First Class

The First Class were a British pop music studio-based group, put together by songwriter and record producer John Carter. They are best known for their hit song "Beach Baby," a top 20 hit in both the US and UK, and #1 in Canada.
The First Class was the studio creation of British singer/songwriter John Carter, who hired singers Tony Burrows and Chas Mills to join him as an outlet for material Carter wrote, with his creative partner and wife, Gillian (Jill) Shakespeare. In the 1960s, Carter had formed the group Carter-Lewis and the Southerners with fellow producer Ken Lewis. That band dissolved when Carter and Lewis began working extensively as studio singers, appearing on the hits... (read more on Wikipedia)
==Links to Peel==
When reviewing "Beach Baby", Peel in Singles Reviews, published in Sounds on 18th May 1974, called it as "five minutes of near perfection". He also described the members as the chaps that "conjure up some glorious harmonies that evoke Jan and Dean, the Beach Boys and others without ever actually sounding like them". The single was nominated by Peel as one of his 1974 Top Fifty One Singles.
==Shows Played==
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*It is highly likely that he played their song "Beach Baby" track in the summer of 1974
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists