Rock & Roll History: The 60's!!

[ABlairican Pie]

The beginning of the 60's was a cold, dreary period in rock and roll. The biggest stars of the 50's were either dead or absent.

Elvis was in the army.
Chuck Berry was in prison for violation of the Mann Act, for allegedly transporting an underage girl across state lines for "immoral purposes"; the case was later dropped when it was discovered the judge had made racist statements about Mr. Berry.
Little Richard had renounced rock and roll and was attending Bible school.
Bill Haley was past his prime.
Jerry Lee Lewis was scandalized by his marriage to his underage cousin.
Eddy Cochran would die in 1960 in a car crash in England.
And of course, the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper in a plane crash ensured that it was going to be a long, cold winter for rock and roll.

Not that the music scene was totally quiet. It had quite a few gems:

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Chubby Checker was the originator of the dance craze, The Twist. His real name was Earnest Evans, but had his name changed to resemble Fats Domino: Chubby=Fats; Checker=Domino. After the success of the song, other "Twist"-songs by various artists flooded the charts, such as "The Peppermint Twist", "The Oliver Twist", etc., and a slew of new dance crazes: The Fly, the Hully-Gully, the Popeye, The Jerk, The Boogaloo, The Philly, The Locomotion, The Swim, The Hucklebuck,
The Funky Broadway, etc. In addition to the Twist, Checker introduced The Pony. What is remarkable is that the song "The Twist" hit #1 twice in non-consecutive years, in August 1960 and later in the fall of 1961 to 1962.

Chubby Checker described on how to do The Twist in this way:

Rotate your hips from left to right as if rubbing your backside against a hand-held towel while at the same time, swivel your feet as if you're squishing two bugs at the same time.

The Twist

Come on baby let's do the twist
Come on baby let's do the twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this
Ee-oh twist baby baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist

My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
Yeah daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
We're gonna twisty twisty twisty
'Til we turn the house down
Come on and twist yeah baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist

Yeah you should see my little Sis
You should see my my litlle Sis
She really knows how to rock
She knows how to twist
Come on and twist yeah baby twist
Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist
Yeah rock on now
Yeah twist on now
Twist

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Peppermint Twist (Part 1)
Joey Dee & The Starlighters

Well they've got a new dance and it goes like this
(Bop shoo-op, a bop bop shoo-op)
Yeah the name of the dance is Peppermint Twist
(Bop shoo-op, a bop bop shoo-op)
Well you like it like this, the Peppermint Twist

It goes round and round, up and down
Round and round, up and down
Round and round and a up and down
And a one two three kick, one two three jump

LEAD BREAK

Well meet me baby down at 45th street
Where the Peppermint Twisters meet
And you'll learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist

It's alright, all night, it's alright
It's okay, all day, it's okay
You'll learn to do this, the Peppermint Twist
Yeah, yeah etc

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Bobby Rydell was popular for million-selling hits such as "Wild One", "We Got Love", and "Swinging School." He hit wider mass appeal with his song "Volare". He appeared with Ann-Margaret in the musical "Bye Bye Birdie" in 1963.

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Fabian had a string of hits with such songs as "Turn Me Loose" and "Tiger". He was also one of many teen singers to turn to acting, performing in movies such as "A Lion Walks Among Us", directed by Robert Altman.

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Roy Orbison was one of the original pioneers of rock and roll who found stardom in the 60's with songs such as "Oh Pretty Woman", "Only the Lonely", and "Crying." Born in Texas in 1936, he joined the Teen Kings and moved to New Mexico where he recorded and sent his first single "Ooby Dooby" to Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Pleased with the results, Phillips brought Orbison up to Memphis for more recordings. Not happy with the results, which he felt were forced to make him sound like something he was not, Orbison left Sun and recorded more singles with little success. Whe he bagan collaborating with song writer Joe Melson, he topped the charts with "Only the Lonely", which blended both r & b and country styles. From this point Roy became a balladeer of some of the most touching, heart-wrenching songs of lost love in popular music. His light rocker, "Oh Pretty Woman", topped the charts and stayed there in Britain.

Oh Pretty Woman

Pretty woman, walkin' down the street
Pretty woman the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman I don't believe you, you're not the truth
No one could look as good as you---mercy

Pretty woman won't you pardon me
Pretty woman I couldn't help but see
Pretty woman that you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me---

Pretty woman stop awhile
Pretty woman talk awhile
Pretty woman give your smile to me
Pretty woman yeah, yeah, yeah
Pretty woman look my way
Pretty woman say you'll stay with me-ee
Cuz I need you, I'll treat you right
Come with me baby, be mine toni-i-ght

Pretty woman don't walk on by
Pretty woman don't make me cry
Pretty woman don't walk away, hey----OK
If that's the way it must be---OK
I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see?
Is she walkin' back to me?
Yeah, she's walkin' back to me
Oh, oh, pretty woman

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Crying

I was all right for a while, I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night, you held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say "Hello"
Aww you wished me well, you couldn’t tell

That I’d been cry-i-i-i-ng over you, cry-i-i-i-ng over you
Then you said "so long". left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying cry-i-ing
It’s hard to understand but the touch of your hand
Can start me crying

I thought that I was over you but it’s tru-ue, so true
I love you even more than I did before but darling what can I do-o-o-o
For you don’t love me and I’ll always be

Cry-i-i-i-ng over you, cry-i-i-i-ng over you
Yes, now you’re gone and from this moment on
I’ll be crying, crying, crying, cry-i-i-ing
Yeah crying, crying, o-o-o-o-ver you

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Georgia-born Brenda Lee sang country-western tunes in the 50's and hit #1in 1960 with "I'm Sorry" and "I Want to Be Wanted", becoming the first and most successful singer to cross over from country-western to pop. Her other songs include "Sweet Nothin's", "That's All You Gotta Do", and "Emotions".

I'm Sorry

I'm sorry, so sorry
That I was such a fool.
I didn't know
Love could be so cruel.
Oh oh oh oh uh-oh oh yes.

You tell me mistakes
Are part of being young
But that don't right
The wrong that's been done.

[spoken]
(I'm sorry) I'm sorry -
(So sorry) So sorry.
Please accept my apology,
But love is blind,
And I was to blind to see.
Oh oh oh oh uh-oh oh yes.

You tell me mistakes
Are part of being young
But that don't right
The wrong that's been done.
Oh oh oh oh uh-oh oh yes.

I'm sorry, so sorry
Please accept my apology
But love was blind,
And I was too blind to see.
(Sorry)

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Bobby Vee (real name Robert Thomas Velline) had a jumpstart to his career directly on the heels of the first great tragedy of rock and roll when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper lost their lives in the Iowa plane crash: when the promoters of the scheduled concert decided not to cancel the following night's show, 16-year old Bobby leaped at the chance to go up on stage and sing in Buddy Holly's place. He was well prepared, having known the words to all his songs, and was a rousing smash success with the audience. He released a local hit, "Susie Baby", but from there it was a tough uphill climb for Bobby Vee and his band the Shadows. They were about to give up in 1960 when a Pittsburg radio station gave their B-side cover song, "Devil or Angel" a spin and the track took off all over the country and into Britain.

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The early 60's began the era of the "girl groups", where many female vocal acts had a brief, but glorious, time in the sun. Many of the hits performed by these singers were written by the songwriting teams of the Brill Building song factory in New York City, such as the duo of Carole King and Gerry Goffin.

The Shirelles were one of the first of many girl groups. Comprised of Shirley Owens, Addie "Micki" Harris, Beverly Lee and Doris Coley, they started out as The Poquellos ("The Birds") when they realized they needed a more commercial name. They started out with singles such as "I Met Him On a Sunday" and "I Want You to Be My Boyfriend", but failed to chart after that in 1960. The King/Goffin songwriting team gave their producer Luther Dixon a song called "Tomorrow". The girls passed on it, claiming it sounded "too white", until they wrote it into "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" complete with a string accompaniment. The song hit #1 that fall and made them their first black female group to top the charts. Songs such as "Dedicated to the One I Love", "Tonight's the Night", and "Soldier Boy" followed.

Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

Tonight you're mine completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow?

Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure?
Can I believe the magic of your sighs?
Will you still love me tomorrow?

Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun?

I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of
So tell me now, and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Will you still love me tomorrow?

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Eva Narcissus Boyd, known asLittle Eva, was a babysitter for songwriters Carol King and Gerry Goffin when they asked her to sing their lyrics to "The Loco-Motion". Instantly $35 per week babysitting job exploded into $30 thousand. She followed the song with "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" and "Let's Turkey Trot". "The Loco-Motion" was her fifteen minutes of fame.

The Loco-Motion

Everybody's doin' a brand-new dance, now
(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)
I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now
(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)
My little baby sister can do it with me;
It's easier than learning your A-B-C's,
So come on, come on, do the Loco-motion with me.
You gotta swing your hips, now. Come on, baby.
Jump up. Jump back. Well, now, I think you've got the knack.

Now that you can do it, let's make a chain, now.
(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)
A chug-a chug-a motion like a railroad train, now.
(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)
Do it nice and easy, now, don't lose control:
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul.
So come on, come on, do the Loco-motion with me.

Move around the floor in a Loco-motion.
(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)
Do it holding hands if you get the notion.
(Come on baby, do the Loco-motion)
There's never been a dance that's so easy to do.
It even makes you happy when you're feeling blue,
So come on, come on, do the Loco-motion with me.

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The Ronettes were the biggest girl group of the 60's. Produced by Phil Spector, the three girls, Veronica (Ronnie) Bennett, her sister Estelle and Nedra Talley conveyed a smouldering sexy-but-sweet image with beehive hairdos with such hits as "Be My Baby" with Ronnie's husky "woh-oh-oh-oh", which drove teenage guys absolutely wild. Other songs followed, including "Baby I Love You", "The Best Part of Breaking Up", and "Walking In the Rain", which would remain popular in the coming years.

BE MY BABY

The night we met I knew I needed you so
and if I had the chance I'd never let you go.
So won't you say you love me,
I'll make you so proud of me.
We'll make 'em turn their heads every place we go.

So won't you, please, BE MY BE MY BABY
be my little. baby MY ONE AND ONLY BABY
Say you'll be my darlin', BE MY BE MY BABY
be my baby now. MY ONE AND ONLY BABY
Wha-oh-oh-oh.

I'll make you happy, baby, just wait and see.
For every kiss you give me I'll give you three.
Oh, since the day I saw you
I have been waiting for you.
You know I will adore you 'til eternity.

So won't you, please, BE MY BE MY BABY
be my little. baby MY ONE AND ONLY BABY
Say you'll be my darlin', BE MY BE MY BABY
be my baby now. MY ONE AND ONLY BABY
Wha-oh-oh-oh.

So come on and, please, BE MY BE MY BABY
be my little. baby MY ONE AND ONLY BABY
Say you'll be my darlin', BE MY BE MY BABY
be my baby now. MY ONE AND ONLY BABY
Wha-oh-oh-oh.

BE MY BE MY BABY Be my little baby.
MY ONE AND ONLY BABY Oh,
BE MY BE MY BABY oh,
MY ONE AND ONLY BABY wha-oh-oh-oh-oh.
(repeat & fade)

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Lesley Gore hit it big in March 1963 with "It's My Party" at the age of 16, along with other teen hits, "Judy's Turn to Cry", "She's a Fool", "That's the Way Boys Are", and "You Don't Own Me." Producer Quincy Jones discovered the talented teenager and put her on track to record some of the most memorable tunes of the early 60's. After that she went to college and then on to acting in movies and musicals, even playing Catwoman's assistant on an episode of "Batman".

IT'S MY PARTY

Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone
Judy left the same time
Why was he holding her hand
When he's supposed to be mine

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you

Playin' my records, keep dancin' all night
Leave me alone for a while
'Till Johnny's dancin' with me
I've got no reason to smile

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you

------ LEAD BREAK ------

Judy and Johnny just walked through the door
Like a queen with her king
Oh what a birthday surprise
Judy's wearin' his ring

It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to
Cry if I want to, cry if I want to
You would cry too if it happened to you

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these in order of importance or influence. You said you wouldn't forget Rick(y) Nelson! He has to be well ahead of those "shiny-tooth guys" (his words) Bobby Rydell, Fabian and the like.

1958-1960 Ricky charted more songs than Elvis, and his album was number one all year long. Don't forget, without Ricky singing R&R on TV, it would never have been accepted by parents. But, if boy-next door Ricky sang it, parents got used to it and accpeted their kids listening to it.

Let's not forget Ricky made the very first music video (April 1960) of "Travelin' Man". Seems like he was one of the first to let a band member (James Burton) do his thing on guitar too with very original licks and loose string techniques.

"I'm Walkin'" sold 60 million copies in one week in May 1957. He was never on American Bandstand because he DIDN'T HAVE TO BE. (and refused to get his hair cut for it -lol).

Have I made my case yet?

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I'm sure you saw my post of Rick Nelson in the other thread. I am trying to remain consistent with the sequence I am posting these performers in order of importance. From what I've been reading, I've found I'm definitely not through with the Rickster!!:cool: Sometimes I will make a repeated post of a certain artist who, say like Rick, got his start in the 50's and then continues his influence into the 60's. Sometimes I can get inconsistent and I hope it doesn't look like I'm minimizing his importance. I'm glad someone's paying attention!

