Sweet Sensation

Not to end up being confused using the past due ’80s American dance work from the same name, Lovely Feeling were an eight-man English soul music group from Manchester, Britain, cast quite definitely in the then-popular mildew from the Philly audio, who broke through in 1974 following an appearance about the television skill show New Encounters. There these were found out by English pop impresario Tony Hatch, a panelist on the display. It had been Hatch who got the group a cope with Pye Information but, despite his patronage, the group’s 1st single, “Snow Open fire,” was a complete nonstarter. In Sept 1974, nevertheless, “Sad Lovely Dreamer” — co-produced by Hatch and songwriter Desmond Parton — rocketed to the very best from the U.K. graph and also damaged the U.S. Best 20. A soaring spirit ballad heavily affected from the Stylistics, and led by business lead vocalist Marcel King’s ethereal falsetto, “Sad Lovely Dreamer” was quickly accompanied by “Solely by Coincidence,” which increased to quantity 11 in the brand new Year. Nevertheless, an eponymous debut recording failed to move around in Britain (it produced number 163 in the us), as well as the group’s following single, “Cover Away From sunlight,” certainly resided up to at least fifty percent of own name. Undeterred, Lovely Feeling released a string of additional singles, including “Mr Awesome,” “Lovely Regrets,” and “Email Teach” during 1975-1976, while 1977 noticed the group contending to represent the U.K. for the reason that year’s Eurovision Music Competition. Out of twelve works, “You’re My Special Sensation” finished within a lowly 8th put in place the British last. That was quite definitely the group’s last hurrah, plus they had been fell by Pye immediately after.