Circus

Circus was originally known as the Stormsville Shakers, a London-based R&B group led by Philip Goodhand-Tait, which supported Larry Williams on his 1965 UK tour. The band recorded several singles in its own right for the Parlophone label, the last two of which - ‘Sink Or Swim' and ‘Do You Dream' - featured their newly acquired Circus appellation. The sextet - Goodhand-Tait (vocals, keyboards), Mel Collins (saxophone), Clive Burrows (saxophone, ex-Zoot Money), Ian Jelfs (guitar), Kirk Riddell (bass) and Alan Bunn (guitar) - was then signed to Transatlantic, for whom they comple...