History The Ferris Wheel

The Ferris Wheel was a British rock and soul band formed in London in 1966. They released two albums, Can't Break the Habit (1967) and Ferris Wheel (1970), the latter featuring singer Linda Lewis.

Original singer Diane Ferraz (born in Trinidad) and keyboard player Mike Liston (also known as Michael Snow) formed the band with Dave Sweetnam (saxophone), George Sweetnam (bass, vocals), Barry Reeves (drums), and guitarist Mike Anthony, later replaced by Keith Field. Vocals in the group were shared between Ferraz, Liston, and George Sweetnam. They released the album, Can't Break the Habit, in 1967.

Ferraz decided to leave the music business to raise a family and was briefly replaced, in 1968, by Marsha Hunt, before she in turn left to be replaced by Linda Lewis. Among other personnel changes, Reeves was replaced by drummer Dennis Elliott, and in 1969 Field left, to be replaced by guitarist Terry Edmunds, who was in turn replaced towards the end of the group's career, first by Bernie Holland and finally Jim Cregan.

Featuring Lewis as lead singer, the group signed a recording contract with the Polydor label, who issued a single, "Can't Stop Now" produced by Ian Samwell, at the start of 1970, followed by an album, Ferris Wheel. The album was released on the Uni label in the US,[8] but was not successful. The group separated in 1970

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