Chicory Tip‘s finest moment came after studio manager Roger Easterby came across an advance copy of “Son of my Father”, a song written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Convinced of its potential, he secured the option to rush record the group’s own cover version in competition with the original. The result was a Number One hit in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in February 1972. It was one of the first hit singles to prominently feature a Moog synthesizer (in this case played by studio engineer and record producer, Chris Thomas). It sold over one million copies by July 1972, and was awarded a gold disc.
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