Brian Auger and the Trinity

Brian Auger and the Trinity
Brian Auger and the Trinity in 1970. Clockwise from bottom: Brian Auger, Dave Ambrose, Gary Boyle, Clive Thacker.
Brian Auger and the Trinity in 1970. Clockwise from bottom: Brian Auger, Dave Ambrose, Gary Boyle, Clive Thacker.
Background information
OriginUnited Kingdom
Genres
Years active1966 (1966)–1970 (1970)
LabelRCA Records

Brian Auger and the Trinity was a British band led by keyboardist Brian Auger. His duet with Julie Driscoll, the Bob Dylan/Rick Danko–penned "This Wheel's on Fire", was a number 5 hit on the 1968 UK Singles Chart.

The song also reached number 13 in Canada.

Brian Auger and the Trinity and Driscoll's joint album, Open, billed as Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity, reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart the same year. 1969's double LP Streetnoise was also credited to the same Driscoll/Auger/Trinity group name.

The group and Driscoll opened for Led Zeppelin at the Rose Palace in Pasadena, California on 2 and 3 May 1969.

Members

The Trinity with Driscoll in 1968. Left to right: Dave Ambrose, Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll, Clive Thacker

Discography

Singles

  • May 1965: Fool Killer / Let's Do It Tonight
  • Oct 1965: Green Onions '65 / Kiko
  • Apr 1966: Shake / I Just Got Some [ Rod Stewart featuring Brian Auger & The Trinity]
  • Mar 1967: Tiger / Oh Baby, Won't You Come Back Home To Croydon, Where Everybody Beedle An' Bo's
  • Oct 1967: Red Beans And Rice (Pt. 1) / Red Beans And Rice (Pt. 2)
  • Nov 1967: Save Me (Pt. 1) / Save Me (Pt. 2)
  • Apr 1968: This Wheel's On Fire/A Kind Of Love-In
  • Oct 1968: Road To Cairo /Shadows Of You
  • May 1969: What You Gonna Do / Bumpin' On Sunset
  • Sep 1969: Take Me To The Water / Indian Rope Man
  • May 1970: I Want to Take You Higher / Just Me Just You
  • 1970: Listen Here / I Want To Take You Higher

Albums

Year Title Chart positions Label Notes
US BB
 US CB
November 1967 Open — 100 Marmalade/
Polydor
1968 Don't Send Me No Flowers — — Marmalade/
Polydor		 Sonny Boy Williamson with Brian Auger & The Trinity, Jimmy Page, Joe Harriot and Alan Skidmore, recorded January 1965
March 1969 Definitely What! — — Marmalade/
Polydor
July 1969 Streetnoise 41 95 Marmalade/
Polydor/
Atco
1969 Jools & Brian 194 — Capitol/
MFP		 Compilation of early UK singles: 5 Parlophone titles by Julie Driscoll, and 6 Columbia titles by Brian Auger & The Trinity, recorded 1965–1967
1970 The Best Of Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity — — Polydor Compilation
Befour — — RCA Victor

References

  1. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 169. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Singles - September 23, 1968" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "2 May 1969 show overview". LedZeppelin.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Brian Auger Trinity – Fool Killer – Vinyl (7", 45 RPM, Single), 1965 [r8600513]". Discogs. 28 May 1965. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1945–1972. Record Research. p. 46. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank W. (1975). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955–1974. Scarecrow Press. p. 107. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker. 25 November 1967. p. 18. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Record Mirror. 15 March 1969. p. 9. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger – Jools / Brian". Discogs. 15 May 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.