There is some disagreement as to who was responsible for choosing the band's name, and various sources give slightly different accounts of their beginnings.
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Tony Gomez, the keyboard player, was a former clerk, while Clem Curtis had been an interior decorator and professional boxer. Bassist Peter Macbeth was a former teacher. Eric Allandale had led his own band at one stage as well as having played with Edmundo Ros and was a former member of the Terry Lightfoot and Alex Welsh bands. Pat Burke, a professional musician, was from the London Music Conservatorium. Mike Elliott had played in various jazz and rock and roll bands including Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott, the Cabin Boys (led by Tommy Steele's brother, Colin Hicks), and others. They were all highly experienced musicians who came from professional jazz and rock-and-roll backgrounds. The West Indian horn section consisted of Jamaican-born Mike Elliott and Pat Burke, both saxophonists and Dominican-born Eric Allandale on trombone. The youngest was Tim Harris, who, at 18, was barely out of school. The oldest member of the group, Mike Elliott, was 38 years old. Not only was there a diverse ethnic mix in the group, but there was also diversity in ages and musical backgrounds. The Foundations attracted much interest and intrigue due to the size and structure of the group. The Foundations signed to Pye, at the time one of only four big UK record companies (the others being EMI, which included the HMV, Columbia and Parlophone labels, Decca, and Philips, which also owned Fontana).
The Foundations were one of the few British acts to successfully imitate what became known as the Motown Sound. The group was the first multi-racial group to have a number one hit in the UK in the 1960s. Their 1967 debut single " Baby Now That I've Found You" reached number one in the UK and Canada, and number eleven in the US, while their 1968 single " Build Me Up Buttercup" reached number two in the UK and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100. The group's background was: West Indian, White British and Sri Lankan. The Foundations were a British soul band.
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