Vanity Fare were a UK pop/rock group formed in the late 1960s, best remembered for their million selling hit single, "Hitchin' a Ride". Career School friends Trevor Brice (vocals), Tony Goulden (guitar), Dick Allix (drums) and Tony Jarrett (bass) formed the band in Kent in 1968, originally calling themselves The Avengers. They played local clubs and were spotted by entrepreneur Roger Easterby who became their manager and producer. Having changed the name of the band to Vanity Fare after a novel by William Makepeace and signed to Page One Records they achieved a UK hit single with their first release, a cover of "I Live For The Sun" (originally recorded by The Sunrays in 1965) in the summer of 1968. Following two more singles "Summer Morning" and "Highway Of Dreams" both of which failed to make the UK Singles Chart they released their biggest UK hit "Early In The Morning" written by Mike Leander and Eddie Seago reaching number 8 in August 1969.

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