from the age of 16.Pluto Biography"> http://www.alan-warner.com/10102/info.php? p=6& pno=0 Pluto Biography, alan-warner.com Bassist Peter Macbeth was a former teacher. Tony Gomez, the keyboard player, was a former clerk, while Clem Curtis had been an interior decorator and professional boxer.
The story of the origins of the Foundations can be somewhat surprising and a bit confusing as to who was responsible for choosing the band's name, and various sources give slightly different accounts of their beginnings. One version is that they were originally called The Ramong Sound ,Pluto Biography"/>The Original Pluto Rock Band - http://www.pluto-rockband.com/70141/info.php? p=2& pno=0 Biography or The Ramongs, and there were two lead singers, Clem Curtis and Psychedelic shock rocker Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown .Music Kaleidescope - http://musickaleidoscope.blogspot.com/2008_05_29_archive.html The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, About Arthur Brown Other variations on this are that after they dropped the "Ramong" from their name, they were then called The Foundation Squad or The Foundation Sound.Pluto Biography"/> Apparently, Arthur Brown was only a temporary member for about one month, and by the time the Foundations had signed to Pye, he had left the group.
The Foundations actually did come together in Bayswater , London in January 1967. They practiced and played in a basement club called the Butterfly Club, which they ran.cite book | first= Joseph | last= Murrells | year= 1978 | title= The Book of Golden Discs | edition= 2nd | publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London | pages= 220–221 | isbn= 0-214-20512-6 While managing the club themselves, they played music nightly, and handled the cooking and cleaning. They would get to bed around 6 or 7 a.m., sleep until 4 p.m., get up and begin again to get ready to open at 8 p.m. Sometimes they barely made enough money to pay the rent, let alone feed themselves. At times, they lived off the leftovers and a couple of pounds of rice.cite book | first= Crotus | last= Pike | year= 1967 | title= Beat Instrumental Monthly, Oct 1967, Foundations never thought they'd make the charts | edition= 1st | publisher= | location= UK | pages= 28 | isbn= They stayed there until they were eventually forced out by a protection racket gang and then had to move next door to a dingy unused mini-cab office.Alan Warner Website - http://www.alan-warner.com/10102/info.php? p=5& pno=0 The Foundations
Career from 1967
While the biography on Allmusic states that Barry Class was the first to discover them, Alan Warner (musician)|Alan Warner , the original founding member and lead guitarist of The Foundations and former Ramongs member states that it was actually Fairway who saw them in the dingy office and then introduced them to Class. Either way, both Fairway and Class teamed up to become their managers.Clem Curtis website http://www.clemcurtis.com/biography.htm CLEM CURTIS and THE FOUNDATIONS Class took care of the business management, while Fairway went out promoting and trying to secure gigs for the group.
When they were at the top spot with "Baby, Now That I've Found You", Fairway commented to Melody Maker that most management would pull them out of the "bargain priced dates" that were booked for some time. He expressed gratitude to everyone for their support, and said that they would fulfill every engagement for which they had signed.
Not long after "Baby, Now That I've Found You" became a hit, rock historian Roger Dopson describes what followed as a "behind the scenes struggle", where Fairway was "pushed out" and his partner, Barry Class, remained as sole manager of the group. Fairway later attempted to sue the band, alleging that he was wrongfully dismissed, though the band said that he had resigned of his own accord.cite news | date= 2 December 1967 | title= Foundations Sued | publisher= New Musical Express Dopson also noted that Fairway also leaked a story to the media saying that the Foundations had broken up which only served to keep the Foundations name in the news headlines. cite book | first= By Terry | last= Rawlings | year= 2002 | title= Then, now and rare British beat 1960-1969 | edition= illustrated | publisher= Omnibus Press | location= UK | pages= 82 | isbn= ISBN 0-7119-9094-8, ISBN 978-0-7119-9094-4 Fairway and Class eventually introduced them to Pye A& R man Tony Macaulay. The day Macaulay came to hear them play, he was suffering from what he described as the worst hangover of his life. The band was playing so loud he could not judge how good they were, but he decided to give them a chance. He would later comment in the book, 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, that he woke up that morning with a stinking headache, and when he got to the studio and heard The Foundations, he thought they were pretty terrible. He decided his hangover was to blame, and so he gave them the benefit of the doubt.www.shaynezucker.com http://shaynezucker.com/1967a.htm 10 Great Songs From One Great Year 1967
At first they found progress quite slow, and one of their sax players, Pat Burke, had to drop out of the band and take another job while they went through a rough patch. He did rejoin them again later in 1967.cite book | first= | last= | year= 1967 | title= NME, Foundations Revive British Soul Scene | edition= 1st | publisher= | location= UK | pages= 4 | isbn= cite book | first= | last= | year= April, 2005 | title= NME Originals Vol 2 Issue 2, Foundations Revive British Soul Scene | edition= 1st | publisher= | location= UK | pages= 81 | isbn=
