The Scaffold
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The Scaffold were a music trio from Liverpool, England, consisting of Mike McGear (alias Michael McCartney, brother of Paul), 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 [citation needed] (none of the trio being musicians).
The Scaffold also had a children's television series, Score With The Scaffold (1970), and provided the music to a television advertising campaign heralding the introduction of decimal currency to the UK, in 1971.
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.
| Preceded by: The Beatles |
UK Christmas Number One single | Succeeded by: Rolf Harris |
