The Flower Pot Men was a
British group back in the
flower power years of the late sixties.
When
Scott McKenzie released his
number one hit "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)", two British musicians,
John Carter and
Ken Lewis of
Ivy League fame decided to write and
record "Let's Go To San Francisco".
The
song went to the top 10 quite quickly and the UK label
Deram became interested. A band was needed to perform the single, so in 1967
Tony Burrows,
Robin Shaw,
Peter Nelson and
Neil Landon became The Flower Pot Men and started to record the songs Carter and Lewis made.
"Let's Go To San Francisco" peaked at no. 4 in the
UK singles chart and was also popular in other
European countries. It was followed by "A Walk In The Sky", which also had moderate success, but after that, the Flowerpot men were forgotten.
They released several other singles and also changed the band's name to "Friends" but the public wasn't interested any more.
The group split up in 1969 and the members went to pursue
solo careers with varying
success.
The number 4 hit "Let's Go To San Francisco" was the theme song of
The 1st Finnish E2 gathering