They did a couple of tours backing The Toys and later Motown Records ' Edwin Starr . Curtis doubted if this group called The Toys was the original Toys let alone American. They were noticed by Brian Epstein who added them to the roster of his NEMS Agency but the contract became void when he died.cite book | first= Alan | last= Clayson | year= 1998 | title= Build Me Up Buttercup, Castle Select SELCD 527 | edition= 1st | publisher= Castle Select | location= UK | pages= 4 | isbn=
When " Baby Now That I've Found You " was first released it went nowhere. Luckily the BBC 's newly founded BBC Radio 1 were looking to avoid any records being played by the pirate radio stations and they looked back at some recent releases that the pirate stations had missed. "Baby, Now That I've Found You" was one of them. The single then took off and by November was chart-topper|number one in the UK Singles Chart . This was the ideal time because of the soul boom that was happening in England since 1965 and with U.S.|American Rhythm and blues|R& B stars visiting the UK, interest and intrigue in The Foundations was generated. Their second single released in January 1968, " Back On My Feet Again ", did not do as well but made it to #18 in the UK, and #29 in Canada. Also in January 1968 they were invited to put down some tracks for John Peel 's radio show. One of the tracks that they laid down was a cover of ? and the Mysterians garage classic 96 Tears .Foundations CD inlay booklet notes">cite book | first= Michael | last= Heatley | year= | title= Strong Foundations - The Singles And More , Music Club MCCD 327 | edition= 1st | publisher= Music Club | location= UK | pages= | isbn=www.bbc.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1960s/1968/Jan08thefoundations/ Peel Sessions 08/01/1968 - The Foundations On the same day PP Arnold was in the studio with Dusty Springfield and Madeline Bell as her backing vocalists.Foundations CD inlay booklet notes"/>
Around this time after the release of their second single, there were tensions developing between the band and their songwriter/producer, Tony Macaulay. He would not allow them to record any of their own songs. In an interview, the band's organ player, Tony Gomez, told NME Magazine in an interview that he, Peter MacBeth, and Eric Allendale had some ideas that they wanted to put together. Curtis later recalled that Macaulay was a problem. "Tony Macaulay was very talented, but could be difficult to get on with. When we asked to record some of our own material - just as B sides, we weren't after the A side - he called us 'ungrateful' and stormed out of the studio." The group felt that Macaulay had reined in their "real" sound, making them seem more pop-oriented than they were. Tony Macaulay was later to recall, "I was never close to The Foundations. I couldn't stand them, and they hated me& #33; But the body of work we recorded was excellent."
A third single, also released in 1968 "Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad)", reached #48.
Curtis and Elliott leave group
Original vocalist Curtis left in 1968, because he felt that a couple of the band's members were taking it a bit too easy, thinking that because they had now had a hit, they did not have to put in as much effort as they had previously. Saxophonist Mike Elliott also left around this time and was never replaced. Curtis hung around and helped them audition a replacement singer. They auditioned 200 singers. It was reported in a New Musical Express article in 1968 that Curtis while being interviewd at a festival had mentioned that they were trying out Warren Davis to replace him. He said he wouldn't leave the band until they found a replacement.NME 7/9/68 He had become friendly with Sammy Davis, Jr. and was encouraged to try his luck in the United States . He moved to the US for a solo (music)|solo career on the nightclub|club circuit, encouraged by the likes of Wilson Pickett and Sam & Dave , playing Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas with the Righteous Brothers . His successful replacement was Colin Young .
New lead singer
With Young the band had two more big hits; " Build Me Up Buttercup " which was their third hit in 1968 and " In the Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me) " which was a hit in April 1969, and reached #23 in Canada May 5 that year.
At the height of their popularity, the Foundations management were in negotiations and a UK TV company for a television series that would star members of the band. They had turned down a number of offers to appear in film s because of script unsuitability.Google Books http://books.google.com.au/books? id=dCgEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA43& dq=%22THe+Foundations%22Baby+Now& cd=1#v=onepage& q=%22THe%20Foundations%22Baby%20Now& f=false Billboard 26 Apr 1969, Page 41, A Major Television Series Planned for the Foundations
Bassist Peter Macbeth left the band in 1969, to join the group Bubastis with Bernie Living,Geocities STEVE YORK Website - http://www.webcitation.org/query? url= http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/diner/2674/living_bernie_a.htm& date=2009-10-25+22:31:06 - BERNIE LIVING info Phil Rodie Band Website - http://www.philbrodieband.com/muso_peter-macbeth.htm - A Phil Brodie Band ~ Info Page and was replaced by Steve Bingham .