I'll add some more of the Rickster in a bit.:) He's very influential in the 60's.

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The Crystals were one popular group produced by Phil Spector. They felt sure that they were about to bomb with one lyric written by Spector, "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)". "Just what was he thinking??" they wondered. The girls hated the song, they felt it would not get airplay. They argued with Spector; working with him was a hassle, he was very controlling. Regardless, the Crystals came up with pop classics, "He's a Rebel", "(Let's Dance) The Screw", "There's No Other", and of course, "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "Then He Kissed Me."

THEN HE KISSED ME
The Crystals

Well, he walked up to me and he asked me if I wanted to dance.
He looked kinda nice and so I said I might take a chance.
When he danced he held me tight
And when he walked me home that night
All the stars were shining bright
And then he kissed me.

Each time I saw him I couldn't wait to see him again.
I wanted to let him know that he was more than a friend.
I didn't know just what to do
So I whispered I love you
And he said that he loved me too
And then he kissed me.

He kissed me in a way that I've never been kissed before,
He kissed me in a way that I wanna be kissed forever more.

I knew that he was mine so I gave him all the love that I had
And one day he took me home to meet his mon and his dad.
Then he asked me to be his bride
And always be right by his side.
I felt so happy I almost cried
And then he kissed me.

Then he asked me to be his bride
And always be right by his side.
I felt so happy I almost cried
And then he kissed me.
And then he kissed me.
And then he kissed me

Da Doo Ron Ron

I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still
Da doo ron ron ron
Da doo ron ron
Somebody told me that his name was Bill
Da doo ron ron ron
Da doo ron ron

Yeah, my heart stood still
Yeah, his name was Bill
And when he walked me home
Da doo ron ron ron
Da doo ron ron

Yeah, he looked so fine
Yeah, I'll make him mine
And when he walked me home
Da doo ron ron ron
Da doo ron ron

Yeah da doo ron ron
Da doo ron ron ron
Da doo ron ron

Yeah da doo ron ron
Da doo ron ron ron
Da doo ron ron

(Btw, Shaun Cassidy sang a cover of this in 1978.
:eek: Except he changed the name to "Jill".)

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The Angels came together from various musical backgrounds such as The Starlets, as well as sing for New York d.j. Murray the K and singing backup vocals for top stars of the day. It took a while until they hit fame with "My Boyfriend's Back". They began to make it into t.v. appearances over the next several years. Their other hits include "Til" and "Cry Baby Cry", but 'My Boyfriend's Back" remained their signature song due to the provocative content of the song in that day.

My Boyfriend's Back

He been away, you hung around
Botherin' me every night
When I wouldn't go out with you
You said things that weren't very nice.

My boyfriend's back and youre's gonna be in trouble
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
When you see him comin' better cut out on the double
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
You been spreadin' lies that I was untrue
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
So look out now cause he's comin' after you
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
(And he knows that you've been tryin')
(And he knows that you've been lyin')

He's been gone for such a long time
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
But now he's back and things will be fine
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
You're gonna be sorry you were ever born
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
Cause he's kinda big and he's awful strong
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
(And he knows about your cheatin')
(And yo're gonna get a beatin')

What makes you think he'd believe all your lies, wahoo... wahoo...
You're a big man now, wanna cut you down to size, wahoo... wahoo...
Wait and see!

My boyfriend's back, he's gonna save my reputation
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
If I were you I'd take a permanent vacation
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
(La-de-la, my boyfriend's back) Here he comes
(La-de-la, my boyfriend's back) Yeah my boyfriend's back
(La-de-la, my boyfriend's back) Look out now
(La-de-la, my boyfriend's back) My boyfriend's back
(La-de-la, my boyfriend's back) Here he comes now
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The Shangri-La's were not only popular for their hit "Leader of the Pack", but for their striking "bad-girl" look. Producer Geore Morton had the group first record "Remember (Walkin' In the Sand)", whose lyrics were touched up by the Brill Building songwriters. The song hit #5 on the charts in September, 1964, in the face of shifting pop scene, but the girls became established as big stars when "Leader of the Pack" followed. The girls adopted a tough biker-chick look that set them apart from the other "cutie" girl groups.

The Leader of the Pack

Is she really going out with him?
Well, there she is, Let's ask her.
Betty, is that Jimmy's ring you're wearing? Mm-hmm
Gee, it must be great riding with him
Is he picking you up after school today? Uh-uh
By the way, where'd you meet him?
I met him at the candy store
He turned around and smiled at me
You get the picture? (yes, we see)
That's when I fell for
The leader of the pack.

My folks were always putting him down (down, down)
They said he came from the wrong side of town
whatcha mean when ya say that he came from the wrong side of town?
They told me he was bad, But I knew he was sad
That's why I fell for The leader of the pack.

One day my dad said, "Find someone new"
I had to tell my Jimmy we're through
Whatcha mean when ya say that ya better go find somebody new?
He stood there and asked me why, But all I could do was cry,
I'm sorry I hurt you
The leader of the pack.

He sort of smiled and kissed me goodbye
The tears were beginning to show
As he drove away on that rainy night
I begged him to go slow
But whether he heard, I'll never know
Look out! Look out! Look out! Look out!

I felt so helpless, what could I do?
Remembering all the things we'd been through
In school they all stop and stare, I can't hide the tears, but I don't care
I'll never forget him
The leader of the pack

The leader of the pack - now he's gone
The leader of the pack - now he's gone
The leader of the pack - now he's gone
The leader of the pack - now he's gone

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The man responsible for the rise and success for many of the girl groups was producer Phil Spector. In the 50's, Spector was a member of the teen pop group The Teddy Bears, whose hit "To Know Him Is to Love Him" based its title on the inscription on the tombstone of his father, a suicide victim. Spector's one contribution to rock and roll was his famous "Wall of Sound", where orchestras served as the thick musical backdrop behind the vocals in a massive, effective pop texture in many songs. But, as evidenced in songs such as "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)", something told people Spector was not quite the Teddy Bear beneath the veneer. He was known to be a rather eccentric, tempermental person to all he worked with. Ronnie Bennett of the Ronettes became Mrs. Ronnie Spector when the two married in 1968.

[Cactus Jack]

Great thread so far!


Dont forget Freddy Cannon!

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Bump!

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Originally posted by King Juke "N" Jive
Bump!

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The early part of the 60's are turning out to be a pretty good time after all--we got chicks with bigger hair than the 80's glam metal bands!!!

[Brad]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Bobby Rydell was popular for million-seling hijhts such as "Wild One", "We Got Love", and "Swinging School." He hit wider mass appeal with his song "Volare". He appeared with Ann-Margaret in the musical "Bye Bye Birdie" in 1963.

It's too bad ABKCO won't put his catalog out on CD.

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The Sha La La, Sha La La La La La's were in fact, the greatest of the girl groups who had more than their brief 15 minutes of fame. In fact, they had half an hour. Hailing from the rural area of Peekskill in upstate New York, Pinky, Frizzo, Frenchie, and Didi made the scene by hooking up with Bobby Rydell and Fabian at one show and went on to greater fame with
hits such as "My Love For You Is Bigger (Than Beehive Bouffant Hairdo)":

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Paul & Paula were a duo whose names were actually named Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson, but when their hit single "Hey Paula" took off, they were pursuaded to change their name to Paul and Paula.

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Petula Clark, "the British Shirley Temple", entertained troops during World War II as a child singer and went on to star in British t.v. programs and movies before going fully into music. In 1961, she married Frenchman Claude Wolff and began to sing as a French chanteuse as well as in Italian. She was urged to sing something in English, and came up with something written for her, "Downtown." She later followed it up with "I Know a Place."

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Nina Simone was born Eunice Waymon in poverty in North Carolina. A music set up a special fund in her name to help her pursue a music education. She was able to study at Julliard School of Music as a classical pianist. When she took up a singing job at Atlantic City, she changed her name to Nina Simone where she achieved stardom from singing "I Love You" from the opera "Porgy and Bess". She began to combine her classical training into her jazz vocal styles and was an immediate success.
Horrified at the church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, where four children were killed, she wrote a song called "Mississippi Goddam", which condemned the treatment of blacks in America. At this point Simone became a voice of championing civil rights in music.

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Aretha Franklin, "The Queen of Soul", was the daughter of a minister when she wsa courted early by Motown Records but ended up singing for Columbia. She started out as a gospel singer when she crossed over to a more secular pop direction with songs such as "Running Out of Fools" and "Cry Like a Baby". Her later hits included "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Loved You)", "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman", "Chain of Fools", and "Respect".

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Jackie Wilson, an aspiring young boxer replaced singer Clyde McPhatter of r & b group Billy Ward and the Dominoes in the 50's and impressed audiences with his amazing singing ability and dazzling showmanship. In 1957 he left the group and recorded songs such as "Reet Petite" and "Lonely Teardrops". In the early 60's his flamboyant, wild stage antics would catch him in trouble--leaping into the segregated audience at a show in New Orleans in 1960 raised the wrath of the police who began a scuffle with him and beat him. A riot ensued and Wilson was run out of town. Further trouble followed when a young woman he was seeing (while he was still married), Juanita Jones, shot and wounded him in the back.
He topped the r & b charts with the song "Night" and "Baby Work Out". During his rise to the top, his financial matters were managed by a string of shady underworld figures in the record business.

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Bobby Lewis sang in the 50's with various top stars when he played at the Apollo in 1960 and met a songwriter named Ritchie Adams who helped co-write his 1961 hit "Tossin' and Turnin'." His only other hit was "One Track Mind."

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Gary "U.S." Bonds was a wild showman who started out at age 19 with such hits as "New Orleans", "Quarter to Three", "School Is Out," and "Dear Lady Twist." His later song, "Don't Take Her, She's All I've Got", written for Johnny Paycheck, was nominated for a Grammy as was as songwriting nomination from the Country Music Association. He would later become friends and collaborate with Bruce Springsteen.

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Mary Wells is considered the founder of "the Motown Sound". She suffered from spinal meningitis as a child and temporarily lost part of her sight and hearing and was paralyzed for a time. When she recovered, Barry Gordy of Tamla Records signed her as a performer. Her first hit was "Bye Bye Baby". She recorded with Smokey Robinson where she had two hits, "The One Who Really Loves You", "Two Lovers", and "Once Upon a Time'. She followed them up with her signature hit, "My Guy."

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Booker T & the MG's were the house band for Stax-Volt Records in Memphis, creating "the Memphis Sound". Founded by Booker T Jones in 1960, the group included former Mar-Keys members master guitarist Steve Cropper and bassist Donald Dunn, with drummer Al Jackson. The backup studio band for many backup singers when they recorded one of the coolest hits of 1962, "Green Onions".

The band would play for upcoming soul stars Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett. Other hits followed such as "Hip Hug-Her", "Groovin'", and "Soul Limbo". Cropper and Dunn even appeared in the movie "Blues Brothers 2000.")

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The Marvelettes helped change the Motown sound from the bluesy soul to a more polished, orchestrated sound to help bring r & b further into the pop mainstream. Their three main singers, Wanda Rodgers, Gladys Gordon, and Katherine Schaffner would revolve and be replaced by various fill-in singers, but their collective identity and popularity would remain high. Their hits included "Playboy", "Someday Someway", and "Please Mr. Postman."

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Smokey Robinson with his group The Miracles was the first Motown performer who not only wrote his own songs but wrote hits for Mary Wells and Marvin Gaye, among others. He was dubbed "America's greatest poet" by Bob Dylan, as evidenced by Smokey's songs, "The Tracks of My Tears", "I Second That Emotion", and "Tears of a Clown."

[mcgwirefan]

If you are doing these people in order of importance, then after Elvis and Buddy Holly, should come Rick Nelson. I would not say Fabian, Bobby Rydell or Petula Clark to name a few were any where near as important of had as much influence on R&R.

What order are you doing? Worst to Best? Personally, I think you're way off the mark if this is your list starting with the best, or most important and influential. PLEASE DO NOT put Rick in with the "Teen Idols" He was one, but also was far more than that. Besides he'd HATE it, so I have to stick up for him. I am glad you are doing this, and it is a huge undertaking, so I do thank you, even if I don't agree with your choices. I look forward to your posts and seeing this project.

I have a whole lot more info on Rick, including that he was the only R&R singer to chart an LP of NEW material in the 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1980s, that is in his lifetime. Not even Elvis or the Beatles can claim that! Not to brag, but I am sort of a Rick Nelson expert, so any question, please feel free to ask.

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Uhhhh.............I am TRYING to go in chronological order. This is NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT about "in order of importance". Right now I'm focusing on early soul, and I'll get back into the strictly rock & roll thing because I am about to mention guitarist James Burton with Rick. I didn't want to focus on him too soon after I had just posted him earlier in the 50's segment. I was trying to show a sort of contrast by putting the more "pop" artists first after the Buddy Holly crash.

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Berry Gordy was the founder of Motown Records. Born in Detroit to parents successful in the construction business, young Gordy went from being a professional boxer to to jazz record store owner to working at the Ford Lincoln-Mercury plant. In 1957 he then decided to become a professional songwriter. He began to compose hits for singers such as Jackie Wilson ("Lonely Teardrops"). Gordy then moved on to producing records as well as finding new talent such as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. The royalties from his hits enabled him to form his own Tamla label as well as own Jobete Publishing Company (named after his three children).

