John Schroeder Orchestra

"John Francis Schroeder is a British easy listening composer, arranger, and producer. Schroeder worked as an A&R assistant to Norrie Paramor at Columbia Records. He was also a songwriter and, with Mike Hawker, wrote the song "Walkin' Back to Happiness", which in a version by Helen Shapiro reached number one in the UK Singles Chart during 1961. Schroeder also co-wrote two other hits for Shapiro, "Don't Treat Me Like a Child" and "You Don't Know". Later he moved to independent British label, Oriole as A&R chief, and whilst he was there he brokered an early licensing deal with Motown for British distribution on the label. It subsequently issued such singles as The Contours' "Do You Love Me" and "Fingertips" by Little Stevie Wonder, and these early releases are now very collectable. In the mid 1960s, Schroeder moved to Pye and formed the instrumental pop outfit Sounds Orchestral with Johnny Pearson, which had an international hit with their version of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind". With this group as well as under several other names, including his own, he released a large number of easy listening covers of popular songs. While many of these saw little critical acclaim upon release, there was a resurgence in interest in them in the 1990s, when they became popular tracks in London dance clubs and appeared on soundtracks to films such as the Ocean's Eleven franchise. During his tenure with Pye, Schroeder oversaw their Piccadilly subsidiary label, eventually launching the career (after several false starts) of Status Quo, beginning in 1968 with their first hit, "Pictures Of Matchstick Men"." - Wikipedia

music includes:

John Schroeder Orchestra - Loving You Girl

(Soul For Sale/Loving You Girl, 1975)

John Schroeder Orchestra - Sunny

(Hepp, 1965)

unrelated oldies

The Peddlers - On A Clear Day

(Three In A Cell, 1968)

New Liquid Crystal - Tomorrow

(1960s)

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