Virginia Plain Plain" from one of his own paintings, featuring an image of cigarette packaging - "Virginia Plain" is a variety of cigarette tobacco. Ferry later said in an interview: It was a watercolor or a painting on paper. It was just like a surreal drawing of a giant cigarette packet, with a pin-up girl on it. I liked that phrase Virginia Plain…so it later became the title of the first single I put out with Roxy Music – with a slightly imponderable lyric... The name "Robert E. Lee" refers to music industry lawyer Robert Lee, practising at London law firm Harbottle
The Hit Parade (group) public relations agency Henry's House, is a trustee of The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA, London), is advisor to Simon Fuller, and has written for periodicals including "NME", "Music Week" and "The Guardian" on music and marketing. Other members included Cath Carroll, Harvey Williams and Mike Watts. The Hit Parade (group) The Hit Parade is an independent pop group from London, England that has released seven albums, thirteen 7" vinyl records, CDs and other printed materials. The Hit Parade's first recordings were made in 1984 by three school friends Raymond Watts, Matthew Moffatt and Julian Henry at Watts garage studio