Beginning of 1970 to the breakup in late 1970
After a successful run of hits, The Foundations broke off with their management and a Bill Graham sponsored tour to support The Temptations at the newly opened Copacabana club. This ended up in disaster and the band came back to the UK in low spirits. It had been previously reported in a publicity sheet around early December 1969 that the band had broken away from their manager Barry Class. Jim Dawson who was formerly their agent and Mike Dolan took over the group's affairs.cite book | first= | last= | year= 1969 | title= Tony Brainsby Publicity Ltd (circa) December 1969 | edition= 1st | publisher= Tony Brainsby | location= UK | pages= 1 | isbn= The group's final hits were " Born to Live, Born to Die " which was written by Eric Allendale and Tony Gomez.Allmusic|class=song|id=t5076274|pure_url=yes Allmusic.com - song details and " My Little Chickadee (song)|My Little Chickadee ", a US only hit which barely made the hot 100. Another member joined the band in 1970. Paul Lockey who had been with Robert Plant in Band Of Joy joined as their bass guitarist.BMA http://birminghammusicarchive.co.uk/? page_id=51 Band of Joy
"My Little Chickadee" proved to be the band's last hit. In spite of releasing " Take a Girl Like You (song)|Take A Girl Like You ", the title song to the Oliver Reed and Hayley Mills Take a Girl Like You (film)|film , and a heavy blues rock song "I'm Gonna Be A Rich Man", the band split in late 1970.KPM Agency - http://www.kp-agency.com/thefoundations.htm - Artists The Foundations
1971 to the end of the 1970s
The last record released in the early 1970s as The Foundations was a single "Stoney Ground" b/w "I'll Give You Love" MCA MCA 5075 1971.Music Kaleidescope - http://www.jbpco.freeuk.com/UKList/UKF.html UK 45's 1966-72 The Foundations By that time the original band had already split up and Alan Warner had been a member of Pluto since joining and helping to form the English progressive rock band in 1970. There would be two more singles released as The Foundations in the mid to late 1970s.
When Curtis returned to the United Kingdom|UK , he formed a new version of the group with little success in spite of releasing several singles, but later had a lucrative spell on the 1960s nostalgia circuit. Curtis' re-formed Foundations have on several occasions and among the many musicians to be part of latter day Foundations were Bill billspringate.com http://www.billspringate.com/bio.htm Bio and John Springate, the latter becoming a member of The Glitter Band ,alwynwturner.com http://www.alwynwturner.com/glitter/springate.html Glitter Suits & Platform Boots John Springate Derek "Del" Watson, Paul Wilmot (all members of the band "ELEGY") and Roy Carter who later on joined Heatwave (band)|Heatwave .Terrll Isaacs Associates http://www.terrellissacs.net/Roycarter1.htm Roy Carter
Also in the 1970s there would be a collaborative attempt between two former members of the Foundations. Original Foundations trombonist Eric Allendale attempted to work with original Foundations Foundations drummer Tim Harris.cite web|publisher= The Guardian |title =Eric Allandale: Powerful trombone master of jazz and pop| author= Val Wilmer | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2001/sep/21/guardianobituaries | date = 2001-09-21| accessdate = 2009-04-26
In the mid 1970s, while Clem Curtis and The Foundations were on the road, there was also another Foundations line up that was led by Colin Young who were on the road at the same time, who were playing basically the same material. This eventually led to court action which resulted in Curtis being allowed to bill his group as either The Foundations or Clem Curtis & The Foundations. Young was allowed to bill himself as The New Foundations or Colin Young & The New Foundations.
Also in the mid 1970s, Young and his group, The New Foundations, released a lone single on Pye, "Something For My Baby" / "I Need Your Love". There were actually two more singles released in the late 1970s as the Foundations. They were "Where Were You When I Needed Your Love" / "Love Me Nice And Easy" and "Closer To Loving You" / "Change My Life" on the Summit and Psycho Records|Psycho labels.Foundations - Discography"> http://www.45cat.com http://www.45cat.com/artist/the-foundations The Foundations - Discography These featured Curtis as the lead singer.
