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          Pinkerton's Assorted Colours were a mids pop band from England....

          Pinkerton's Assorted Colours

          English pop band

          Pinkerton's Assorted Colours were an English popband active during the 1960s.

          Pete Clemons this week looks back on the musical career of Rugby band Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, whose pioneering sound led to chart success and TV.

        1. Former Rugby Advertiser reporter John Phillpott looks back at the early life of guitarist Tony Newman, who wrote the band's hit single Mirror, Mirror back in.
        2. Pinkerton's Assorted Colours were a mids pop band from England.
        3. Ian Stuart Colman (19 December – 19 April ) was an English musician, record producer and broadcaster.
        4. Decca 4-page biography sheet with off the record info on the boys, Pinky's junk shop find and the release of Mirror, Mirror.

          5. They are best known for their 1965 release, "Mirror, Mirror", which reached No. 9 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1966.[1]

          Career

          Formed in Rugby, Warwickshire as 'The Liberators', they became The Wild Ones 1962 - 1965,then changed the band name again to Pinkerton's Assorted Colours in 1965, and scored a Top 10hit with their first single release, "Mirror, Mirror" Co written with Terry Stevenson and sung by bandmember Tony Newman.[2] They were managed by Reginald Calvert, and supported by his then radio station, Radio City.[2] Lack of further chart success found them dubbed one-hit wonders.

          Stuart Colman, Pinkerton’s one time bassist, went on to become a BBC Radio OneDJ, and later a producer for Shakin' Stevens, Cliff Richard and Billy Fury.

          After their second single they shortened their name to 'Pinkerton's Colour