Kircher left the group in the summer of 1969 and went on tour with Engelbert Humperdinck. ( September 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. It enjoyed an unexpected return in popularity in the 1970s, when it was used as the TV jingle commercial for ' Nimble', a bread produced for slimmers. 'I Can't Let Maggie Go' was also a top 10 hit in Italy, with a version made by Equipe 84, entitled 'Un angelo blu' ('A blue angel'). A change in management at Warner Brothers meant that Recital was never issued. The Dello line-up of the band reunited in 1971 to record a new body of songs for the Bell Records label and a complete LP, Recital, for the British division of Warner Bros. It has since been re-issued on compact disc.ĭello, Hare and Kelly all went on to record solo material in the early 1970s that was critically acclaimed but failed to achieve significant commercial success. However, it is now highly collectable and has sold around £1,000 in mint condition. Their 1970 album Story, without an active band to promote it, failed to chart. Honeybus eventually disbanded late in 1969. This line-up scored minor successes with 'She Sold Blackpool Rock' and 'Girl Of Independent Means'. The band recruited Jim Kelly on guitar and vocals to replace him and Cane began songwriting and performing lead vocals. 'I Can't Let Maggie Go' reached Number 8 in the UK Singles Chart, in April 1968, staying in the Top 40 for over two months. Honeybus had a major hit with 1968's ' I Can't Let Maggie Go', which was so popular that it earned the band a cover photo on the popular music magazine, Disc and Music Echo, for which they posed atop a red London bus. The group's supporters and critics, amongst them Kenny Everett, compared the band to Rubber Soul-era Beatles.

The band's main composers were Dello and Ray Cane although other members contributed songs.

They are best known for their 1968 UK Top 10 hit single, ' I Can't Let Maggie Go', written by group member Pete Dello who also composed their previous single '(Do I Figure) In Your Life', later recorded by Dave Berry, Ian Matthews, Joe Cocker, Dave Stewart, Paul Carrack, Samantha Jones, Dana and Pierce Turner. Honeybus were a 1960s pop group formed in April 1967, in London. Pop, baroque pop, psychedelic pop, soft rock, beat

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