Blue Mink - The Banner Man flac album

Blue Mink were a British six-piece pop group that existed from 1969 to 1974. Over that period they had six Top 20 hit singles in the UK Singles Chart, and released five studio based albums.

The Banner Man is found on the album Melting Pot: The Very Best of Blue Mink. Found on more albums: Good Morning Freedom: Anthology The Singles Collection. Listen to the band Sing the same old story Ain't it something grand? To be good as you can Like a Banner-Man. And the drums went, boom as the cornets play And the tuba, "Umba'' "D", all the way And the kids and the dogs were laughing as they ran And the Banner-Man held the banner high With an Allelujah in his eye And I wish that I could be a Banner-Man. So we reached the square, on the top of the hill And the music stopped and we stood still And a few were saved and the people said Amen.

And the banner man held the banner high. G With an Alleluiah in his eye. Am D G G And I wish that I could be a banner man. Chorus G C D G Glory glory glory listen to the band. C D B G Sing that same old story ain't it something grand. A F G G To be good as you can like a banner man. Verse 3. D So we reached the square on the top of the hill. G And the music stopped and we stood still. D C And a few were saved and the people said Amen. Then we all got up and we formed a queue. G And the drums went bang as the trumpets blew.

Throughout Blue Mink's career, the members maintained their high profile session careers - in March 1970, Cook and Bell appeared on Elton John's eponymous album; John reciprocated by covering "Good Morning Freedom" on the compilation album Pick of the Pops (while waiting for his own career to take off, the pianist made ends meet by recording anonymous covers of top hits fo. Their first release for the Regal Zonophone label (earlier records were issued by Philips), "Banner Man" reached number three. However, close to another year elapsed before Blue Mink reconvened for a two-week-long engagement at London's Talk of the Town nightspot in January 1972, to be immortalized on the Live at the Talk of the Town album two months later.