Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad) explained

Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad)
Type:single
Artist:The Foundations
B-Side:We Are Happy People
Released:1968
Genre:Pop
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Producer:Tony Macaulay
Prev Title:Back on My Feet Again
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:Build Me Up Buttercup
Next Year:1968

"Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad)" was the third single by the Foundations. It reached number 48 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] It was the last single they released with Clem Curtis as their lead singer. Their next single with lead singer Colin Young would give them a bigger hit with "Build Me Up Buttercup".

The B side "We Are Happy People", which was composed by Foundations trombone player Eric Allandale, was a top 10 hit in Scandinavia for Swedish group Slam Creepers’.[2]

The Foundations would re-record the song in stereo and with Colin Young on vocals instead of Clem Curtis. This appeared on their 1968 LP released on Marble Arch MALS 1157.[3] Clem Curtis and Alan Warner re-recorded the song in the 1980s as Clem Curtis and the Foundations.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Foundations . 45-rpm.org.uk . 2014-02-17.
  2. Web site: Billboard - Google Books . 1969-04-26 . 2014-02-17.
  3. Web site: Foundations, The - The Foundations (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs . Discogs.com . October 1969. 2014-02-17.
  4. Inlay notes to Baby Now That I've Found You CD, Sequel Records NEECD 300
  5. Billboard - Hits Of The World. Billboard. 21 September 1968. 26 July 2023. 49.