The Peddlers

The Peddlers were one of the most improbable success stories in British popular music of the 1960s and '70s. Sporting a spare, minimalist image (right down to their dark clothes and short hair), they played a brand of pop-jazz that was far removed from the rock & roll they had played or the rock music that was sprouting around them, but they scored enough successes to keep going for a decade and record for two different major labels. Singer/keyboard player Roy Phillips (born May 5, 1943, Parkstone, Dorset) had previously played guitar with the Joe Meek-produced harmony-based...