Cilla Black, Brian Jones, Donovan, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and Paul McCartney are huddled around a conference table at the Hanover Grand Hotel in London. It’s January 1968, and in front of the starry lineup are Grapefruit, the newest act signed to The Beatles’ music publishing division, Apple Publishing.
Lennon is addressing the media, introducing this upcoming band, who are swilling their drinks and pulling on cigarettes behind him, as the next big thing. A flash goes off and a photograph is taken of Grapefruit surrounded by some of the biggest names of the 1960s. It’s an image that would land the band a gig supporting the Bee Gees on tour, and see them rubbing shoulders with model-of-the-moment Twiggy, giving rise to a track titled “Theme for Twiggy”. Now, it’s simply a relic of a band whose career idled before it got started.
