<Tr> <Th> Associated acts </Th> <Td> Pinkerton's Assorted Colours </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Past members </Th> <Td> Tony Newman Steve Jones Sam Kempe Stuart Colman Paul Wilkinson Troy Adam Jones </Td> </Tr> <P> The Flying Machine was a British pop band who are best known for their 1969 American #5 hit, "Smile a Little Smile for Me". </P> <P> The Flying Machine first rose out of the ashes of British band Pinkerton's Assorted Colours . Pinkerton's (as they were often known, for short) had scored a major UK hit with "Mirror Mirror" in 1966 and continued recording over the next few years . However, by 1969, singer / guitarist Tony Newman, singer / autoharpist / original frontman Sam Kempe, and bassist Stuart Colman from Pinkerton's had teamed up with lead guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Wilkinson to form a new iteration of the group and, with Newman now assuming lead vocal / frontman duties, took the name The Flying Machine . </P>

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