Cupid's Inspiration

Cupid's Inspiration was an English rock band, predominantly active between 1968 and 1971.

Career

Originally from Stamford, Lincolnshire, the band were at first called The Ends^[1] (no relation to The End).

The group scored two Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart in 1968. "Yesterday Has Gone", originally a hit for Little Anthony and The Imperials,^[1] reached #4 in June of that year, and "My World" went to #33 in October.^[2] In 1970, lead singer Terry Rice-Milton left, replaced by John Lynch and then Martin Cure, who added several musicians from Leamington to the line-up.

Rice-Milton had a minor hit with "You're my World" in 1970 (a song that had previously been a hit for Cilla Black),^[1] while bass player Gordon Haskell later joined King Crimson.^[1]

In the 1990s and early 2000s, the group played reunion shows with other bands from the era.

The band's song "Yesterday Has Gone" (written by Teddy Randazzo^[3] and Victoria Pike) has featured on many compilation albums, including Sixties Power Ballads - The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World... Ever! (2007).

Members

• Terry Rice-Milton (born Terence Rice-Milton, 5 June 1946, Stamford, Lincolnshire - lead vocals (to 1970)
• Laughton James (born 21 December 1946, Stamford, Lincolnshire) - bass guitarist (to October 1968)
• Garfield Tonkin (born 28 September 1946, Stamford, Lincolnshire) - keyboards (to 1969)
• Wyndham George (born 20 February 1947, Paddington, West London) - guitar (to October 1968)
• Bernie Lee (born July 1943, North Wales) - lead guitar (October 1968 to 1970)
• Gordon Haskell (born Gordon Hionides, 27 April 1946, Verwood, Dorset, England) - bass (October 1968 to 1969)
• Roger Gray (born 29 April 1947, Stamford) - drums (to 1970)
• David Morris (London) - electric organ (1969 onwards)
• Derek Needham (born 10 October 1945, London) - bass (1969–71)

• Martin Cure - lead vocals (after 1970)
• Jim Batty - guitar (after 1970)
• Paul Brook - drums (after 1970)
• Keith Hancock - bass (after 1971)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Larkin C 'Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music' (Muze UK Ltd, 1997) ISBN 0-7535-0149-X p137
2. ^ Search for "Cupid's Inspiration" performed at Everyhit.com database on April 24, 2008.
3. ^ Allmusic discography - songs

External links

• Article from the Leamington Courier