Four Jacks and a Jill

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Four Jacks and a Jill are a folk rock ensemble from South Africa. They had originally formed without lead singer "Jill" (Glenys Lynne) in 1964 under a different name. In South Africa, they had a hit called "Timothy", and in 1968 they cracked the American charts, hitting Billboard Top 100 at #18 Pop and #3 AC with the tune "Master Jack",^[1] as well as Cashbox at #5. The follow-up single, "Mr. Nico", peaked at #98 in America; it was their last hit in the States, but the group continued to score hits in their native country.^[2]

They have recently recorded and produced albums for a range of sing-a-long educational story books for various South African charities.^[3]

1 Discography
2 Members
3 Trivia
4 References

[edit] Discography

Jimmy Come Lately (RCA Victor), 1965 [1]
listen listen (RCA Victor), 1966 [2]
The House With The White Washed Gables (RCA Victor), 1967 [3]
Timothy And Other Hits (RCA Victor), 1967 [4]
Fables (RCA Records, 1968)
Master Jack (RCA Records, 1968) US #155^[4]

[edit] Members

Glenys Lynne - vocals
Clive Harding - bass
Till Hanamann - guitar
Bruce Barks - guitar
Tony Hughes - drums

[edit] Trivia

Although the Four Jacks and a Jill are mentioned in the motion picture This Is Spın̈al Tap, it is not a reference to them. ^[5] The movie's author, Ethan de Seife plays stand up bass in the Kansas City based combo Four Jacks and a Jill. (In the movie, the group was recommended to Tap by Lt. Robert Hookstratten before 1982 gig at Lindbergh Air Force base in Seattle.)