Wishful Thinking

British pop band, 1966-80. Members included: Roy Daniels, Richard"Rick" Taylor, Terry New, Pete Ridley, John Redpath. Roy Daniels , Richard Taylor (guitar) Roger Charles (bass) and Brian Allen (drums) were formerly Emeralds, The, then to change name to Wishful Thinking. A later lineup, Brian Allen, Tony Collier, Kevin Finn & John Franklin, had a huge hit in Germany with the Dave Morgan -written song "Hiroshima". In 2008 the band reunited in the "Hiroshima"-lineup to record new tracks and release a new CD in 2009, including a new version of their big hit "Hiroshima".