LOVE GROWS (WHERE MY ROSEMARY GOES) – EDISON LIGHTHOUSE

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
27-Feb-70	16	New
06-Mar-70	8	+8	Star rater
13-Mar-70	4	+4	Star rater
20-Mar-70	3	+1	Peak
27-Mar-70	5	-2
03-Apr-70	4	+1
10-Apr-70	5	-1
17-Apr-70	9	-4
24-Apr-70	9	0
01-May-70	8	+1
08-May-70	7	+1
15-May-70	12	-5	Biggest faller

Written by: Tony Macaulay & Barry Mason
Produced by: Tony Macaulay
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Stateside

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	3
Weeks	12
Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest faller awards	1
Top 20 points	162
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=621
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	1
Top 30 Points	282
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=730
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	1

Annual ranking:

1970

17

Other chart success:

Australia	2
Belgium	17
Canada	3
Germany	8
Ireland	1
Netherlands	13
New Zealand	1
Norway	7
UK	1
US	5
Zimbabwe	3

SA Radio charts:

LM Radio

2

The song was first recorded by a guy called Geoff Turton who was going under the name Jefferson, however that version was not released until years later (from what I can tell it was in 2001 when it was included on a compilation album called ‘Buttercups & Rainbows – The Songs Of Macaulay & Macleod’). Edison Lighthouse’s version would spend 5 weeks at 1 in the UK.

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Artist link: Edison Lighthouse

EDISON LIGHTHOUSE (UK)

Edison Lighthouse started out calling themselves Greenfield Hammer and would play gigs around the south east of England. The band consisted of Tony Burrows, Stuart Edwards, David Taylor, George Weyman and Ray Dorey. Burrows would be a busy man at that time as he was also the vocalist for The Pipkins, White Plains and First Class as well as being a member of Brotherhood Of Man (before their SA chart success). The band took their name from a real lighthouse called Eddystone Lighthouse which is just off the Devon coast in England. After their first hit, ‘Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)’, which got to number 1 in the UK and 5 in the US, Burrows left the band and there was a reshuffle in the line up. They saw a second minor hit with ‘It’s Up To You Petula’ which reached 49 in the UK and 72 on the Billboard Hot 100. These 2 hits would be their only chart action on both sides of the Atlantic.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
27-Feb-1970	Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)	3	12
		Total hits	1
		Total weeks	12

Biggest climber awards	0
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest fallers	1
Weeks with oldest in the charts	2
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	12
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	0
Top 30 points ranking	=606
Top 20 points ranking	=536
Top 30 points	282
Top 20 points	162

Other hits featuring Tony Burrows :

Song	Act	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
Gimme Dat Ding	The Pipkins	15	3
My Baby Loves Lovin’	White Plains	8	7
Beach Baby	First Class	8	9
There’s A Whole Lot Of Loving	Guys & Dolls	12	6
		Total hits	4
		Total weeks	25

There is some uncertainty whether Burrows took lead vocals on the White Plains hit mentioned above or if it was Rick Wolff, who would go on to be a member of local band City Limits. However, it seems to be generally agreed that Burrows did appear on the record either doing lead or backing vocals.

Total chart involvement by the group and its members:

Number of hits	5
Weeks	37