The Ferris Wheel were a British rock and soul band, who have been described as "one of England's great lost musical treasures of the mid- to late '60s" and as "one of the most popular club acts" of the time.
[1] They released two albums, Can't Break the Habit (1967) and Ferris Wheel (1970), the latter featuring singer Linda Lewis.
[7] It was reported by Disc and Music Echo in the magazine's June 8, 1968 issue that a Californian female singer called Farina who made her debut with the group the previous week was the replacement.
[7] Featuring Lewis as lead singer, the group signed a recording contract with the Polydor label, who issued a single, "Can't Stop Now" produced by Ian Samwell, at the start of 1970, followed by an album, Ferris Wheel.
Liston) wrote Georgie Fame and Alan Price's UK hit single "Rosetta", and performed with Colin Blunstone and Doris Troy among others, before moving to Nashville in 1973 to work as a songwriter and producer.
Sweetnam, Sweetman, or Sweetnam-Ford) became a session musician, and worked with Welsh singer-songwriter Meic Stevens, Doris Troy, Medicine Head, Peter Skellern, and Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel among others in the 1970s.
Marsha Hunt appeared in the musical Hair in London, and worked as a model, actress, and as a solo singer in the 1970s, before becoming a noted writer and novelist.
Sequel Records issued an expanded CD edition of Can't Break the Habit in 2000, with reminiscences by Diane Ferraz.