In 1960 smokey Robinson's song "Shop Around", written by Gordy, established Motown Record Corporation as an independent record company with Gordy's own Hitsville USA and Berry Gordy Enterprises. Mary Wells signed up with him and became one of his most successful artists as well as the Marvelettes and Martha and the Vandellas. Gordy even hired modeling school operator Maxine Powell to groom artists for success, as well as choreographer Cholly Atkins to teach his singers how to dance and move onstage. One objective of Gordy was to move black music into the mainstream away from what he felt was the seedy image and reputation that the blues and r & b had gained in most people's minds with alcohol, drugs, and illicit activity. He was aiming for a more gospel-based sound turned secular.

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On December 11th, 1964, Sam Cooke checked into the Hacienda Motel with a woman named Lisa Boyer, whom he claimed was his wife. According to official reports, the girl left with his clothes. The semi-clad Cooke followed and broke into the motel office, thinking she was hiding there. Instead, the motel manager, Bertha Franklin, shot him in the back with a .22, killing him. She claimed it was in self-defense after Cooke attempted to rape Boyer and herself. Though the coroner ruled it as a "justifiable homicide", many close to Cooke disputed the official version of the events as a suspicious cover up.

Cooke's posthumous hit, "Shine", hit #7 on the charts.

:(

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As the 60's began, the career of Rick Nelson was hitting a downturn. People were moving away from the straight-on rock and roll he had helped make popular, and subsequently his popularity was not quite as high as before. Was it over-exposure on the show that was hurting his sales? With a new dance fad popping up each week, and fresh pop idols cropping up, the record buying public were welcoming back Elvis from his time in the army and saluted his newfound stardom in the movies. Rick had also landed some roles in movies such as "Rio Bravo" and "The Wackiest Ship In the Navy". Rick's music was excellent as usual, his guitar player James Burton, was phenomenal as always.

But something was missing. Everything was at a standstill until songwriter Gene Pitney gave him a song that sent his career blazing back on track: "Travelling Man" and "Hello Mary Lou" were released in 1961. Fans eagerly embraced the newly re-invigorated Rick Nelson as his star ascended once again on the charts.

Unfortunately, his television schedule kept him from hitting the road to promote his new material. His father opposed the idea of his son tarnishing the clean-cut image of his son singing in bars. In spite of this, songs such as "A Wonder Like You", "Young World", "Teenage Idol", and "It's Up to You" all hit the top ten.

In 1962, he signed with Decca Records for $1 million for 20 years. On April 20, 1963 he married Kristen Harmon and had his first daughter, Tracy, in October of that year.

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Rick Nelson

Travelin' Man

I'm a travelin' man and I've made a lotta stops
all over the world
And in every port I own the heart of at least one lovely girl
I've a pretty senorita waitin' for me down in old Mexico
And if you're ever in Alaska stop and see my cute little Eskimo

Oh my sweet fraulien down in Berlin town
makes my heart start to yearn
And my China doll down in old Hong Kong
waits for my return
Pretty Polynesian baby over the sea I remember the night
When we walked in the sands of Waikiki and I held you oh so tight

Oh, I'm a travelin' man
Yes, I'm a travelin' man
Yes, I'm a travelin' man
Woe, I'm a travelin' man

I'm a travelin' man and I've made a lotta stops
all over the world
And in every port I own the heart of at least one lovely girl

I'm a travelin' man and I've made a lotta stops
all over the world
And in every port I own the heart of at least one lovely girl

Oh my sweet fraulien down in Berlin town
makes my heart start to yearn
And my China doll down in old Hong Kong
waits for my return
Pretty Polynesian baby over the sea I remember the night
When we walked in the sands of Waikiki and I held you oh so tight

Oh, I'm a travelin' man
Yes, I'm a travelin' man
Yes, I'm a travelin' man
Woe, I'm a travelin' man

Hello Mary Lou

I said, "Hello Mary Lou
Goodbye heart
Sweet Mary Lou
I'm so in love with you
I knew Mary Lou
We'd never part
So hello Mary Lou
Goodbye heart"

You passed me by one sunny day
Flashed those big brown eyes my way
And ooh I wanted you forever more
Now I'm not one that gets around
I swear my feet stuck to the ground
And though I never did meet you before

I said, "Hello Mary Lou
Goodbye heart
Sweet Mary Lou
I'm so in love with you
I knew Mary Lou
We'd never part
So hello Mary Lou
Goodbye heart"

I saw your lips I heard your voice
believe me I just had no choice
Wild horses couldn't make me stay away
I thought about a moonlit night
My arms about good an' tight
That's all I had to see for me to say

I said, "Hello Mary Lou
Goodbye heart
Sweet Mary Lou
I'm so in love with you
I knew Mary Lou
We'd never part
So hello Mary Lou
Goodbye heart"

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Dick Dale, "The King of Surf Guitar", was a player who brought an exciting sound to rock and roll: surf guitar. The sound actually began in the 50's when he met guitar maker Leo Fender and played the electric Stratocaster guitar upside down and developed a unique way of playing, including his tendency to play so loud that it destroyed many amps. From there, Fender manufactured 100-watt amps that were able to withstand his devastating volume.

The effect of reverb, the springy, echoey effect in his music propelled songs such as his signature hit, "Miserlou."

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The Ventures were one of the best-selling rock bands in the 60's with their hit instrumental "Walk Don't Run". The Seattle-based band brought the record to local radio personality Pat O'Day of KJR radio station who played it regularly on the air in 1961. The song took off across the country, selling over a million copies. Over the next year they would do instrumental versions of the Twist hits as well as the musical thme to the film "Lolita". The Ventures would soon create an American rock and roll craze in Japan.

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The Surfaris were another surf band that created one of the most memorable rock and roll tunes of the era: "Wipe Out" with its maniacal laughter in the opening:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! WIPE OUT!!!!!

To the unitiated, to "wipe out" was to fall off the surfboard while riding the waves.

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Berry Gordy I dont know if ya knew this but his son is Rockwell, who sang "Somebody's Watching Me" in 1984

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Originally posted by King Juke "N" Jive
I dont know if ya knew this but his son is Rockwell, who sang "Somebody's Watching Me" in 1984 No kidding!! I didn't know that! I'll have to mention that when we get to the 80's.:cool:

I'm also disappointed that some of these pictures I'm getting for these posts look like some cheap colorized photos that Ted Turner must have got a hold of...:rolleyes:

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Jan and Dean, real names Jan Barry and Dean. O. Torrence, were high school friends who played football at University High School in Los Angeles who both shared a love for singing. They called themselves the Barons in 1958 and sang songs about fast cars and women. When the Barons were reduced to a duo, Jan and Dean were introduced to a song about a stripper named Jenny Lee by a former bandmate. They made a cheap recording of the song which soon made it to the radio. When "Jenny Lee" hit #8 on the charts, they made it on American Bandstand and became rising stars where they rubbed shoulders with Elvis, Frankie Avalon, Sam Cooke, and Annette Funicello. They followed it up with songs such as "Baby Talk", "We Go Together", and "Linda"--which had a picture sleeve posed by a young girl named Linda Eastman (no relation to the song).

As surf music craze kicked into high gear, the two came out with "Surf City" and made friends with another surf band, the Beach Boys, and followed this song with "Drag City" in 1963 and other songs about cars and surfing, including "Dead Man's Curve" and "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena".

They had an amazing run at the top of the charts--until April 12, 1966, when Jan crashed his Stingray and was partially paralyzed--and almost unable to sing for several years.

Below Jan and Dean hang out with Annette Funicello.

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Freddy Cannon, aka Freddy Picariello, had a hit in 1958 with "Tallahassee Lassie", but would find success with the song "Palisades Park", which happened to be written by future "Gong Show" MC Chuck Barris. Franky Valli sang backup on the song. Cannon also holds the record for most appearances on American Bandstand: 110 times. He is known to have cut throughthe slick teen pop idol reputation by being a raw, dynamic rock and roll showman.

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The Beach Boys are an American institution, the band that totally epitomized the good times, surf and sun. Brothers Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson grew up in the Hawthorne suburb of Los Angeles, learning to sing to their favorite records when they were joined by cousin Mike Love. The line up was completed when in 1961, schoolmate Al Jardine joined the four as all began to sing their familiar harmonies. Their first song, "Surfin'" hit the local charts in 1962, followed by "Surfin' Safari", and "409" with their first album to follow. The band not only became the biggest group in the country and in the world, but became the first group to control their own recordings.

Hits followed such as "Surfin' USA", "Little Deuce Coupe", "Fun, Fun, Fun", and "California Girls". They hit major success worldwide with their fun innocent themes of American teen dreams. Carl played guitar, Dennis played drums, Mike performed lead vocals, Al played rhythm guitar, and Brian played bass.

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In the late 50's and early 60's, a folk music revival was running parallel to the pop-rock scene, led by such groups asThe Kingston Trio, who began in 1957 with their folk songs such as their hit "Tom Dooley" in the early 60's. Folk clubs such as the Hungry i and the Purple Onion were two musical homes of the group, but when they incorporated r & b to their repertoire, folk purists cried foul and "sellout"--plus the fact that the group made millions and were very popular to many.

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Peter, Paul, and Mary, made up of Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers, were another trio of folk singers who began at Bitter End coffee house in Greenwich Village. The three would gain attention by playing at Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech in Washington, D.C. in 1963, with many other musicians and entertainers. Their hits included "If I Had a Hammer", "Puff the Magic Dragon, and "Leaving on a Jet Airplane" (which would take on an ironic significance in the decades to come).

Folk music was the music of the people, it spoke of universal longings of all people, justice, compassion, and peace. It was basic and time honored and simple. Such leading lights as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger were top names.

But in the Cold War Era of America, the voice of folk represented a real threat to the powers-that-be. Singers such as Pete Seeger were considered dangerous due to their alleged left-wing political leanings--they were "communist", according to the government. The peaceful themes of folk were a mere smokescreen for a radical, insidious agenda. But regardless, the songs of the folk movement resonated with many in rapidly changing and tumultuous times for the push for civil rights. Could the government crackdown on folk music be all part of a plan to stifle voices pleading on behalf of minorities and people of color who were marginalized by society? Was the government only interested in preserving the status quo?

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The greatest single voice of the folk music, and one of the most important voices of the 60's wasBob Dylan. Born Robert Zimmerman to Russian-Jewish parents on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, the young Bob and his family would move to the city of Hibbing, where as a youngster, he wrote rock and roll songs and enjoyed performers of the 50's. In 1959, he enrolled at the University of Minnesota where he started to examine the roots of rock and roll and folk pioneers such as his hero Woody Guthrie. He became a folk singer at clubs in St. Paul and changed his last name to Dylan, in honor of poet Dylan Thomas.

He then went to New York City to take part in the Greenwich Village folk scene and to meet his ailing hero Woody Guthrie. He soon signed with Columbia Records in 1961 and released an album of haunting covers of folk tunes. A year later he released his first successful album, "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", which had some of his most familiar tunes, "Blowin' In the Wind," and "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall", the latter which was written in a sort of broken verses depicting the fear of the impending Cuban Missile Crisis in the fall of 1962 when Americans feared the end of the world those tense weeks. When he appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, they denied him the opportunity to sing "Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues"--"too political, too controversial."

His third album featured more protest songs such as "The Times They Are a-Changin'"and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carol", as well as "Boots of Spanish Leather", a song about a doomed love affair. Dylan quit writing protest music to concentrate more on introspective issues on the album "Another Side of Bob Dylan", with such songs as "It Ain't Me, Babe."

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains,
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways,
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests,
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans,
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard,
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it,
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin',
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin',
I saw a white ladder all covered with water,
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken,
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin',
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world,
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin',
Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin',
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin',
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter,
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony,
I met a white man who walked a black dog,
I met a young woman whose body was burning,
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow,
I met one man who was wounded in love,
I met another man who was wounded with hatred,
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin',
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest,
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty,
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters,
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison,
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden,
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten,
Where black is the color, where none is the number,
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it,
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it,
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin',
But I'll know my song well before I start singin',
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard,
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

The Times They Are A-Changin'
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.

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Joan Baez, featured here with Bob Dylan, developed her heart for humanitarian and social causes in her music due to early discrimination toward her mixed parentage. Her scientist father was Mexican and her mother was Scottish, and both travelled across America in the 50's. When she enrolled at Boston University, she began to sing folk songs at coffee houses, which led to her appearance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1959. In the early 60's, as her popularity grew, she became committed to the works of civil rights activists such as her friend, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Meanwhile, Brian Epstein, a young record store owner in Liverpool, England, was scouting for fresh new talent in the thriving local club scene when he spotted a four-piece group wowing the crowd in a venue called the Cavern called the Beatles. Being a gay man attracted initially to their rhythm guitar player, Epstein was even more knocked out by their music, the spark, the exhuberance. The boys belted it out with a passion, and the crowd was swallowing it up faster than free Guiness. He later asked the four of they would like him to be their manager, saying their music was so great, they should be the next big thing. The lads agreed to take him on as their manager, perhaps a real businessman would help take them to "the toppermost of the poppermost", as they were known to say in the midst of hard times.

