Origin: Gosport, England
Cherry Smash was formed in 1967 in Gosport, England, a town just west of Portsmouth, across from the Portsmouth Harbor. Members included Mark Tuddenham (lead vocals), Graham Hunt (bass), John Curtis (guitar), Mick Gill (guitar) and Brian Hugg aka Bryan Sebastian (guitar, vocals), who was Mike Hugg's (of Manfred Mann ) brother. The band was together for about two years and managed to release three singles during that time. The A-side of their first 45 is an excellent cover of Manfred Mann's 'Sing Songs Of Love', which was co-written by Mike Hugg and Mick Gill. Gill left the group soon after thi…