"Rainbows Round The Sun" is the haunting lullaby from a new musical "The Pearl, the Oyster and the Grain of Sand" by Pete Kelly and Lee Graham.  The original  demo recording of the song is sung here by Sylvan.

RAINBOWS ROUND THE SUN (Graham - Kelly) 25 - 4-2016

"When You Do What You're Doing" was recorded by Sylvan Whittingham and Barry Mason in 1970.  Music by Sylvan and lyrics  by Sylvan & Barry.

When You Do What You're Doing

"32nd Floor" was written by Sylvan Whittingham (lyrics) and Mike Bradley(music) in 1966.  It was the first  song recorded by another artist.  The Washington DC's appeared on the iconic  Beat Club in Bremen and became firm friends.  Sylvan went on to write several songs with the groups keyboard player Gary Illingworth who went on to compose and arrange hits for the 5th dimension and Jackie de Shannon amongst others http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gary-illingworth-mn0001276187/credits

32nd Floor (Original CBS Mono Mix - 1967)

Ben And  Sylvan Rehearsal Don't Think Twice

Sylvan's latest recording.  Sylvan sings There's An Ache in My Heart which was written in the summer of 2016 with ex punk base player and second husband of Marianne Faithful, Ben Brierley.

There's An Ache in My Heart

No More Love for Me is the English lyric of "Wunder Gibt Es Immer Wieder" - Katja Ebstein's Eurovision entry which gained third place in the 1970 Eurovision Contest.  It was written by Christian Bruhn & Gunter Loose with English lyrics by Sylvan Whittingham & Barry Mason.

No More Love For Me

"All Night Girl" was recorded by The Wards of Court and also The Latch in 1967,  It was written by Peter Lee Stirling (Daniel Boone) and Sylvan Whittingham.

All Night Girl, Wards Of Court Single 1967

"Following You Around" is an adaptation and arrangement of a 1920's song by Sylvan Whittingham for Eric Morcambe and Ernie Wise.  It closed their TV show for a series in 1972 and was subsequently superseeded by "Bring Me Sunshine"

Following You Around

"We Don't Belong" was Sylvan's first recording in 1965.  Banned by the BBC for it's Romeo and Juliet theme, it was subsequently taken up by the pirates and, on a visit to Radio Caroline to promote the record, Sylvan became the only girl singer to have stayed on board the Mi Amigo pirate ship when she stowed away for the weekend, much to the delight of the disc jockeys and crew.  the banned disc has since been re-released twice on the "Dream Babes Vol 3" compilation and on the "Girl Groups Lost & Found" Hatbox collection and is now out on Vinyl with Spoke records.

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