The Beatles started out when school chums John Lennon and bassist Paul McCartney came together to write songs and perform in a skiffle group. Joining them were George Harrison and Stu Sutcliffe on guitar and Pete Best on drums. The fivesome played around local clubs under such names as The Quarrymen, Johnny and the Moondogs, and the flashy Silver Beatles before settling on just the Beatles, in homage to one of their favorite American bands, the Crickets. Stu Sutcliffe left the group and later died of a brain haemorrage. Before the group was scheduled to record their first tracks, they were told that Best needed to be replaced with a more professional drummer, Richard Starkey, also known as Ringo Starr.

The band's musical influences were also Elvis, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, and the Everly Brothers. They brought these influences when they made the rounds on the German club circuit in Hamburg where they would endure playing grueling multiple sets in seedy, smoky clubs, cavort with prostitutes and engage all sorts of madcap antics, such as such as playing bare naked onstage. One thing they picked up from a bar maiden named Astrid there was the idea to grow their hair a little longer than normal.

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The Beatles became more professional due to their rigorous gigs in Hamburg. With Epstein at the helm, he convinced the band to give up their leather-hood image for nicer-looking suits. After a few negligible recordings such as "Besame Mucho" and "My Bonnie", the two songwriters in the group, Lennon and McCartney, hunkered down to write their first real song, "Love Me Do," as well as "Please Please Me".

Love Me Do

Love, love me do.
You know I love you,
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.

Love, love me do.
You know I love you,
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.

Someone to love,
Somebody new.
Someone to love,
Someone like you.

Love, love me do.
You know I love you,
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.

Love, love me do.
You know I love you,
I'll always be true,
So please, love me do.
Whoa, love me do.
Yeah, love me do.
Whoa, oh, love me do.

Please Please Me

Last night I said these words to my girl
I know you never even try girl
Come on, come on, come on, come on,
Please please me oh yeh like I please you.

You don’t need me to show the way love
Why do I always have to say love
Come on, come on, come on, come on,
Please please me oh yeh like I please you.

I don’t want to sound complaining
But you know there’s always rain in my heart.
I do all the pleasing with you
It’s so hard to reason with you.
Oh yeh why do you make me blue.

Last night I said these words to my girl,
Come on, come on, come on, come on,
Please please me oh yeh like I please you - you.

Both songs exploded across the English countryside. Soon Beatlemania gripped the island as British teens were glued to their radios enraptured by the new singing sensations. In the months that followed, the band was invited to perform for the Royal Family. Onstage, John quipped, "Those in the cheap seats can clap your hands. The rest of you can rattle your jewelry."

The Beatles were an immediate smash in Britain. But Epstein had higher aspirations for his boys: America. The Beatles' music was distributed on r & b label Vee-Jay Records, where it was met with......

indifference.

Even on American Bandstand, their song "She Loves You" was given mediocre rating. Those harmonies--"and what was with those haircuts??" Apparently the Beatles were never going to conquer America any time soon.

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Liverpudlian "Mersey-Beat" band Gerry and the Pacemakers, led by Gerry Marsden, performed "Ferry Across the Mersey", and "I'm the One". They were about to call themselves the Mars Bars until the candy company threatened to sue. The band was also managed by Brian Epstein.

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Manchester's Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, whose real name was William Ashton, were friends with the Beatles and had their hits "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" and
"Bad to Me" written by Lennon and McCartney, and also played with them in Hamburg. Another hit was "I'll Keep You Satisfied".

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Johnny Kidd and the Pirates began in 1958 and hit the British charts at #1 in 1960 with "Shakin' All Over". The band played as tough as they looked with their bucchaneer outfits but faced plenty of teen pop competition after that. Guitarist Mick Green left to join the Dakotas. Sadly, Johnny Kidd died in a car crash in 1966, but the band made a comback in the late 70's in a revival of "pub rock". Their other hits included "shot of Rhythm & Blues," and "I'll Never Get Over You."

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
The Beatles

Thank God for the Fab Four!:clap: :guitar: :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

[Brian]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Joan Baez


My mother saw her in person during her college years. She visited UC Santa Barbara.

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas

The Beatles wrote one of their biggest hits"Bad To Me"

They also wrote "World Without Love" which was a monster hit for Peter And Gordon.Peter Asher was the brother of Jane Asher who was Paul's girlfriend at the time(1964)

[Steve M.]

The Beatles's arrival in the U.S. was much-needed relief from most of the pop of the early sixties. "I Want To Hold Hand" made that clear by knocking Bobby Vinton's "There! I've Said It Again" off the the top of the Billboard singles charts. As soon as Bob Dylan heard the Beatles, he got the subtleties of their music right away; he knew that the Fabs were pointing popular music in the direction it had to follow.

Regarding Johnny Kidd and the Pirates: The guitarist, Mick Green, was a legendary early guitar hero; the Who's Pete Townshend was influenced by him.

Gerry and the Pacemakers are an underrated group; "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" is one of the best pop/rock ballads of the sixties. :)

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
The Beatles wrote one of their biggest hits"Bad To Me"

They also wrote "World Without Love" which was a monster hit for Peter And Gordon.Peter Asher was the brother of Jane Asher who was Paul's girlfriend at the time(1964) Thats awesome!!!


BTW, Ive always wondered, which one is Peter? I think he's the one with the glasses , but iM not sure

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by King Juke "N" Jive
Thats awesome!!!


BTW, Ive always wondered, which one is Peter? I think he's the one with the glasses , but iM not sure

Peter is the redheaded bespectacled one!:D

[Steve M.]

Here's a list of songs that John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote and gave to other artists that the Beatles never included on their own records, aside from "Bad To Me" and "World Without Love:"

"I'll Keep You Satisfied," "From a Window," "I'll Be On My Way" - Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (The Beatles did perform the last number on BBC Radio.)

"I'm In Love" - The Fourmost

"I Don't Want To See You Again," "Nobody I Know," "Woman" - Peter and Gordon

"One and One Is Two" - the Strangers

"Tip of My Tongue" - Tommy Quickly

"It's For You," "Step Inside Love" - Cilla Black

Songs the Beatles recorded but never released until the Anthology series, and initially gave away, include:

"That Means a Lot" (Help! outtake) - P.J. Proby

"Hello Little Girl" (from the Decca New Year's Day 1962 sessions) - the Fourmost

"Like Dreamers Do" (same source as "Hello Little Girl") - the Applejacks

One other thing - "I Call Your Name" was originally done by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, then the Beatles recorded it for an EP of covers - they, in effect, covered their own song. Ironically, when the Mamas and Papas covered "I Call Your Name," some fans in America considered it blasphemous to cover a Beatles tune; that was simply something at the time that you did not do!

[ABlairican Pie]

Much has been written about how rock and roll has changed and affected world events. Often times, world events have in fact changed rock and roll. November 22, 1963 was one such fateful day.

That morning, in Dallas, Texas, President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline were riding in an open motorcade with Texas Governor John Connally greeting friendly crowds in the streets when an assassin's bullets rang out, killing the president. The country was plunged into grief, shock and disbelief that the young, idealistic president could be so senselessly be murdered. The sunshine and surf tunes were eclipsed by the events of that gray fall day, its hope and laughter gone. Suddenly, the tunes no longer matter. Soft, sad tunes filled the airwaves as the country struggled to make sense of it all. Forgotten was the youthful zest of the pop music scene. The surfboards were put away and the nation would hide in its living rooms as it languished in trauma. Nothing would be the same again.

:crying:

[Steve M.]

And, if I may pick up the story. . . . when Camelot ended, nothing could bring anyone back to life. We had little to be thankful for on Thanksgiving, six days after the Kennedy assassination. Christmas was all but cancelled. But it was on November 22, 1963, ironically, when the Beatles released their second British album. With a change in song selection, and with a change in title from With the Beatles to Meet the Beatles, it would come out of the blue in January 1964 to pick up our spirits and bring us back to life. And that album roared out of the gate with the happiest rock song of all time. . . .

"I Want To Hold Your Hand!"

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Peter is the redheaded bespectacled one!:D YAY! I was right! Thanks!!!! :D

[Steve M.]

Four months after the Beatles appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show," a darker, more sinister group appeared on the horizon. They were five London boys who played the blues, and had a lascivious lead singer whose preening encouraged parents to lock up their daughters. The guitarists learned their licks from bluesmen like Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson. They loved to be hated. They were. . .

. . .the Rolling Stones.

[Steve M.]

After the Beatles became the first British act to top the Billboard singles charts with "I Want To Hold Your Hand," the Animals follwed suit with their chart-topping single. Except that their record was a gritty, uncensored blues standard about a New Orelans brothel, "House of the Rising Sun." Even before the Rolling Stones made it here, five boys from Newcastle - fronted by Eric Burdon - introduced white American kids to black American music, an introduction white American parents could no longer stop.

And it was with their version of "House of the Rising Sun" that the Animals showed how powerful an organ could be in rock and roll.

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by King Juke "N" Jive
YAY! I was right! Thanks!!!! :D

You are welcome"Freddie Guy"!:yippee:

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Steve M.
And, if I may pick up the story. . . . when Camelot ended, nothing could bring anyone back to life. We had little to be thankful for on Thanksgiving, six days after the Kennedy assassination. Christmas was all but cancelled. But it was on November 22, 1963, ironically, when the Beatles released their second British album. With a change in song selection, and with a change in title from With the Beatles to Meet the Beatles, it would come out of the blue in January 1964 to pick up our spirits and bring us back to life. And that album roared out of the gate with the happiest rock song of all time. . . .

"I Want To Hold Your Hand!"

I had that album! I wore it out! It was AWESOME!:mango :cheer: :woohoo: :rock: :guitar:

:notworthy :notworthy

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Steve M.
The Beatles's arrival in the U.S. was much-needed relief from most of the pop of the early sixties. "I Want To Hold Hand" made that clear by knocking Bobby Vinton's "There! I've Said It Again" off the the top of the [I]Billboard[/I



Bobby Vinton! What a Dweeb!:rolleyes: I agree whole heartedly! The Beatles revived the music scene! I remember how drab the music was before they came upon the scene!:rolleyes: :notworthy :notworthy

[ABlairican Pie]

Does anyone know which album "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" originally is on? I tried looking at Tower, but the clerks couldn't even find it.

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Does anyone know which album "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" originally is on? I tried looking at Tower, but the clerks couldn't even find it. No I dont :(, but Il look




BTW, Ive got a Beatles av LOL

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
You are welcome"Freddie Guy"!:yippee: :D


Im telling you now, Im telling oyu right away,

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Does anyone know which album "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" originally is on? I tried looking at Tower, but the clerks couldn't even find it. I just looked it up on All Music Guide and the album is Meet the Beatles

[ABlairican Pie]

Originally posted by King Juke "N" Jive
I just looked it up on All Music Guide and the album is Meet the Beatles That's funny, I looked on that album last night and I didn't see the song listed.:confused: Did I read somewhere that it depends which version of the album you find, either the British or American version?

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
That's funny, I looked on that album last night and I didn't see the song listed.:confused: Did I read somewhere that it depends which version of the album you find, either the British or American version?

Could be. The British version was different I think. I Wanna Hold Your Hand was on my Meet The Beatles version but She Loves You was not. I had that on a 45.

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by King Juke "N" Jive
:D


Im telling you now, Im telling you right away,

I'll be staying for many a day

I'm in love with you now...........................:D

Nice avatar Jack!:dance: :yourock:

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
I'll be staying for many a day

I'm in love with you now...........................:D

Nice avatar Jack!:dance: :yourock: :D




Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!:D I knew ya'd like it!

[ABlairican Pie]

The Beatles were scheduled to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show!

[ABlairican Pie]

The audience trembled in tense anticipation as Ed Sullivan addressed the t.v. cameras.

Ladies and gentleman-- THE BEATLES!!!!
In that evening, America was transformed from mourning to morning--a new day had come. What was that moment like when a group of four moptops from Britain captured the airwaves, the wild, amazing crazyness? The giddy joy of young America fixed on THE EVENT, the happening of happenings?

All My Loving
Lennon/McCartney

Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you,
Tomorrow I’ll miss,
Remember I’ll always be true,
And then while I’m away,
I’ll write home every day,
And I’ll send all my loving to you.

I’ll pretend I am kissing,
The lips I am missing,
And hope that my dreams will come true,
And then while I’m away,
I’ll write home every day,
And I’ll send all my loving to you.

All my loving, I will send to you,
All my loving, darling, I’ll be true.
Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you,
Tomorrow I’ll miss,
Remember I’ll always be true,
And then while I’m away,
I’ll write home every day,
And I’ll send all my loving to you.
All my loving, I will send to you,
All my loving, darling, I’ll be true,
All my loving, I will send to you.

[ABlairican Pie]

:clap: :eek: :crying: :notworthy

I Saw Her Standing There

Well, she was just seventeen,
You know what I mean,
And the way she looked was way beyond compare,
So how could I dance with another,
Oh when I saw her standing there
Well she looked at me,
And I, I could see,
That before too long I’d fall in love with her,

She wouldn’t dance with another,
Oh when I saw her standing there.
Well my heart went zoom as I crossed that room,
And I held her hand in mine.
Oh we danced through the night,
And we held each other tight,
And before to long I fell in love with her,

Now I’ll never dance with another,
Oh when I saw her standing there.

Well my heart went zoom as I crossed that room,
And I held her hand in mine.
Oh we danced through the night,
And we held each other tight,
And before too long I fell in love with her,

Now I’ll never dance with another,
Oh since I saw her standing there.
Oh since I saw her standing there.

