Facts: - years active: 1967 -- 1971 - past members: geoff williams bridgford jamie byrne tweed harris rod stone peter - origin: melbourne , victoria , australia - genre: r & b , pop - alias: eureka stockade - name: the groove - background: group_or_band - label: emi , columbia - associated acts: bee gees Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of the groove -lrb- band -rrb- .
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the groove were an australian r&b , pop group which formed in early 1967 with the lineup of geoff bridgford on drums , jamie byrne on bass guitar , tweed harris on keyboards , rod stone on guitar and peter williams on lead vocals and guitar .in december 1967 their single , '' simon says '' , peaked at no. 17 on the '' go-set '' national top 40 singles chart .they followed with '' soothe me '' , which peaked at no. 14 in april 1968 .also in april they released their self-titled debut album .in july that year they won the national final of the hoadley 's battle of the sounds competition with the prize including a trip to london .they relocated there in march 1969 , and early the following year they changed their name to eureka stockade , they disbanded in 1971 .on 13 october 2004 tweed harris died of throat cancer , aged 63 .