Development was a progressive rock and pop band fronted by Colin Young, former lead singer of The Foundations.
[1] None of the Foundations, Eric Allandale, Pat Burke, Tony Gomez, Tim Harris or Alan Warner came to be part of Development.
They had an agreement with management that they would appear as The Foundations but between gigs Colin Young would explain that they were becoming a new outfit called Development.
[citation needed] According to a later article in Disc and Music Echo, Development aka The Foundations did remarkably well in Latin America.
[5][6] On the week ending 10 October 1970, it was reported by New Musical Express that lead singer Colin Young had left The Foundations.
Describing the band members, including the portly appearance of organist Jean Alain Norman Hendrik Rousel, the article said that the group would be incorporating Latin rhythms into their music.
It also gave the line up as Graham Donald Preskett on violin, Christopher Smith on drums Roger Cawkwell on sax and flute, Colin Young on lead vocals, Jean Alain Roussel on organ and piano and Estephen Bingham (bass).
It was composed by Conan Byrne and Warren Davis and backed with I'll Give You Love", a Colin Young composition.
[22] "Stoney Ground" would be a hit, and on the week ending February 26 1972, it debuted on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.
[30][31] The musicians on the album were, Steve Bingham, Roger Cawkwell, Laurie Jerryman, Gaspar Lawal, Peter Lynch, Graham Preskett, Tim Mason, Paul Nieman, Jean Roussel, Tony Priestland, Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton and Colin Young.