Talk:White Plains

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Hold on User:Nyh, my edit was worthwhile because it gave a better description of the group, "White Plains" and their smash hit, "My Baby Loves Lovin'" I see no reason for you to revert. Any questions? --65.73.0.137

Of course I see a reason. Do you think I wrote that other song - When you are a King - by mistake, just picking one of their songs at random? Of course not. Today, this song is the best known of the group, with "My baby loves lovin'" relegated to the dust-bin of history, unfortunately. In Israel, for example, "When you are a king" is quite often played on radio, and even got a Hebrew cover version by one of Israel's most famous singers last year. So, what's wrong with mentioning both songs, given that my mention of the other song is factually correct? And what's wrong with saying it was a British group?? --User:Nyh?

Oh, about saying it was a British group, I forgot to tell you that White Plains has a more American than British sounding name to it. Furthermore the lead singer of this group sang lead to other groups with what I consider chiefly American names. And one of the pages that has the lyrics to the song actually mentioned the name of the lead singer and even the mention of White Plains, New York, which almost sounds to me like it was named after that. But if you have any evidence published in biography of White Plains (the group) of CD, cassette, etc. that it was a British group, please share it to me. --65.73.0.137

Check out a sample crop from Google: [1] [2] [3] [4] - all say they were British, and nothing else. They also sound British. I see absolutely no evidence that they are American. How does "Tony Burrows" (is he what you called the lead singer?) sound more American than British? Nyh 12:31, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

There's an interesting article about Tony Burrows in [5] which makes it clear that he lives in London, not in the US. It even says he only played in the US twice, and that he only been to San Francisco for 3 hours, ever :) Nyh 12:36, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

OK, OK. I think I can respect your point. Now the term, sounding British sounds a little too POVish, so maybe they do sound that way to you, but how? It's not that I disagree with you about it. How does Tony Burrows sound more British than American? And have you ever heard the other group members clearly ("They also sound British")? I'm sorry for being so picky in the conversation, but I'd like to hear your point of view, because they don't have that purely British brogue to me. --65.73.0.137

Apparently you didn't read everything I wrote. I merely mentioned that they (whoever sings) "sounds" British. This is certainly not conclusive evidence, but I think that all the links I gave you that mention them as a "British" group are convincing enough. Add to that my own copy of their Album, produced by the Decca Record Company Ltd, London England. The insert of the Album (I have the CD version) also implies that the group is British (it doesn't go as far as showing the member's passports, but it contains phrases like "Britain was no less affected ... John Carter adn Ken Lewis", "Harrow, Middlesex-born lead guitarist Robin Box" "Kenton lad Roget Hills (Drum)". All this, and no shred of evidence that they are *not* British, so I would guess they are. Nyh 19:30, 18 May 2004 (UTC)