Perry Ford (born Brian Joseph Pugh, 30 December 1933 – 29 April 1999) was an English pop singer, songwriter, producer and session musician, best known as a member of the Ivy League.
[1] In 1959, using the name Perry Ford, he recorded the first of three singles on the Parlophone label, produced by George Martin, but none were successful.
[2][3] In 1964, after working with talent manager Reg Calvert in Denmark Street, and according to some sources playing piano on the Kinks' "You Really Got Me", he teamed up with the songwriting and singing duo of John Carter and Ken Lewis to form the vocal harmony group the Ivy League.
Initially working as backing singers, they featured on several chart hits in the mid-1960s, including Sandie Shaw's "Always Something There to Remind Me", Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual", and the Who's "I Can't Explain".
[2][3][4] After Carter and Lewis left the group in 1966, Ford continued to use the name Ivy League with new members until the mid-1970s, and also worked as a songwriter and record producer.