The Scaffold
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The Scaffold were a music trio from Liverpool, England, consisting of Mike McGear (real name Michael McCartney - brother of Paul McCartney), Roger McGough and John Gorman. They performed a mixture of comic songs, comedy sketches and the poetry of McGough, and released a number of singles on EMI between 1966 and 1970, achieving success in the UK with:
- "Thank U Very Much" (No. 4);
- "Lily the Pink" (#1), based on a traditional song about Lydia Pinkham.
Jack Bruce, Elton John, Graham Nash and Jimi Hendrix were among the session musicians who performed on The Scaffold's records [1] (none of the trio being musicians).
In 1970 The Scaffold appeared in a children's television series, Score With The Scaffold.
In early 1971 they provided some catchy tunes for inclusion in a television publicity campaign heralding the introduction of decimal currency to the UK. In this series of five-minute programmes, titled Decimal Five and shown on BBC1, they sang such inspired lyrics as "Give more, get change" and "Use your old coppers in sixpenny lots".
In the 1970s, The Scaffold transferred to Island Records and released one album, Fresh Liver, before metamorphosing into the expanded line-up of Grimms, with the likes of Neil Innes and Andy Roberts.
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Scaffold; Airbrushed from history? - Independent article on the history of The Scaffold
- Notes
- ^ In his 1981 book "Thank U Very Much - Mike McCartney's Family Album" Scaffold singer Mike McGear (McCartney) describes a meeting with Elton John during which John advises him he used to sing background vocals for the group.
| Preceded by The Beatles |
UK Christmas Number One single | Succeeded by Rolf Harris |
