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College in USA - joined up with Gerard, Jacques and Shade to form a band called
Somersault and recorded their first album "Never Lose The Wonder". This consisted mainly of songs written by Gerard. In 1984 the band recorded a second album "Somersault USA" in Los Angeles which only made it to the "demo vinyl" stage. The Rumour first re-grouped in 1985 to perform on a Television New Zealand programme "
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Stebbing's Recording Studio during 1966/67 "I Can't Wait For Summertime"/"Flying Saucers", "Friction"/"A True Gentleman" and "Notice Me"/"When Will The Seasons Bring". All songs were written by lead guitarist John Smith with Gerard Smith taking care of the vocals and rhythm guitar, Hindman
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band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Formed in 1966 and featuring twin brothers Shade and Gerard Smith, Jacques Koolen and Ross
Hindman they went on to achieve success in the NZ pop scene with chart-topping hits "L'amour Est L'enfant de la Liberte", No 1 on the New Zealand charts for four weeks
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Zealand Television songwriting contest "Studio One" and became winners, that they rose to prominence. "L'Amour est l'enfant de la Liberte (Love is the child of Freedom)" written by John Smith established the band nationwide and they frequently
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was also released in 1972. It contained songs from the first two albums, plus a few new songs. Two more singles came out in 1973, "Like
Children Do"/"The Fish and the Alley Of Destruction" and "Beautiful To Me"/"Play Mama Play" before the release of the fourth album
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Morning"/"Two Ways To Look" and "No Money On Our Trees"/"When Will The Seasons Bring". These two songs reaching numbers 3 and 21 respectively on the national charts. A third album
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