Beach Baby – First Class

Chart Position: 4

• Written by John Carter and Gillian Shakespeare
• Lead vocals: Tony Burrows
• Backing vocals: Chas Mills
• Produced by John Carter
• Recorded in London U.K.
• First Class is a studio band from the U.K.
• This is First Class’ only U.S. hit single
• The instrumental part near the fade is taken from Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, which led to a lawsuit by the estate of the late composer, ultimately settled out of court
• Tony Burrows had a string of 4 Top 10 hits in the U.S. in 1970 with British studio bands including Pipkins, Edison Lighthouse, Brotherhood of Man and White Plains
• Later recorded by David Hasselhoff (1997)