Amen Corner - If Paradise Is Half As Nice (1969)

Amen Corner were a Welsh rock group, formed in late 1966 in Cardiff, Wales. The band was named after The Amen Corner, a weekly disc spin at the Victoria Ballroom (later to become The Scene Club) in Cardiff, Wales, where every Sunday night Dr. Rock would play the best soul music from the United States. Initially they specialised in a blues and jazz-oriented style, but were steered by their record labels towards a more commercial sound. Their first singles and album appeared on Decca’s subsidiary label, Deram – see “Discography“ below – but they left at the end of 1968 to join Immediate, where they were instantly rewarded with a No. 1, “(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice“ in early 1969, followed by another Top 5 entry with the Roy Wood composition, “Hello Susie“