[ABlairican Pie]

She Loves You

She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah,
She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah.

You think you lost your love,
Well I saw her yesterday - yi - yay.
She sats she loves you,
And you know that can’t be bad,
Yes, she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.

She said you hurt her so,
She almost lost her mind,
And now she says she knows,
You’re not the hurting kind.

She says she loves you,
And you know that can’t be bad,
She says she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.

She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah,
She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah.
And with a love like that,
You know you should be glad.

You know it’s up to you,
I think it’s only fair,
Pride can hurt you too,
Apologize to her.

Because she loves,
And you know that can’t be bad,
Yes, she loves you,
And you know you should be glad.

She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah,
She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
With a love like that,
You know you should be glad.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[ABlairican Pie]

More Beatles on a really beeg shew!!!!

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Oh yeh, I’ll tell you something,
I think you’ll understand,
Then I’ll say that something,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.

Oh please say to me
You’ll let me be your man,
And please say to me,
You’ll let me hold your hand,
Now let me hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.

And when I touch you
I feel happy inside,
It’s such a feeling
That my love I can’t hide,
I can’t hide, I can’t hide.

Yeh, you got that something,
I think you’ll understand,
When I feel that something,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.

And when I touch you
I feel happy inside,
It’s such a feeling
That my love I can’t hide,
I can’t hide, I can’t hide.

Yeh, you got that something,
I think you’ll understand,
When I feel that something,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand,
I wanna hold your hand.

[ABlairican Pie]

PAUL!!!!

[ABlairican Pie]

Hot on the trails of the Beatles were The Rolling Stones, who proudly wore their Chicago blues influences on their sleeves. Their name taken from a Muddy Waters song, they were the polar opposite of the Beatles--instead of cute and cuddly, they were bad and snotty. Their flamboyant, prancing lead singer with the trademark smirking lips, Mick Jagger, was not about to give Beatle Paul a run for his pretty money. The other members included Brian Jones and Keith Richard both on guitar, Bill Wyman on bass, and Charlie Watts on drums. Their first hits included "Not Fade Away", originally done by Buddy Holly; "Little Red Rooster", "All Over Now", and "Time Is On My Side."

THE LAST TIME
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Well I told you once and I told you twice
But ya never listen to my advice
You don't try very hard to please me
With what you know it should be easy

Well this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I don't know. Oh no. Oh no

Well, I'm sorry girl but I can't stay
Feelin' like I do today
It's too much pain and too much sorrow
Guess I'll feel the same tomorrow

Well this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I don't know. Oh no. Oh no

Well I told you once and I told you twice
That someone will have to pay the price
But here's a chance to change your mind
'Cuz I'll be gone a long, long time

Well this could be the last time
This could be the last time
Maybe the last time
I don't know. Oh no. Oh no
Well, this could be the last time

(I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm drivin' in my car
And that man comes on the radio
He's tellin' me more and more
About some useless information
Supposed to fire my imagination
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say

I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm watchin' my TV
And that man comes on to tell me
How white my shirts can be
But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
The same cigarrettes as me
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say

I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no girl reaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm ridin' round the world
And I'm doin' this and I'm signing that
And I'm tryin' to make some girl
Who tells me baby better come back later next week
'Cause you see I'm on losing streak
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say

I can't get no, I can't get no
I can't get no satisfaction
No satisfaction, no satisfaction, no satisfaction

[ABlairican Pie]

The Animals were another chart-topping British Invasion band led by lead singer Eric Burdon. Their hits included "It's My Life", "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "Don't Bring Me Down", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and most importantly, "House Of the Rising Sun."

IT'S MY LIFE
It's a hard world to get a break in
All the good things have been taken
But girl there are ways
To make certain things pay
Though I'm dressed in these rags
I'll wear sable some day
Hear what I say
I'm going to ride this serpent
No more time spent sweating rent
Hear my command?

I'm breakin' loose...it ain't no use
Holdin' me down…stickin' around
But baby, baby, remember, remember…

It's my life and I'll do what I want
It's my mind and I'll think what I want
Show me I'm wrong …hurt me sometime
But someday I'll treat you real fine

There'll be women…and their fortunes
Who'll just want to.. more than offer thier's
Are you going to cry
When I'm squeezin' you right
Taking all I can get…no regrets
When I…
Open their lives
And live on their money
Believe me honey...that money
Can you believe?
I ain't no saint…no complaints!
So girl before I…????

But baby, baby, remember, remember…
It's my life and I'll do what I want
It's my mind and I'll think what I want
Show me I'm wrong
Hurt me sometime
But someday I'll treat you real fine
It's my life and I'll do what I want
Don't push me!
It's my mind and I'll think what I want
It's my life!
It's my life and I'll do what I want
I can do what I want!
It's my mind and I'll think what I want
You can't tell me babe!
It's my life and I'll do what I want
I'll do what I want!

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the 'Rising Sun'
And it's been the ruin of many a young poor boy
And, God, I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
Sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans
Now the only thing he ever needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk

Oh, Mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
With one foot on the platform
And the other foot on the train
I know he's back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well there is a house in New Orleans
They call the 'Rising Sun'
And its been the ruin of many a young poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

[ABlairican Pie]

The Kinks were one of the bands known for their tough, wild power chords on hit songs such as "All Day and All of the Night", "You Really Got Me", and "So Tired of Waiting." The band was led by guitarist/vocalist Ray Davies, who was usually involved in sibling rivalry with his brother Dave Davies.

All Day And All Of The Night
Written by: R. Davies

I'm not content to be with you in the daytime
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night

I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yea, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
Oh, come on...

I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yea, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night time
All day and all of the night

You Really Got Me
Written by: Ray Davies

Girl, you really got me goin'
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin'
Yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night

Yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night

You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me

See, don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side
Girl, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night

Yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night

You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me
Oh no...

(solo)

See, don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side
Girl, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night

Yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night

You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me

[ABlairican Pie]

The Dave Clark 5 were a quintet that was nearly as successful as the Beatles in Britain. Their hits included "I Like It Like That", "Over and Over", "Everybody Knows", and "Catch Us If You Can."
CATCH US IF YOU CAN
(Dave Clark / Lenny Davidson)

Here they come again, mmmm-mm-mm
Catch us if you can, mmmm-mm-mm
Time to get a move on, mmmm-mm-mm
We will yell with all of our might

Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can

Now we gotta run, mmmm-mm-mm
No more time for fun, mmmm-mm-mm
When we're gettin' angry, mmmm-mm-mm
We will yell with all of our might

Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can

Here they come again, mmmm-mm-mm
Catch us if you can, mmmm-mm-mm
Time to get a move on, mmmm-mm-mm
We will yell with all of our might

Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can

[ABlairican Pie]

The Yardbirdswere one of the most influential British Invasion groups who, like the Rolling Stones, were heavily influenced by the Chicago blues that swept England in the 60's. Their members included Keith Relf, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell-Smith and, briefly, Eric Clapton on guitar, who later left the band when he felt that they had become too pop-oriented. They later replaced him with two guitarists named Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. The band introduced a new kind of fast, wild jamming sound known as the Rave-up, as on the latter part of their hit, "I'm a Man." Their other hits included "For Your Love", "Shapes of Things", and "Over Under Sideways Down." The other members included vocalist/harmonica player Keith Relf, Chris Deja on guitar, Jim McCarty on drums, and Paul Samwell-Smith on bass.

Because Clapton was more accustomed to playing less frantic, bluesy lines on guitar as opposed to the exposive rave-up jams, he earned the nickname "Slowhand." It was through his stint with the Yardbirds that his reputation as a blues guitar hero began to grow. Success seemed to elude them unlike their contemporaries, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, until they backed up one of their idols, the famed blues singer Sonny Boy Williamson, at a blues festival. This show became part of a live recording "Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds."

Unfortunately, Clapton, ever the blues purist, felt aggravated with his spot in the band. They wanted Top 40 chart success, but Clapton did not want it by playing pop songs such as "For Your Love." The song topped the charts, but by then, Clapton had moved on. It was time to look for a replacement.

I'm a Man
Now when I was a little boy,
At the age of five,
I had somethin' in my pocket,
Kept a lot of folks alive.
Now I'm a man,
I spell M-A-N...man.

All you pretty women,
Stand in line,
I can make love to you baby,
In an hour's time.
Now i'm a man
I spell M-A-N...man.

The line I shoot,
Will never miss,
Make love to you baby,
You can't resist.
Now I'm a man,
I spell M-A-N...man.

Goin back down,
To Kansas to,
Bring back a little girl,
Just like you.
Now I'm a man,
I spell M-A-N...man.

Now I'm a man,
Made twenty-one,
You know baby,
We can have a lot of fun.
I'm a man,
I spell M-A-N...man.

Shapes of Things
Shapes of things before my eyes,
Just teach me to despise.
Will time make men more wise?
Here within my lonely frame,
My eyes just hurt my brain.
But will it seem the same?

Come tomorrow, will I be older?
Come tomorrow, may be a soldier.
Come tomorrow, may I be bolder than today?

Now the trees are almost green.
But will they still be seen?
When time and tide have been.
Fall into your passing hands.
Please don't destroy these lands.
Don't make them desert sands.

Chorus, Lead.

Soon I hope that I will find,
Thoughts deep within my mind.
That won't disgrace my kind.

[Steve M.]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
That's funny, I looked on that album last night and I didn't see the song listed.:confused: Did I read somewhere that it depends which version of the album you find, either the British or American version?

"I Want To Hold Your Hand," backed with "This Boy," was released in tandem with With the Beatles in the U.K., but neither sides of the single were included on the album - British artists kept singles and albums separate. In America, where singles were (and are) always included on albums, "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and its American B-side, "I Saw Her Standing There," were included on Meet the Beatles. "This Boy" was also included, and so in America, it would be originally available as an album track only.

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
The Dave Clark 5 "Here we come again, mmmmmm, catch us if you can mmmm, time to get a move on mmmm :D" Love that song!

[ABlairican Pie]

Originally posted by King Juke "N" Jive
"Here we come again, mmmmmm, catch us if you can mmmm, time to get a move on mmmm :D" Love that song!

That song was going through my head for years, it's so COOL!!!!:cool:

[ABlairican Pie]

The Who were one of the wildest bands of the British Invasion. Originally known as the Detours, the band fronted by Roger Daltrey on vocals, Pete Townsend on guitar, John Entwistle "The Ox" on bass, and Keith Moon on drums, would customarily smash their instruments during a show, always making for an exciting evening. During the early phase of their careers, there was a violent rivalry going on between "Rockers", leather-wearing fans of 50's rock and roll, and "Mods", the artsy fashionable London pop types. The Who were considered that because of their clothes, but they loved their 50's influences, such as Eddy Cochran's "Summer Time Blues."

Pete Townsend began the ritual of smashing his guitar to vent his rage over people picking on him for the size of his nose. Keith Moon smashed his drums because he wanted to be Mr. Rock Star 24 hours a day. The smashing wouldn't end with the instruments. The Who were one of the few bands to fully express the alienation and frustration of British youth in songs such as "My Generation," "I Can't Explain", "I Can See For Miles", and "Pictures of Lilly."
My Generation
People try to put us d - down (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c - c - cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby

Why don't you all f - fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
And don't try to dig what we all s - s - say (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a big s - s - sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g - g - g - generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby

Why don't you all f - fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
And don't try to d - dig what we all s - s - say (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a b - big s - s - sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g - g - generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby

People try to put us d - down (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we g - g - get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c - c - cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Yeah, I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby

I Can't Explain
Got a feeling inside (Can't explain)
It's a certain kind (Can't explain)
I feel hot and cold (Can't explain)
Yeah, down in my soul, yeah (Can't explain)

I said ... (Can't explain)
I'm feeling good now, yeah, but (Can't explain)

Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling blue
The things you've said, well, maybe they're true
I'm gettin' funny dreams again and again
I know what it means, but

Can't explain
I think it's love
Try to say it to you
When I feel blue

But I can't explain (Can't explain)
Yeah, hear what I'm saying, girl (Can't explain)

Dizzy in the head and I'm feeling bad
The things you've said have got me real mad
I'm gettin' funny dreams again and again
I know what it means but

Can't explain
I think it's love
Try to say it to you
When I feel blue

But I can't explain (Can't explain)
Forgive me one more time, now (Can't explain)

I said I can't explain, yeah
You drive me out of my mind
Yeah, I'm the worrying kind, babe
I said I can't explain

[ABlairican Pie]

The Who Maximum R & B

Substitute
You think we look pretty good together
You think my shoes are made of leather

But I'm a substitute for another guy
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated, yeah

Substitute your lies for fact
I can see right through your plastic mac
I look all white, but my dad was black
My fine linen suit is really made out of sack

I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south
And now you dare to look me in the eye
Those crocodile tears are what you cry
It's a genuine problem, you won't try
To work it out at all you just pass it by, pass it by

Substitute me for him
Substitute my coke for gin
Substitute you for my mum
At least I'll get my washing done

I Can See For Miles
I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise
I know that you have 'cause there's magic in my eyes

I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah

If you think that I don't know about the little tricks you play
And never see you when deliberately you put things in my way

Well, here's a poke at you
You're gonna choke on it too
You're gonna lose that smile
Beacuse all the while

I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah

You took advantage of my trust in you when I was so far away
I saw you holding lots of other guys and now you've got the nerve to say

That you still want me
Well, that's as may be
But you gotta stand trial
Because all the while

I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah

I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise
I know that you have 'cause there's magic in my eyes

I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah

The Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal are mine to see on clear days
You thought that I would need a crystal ball to see right through the haze

Well, here's a poke at you
You're gonna choke on it too
You're gonna lose that smile
Beacuse all the while

I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles
and miles and miles and miles and miles

I can see for miles and miles.........