Various sources erroneously state that there was an early 1970s English line up that had nothing, or little to do with, the original Foundations. However, Curtis has been leading a new line up of the Foundations since coming back to the UK and reforming the group in the early 1970s.
1980s to present
In or around the late 1980s Curtis and Alan Warner (musician)|Alan Warner teamed up to recut "Baby, Now That I've Found You" as well as other hits of The Foundations.
There has also been another line up formed in 1999 that included Young (vocals), Alan Warner (Guitar), Steve Bingham (bass), Gary Moberly (keyboards), Tony Laidlaw (sax) and Sam Kelly then Steve Dixon (drums). This version of the group was reformed due to the popularity of the film '' There's Something About Mary and the interest created resulting from the 1968 hit " Build Me Up Buttercup " being featured in the film. Some time later Young left this version of the group and was replaced by Hue Montgomery (aka Hugh Montgomery).
Known as http://thefoundationsband.com Alan Warner's Foundations, this group is on tour in 2012 either in their own right or with The New Honeycombs, Terry Rice-Milton of Cupid's Inspiration, Billie Davis and Keith Powell.
Curtis still appears at venues and tours as Clem Curtis & The Foundations as he has done during the past four decades.
There is a bogus American group using the Foundations name and includes original Foundations hits as part of their repertoire. This group has no connection with the group that recorded the hits on Pye.citation needed|date=October 2010
Former personnel
The Foundations
Clem Curtis : Singer|lead vocals - born 28 November 1940,cite book
| first= Jo | last= Rice | year= 1982 | title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits | edition= 1st | publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd | location= Enfield, Middlesex | isbn= 0-85112-250-7 | page= 112 Trinidad , West Indies .
Colin Young : lead vocals - b. 12 September 1944, Barbados , West Indies - replaced Clem Curtis in 1968.
Arthur Brown : vocals - b. 24 June 1942 Whitby , Yorkshire , Member for approximately one month in 1967
Alan Warner : lead guitar - b. 21 April 1947, Paddington , west London .
Peter Macbeth : bass guitar - b. Peter McGrath, 2 February 1941, Marylebone , North London .
Steve Bingham : bass guitar - b. 4 April 1949, Solihull , Warwickshire .
Tim Harris : Drum kit|drums - b. 14 January 1948, St John's Wood , North London - Died 2007
Tony Gomez : Keyboard instrument|keyboards - b. 13 December 1938, Colombo , Ceylon - (now Sri Lanka ).
Pat Burke : tenor saxophone / flute - b. 9 October 1937, Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston , Jamaica , West Indies.
Mike Elliott : tenor saxophone - b. 6 August 1929, Jamaica , West Indies. - Left in 1968
Eric Allandale : trombone - b. Eric Allandale Dubuisson, 4 March 1936, Dominica , West Indies — died 23 August 2001.
Paul Lockey : bass guitarThe Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/whod-be-a-state-school-teacher-1527518.html Who'd be a state school teacher? Interviews BRIGID McCONVILLE Thursday, 28 December 1995 - joined in 1970 for nine months
Guests
'''Mike D'Abo''' : piano - b. Michael David D'Abo, 1 March 1944, Betchworth , Surrey. Co-wrote and guested on "Build Me Up Buttercup" contributing piano.
