Robin Shaw

In the summer of 1967, Shaw was asked to join The Ivy League.[1] During his time in the Ivy League, he befriended Tony Burrows and Neil Landon. Shortly after Shaw joining the group, he invited Pete Nelson (who had worked with Shaw in Pete Nelson and The Travellers), to also join the Ivy League. Shaw, Burrows, Landon, and Nelson came together to form the group The Flower Pot Men. As the Flower Pot Men, they achieved commercial success with their song "Let's Go to San Francisco". In 1969, songwriter Roger Cook and producer Roger Greenaway undertook managerial duties of the Flower Pot Men.

In late 1969, the Flower Pot Men rebranded into White Plains (although Neil Landon left to form Fat Mattress and was replaced by Ricky Wolff) and recorded their first hit "My Baby Loves Lovin'". "My Baby Loves Lovin'" went to number nine on the UK Singles Chart in February 1970[2], and Shaw, Burrows, Nelson and Greenaway (Wolff was unavailable) performed the song live on Top of the Pops. After a few more charting hits such as "Every Little Move She Makes" and "When You Are a King" in 1970 and 1971, Shaw left the band in 1973.[1]

A reformed version containing Roger Hills, Shaw, and Robin Box was active from 2004 to 2006. In early 2013, another reunion took place with Burrows, Shaw, and Hills.

In 1974, John Carter and Ken Lewis (both of whom had put together The Ivy League) recruited former Flower Pot Men and White Plain member, Tony Burrows, to sing lead on a song called "Beach Baby". The song was a hit so, John Carter quickly formed a promotional/touring group of musicians, one of them being Shaw.[1] After releasing nine singles, the band called it quits in 1976.

In 1971, Shaw and other former Flower Pot Men and White Plains members Wolff, Hills and Box started a project called "Crucible". Although the project was shelved, four of the sixteen tracks have since been released. In 1976, Box, Shaw, Hills, and Hall recorded a cover of the Christmas song "Sleigh Ride", under the name "Uncle Tone & His Magic Sax".

In 1976, Shaw joined the backing band of singer Tommy Hunt. Hunt had just relocated to London after previously touring in New York and Germany. Shaw remained a touring member until 1983.[1]

In 1988, British R&B ensemble, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers reformed again, after a few years disbanded. Upon first reforming, both Shaw and Box, who Shaw had worked with previously in Crucible, were asked to join as the bassist and guitarist, respectively.[1] Both Shaw and Box remained members of the band until 2002.[1]