Founding band member Tony Ashton first met the drummer Roy Dyke when playing with various Blackpool-based groups.

[2] Ashton and Dyke then joined forces in 1968 with the bassist Kim Gardner,[1] who had previously played in minor British groups The Birds and The Creation.

The brass section included Lyle Jenkins (saxophone) and Dave Caswell (trumpet) of the Birmingham band Galliard.

They performed the song on BBC's Top of the Pops, on 27 December 1971, with Ashton singing live and remembering most of the words.

The trio also backed Irish singer Jonathan Kelly on his 1970 debut album and the following year, they appeared together with other British jazz and rock musicians on Leigh Stephens' Cast of Thousands (1971).

[7] Also in the band for a period of time and on the cover of their "Best Of" cd was ex-Bee Gees guitarist Vince Melouney.