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((Short description|Scottish band))
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((Use dmy dates|date=September 2014))
((Use British English|date=September 2014))
((Infobox musical artist
| name            =The Poets
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| background      =group_or_band
| alias           = 
| origin          =[[Glasgow]], Scotland 
| genre           =[[Blues]],<ref name="Music">((cite book
| first= Paul
| last= Du Noyer
| year= 2003
| title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Flame Tree Publishing 
| location= Fulham, London
| isbn= 1-904041-96-5
| page= 181))</ref> [[freakbeat]], [[psychedelic pop]]  
| years_active    =Late 1962&ndash;late 1960s, 2011&ndash;2012
| label           =[[Decca Records|Decca]], [[Immediate Records|Immediate]] 
| associated_acts =[[Andrew Loog Oldham]] 
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'''The Poets''' were a Scottish [[blues]],<ref name="Music"/> [[freakbeat]] and [[psychedelic pop]] band, who were [[management|managed]] and produced by [[Andrew Loog Oldham]].<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/george-gallacher.18721585|title=George Gallacher: Musician, teacher and activist|last=Brown|first=Allan|date=30 August 2012|work=Glasgow Herald|accessdate=5 September 2012))</ref> Some of their [[single (music)|singles]] were released on his [[record label|label]], [[Immediate Records]]. Their [[cover version]] of "[[Baby Don't You Do It]]" was produced by Immediate [[in-house]] [[record producer]], [[Gary Glitter|Paul Raven]] (Gary Glitter).

Musically, the band's style contained elements of both the hard [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] of the early [[Small Faces]] (both bands would cover "Baby Don't You Do It") and [[the Action]] along with the more melodic sounds of [[the Kinks]],  [[The Searchers (band)|the Searchers]] and the later period Small Faces. Visually, they sported an [[Edwardian]] look similar to the early Kinks with matching velvet jackets, [[Poet shirt|ruffled shirts]], tight pants, [[Beatle Boots]] and shag haircuts. Within the West of Scotland however, their look was interpreted as based on the poet [[Robert Burns]]' appearance in paintings of his time.

Their 1964 single "Now We're Thru'" was a No. 31 hit on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> However, later singles were not chart successes outside Scotland, and no full album was completed.

Some of their singles appear on various [[compilation album]]s, including the ''[[Nuggets II]]'' box set on [[Rhino Records]] (one song) and ''The Immediate Records Story'' (four songs) on [[Charly Records]]. One of their tracks, "That's the Way It's Got to Be" was on the [[soundtrack]] for the films ''[[Factory Girl (2006 film)|Factory Girl]]'' and ''[[Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster]]''.

Their former member, Hume Paton, born Hume Michael Paton, 6 October 1945, [[Bellshill]], [[Glasgow]], died on 30 April 2011, from a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in [[St. George's, Grenada|Saint Georges]], [[Grenada]], [[West Indies]] at the age of 65. Another former member, Alan Weir, born 12 September 1943, Gartcosh, Lanarkshire died on 9 June 2010 from [[cancer]] in [[Cambridge]], at the age of 67.  Another former member John Dawson, born 6 May 1944, Glasgow, Strathclyde died on 6 January 2002 in Glasgow of cancer, at the age of 57.

In 2011, the Poets reformed with original members George Gallacher and Fraser Watson, and on 2 December that year, played at the Eyes Wide Open club's 7th anniversary celebration. This was meant to be a one off, but just before the gig, the Poets' name appeared in the line-up to Le Beat Bespoke 8, listing them as playing on 8 April 2012.

Lead singer George Gallacher born 21 October 1943, [[Royston, Glasgow]], died of a heart attack on 25 August 2012, at Glasgow Royal Infirmary at age 68 while travelling home after watching his beloved [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] win 3–0 against [[Dumbarton F.C.|Dumbarton]].<ref>((cite news|last1=Perrone|first1=Pierre|title=George Gallacher: Frontman with Sixties band The Poets|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-gallacher-frontman-with-sixties-band-the-poets-8191324.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-gallacher-frontman-with-sixties-band-the-poets-8191324.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=18 August 2016|work=The Independent|date=30 September 2012|location=London))</ref>
The remaining founder member, Tony Myles, now lives in Spain where he hosts various radio programs and continues to write music at his home studio in the Costa Blanca.

==Discography==
===Singles===
* "Now We're Thru" (Gallacher/Paton/Myles)/ "There Are Some" (Gallacher/Paton/Myles) (October 1964), [[Decca Records|Decca]] - [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] No. 31<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">((cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 429))</ref>
* "That's the Way It's Got to Be" (Gallacher/Paton/Myles)/ "I'll Cry with the Moon" (Gallacher/Paton/Myles) (February 1965), Decca
* "I Am So Blue" (Paton/Gallacher/Myles) / "I Love Her Still" (Gallacher/Paton/Myles) (July 1965), Decca
* "Call Again" (Paton/Gallacher) / "Some Things I Can't Forget" (Paton/Gallacher) (October 1965), [[Immediate Records|Immediate]]
* "[[Baby Don't You Do It]]" (Holland/Dozier) / "I'll Come Home" (Gallacher/Paton) (January 1966), Immediate
* "Wooden Spoon" (Moeller, [[Eric Woolfson|Woolfson]])/ "In Your Tower" (Mulvey, Watson) (February 1967), Decca
* "Heyla Hola" (Meehan and Henderson) / "Fun Buggy" (Henderson) ([[Barr Cola|Strike Cola]] promotional single, c. 1970/71)

==Members==
* George Gallacher - [[singing|lead vocals]] (born 21 September 1943, died 25 August 2012)
* John Dawson - [[bass guitar]] (born 6 May 1944, died 6 January 2002) 
* Alan Weir - [[drums]] (born 12 September 1943, died 9 June 2010) 
* Stafford Hamilton - [[rhythm guitar]] (born 1945, died 2011) 
* Hume Paton - [[12-string]] [[lead guitar]] (born Hume Michael Paton, 6 October 1945, died 30 April 2011)
* Tony Myles - [[rhythm guitar]] (born 11 January 1943, Douglas, Isle of Man)
* Jim Breakey - [[drums]] (born 4 January 1947, Glasgow, Scotland)
* Fraser Watson - [[rhythm guitar]], later [[lead guitar]]
* Andi Mulvey - [[lead vocals]] 
* Norrie McLean - [[Bass (guitar)|bass]] 
* Ian McMillan - [[rhythm guitar]]
* Stuart McKenzie - [[drums]] 
* Ray Duffy - [[drums]] (two weeks)
* Hughie Nicholson - [[drums]]
* Johnny Martin - [[Bass (guitar)|bass]]
* Dougie Henderson - [[drums]]
* Hugh Burns - [[guitar]]
* Charlie Smith - [[drums]] 
* Joe Breen - [[Bass (guitar)|bass]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.richieunterberger.com/gallacher.html George Gallacher Interview]
*[http://www.the-poets.co.uk/early-days/ The Poets Website] 
* ((Discogs artist|The Poets (2)))
* ((Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0000355978))
* ((imdb name|3165686))
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