LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-DEC 31, 2019… HAPPY 77TH BIRTHDAY TO GUITARIST ANDY SUMMERS OF THE POLICE. BEFORE JOINING THE POLICE, SUMMERS WAS IN A VARIETY OF BANDS IN ENGLAND, AND IN 1968 WAS EVEN RECORDED AN ALBUM AS A MEMBER OF ‘ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS’. HE JOINED ‘THE POLICE’ IN 1977 AND GAINED WORLDWIDE FAME. THE BAND BROKE UP AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR POPULARITY AFTER SELLING 80 MILLION RECORDS. A LOT OF THE HOSTILITY THAT LED TO THEIR BREAK-UP WAS SONG SELECTION ON THE ALBUMS. EACH MEMBER WANTED MORE SONGS ON THE ALBUMS, MAINLY BECAUSE THE WRITER RECEIVED THE ROYALTIES, AS THE BAND DIDN’T SHARE IN SONGWRITING ROYALTIES. HERE’S SUMMERS WITH THE POLICE