[ABlairican Pie]

Peter & Gordon

[ABlairican Pie]

The Zombies, with Rod Argent, are seen here inducting a new member and teaching him a few chords.

Time of the Season
It's the time of the season
When the love runs high
In this time, give it to me easy
And let me try
With pleasured hands

To take you and the sun to
Promised lands
To show you every one
It's the time of the season for loving

What's your name?
(What's your name?)
Who's your daddy?
(Who's your daddy? He rich?)
Is he rich like me?

Has he taken
(Has he taken)
Any time
(Any time to show)
To show you what you need to live?
Tell it to me slowly
Tell you what?
I really want to know
It's the time of the season for loving

What's your name?
(What's your name?)
Who's your daddy?
(Who's your daddy? He rich?)
Is he rich like me?

Has he taken
(Has he taken)
Any time
(Any time to show)
To show you what you need to live?
Tell it to me slowly
Tell you what?
I really want to know
It's the time of the season for loving

[ABlairican Pie]

Chad & Jeremy

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Manfred Mann

Doo Wah Diddy Diddy
There she was just a-walkin' down the street, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Snappin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
She looked good (looked good), she looked fine (looked fine)
She looked good, she looked fine and I nearly lost my mind

Before I knew it she was walkin' next to me, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
We walked on (walked on) to my door (my door)
We walked on to my door, then we kissed a little more

Whoa-oh, I knew we was falling in love
Yes I did, and so I told her all the things I'd been dreamin' of

Now we're together nearly every single day, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
A-we're so happy and that's how we're gonna stay, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Well I'm hers (I'm hers), she's mine (she's mine)
I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime

Whoa-oh, I knew we was falling in love
Yes I did, and so I told her all the things I'd been dreamin' of

Now we're together nearly every single day, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
A-we're so happy and that's how we're gonna stay, singin' "Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do"
Well I'm hers (I'm hers), she's mine (she's mine)
I'm hers, she's mine, wedding bells are gonna chime

Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh yeah
Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do, we'll sing it
Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do, oh yeah, oh, oh yeah
Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Some interesting trivia here.

Michael d'Abo ,lead singer for Manfred Mann is Olivia D'Abo's (Karen on the Wonder Years) father.
:D

You guys are resurrecting my teen years with all these British Bands! Weren't they the coolest ever?:happyface

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by King Juke "N" Jive
"Here we come again, mmmmmm, catch us if you can mmmm, time to get a move on mmmm :D" Love that song!

That was the anthem for our high school track team way back when!Catch us if you can...........................:D


:yippee:

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
The audience trembled in tense anticipation as Ed Sullivan addressed the t.v. cameras.

Ladies and gentleman-- THE BEATLES!!!!

I remember that so well! I was dying!:faint:
I remember that my dad was really getting a kick out of my sisters and me drooling!
Life was never the same again!:eyes: :

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
That song was going through my head for years, it's so COOL!!!!:cool: Awesome, sure is!

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
That was the anthem for our high school track team way back when!Catch us if you can...........................:D


:yippee: Awesome!!!!!!!!!:D

[Cactus Jack]

Herman's Hermits

http://www.hermanshermits.com/articles2/moviealbum1.jpg

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by King Juke "N" Jive
Awesome!!!!!!!!!:D

:yippee: :wave:

[Steve M.]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Manfred Mann's Earth Band

In the sixties, they were simply known as Manfred Mann. Named after the keyboardist, the original sixties band, fronted by Paul Jones, played cute singles like their cover of "Doo Wah Diddy Diddy" (the third number-one single in the U.S. from a British group) but the blues on albums. They had a hit with Bob Dylan's "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" in 1968.

In the seventies, they eveolved into Manfred mann's Earth Band and covered several tunes from Bruce Springsteen's debut album. Many of the the members of the sixties band, including Paul Jones, perform in a group called the Blues Band. (http://www.thebluesband.co.uk) Fomer Family drummer Rob Townsend plays in this group as well.

But we're getting ahead of ourselves here. . . . :D

[Penny Lane]

The Hollies

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The Searchers- Needles and Pins

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The Beatles:faint:

[Penny Lane]

Petula Clark

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
:yippee: :wave: :wave:

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Petula Clark I love that song! Doooooooowtooooooooowwwwn LOL

[Penny Lane]

Marianne Faithfull

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Cilla Black

[Penny Lane]

Lulu- To Sir With Love

[Cactus Jack]

Freddie and the Dreamers
http://www.marksmusiccircus.co.uk/1970s/FREDDIE-AND-THE-DREAMERS.jpg

[Penny Lane]

Mary Hopkin-Those Were The Days My Friend ,We Thought They'd Never End...........................................

[Penny Lane]

The Troggs- Wild Thing You Make My Heart Sing...........:lol:

[Penny Lane]

The Cyrcle- It's A Turn Down Day..........

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
The Troggs- Wild Thing You Make My Heart Sing...........:lol: :lol: Love that song!

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by King Juke "N" Jive
:wave:

:bye: :yippee:

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
:bye: :yippee: See the bands I posted?:lol:

[ABlairican Pie]

You guys just saved me the trouble of having to hunt down photos!!

[Steve M.]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Cilla Black

She's a wonderful singer! Though her records were released here in the States, she got lost in the shuffle of other female pop singers like Petula Clark and Dusty Springfield from Britain and Dionne Warwick from the U.S. But in Britain, Cilla's an institution! Here's another non-Beatles Lennon-McCartney song Cilla recorded - "Love of the Loved."

[Penny Lane]

The Kinks-"You Really Got Me"

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Spencer Davis Group-Lead singer Steve Winwood- "Gimme , gimme some lovin'"

[Penny Lane]

Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders- "Groovy Kind Of Love"

[Penny Lane]

Donovan- "They Call Me Mellow Yellow"

[Penny Lane]

The Swingin' Blue Jeans- The Hippy Hippy Shake"

[Penny Lane]

Tom Jones- "What's New Pussycat"

[Penny Lane]

Dusty Springfield-"Wishin' and Hopin'

[Steve M.]

If 1964 was the year of the British invasion, 1965 was the year of the American counteroffensive. Yankee rock and roll came back with a vengenace that year even as the Rolling Stones were singing "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" for the first of millions of times.

Bob Dylan appeared at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival with an electric guitar and a rock and roll backing group, enraging the acoustically oriented folk audience. Dylan and his musicians played a couple of songs to a chorus of boos before Dylan went to an acoustic set. His backing group included Michael Bloomfield and Al Kooper, but usually Dylan preferred to work with another group that was alternatively known as the Hawks or the Crackers, but would later come to be known as. . .the Band.

Dylan's two 1965 albums, Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited, were seminal folk rock LP's that (re)introduced Americans to their musical roots in rock and roll and the blues. The former album featured "Subterreanean Homesick Blues," while the latter included the ultimate putdown song, "Like a Rolling Stone."

The Byrds debuted with their folk rock sound, performing stunning covers of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and Pete Seeger's "Turn! Turn! Turn!" Jim (later Roger) McGuinn became known for his twelve-string electric guitar style.

After a failed acoustic debut album, Simon and Garfunkel were going nowhere until a song from that album, "The Sounds of Silence," got airplay from intrigued DJ's. One DJ suggested to Columbia, Simon and Garfunkel's label, that the song receive an overdubbing of an electric rock band, which it did - without Paul Simon's knowledge. Simon was ticked off at first, but he liked the new electric version of "The Sounds Of Silence" once he heard it. It was released as a single, it became a big hit, and Simon and Garfunkel were on their way to stardom.

Rock and roll really had been brought back home. :)

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders- "Groovy Kind Of Love" They did "Game of Love" too :D

[ABlairican Pie]

The Beau Brummels

[ABlairican Pie]

The Kingsmen, from the Pacific Northwest, had one of the most popular hits of all time with "Louie Louie", which has covered by countless artists. It was also banned in many places due to various obscene-yet-indecipherable lyrics which needed to played on the record player at a certain speed--and have a discerning ear--in order to hear them.

[ABlairican Pie]

The Sonics

THE WITCH

Say there's a girl
who's new in town
well, you better watch out now
or she´ll put you down
'cause she's an evil chick
say she's the witch.

She got a long black hair
and a big black car
I know what you're thinking
but you won't get far
she gonna make you itch
'cause she's the witch.

Well, she walks around late at night
among startled people sleepin' tight
if you hear her knocking on your door
you better sneakin´away

Now, you know the score
'cause I set you straight
well, you better be careful
before it's too late
she gonna make you itch
'cause she's the witch

SOLO

Well, she walks around late at night
among startled people sleepin' tight
if you hear her knocking on your door
you better sneakin´away

While you know you will
say don't you know
and do you remember
that I told you so
gonna do you in
'cause she's the witch

[ABlairican Pie]

The Way Outs were one of the British Invasion bands who have had quite of longevity: not only did their popularity peak in the mid-60's, but they are considered the first rock and roll band in pre-history. They received massive exposure when they met local citizen of Bedrock, Fred Flintstone, who was impressed by their showmanship. Unfortunately, fellow Bedrockites had been tipped off by bogus radio reports that the Way Outs were a group of extra-terrestrials about to invade the earth. The Way Outs managed to conquer Bedrock--with a very cool theme song:

They Way Outs Theme Song

And a-one and a-two!

There's a place where I can go
And that's where I wanna be
I'm sayin' good-bye to you, good people,
For I've found a place for me!
(Yeah yeah yeaaaaaaah...)


Gonna go way out...WAY OUT!
That's where the fun is, way out...WAY OUT!
That's where the sun is, way out...
WAY OUT!


Where I wanna be,
For there's a place for me-e-EEE!

[ABlairican Pie]

The Monkees

I'm a Believer
lyrics by Neil Diamond

I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else but not for me.
Love was out to get me
That’s the way it seemed.
Disappointment haunted all my dreams.

Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
I’m in love, I’m a believer!
I couldn’t leave her if I tried.

I thought love was more or less a given thing,
Seems the more I gave the less I got.
What’s the use in tryin’?
All you get is pain.
When I needed sunshine I got rain.

Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
I’m in love, I’m a believer!
I couldn’t leave her if I tried.

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
The Beau Brummels

Actually The Beau Brummels are from Texas! They just sported the British look that was the "in" thing at the time!:lol: I love their song "Laugh Laugh":D

[ABlairican Pie]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Actually The Beau Brummels are from Texas! They just sported the British look that was the "in" thing at the time!:lol: I love their song "Laugh Laugh":D I'm now getting into other bands that were popular in that time period. I also mentioned the Sonics, who were from here in the Pacific Northwest. I'm trying to find more British Invasion and other bands.

I guess the Beau Brummels had the right idea--dress like the Fab Four, become a success!:idea:

[Penny Lane]

Paul Revere And The Raiders

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Mama's And The Papa's

[Penny Lane]

The Shangrila's-Their last hit record was in 1965 I believe.

[Steve M.]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Actually The Beau Brummels are from Texas! They just sported the British look that was the "in" thing at the time!:lol:

Same comments apply to the Sir Douglas Quintet (signature song: "She's About a Mover"). :D

[Penny Lane]

Jackie DeShannon- "What The World Needs Now Is Love Sweet Love.................."

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Steve M.
Same comments apply to the Sir Douglas Quintet (signature song: "She's About a Mover"). :D

Oh Yeah! I like that song!:happyface

[Brian]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Donovan- "They Call Me Mellow Yellow"


That song never reached #1 although it was at #2 for weeks, I believe. His only #1 hit was Sunshine Superman (a song that I like better). If I remember hearing this correctly, I think the person in the background who says "quite rightly" in "Mellow Yellow" was Paul McCartney. I heard that on the radio several years ago.

[Penny Lane]

The Vogues-"Five O'clock World"

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Brian
That song never reached #1 although it was at #2 for weeks, I believe. His only #1 hit was Sunshine Superman (a song that I like better). If I remember hearing this correctly, I think the person in the background who says "quite rightly" in "Mellow Yellow" was Paul McCartney. I heard that on the radio several years ago.

You are right thatIS Paul in the background! I am not listing number 1 songs. I am just posting the artists and their well known songs that I remember from the 60's!

Here's another!

Fontella Bass- "Rescue Me"

[Brian]

I knew that. I just thought of posting it because I thought it was interesting.

[Penny Lane]

Janis Ian- "Society's Child"

[Brian]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
The Vogues-"Five O'clock World"


That song is awesome. I think I'll download it.

[Penny Lane]

The Swinging Medallions- "Double Shot Of My Baby's Love"

[Penny Lane]

The Fortunes-"You've got your troubles I've Got Mine"

[Steve M.]

The Fortunes had another hit in the early seventies, "Rainy Day Feeling." Neil Diamond recorded "You've Got Your Troubles" in 1978. :)

[Penny Lane]

Lovin' Spoonful- "Do You Believe In Magic"

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Steve M.
The Fortunes had another hit in the early seventies, "Rainy Day Feeling." Neil Diamond recorded "You've Got Your Troubles" in 1978. :)

I have never heard the Neil Diamond version. Is it any good?

