60's Odds, Sods & Mods
 

The 60's were times of great musical change in Britain and I think it would be interesting to see who were everyone's favourite bands (or even one hit wonders) from the decade.
For me it's between The Beatles, The Small Faces and The Who.

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PJ Proby :)

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Stones,Who,Small Faces,Cream,John Mayall,Otis Redding, the list is endless shaker.:)

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:banslide: im with the 80's im afraid...

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The Bobby Fuller Four - hit the US charts with a brilliant cover of the Crickets' "I Fought The Law" (later ruined by the Clash). Then released an equally brilliant version of the Crickets' "Love's Made A Fool Of You". Along with Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bobby took the spirit of 50's rock 'n' roll into the 60's. But, sadly, not for long...Bobby was found dead in his car, reeking of gasoline, in an LA parking lot in the summer of '66. The offical verdict was suicide, but darker theories abound. He left some great music behind, though.

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The Beatles, Elvis, Cliff.

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Dusty Springfield.

Cilla Black. (Not a joke, she had a great gutteral soul voice.)

Herman's Hermits.

Janis Joplin.

The Rolling Stones.

Ottis Reading.

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Oh and like Anne said Elvis, but he's timeless, not confined to just one decade.:)

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its an endless list .........UK acts

Georgie Fame and the Blueflames
Spencer Davis Group
Kinks
Manfred Mann (with Paul Jones not the new guy)
the Who
Steampacket
Yardbirds

French Franciose Hardy ( check her out on You Tube , she still looks good)

US imports .......Drifters........
Temptations
Four Tops
Supremes (original line-up)
Ronettes
Bob Dylan , before he went weird
Joan Baez

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as steeljack and i said,its an endless list.i forgot joplin (rindy didnt) bobby fuller(WYN) credence(WYN) ronettes(steeljack) add in hollies,four tops, the influences go on to this day.what an era.

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interesting tidbit I came across the other day , tangentaly relates to this thread, during the 60 there was a crap group called 'the Dave Clark 5' supposed to be Londons answer to the Mersey sound .......anyway it seems Dave Clark now owns the rights to the TV show Ready Steady Go and everytime the show is aired in re-runs it is 'doctored -up' to include a song by the Dave Clark 5 group doing one of their songs .......sounds like the guy has a bit of an ego ........

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hey steeljack,the dave clark 5 made some great ballads,as well they wernt that crap.;)

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I always really liked all the Dave Clark 5's stuff. Thought they had a great sound.

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The Dave Clark 5 were brilliant. Only someone who wasn't there in the 60s can come out with a statement like "during the 60 there was a crap group called 'the Dave Clark 5' supposed to be Londons answer to the Mersey sound"

Here they come agai-ain,
mmm mm mm
Catch us if you ca-an.
mmm mm mm
Time to get a move on
mmm mm mm
We will yell with all of our might
Catch us if you ca-an
Catch us if you ca-a-a-a-a-an
Catch us if you ca-a-a-a-a-an
Catch us if you can.

* * * * * * * * * *
You say that you love me (say you love me)
All of the time (all of the time)
You say that you need me (say you need me)
You'll always be mine (always be mine)

I'm feelin' (DRUM DRUM) glad all over
Yes I'm-a (DRUM DRUM) glad all over
Baby I'm (DRUM DRUM)glad all over
Glad you're mi-i-i-i-ine

* * * * * * * * * * * *

(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
Since you left me and you said goodbye-eye
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
All I do is sit and cry-y
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
You went away and left me miseree-eee
(I'm in pieces, bits and pieces)
And that's the way it'll always be

* * * * * * * * * * * *

I used to know a guy in Blackburn who looked a lot like their keyboard player, Mike Smith. :D

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ok, :notworthy let me re-phrase my original statement ...during the 60's there was IN MY OPINION a crap group called 'the Dave Clark 5' :D

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I too like the Dave Clark 5 and a group not mentioned as of yet The Kinks (or were they a bit more early 70s?)!

