Windmill ( UK) Big Bertha (1969)

English pop rock band, active between 19661970. Dick Scott (lead guitar, and vocals), having gained a small following in Germany, resolved to put together a band, The Dick Scott Company, back in the UK. He advertised in the Melody Maker, and through this he succeeded in recruiting Paul French (keyboards, and vocals), and Nigel Reveler (drums, and percussion). In a 2005 interview, French recalls that also joining the band was Dave Knowles on sax, flute and Gavin Wilkinson, known as Chris Gavin in those days, on bass. They toured Germany for a couple of years, before signing a management deal with Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, who changed the band s name to Windmill. They also began to write for, and produce the act, and it was they who penned their first release, and subsequent no. 1 in Belgium, Big Bertha. Howard and Blaikley had successfully managed and written for The Honeycombs, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick Tich, and The Herd. However, they failed to make any further impact with their next two si