associated_acts years_active alias label article_title name background birth_date origin birth_name
the rockin ' berries 1960s-present jefferson pye/pye piccadilly geoff turton
 geoff turton solo_singer 11 march 1944 birmingham , england geoffrey turton
geoff turton

geoffrey turton -lrb- born 11 march 1944 , birmingham -rrb- , who also recorded under the name jefferson , was a british singer .
his musical career began as the falsettist lead singer , and rhythm guitarist of the rockin ' berries in 1961 , who scored a number of hits in the uk and europe .
the group was best known for its covers , and turton did much of the searching and decision work as to what was to be sung .
when the group broke up in 1968 , turton started a solo career , releasing a single , `` do n't you believe it '' , on piccadilly records .
it flopped , and piccadilly head john schroeder suggested that turton change his name to jefferson .
the single `` montage '' failed to chart , but its follow-up , `` colour of my love '' , was a hit in the uk -lrb- peaking at # 22 in the uk singles chart -rrb- , and us -lrb- reaching # 68 on the `` billboard '' hot 100 -rrb- , and an lp was issued following its success .
a third single , `` baby take me in your arms '' , was not a hit in the uk , but cracked the top 40 in america , peaking at # 23 and justifying the release of a stateside album .
at the time of this single 's success , turton was hurt in a car crash , and so he did not make any live appearances .
after a six month hospital stay , turton had a second record which was never released by his label and a career on hiatus in the uk .
he began touring the us , where he was still able to get gigs based on the success of `` baby take me in your arms '' .
he then secured a recording contract with polygram records , who released another album and a single , `` i love you this much '' -lrb- later a hit in europe for mouth & macneal -rrb- .
he resumed under his given name when the rockin ' berries reunited in the late 1970s , and toured with them -lrb- as well as doing solo shows in the uk -rrb- into the 1990s .
in 2001 , castle records released `` the colour of my love '' , a cd composed of much of his previously unreleased material .
