![]() ![]() At that time the band members were literally starving artists. While they were the house musicians at that venue, they also managed the place and did the cooking and cleaning.Īpparently the Butterfly Club would open at 8 pm, and The Foundations members would typically finish up at 6 or 7 the next morning. While the income from the patrons covered their rent, the band members often subsisted on leftover food from the club.īut in 1967 the Foundations had a stunning piece of good fortune. They had released a single record, Baby Now That I’ve Found You, that seemed headed for obscurity. However, a few months earlier the BBC had formed BBC Radio 1.Īt that time, the BBC had a monopoly on radio broadcasting. Since the BBC covered news, weather and sports in addition to music programs, the coverage of rock music was terrible. There were only a couple of hours per week that featured rock ‘n roll music, and those programs tended to be broadcast in the middle of the night.Īs a result, the 60s saw a proliferation of “pirate radio” stations. Although they were illegal in Britain, the stations were typically located on European soil, or in some cases on ships moored offshore outside British territorial waters. The pirate radio stations would broadcast rock ‘n roll, R&B and soul music 24/7, and they became enormously popular.īBC Radio 1 was determined to provide a source of pop music that would compete with the pirate stations. ![]() When they first began broadcasting in Sept. ![]() 1967, Radio 1 searched for pop music that was not being featured on the pirate radio stations. ![]()
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