[Penny Lane]

The Turtles-"It Ain't Me Babe"

[ABlairican Pie]

The Bee Gees

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Muddy Waters

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Sonny Boy Williamson

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Howlin' Wolf

[Penny Lane]

Barry McGuire-" Eve Of Destruction"

[Steve M.]

Marlene - Regarding your question about Neil Diamond's cover of "You've Got Your Troubles". . . .No, I've never heard it. I only know he recorded it.

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Oh Yeah! I like that song!:happyface Me too!

[Cactus Jack]

Love that banfd Originally posted by Penny Lane
Lovin' Spoonful- "Do You Believe In Magic" Love the band and song!

[Penny Lane]

Sonny and Cher- "I Got You Babe"(I had this album! Ah...........memories!):)

[Steve M.]

By the end of 1965, folk rock was all the rage. After the impeccable but somewhat innocous pop of Help!, the Beatles were expected to make a folk rock album just as good as anyone else's.

Instead, they made something better: Rubber Soul.

[vze3t9q9]

First time on this area on the nessage boards. I listen to a lot of 50's 60's and early 70's music. So far I like this rock and roll history section. I did read years ago that the Beau Brummels took their name for when looking through albums by alpha order they would be right behind the Beatles.

[ABlairican Pie]

Bob Dylan

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Hank Marvin and the Shadows

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The Byrds

"Turn, Turn, Turn"
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven

A time to build up,a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven

A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose, under heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time for peace, I swear it’s not too late

MR.TAMBOURINE MAN(Bob Dylan)

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.


Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.


Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing.


Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

[ABlairican Pie]

Diana Ross and the Supremes

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James Brown

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Wilson Pickett

[Steve M.]

And here's the song that jump-started the folk rock movement:

Like a Rolling Stone

(Bob Dylan)

Once upon a time you dressed so fine,
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People called, said "Beware,doll, you're bound to fall,"
You thought theat they were all kiddin' you.

You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hanging out
But now you don't talk so loud
And now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

(FIRST CHORUS)

Oh, how does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone.

Oh, you're going to the finest school, alright, Miss Lonely,
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you're gonna have to get used to it.

You say you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you star into the vacuum of his eyes
And say, "Do you want to make a deal?"

(SECOND CHORUS)

Oh, how does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone.

Oh, you never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you.

You used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you evertything he could steal.

(REPEAT SECOND CHORUS)

Princess on a steeple and all the pretty people
They're all drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts, but you better take your diamond ring
You better pawn it, babe.

You used to be so amused
With Napoleon in rags, and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, he can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

(REPEAT SECOND CHORUS)

[Steve M.]

And now, the song that started it all for Simon and Garfunkel:

The Sounds of Silence

(Paul Simon)

Hello, darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk to you again.
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain, still remains
Within the sounds of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
On narrow streets of cobblestone.
'Neath the halo of a streetlamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light, that split the night
And touched the sounds of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared, and no one dared
Disturb the sounds of silence.

Fools say, "Ah, you do not know,
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell. . .
And echoed in the wells of silence.

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said,
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls,
And whispered in the sounds. . .of silence."

[ABlairican Pie]

Nowhere Man

He’s a real Nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.

Doesn’t have a point of view,
Knows not where he’s going to,
Isn’t he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere man please listen,
You don't know what you're missing,
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command.

He’s as blind as he can be,
Just sees what he wants to see,
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?

Nowhere Man don’t worry,
Take your time, don’t hurry,
Leave it all till somebody else,
Lends you a hand.

Doesn’t have a point of view,
Knows not where he’s going to,
Isn’t he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere Man please listen,
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command.

He’s a real Nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.
Making all his Nowhere plans for nobody.

[ABlairican Pie]

The Beatles played Shea Stadium on August 15th, 1965.

[ABlairican Pie]

The crowd was huge for the show!!

[ABlairican Pie]

The band could barely be heard over the screams!!

[ABlairican Pie]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Barry McGuire-" Eve Of Destruction"

EVE OF DESTRUCTION
Barry McGuire


The eastern world it tis explodin',
violence flarin', bullets loadin',
you're old enough to kill but not for votin',
you don't believe in war, what's that gun you're totin',
and even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',
but you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?
Can't you see the fear that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no running away,
There'll be noone to save with the world in a grave,
take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,
but you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin',
I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin',
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,
handful of Senators don't pass legislation,
and marches alone can't bring integration,
when human respect is disintegratin',
this whole crazy world is just too frustratin',
and you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
but when your return, it's the same old place,
the poundin' of the drums, th pride and disgrace,
you can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,
hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace,
and you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

[ABlairican Pie]

The country was in the flames of racial hatred as the civil rights movement, led by brave men as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched to lead the cause for freedom and dignity of Americans everywhere.

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While the Beatles and the British Invasion were sweeping the nation, a revolution of sorts was taking place on the West Coast in San Francisco. A thriving arts community steeped in the 50's Beat counterculture and politics was making strides, and from this a whole assortment of bands sprang up. It was the birth of the
hippie movement. Large groups of members of the scene would gather in houses and apartments and dance to their free-form jam music using what was considered a sacrament to their vision of spiritual and creative rebirth: a drug known as lysergic acid diethlamide, or more known by its German acronyn, LSD.
Jefferson Airplane were one such band to celebrate with the popular hallucinogen, their music being psychedelic, or acid-rock.

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Jefferson Airplane in concert

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Bassist Jack Casady

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Jefferson Airplane vocalist Grace Slick

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Jefferson Airplane/Grateful Dead poster

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Poster for the Grateful Dead and blues artist Junior Wells

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Poster for the Grateful Dead and blues artist Otis Rush

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Jorma Kaukonen

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The Grateful Dead

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Jerry Garcia

[Steve M.]

Okay, before we get to 1967, let's take a look at 1966! :)

Rock and roll was not cute anymore - except for the Brian Epstein - managed group the Cyrkle, who had a hit with Paul Simon's "Red Rubber Ball." The Rolling Stones conjured up visions of lust and desire with Aftermath, which featured the nasty song "Under my Thumb" and - on the American version - the single "Paint It Black." Dylan took his jaded love and cynically abstract lyrics to new heights with Blonde on Blonde, rock's signature double album - before his near-fatal motorcycle accident. And the Beatles shocked everyone with Revolver, an album of musical complexity and lyircal diversity that included "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow Submarine."

Just as shocking was John Lennon's observation that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus Christ," causing a backlash against the Fabs in the Christian fundementalist American South. One country that banned Beatles records as a way of standing up for Christian morals was. . .South Africa??? The same country that treated its black majority as second-class citizens? (South Africa really banned the Beatles because they wouldn't play in a country that supported apartheid.)

The whole affair made the Fabs's August 1966 U.S. tour seem even more unbearable than it was, and they were getting sick of playing concerts where no one could hear the music and where they couldn't even enjoy the cities they visited. It would be their last tour.

While the Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead were emerging from the San Francisco rock scene, the Beatles were in San Francisco playing their very last concert, on August 29, 1966.
As the Fabs ended one chapter of rock and roll, the Airplane and the Dead were starting a new one. So, after Revolver, what would the Fabs do? No one knew.

Simon and Garfunkel closed out 1966 by releasing (in November) their third album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, which featured an astonishing number of poetic Paul Simon songs - "Homeward Bound," "A Poem on the Underground Wall," "Patterns" - that had nothing in common with "Red Rubber Ball."

[Steve M.]

On November 24, 1966, the Beatles began work on their next LP. Tne first song they began work on was one that would not make it on the new album. . ."Strawberry Fields Forever."

[ABlairican Pie]

I actually posted the two main San Francisco bands because they got their start around that time, in 1965/66. But there were a few moments of change in 1966:

1) Bob Dylan had completed a very successful tour of Britain when he returned to the States and was involved in a life-threatening motorcycle crash which broke a bone in his neck. This put him out of commission for about a year. While he recuperated at his home in Woodstock, New York, he wrote music that represent a new sound and direction that would point a new direction in music.

2) The other involved the Beatles...

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On March 3rd, 1966, during an interview with a British journalist Maureen Cleeve, John Lennon made a minor comment that "Christianity will go. I'm right and will be proven right. We're more popular than Jesus now."

No one said much of anything about that statement in Britain. But in the "Bible Belt" in the Southern United States, the words caused a firestorm. Fundamentalist Christians, fully exercising their godly love and compassion, burned Beatles albums, boycotted their tour, and refused to play their songs on the radio. Preachers threatened to revoke the memberships of those who agreed with John's comments or attended their shows. The wonderful church picnic known as the Ku Klux Klan crucified a Beatles album at a cross burning. One radio station that banned their albums was even struck by lightning and knocked out of power.

A little reply from above?;)

John, visibly shaken by the uproar, clarified his statements by saying that he did not mean that he thought the Beatles were "better" than God or Jesus, it was not some "anti-religious" boast, it was more a comment about the religious state of his own country of England, where religion's influence seemed to be dwindling, and that it was ironic that a pop band such as his had more impact on society than a central figure of history such as Jesus Christ. He believed that all religions were basically right, and he thought that Jesus was a good person, but thought that His disciples had distorted His message for ulterior motives, according to a popular book at the time called "The Passover Plot". He apologized for the confusion, but this further put a damper on the enjoyment of touring, fearing threats to their lives.
The band decided to end touring due to this and the fact that they could be barely heard above the screaming fans and that they could not duplicate their increasingly complex studio arrangements onstage.

The Beatles at this point had turned from being pop idols to being spokespersons of a generation, their words had carried weight. While their touring days had come to end at one final show in San Francisco in August 1966, the band would go on to create their most compelling music in the years to come.

How correct was John in his assessment on the state of religion?
Young fans grooved out on Beatles albums and found their voice in them, older church-goers mainly shuffled off to church and slept through sermons, oblivious to or rather irritated by Beatlemania and the British Invasion. Time Magazine featured a cover story that year which asked the question, "Is God Dead?" which was more about mainstream Protestant theologians discussing the meaning of the word God being dead, in an era of religious flux. But for a lot of people, the concept of God actually, personally being dead was a little more closer to the truth than howling anti-Beatles Bible thumpers down South cared to admit:

1) Thousands of young American lives were swallowed up in the Vietnam War debacle,
2) The country was tearing apart at the seams with racial unrest,
3) Riots, demonstrations, and general upheaval erupted everywhere.
Christianity was seen as the religion of the older generation, just as the same old time-honored values of working 9-to-5, having a good life, make a good living, go to church, wave the flag for God and country, don't make waves, and chase out the Reds under beds, and above all, accept everything that mom and dad and all authority figures and law enforcement officials and pastors and politicians tell you without question.

The youth of the West began to look elsewhere for spiritual enlightenment. They followed the Beatles as they, and George Harrison in particular, looked to THE EAST.

[Penny Lane]

On to 1966!

Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels-"Devil With The Blue Dress On"

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Bobby Hebb- "Sunny"

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The Left Banke-"Walk Away Renee"

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Procol Harum-"Whiter Shade Of Pale"(never did figure out what this song is about?!):confused:

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Bobbie Gentry-"Ode To Billy Joe"

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Nancy Sinatra-"These Boots Are Made For Walkin":lol:

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The Beatles- Revolver:guitar: :rock: :notworthy

[Penny Lane]

Question Mark and The Mysterians-"96 Tears"
I met these guys back then where they were playing at a local dance. The are from Bay City Mich.

Just curious, was this song just a local hit or are you guys out there familiar with it too?I have always wondered if it was a hit nationwide?

[Steve M.]

Also in 1966 - while the psychedelic scene in San Francisco was taking shape, a new group four hundred miles to the south in Los Angeles issued a seminal debut album that tapped into rock and roll's country-and-western roots. It had been formed by an Army brat who had unsuccessfully auditioned for the Monkees named Stephen Stills, and a friend of his from Toronto - a sportswriter's son named Neil Young. Together with folk singer Richie Furay, bassist Bruce Palmer, and drummer Dewey Martin, they were. . . the Buffalo Springfield.

Their influence on LA rock - and pop in general - would define much of the music of the seventies and early eighties, particularly the music of future performers like the Eagles and Jackson Browne. And the single that started it all was a song about riots on LA's Sunset Strip, the kind of riots that, in any Latin American country (as Stills pointed out later), would have brought down the government in a week. The song? "For What It's Worth."

(P.S. - My signature is a lyric from Furay's "A Child's Claim to Fame," from the group's second album, for those who don't know. :) )

[Steve M.]

For What It's Worth - the Buffalo Springfield

(Stephen Stills)

There's something happenin' here
And what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware.

(CHORUS)

It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down.

Battle lines being drawn
And nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speakin' their minds
Gettin' so much resistance from behind.

(CHORUS)

What a field day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs, and they're carryin' signs
Mostly say, "Hooray for our side."

(CHORUS)

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the men come to take you away.

(REPEAT CHORUS IN FADE OUT)

[Cactus Jack]

Let's move back a year or two with ...The Animals!!!


http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:b9PZj-hxjZcC:home.clara.net/digger/sixties/animals.jpg

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The Standells were a rather punkish band with a major hit, "Dirty Water".

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Tommy James and the Shondells had a wide number of hits including "My Baby Does the Hanky Panky", "Mony Mony", "Crimson and Clover", and "Crystal Blue Persuasion".

