Geoff Turton

Geoff Turton
Birth name	Geoffrey Turton
Also known as	Jefferson
Born	(1944-03-11) 11 March 1944 (age 81)
Origin	Birmingham, England
Years active	1960s–present
Labels	Pye/Pye Piccadilly

Geoffrey Turton (born 11 March 1944, Birmingham, England),^[1] who also recorded under the name Jefferson, is a British singer. His musical career began as the falsettist lead singer and rhythm guitarist of The Rockin' Berries in 1961, which had a number of hits in the UK and Europe.^[1] The group was best known for its covers, and Turton did much of the searching and decision work as to what was to be sung.^[2]

When the group broke up in 1968 Turton started a solo career, releasing a single "Don't You Believe It" on

on the album Pocket Full of Hits).

He resumed under his given name when The Rockin' Berries reunited in the late 1970s, and toured with them (as well as doing solo shows in the UK) into the 1990s. In 2001,

released The Colour of My Love -- The Pye Anthology, a CD composed of his 1969 album The Colour of My Love plus much of his previously unreleased Pye material.

• List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States

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Sources

• Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000