Roger McGough

Roger McGough is a highly respected poet and was a member of the sixties band Scaffold. McGough was born in Litherland ( Lancashire ). He was educated at the University of Hull . During the years 1960 , lived in Merseyside , where, besides working as a teacher, art events organized alongside John Gorman . Both, along with Mike McCartney , formed a musical trio The Scaffold . In 1966, the group signed a contract with Parlophone . The group had several hits, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart in 1968 with his single " Lily the Pink ". McGough wrote most of the band's songs.