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Originally posted by Penny Lane
Spencer Davis Group-Lead singer Steve Winwood- "Gimme , gimme some lovin'"

Gimme Gimme Some Lovin'

da-da-da-da-doom, da-da-da-da-doom WRAAAAAAAWWWRRRR WRANNANAWROOOOOOUUUUMMMMMMMMM

(can't do the song without that cool opening!!:cool: )

Well
my time without jive there's a beat on the floor
crazy people walking there's a one a call more
Loving each Baby I don't wanna to go
but you better take it easy this place is hot (....And I'm)
so glad me Baby
so glad me Baby. (....You got)

Gimme some loving (gimme
gimme some loving)
Gimme some loving (gimme
gimme some loving)
Gimme some loving every day.

Well I feel so good everybody is get allright
you better take it easy cause the place is not far.
Then I heard thing and I heard from what you do
we made it Baby and it have to be you (....And I'm)
so glad me Baby
so glad me Baby (....You got)

Gimme some loving (gimme
gimme some loving)
Gimme some loving (gimme
gimme some loving)
Gimme some loving every day.

Well I feel so good everything is get allright
you better take it easy cause the place is not far
I feel a hard thing nothing went so good
now I'll do just relax while everybody should (....And I'm)
so glad me Baby
so glad me Baby (....You got)

Gimme some loving (gimme
gimme some loving)
Gimme some loving (gimme
gimme some loving)
Gimme some loving every day.

[ABlairican Pie]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Donovan- "They Call Me Mellow Yellow"

Mellow Yellow
I'm just mad about Saffron
Saffron's mad about me
I'm just mad about Saffron
She's just mad about me
{Refrain}
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
I'm just mad about Fourteen
Fourteen's mad about me
I'm just mad about Fourteen
She's just mad about me
{Refrain}
Born high forever to fly
Wind velocity nil
Wanna high forever to fly
If you want your cup our fill
{Refrain}
(So mellow, he's so yellow)
Electrical banana
Is gonna be a sudden craze
Electrical banana
Is bound to be the very next phase
They call it mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
(Quite rightly)
They call me mellow yellow
Saffron -- yeah
I'm just mad about her
I'm just mad about Saffron
She's just mad about me
{Refrain}
(Oh so yellow, oh so mellow)

Sunshine Superman

Sunshine came softly through my a-window today
Could've tripped out easy a-but I've a-changed my ways
It'll take time, I know it but in a while
You're gonna be mine, I know it, we'll do it in style
'Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine

I'll tell you right now
Any trick in the book now, baby, all that I can find
Everybody's hustlin' just to have a little scene
When I say we'll be cool I think that you know what I mean
We stood on a beach at sunset, do you remember when?
I know a beach where, baby, a-it never ends
When you've made your mind up forever to be mine

Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind
'Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine
I'll tell you right now
Any trick in the book now, baby, all that I can find

Superman or Green Lantern ain't got a-nothin' on me
I can make like a turtle and dive for your pearls in the sea, yeah!
A you-you-you can just sit there a-thinking on your velvet throne
'bout all the rainbows a-you can a-have for your own
When you've made your mind up forever to be mine
I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind
When you've made your mind up forever to be mine

I'll pick up your hand
I'll pick up your hand

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The Beach Boys maintained their popularity throughout the British Invasion by proudly being "America's Band". But it was time to mature, to change with the times. As the Beatles' music became more sophisticated, so would the Beach Boys: they released "Pet Sounds", which featured the hit "Wouldn't It Be Nice". It would be become one of the greatest albums of the 60's.

[Cactus Jack]

Gary Lewis and the Playboys - "This Diamond Ring", "She's Just My Style" etc

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/pic200_web/drp400/p402/p40253rrwrq.jpg

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So many bands!!! Give me some more ideas of who was popular in 1965/1966!!

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The Yardbirds looked for a new guitarist after the departure of Eric Clapton, who was dismayed by the pop direction the group was taking. They hooked up with an extraordinary guitarist Jeff Beck. They consulted first a proficient studio musician named Jimmy Page, who had worked with the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, Donovan and others, but he was too busy to accept their offer, and his session work was rather lucrative. He recommended a friend of his named Jeff Beck, who idolized blues guitarist Buddy Guy, and rockabilly guitarists such as James Burton and Cliff Gallup. He was playing with a band called the Tridents, and decided to audition for the band. They were amazed at his wild, zany guitar leads, as well as his interest in guitar pedal effects and feedback. Beck soon became the center of attention.

When the Yardbirds visited America, they met their Stax-Volt Records such as Booker T. Jones and Steve Cropper, as well as recording at the legendary blues-based Chess Records, where their idols Muddy Watters, Chuck Berry and Buddy Guy had recorded. Their songs recorded there were "I'm a Man", and "Shapes of Things", but at this point they were moving away from their Chicago Blues-based roots and into the realms of proto-psychedelia. Samwell-Smith and later Dreja decided to leave the band out of dissatisfaction. In desparation the band decided once again to turn to Jimmy Page. He agreed to join them as a bass player as he was becoming irritated with the session scene, not being able to fully express himself creatively.

The end of Beck's tenure with the Yardbirds came on the film set of Antonioni's "Blow-Up". Relf, who was ill with lung problems, caused the film to shot around his availability, which frustrated Beck to the point of smashing his guitar much like Pete Townsend of the Who. Beck was very unhappy and not a pleasant person to deal with at the time. They reached a boiling point where it was decided decided that Page would replace him, especially after Beck threatened to bash Relf with his guitar in Kansas. Beck was out, and Page was in.

At that time, a California band named the Count Five did a Yardbirds-imitation hit called "Psychotic Reaction".

Over Under Sideways Down

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Cars and girls are easy come by in this day and age,
Laughing, joking, drinking, smoking,
Till I've spent my wage.
When I was young people spoke of immorality,
All the things they said were wrong,
Are what I want to be.

(Hey)
Over under sideways down,
(Hey)
Backwards forwards square and round.
(Hey)
Over under sideways down,
(Hey)
Backwards forwards square and round.
When will it end, when will it end,
When will it end, when will it end.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
I find comment 'bout my looks irrelativity,
Think I'll go and have some fun,
'Cos it's all for free.
I'm not searching for a reason to enjoy myself,
Seems it's better done,
Than argued with somebody else.

(Hey)
Over under sideways down,
(Hey)
Backwards forwards square and round.
(Hey)
Over under sideways down,
(Hey)
Backwards forwards square and round.
When will it end, when will it end,
When will it end, when will it end.

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Over under sideways down...

[ABlairican Pie]

During the time the psychedelic scene was taking place in San Francisco, London was undergoing its own similar metamorphosis. A local band by the name of Pink Floyd, with innovative guitarist Syd Barrett dazzled audiences with its amazing light shows and mind-bending epic songs such as "Astronomy Domine" and "See Emily Play."

See Emily Play
Emily tries but misunderstands
She's only inclined to borrow somebody's dream
'till tomorrow

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll loose your mind and play
three games for may
See Emily Play

Soon after dark Emily cries
She's gazing at trees in sorrow
Hardly a sound 'till tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll loose your mind and play
three games for may
See Emily Play

Put on a gown that touches the ground
Float on a river for ever and ever
Emily

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll loose your mind and play
three games for may
See Emily Play
See Emily Play

[ABlairican Pie]

Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett live


Astronomy Domine
Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground.
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania.
Neptune, Titan.
Stars can frighten.

Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground.
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania.
Neptune, Titan.
Stars can frighten.

Blinding signs flap,
Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow.
Stairway scare Dan. Dare who's there?
Lime and limpid green, the sounds around
The icy waters under
Lime and limpid green, the sounds around
The icy waters underground.

[ABlairican Pie]

In 1966, London became the G R O O V Y fashion capital.

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Twiggy was London's top trend-setting model.

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Apple Boutique

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Jean Shrimpton was also one of the most sought-after models in London.

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Groovy, baby!!!:cool:

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Vidal Sassoon doing a mod hairdo on a hip London chick.

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Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan

Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten

Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doz"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows

Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' meters

Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles

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Maggie's Farm
Bob Dylan

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
Well, I wake in the morning,
Fold my hands and pray for rain.
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin' me insane.
It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor.
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.
Well, he hands you a nickel,
He hands you a dime,
He asks you with a grin
If you're havin' a good time,
Then he fines you every time you slam the door.
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.
Well, he puts his cigar
Out in your face just for kicks.
His bedroom window
It is made out of bricks.
The National Guard stands around his door.
Ah, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.
Well, she talks to all the servants
About man and God and law.
Everybody says
She's the brains behind pa.
She's sixty-eight, but she says she's twenty-four.
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am,
But everybody wants you
To be just like them.
They sing while you slave and I just get bored.
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

[Steve M.]

And here's an example of how Paul Simon's songwriting was maturing by 1966:

Homeward Bound - Simon and Garfunkel

(Paul Simon)

I'm sittin' in a railway station,
Got a ticket for my destination
On a tour of one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band.

(CHORUS)

Homeward bound. . .
I wish I was homwward bound. . .
Home - where my thought's escaping,
Home - where my music's playing,
Home - where my love lies waiting,
Silently for me.

Every day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines,
But each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every stranger's face I see
Reminds me that I long to be. . .

(CHORUS)

Tonight I'll sing my songs again,
I'll play the game and pretend. . .
But all my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness and harmony,
I need someone to comfort me.

(CHORUS)

Silently for me. . . .

[Steve M.]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
Jean Shrimpton

And I dream of her behind a wall of sleep. . . .

(But that's another decade! :D )

[Penny Lane]

You guys are reviving all my teenage memories! Music meant so much to me then (and now) This has been such a cool thread!Thanks for starting it Captain!:happyface

[ABlairican Pie]

I was almost thinking of splitting this up into two parts, but everyone is having so much fun with it, and it's gonna get GROOVIER!!peace:

[ABlairican Pie]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Question Mark and The Mysterians-"96 Tears"
I met these guys back then where they were playing at a local dance. The are from Bay City Mich.

Just curious, was this song just a local hit or are you guys out there familiar with it too?I have always wondered if it was a hit nationwide? It was a hit all over.

Do you remember a band called the Color Field in the 80's who did a song called "Can't Get Enough of You Baby"? It sounded just like "96 Tears." Smash Mouth later covered "Can't Get Enough..."

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The Yardbirds with Jimmy Page

Both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were members at the same time till friction in the band caused Beck to leave.

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Paul Butterfield Blues Band

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Mike Bloomfield

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Elvin Bishop was the other guitarist in the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

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Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

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The Charlatans were one of the founding bands of the psychedelic movement.

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13th Floor Elevator were another psychedelic band.

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The Electric Prunes were most known for songs such as "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" and "Mass In F Minor", one of the first rock operas with medieval Gregorian church music and psychedelic pop vocals sung in Latin.

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica
The Electric Prunes

Boy, you are really digging in the bottom of the barrel! I have never heard of them!:lol:

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Boy, you are really digging in the bottom of the barrel! I have never heard of them!:lol: Me neither!!!:lol:

[Penny Lane]

Originally posted by King Juke "N" Jive
Me neither!!!:lol:

:yippee:

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
:yippee: :D

[Penny Lane]

The Royal Guardsmen- Snoopy Versus The Red Baron

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Penny Lane
The Royal Guardsmen- Snoopy Versus The Red Baron Ive heard of that one!:D

[Cactus Jack]

Dickie Goodman-"Batman and his Grandmother" ( artist bio in next post )
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[Cactus Jack]

Although Weird Al Yankovic gets most of the credit for popularizing novelty songs and parodies, the godfather of the genre is unquestionably Dickie Goodman. Born on April 19, 1934, in Hewlett, NY, Goodman first came to the attention of the record-buying public in the '50s, when he scored a major hit with "The Flying Saucer," a song that nearly topped the U.S. pop charts (peaking at number three in 1956). As with all of Goodman's ensuing parodies, he used a then-unique method of sampling: he would act as a "reporter," while the responses from the "people" he was interviewing would be lines from pop artist's songs. Despite its success, Goodman's first hit caused some controversy when 17 different labels sued him for using samples without permission. But the judge in the case ultimately sided with Goodman, stating that "he had created a new work" and didn't simply copy another's work. Goodman continued to issue a steady stream of song parodies throughout the '50s and '60s (including such outlandish titles as "The Second Flying Saucer," "Touchables in Brooklyn," and "Batman and His Grandmother," among others), but failed to score another hit as big as "The Flying Saucer." But the phenomenon of the hit 1975 movie Jaws fueled Goodman's imagination, which resulted in probably his best-known song, "Mr. Jaws," which peaked on the U.S. pop charts at number four the same year and sold over 500,000 copies (Goodman's only recording to obtain gold certification). After 1977's single, "Kong," Goodman appeared to fall off the face of the earth, as he never managed to score another charting single, and he died in Fayetteville, NC, on November 6, 1989 (from an apparent suicide). Goodman's son, Jon Goodman, runs his father's estate, as his songs continue to be included on comedy compilations (especially via the Rhino label), while a biography, The King of Novelty, was issued as well. Goodman's influence continues to be felt, especially in the work of Yankovic and even radio personality Howard Stern, who has created quite a few parodies over the years patterned directly after Goodman's style. 1997 saw the release of a 39-track career overview, Greatest Fables.