The Clefs of Lavender Hill were a folk rock

Folk rock

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 band from Miami, Florida

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The group formed in 1966 around the nucleus of brother and sister Travis and Coventry Fairchild, the chosen stage name

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s of Joseph and Loraine Ximenes. Adding Fred and Bill Moss, of the group The Twilights (who had released one single, "She's There", in 1965), they released a single entitled "First Tell Me Why" on Thames Records. The B-side of the single, "Stop! Get a Ticket", became a hit on Miami radio stations, and eventually Date Records

Date Records

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 picked it up for national distribution. The record reached #80 on the Billboard Hot 100

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. The single "One More Time" followed, peaking at #114. When follow-up records failed to chart, a planned full-length album was shelved, and Date dropped the group. By 1968 the group had disbanded.

Members

• Joseph Ximenes (Travis Fairchild) - vocals, guitar
• Lorraine Ximenes (Coventry Fairchild) - vocals, guitar
• Bill Moss - bass guitar (1966-67)
• Fred Moss - drums (1966-67)
• Frank Milone - bass guitar (1967-68)
• Steve Zaricki - drums (1967-68)

Singles

• "First Tell Me Why" b/w "Stop! Get a Ticket" (1966)
• "One More Time" (1966)
• "It Won't Be Long" (1966)
• "Gimme One Good Reason" (1967)