John Mcleod : piano
Clem Curtis & The Foundations
Clem Curtis : vocals
James Colah : keyboards
Michael J. Parlett : saxophone
Alan Warner : guitar
Roy Carter : bass guitar terrellissacs.net http://www.terrellissacs.net/Roycarter1.htm Roy Carter
George Chandler : backing vocals
Valentine Pascal : electric guitar
1970s line-up
Clem Curtis : Vocals
Bill Springate : guitar
John Springate : Vocals
Del Watson : Bass
Paul Wilmot : Drums
John Paul : ? billspringate.com http://www.billspringate.com/photos.htm Photos, "The London Scene"
1977 line-up
Clem Curtis : Vocals
Leroy Carter
John Savile
Valentine Pascal
Georges Delanbanque Songs4europe.com http://www.songs4europe.com/20.html United Kingdom At The Eurovision Song Contest, A Song For Europe 1976/1977
Discography
;Summary of single releases From the bands beginning to their breakup near the end of 1970, the Foundations released ten singles in the UK including two versions of the same song. A good deal of the songs on the singles were composed by Tony Macaulay and John Macleod. They had four significant hits from these plus a minor hit with one of their own compositions, "Born To Live, Born To Die" and another minor hit with "My Little Chickadee" in the United States. There were other titles announced that were either never recorded or were never released. They were "Our Love Went Thataway",cite book | first= | last= | year=1968 | title= New Musical Express 28-12-68 | edition= 1st | publisher= | location= UK | pages= | isbn= "Tear Jerker, Music-worker, You" which was to be released around the same time as " Better By Far " by Lulu (singer)|Lulu and "No Place On Earth Could Find You" Billboard 26 April 1969 Page 39, From The Foundations to the skies by Rod Harrod, Band to Cut in DetroitGoogle Books http://books.google.com.au/books? id=dCgEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA43& dq=%22The+Foundations%22Allendale& hl=en& ei=1hSLTLS6O5G4sAOd-J2IBA& sa=X& oi=book_result& ct=result& resnum=7& ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage& q=%22The%20Foundations%22Allendale& f=false From The Foundations to the skies by Rod Harrod, Band to Cut in Detroit In 1971 the single "Stoney Ground" was released. It is believed that this single was actually by Colin Young and his new backing band Development. It seems quite likely as the Colin Young and Development debut single "Any Time At All" pre-dates "Stoney Ground". In the mid and late seventies there were two more singles released under the Foundations name. They were "Where Were You When I Needed Your Love" and "Closer To Loving You" which featured the Northern Soul classic "Change My Life" as the B side. These last two singles to bear the Foundations name featured Clem Curtis once more as the lead vocalist.
;Summary of album releases During the 1960s the Foundations recorded and released four LPs in the United Kingdom. Before the release of their debut album, it was originally announced, in the October 1967 of Beat Instrumental Monthly that the debut album's title was to be Sound Basis . However, when it was released on Pye, it had the title of From The Foundations . The American version of this album, which was released on the UNI label, was given the title of ''Baby, Now That I've Found You . This album featured Curtis on lead vocals. The next release was in 1968. It was a live LP called Rocking The Foundations , and also featured Curtis on lead vocals plus two instrumentals " The Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love " and "Coming Home Baby". Also in 1968, another LP was released on the Marble Arch Records|Marble Arch label. This featured re-recordings of their previous hits and songs, but with Young on vocals instead of Curtis. It also featured a version of "Build Me Up Buttercup". There was also an American album called Build Me Up Buttercup . This was a compilation album|compilation of Foundations tracks. Side one consisted of tracks from their Rocking The Foundations'' album; and side two consisted of "Build Me Up Buttercup", the B side of that single, plus some earlier Foundations tracks. The group's last LP release was in 1969, which featured their hit "In The Bad Bad Old Days", and the minor US hit "My Little Chickadee". Since then there have been various compilations of the Foundations songs, released on both the Golden Hour and PRT labels.
UK singles
" Baby, Now That I've Found You " / "Come On Back to Me" - Pye 7N 17366 - 1967 - United Kingdom|UK #1, United States|US #11
" Back On My Feet Again " / "I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving" - Pye 7N 17417 - 1968 - UK #18
" Any Old Time (You're Lonely And Sad) " / " We Are Happy People " - Pye 7N 17503 -1968 - UK #48
" Build Me Up Buttercup " / "New Direction" Pye 7N 17636 - 1968 - UK #2, US #3
" In the Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me) " / "Give Me Love" - Pye 7N 17702 - 1969 - UK #8
" Born to Live, Born to Die " / "Why Did You Cry" - Pye 7N 17809 1969 - UK #46
" Take a Girl Like You (song)|Take A Girl Like You " / "I'm Gonna Be A Rich Man" - Pye - 7N 17904 - 1970
"I'm Gonna be a Rich Man" / "In The Beginning" Pye 7N 17956 - 1970
"Stoney Ground" / "I'll Give You Love" - MCA Records|MCA MKS 5075–1971
"Where Were You When I Needed Your Love" / "Love Me Nice And Easy" - Summit SU 100
"Closer To Loving You" / "Change My Life" - Psycho Records|Psycho P 2603–1978
"Baby Now That I've Found You" / "Build Me Up Buttercup" - Old Gold OG9407 - (1979 Re-release)
"Baby Now That I've Found You" / "Build Me Up Buttercup" - Flashback FBS 6 - (1979 Re-release)
"Baby Now That I've Found You" (1989 Re Mix) / "Build Me Up Buttercup" - PRT PYS 24 - 1989
"Build Me Up Buttercup" - CD single - (1998 Re-release) - UK #71
cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 209 Foundations - Discography"/>
http://www.trilogyrock.com/downloads/118-entrevista-clem-curtis-the-foundations.php Interview with Clem Curtis
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