Chicory Tip are an English pop group, formed in 1967 in Maidstone, Kent. 　　The band originally comprised; vocalist Peter Hewson (born 1 September 1945, in Gillingham); guitarist Richard "Rick" Foster (born 7 July 1946); bass guitarist Barry Mayger (born 1 June 1946, Maidstone); drummer Brian Shearer (born 4 May 1951, Lewisham, South East London); and guitarist and keyboard player Rod Cloutt (born Roderick Cloutt, 26 January 1949, Gillingham). 　　Chicory Tip only released a few records in the US. Their name was shortened to just Chicory for the US market for their first two releases there, before they reverted to the fuller name. 　　The group disbanded in 1975, but Peter Hewson (with newcomers John Wilson and Trevor Price) went back on the road for a short time, but split up. There were other versions of Chicory Tip without any of the originals until 1996 when three of the original hit makers, Foster, Barry Mayger, and Brian Shearer, re-formed the band without Peter Hewson, whose throat had given him problems. 　　Chicory Tip are still on the circuit with two original members, Foster and Shearer, with Mayger now living in Portugal. In 2000 Foster, Shearer and Mayger recorded the first new Chicory Tip product for 25 years. Chicory Tip in 2000 included versions of the three biggest hits as well as cover versions and medleys of popular hits by other acts. 　　Hewson recorded one single with Vince Clarke, "Take My Hand", in 1983 on the Reset label through RCA Records, but did not sing again. After the breakup of Chicory Tip, he ran a music club in Maidstone. Rod Cloutt is now living in Australia. 　　Roger Easterby and Des Champ were co-producers for the entire Chicory Tip catalogue of 30 songs. Easterby went into the horse racing industry after his music career ended. Champ died of cancer, aged 77, in 2006. 　　Although Chicory Tip made just one album, there were five official compilation CDs released outside Britain, and a "Best Of" vinyl compilation album in Sweden. The most comprehensive CD though is The Singles Collection, released by 7T's Records which contained all A- and B-sides ever recorded by the band. The label sourced the master tapes but the first single, "Monday After Sunday", used Rick Foster's own mint vinyl copy for the CD as the original tapes were lost. This 22 track collection did not include the other eight songs recorded by the band, but the Japanese CD of Son of My Father has them on.