MOJO’s One Hit Wonders #4:
Artist/band: Noel Harrison
Track: The Windmills Of Your Mind
Date: February 26, 1969
Chart position: 8
The lowdown: First heard on the soundtrack of 1968’s The Thomas Crown Affair, The Windmills Of Your Mind took on a life of its own in the UK in 1969. Michel Legrand’s beautifully circular melody was complemented by Marilyn and Alan Bergman’s elegiac lyrics. The reflective mood was sealed by Noel ‘Son Of Rex’ Harrison’s wistful vocals. Windmills… spent 14 weeks in the UK Top 40, but there was no follow up-hit.
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The Creation - Making Time (1966)
Together for just two years, The Creation began life as mod five-piece The Mark Four before recording this Shel Talmy-produced single in the summer of ‘66. Guitarist Eddie Phllips famously described the band’s sound as “red with purple flashes”, but, as he told MOJO in 1994, “we weren’t really psychedelic. Acid wasn’t our style. We were more your Watneys’ Red Barrel.”
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