Brian

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No that's a very good mention LancYorkYankee. The Kinks' best stuff came out before the 60's were out.
Great band.

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knows his music does shaker LYY, hes spot on.

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The Animals, The Searchers, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates...and many many more

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A BIT of a Thread Wonder


I was exposed to "60s music" mostly from my older brother. He was born in 1955 as I was 1960. So he was smack-dab in the middle of the Rock and Roll revolution. Oh how my parents hated that "punks on dope music."

My brother would smuggle records in. First album he ever bought was by Cream. I couldn't understand what a Cream was but I LOVED his second album: "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy" by the Who.

Brian

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[QUOTE=LancYorkYankee;356780] A BIT of a Thread Wonder


I was exposed to "60s music" mostly from my older brother. He was born in 1955 as I was 1960. So he was smack-dab in the middle of the Rock and Roll revolution. Oh how my parents hated that "punks on dope music."

My brother would smuggle records in. First album he ever bought was by Cream. I couldn't understand what a Cream was but I LOVED his second album: "Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy" by the Who.
]Cream consisted of Eric Clapton,Jack Bruce,and Ginger Baker LYY think they made 4 albums before disbanding,never played up north sadly,my late mrs had all the albums Disreali Gears being my personal fav,they were probably a Super Group,before the term was used........

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Point of order, Mr C! Cream's first ever public appearance was at the Twisted Wheel, right here in Manchester. They appeared there on July 30th, 1966, to replace Joe Tex who had cancelled. In fact, this was a warm up gig in preparation for their official launch at the Windsor Jazz & Blues Festival.

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never knew that wyn,i used to go down the "wheel" and Heaven @Hell clubs occasionally, illicit substances have a lot to answer for.:D p.s. was you there? asks jealous cashy.

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Nope, sadly not. I've got a book on the history of the Wheel and I read about it in there.

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Wynonie , can you check your book and confirm if Ike & Tina Turner ever played there ? and if the Rolling Stones opened for them , probably around early 63 , thanks

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the recent news about Tony Blair and winter holidays brought to mind another crap (in my opinion ;)) group who had a few hits in the late 60s were the Bee Gees, a bunch of castrati

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Not really a group,but i did like The Monkees.

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now them we can agree on steeljack.;)

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The book gives a listing of every artist who ever appeared at the Wheel and I can tell you that the Stones never played there. Ike & Tina Turner appeared there twice - on April 27th and August 17th, 1968. Maybe it happened at one of the other Manchester clubs of the 60's - Heaven & Hell, the Oasis, the Blue Note, the Bodega etc etc?

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When did the Wheel close wyn?

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Last all-nighter (featuring Edwin Starr) was on Jan 30th, 1971. There was one more regular session (ie - 8pm to midnight) a week later on Feb 6th and the Wheel was no more. The club later reopened as Placemate.

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I'd just like to resurrect this thread & mention a couple of bands that didn't quite reach the heights that the afforementioned Elvis & Kinks did, but form quite a large chunk in my musical taste.
The Easybeats and The Animals are in my opinion generally overlooked in mention of 60's bands but for me their songs still sound great and you can hear their influence in just about every decent rock & roll/indie band since.

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gotta say you got taste shaker,the animals were something else, Bring it on Home to me. is a classic, as are many of their others,easybeats were good,but had only 2 uk hits,aussie group,both hits were class though.for me probably one of the biggest floor fillers of that era never seems to get a mention anywhere was Geno Washington @ the Ram Jam Band.

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As Mr C says, Geno is well worth checking out, Shakey. Everybody talks about the Who and Small Faces as being mod bands, but this lot were THE ultimate mod band. Their gigs were packed out with mods and such was their popularity that they spent more weeks on the UK album charts in 1966 than any other British band, apart from the Beatles and Stones.

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vaguely its an album track if i remember. around 1968/69,dont know if it was ever put on single? would think its too long.

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i must be the only 80's one on ere then lol never mind, but i did listen to elvis all the time......tried to brainwash me my mother did!

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panther i must be the only 80's one on ere then------ my deepest sympathy then panther.;)