Alan Price (Electric
Blues Band)
One of British Rock
Music’s original
greats, had four
top ten hits in
the 60’s/early
70’s under
his own name with
“I Put A Spell
On You” –
“Simon Smith
And His Amazing
Dancing Bear”
– “The
House That Jack
Built” and
“Jarrow Song”.
During the 60’s/early
70’s he also
enjoyed great success
with his band The
Animals.
Animals
(The)
Formed in 1963,
they had their first
number No. 1 in
1964 with “The
House Of The Rising
Sun” followed
by seven top 10
hits throughout
the 60’s,
which were “I’m
Crying” –
“Don’t
Let Me Be Misunderstood”
– “Bring
It On Home To Me”
– “We
Gotta Get Out Of
This Place”
– “It’s
My Life” –
“Don’t
Bring Me Down”
and “San Franciscan
Nights. Other well-known
hits include, “Help
Me Girl” –
“When I Was
Young” –
“Good Times”
– “Sky
Pilot” and
Ring Of Fire”
etc.
Bachelors
(The)
One of the few popular
non-rock groups
of the 60’s.
They were the first
trio to top the
UK singles chart
and had hits on
both sides of the
Atlantic with revivals
of popular pre-rock
ballads. There No.
1 hit came in 1964
with “Diane”,
followed by six
top ten hits throughout
the 60’s,
“Charmaine”
– “I
Believe” –
“Ramona”
– “I
Wouldn’t Trade
You For The World”
– “No
Arms Can Ever Hold
You” –
“Marie”
and “The Sound
of Silence”.
Bobby
Vee
A 60’s legend
from the USA, whose
million selling
hits include “Take
Good Care Of My
Baby” –
“The Night
Has A Thousand Eyes”
– “Run
To Him” –
“Sharing You”
and “More
Than I Can Say”.
Appears with his
own band ‘The
Vees’.
Dozy,
Beaky, Mick and
Tich
The original quintet
are still together
after re-forming
in the 90’s.
Their stage act
is simply stunning
and blends gentle
five part harmony
ballads with thumping
renditions of their
sixties classics,
such as “Hold
Tight” –
“Hideaway”
– “Bend
It” –
“Save Me”
– “Okay!”
– “Zabadak”
– “The
Legend Of Xanadu”
and “Last
Night in Soho”.
Drifters
The Drifters are
the longest running
band is pop history
still performing
live and enjoying
over 50 hits world-wide.
Over the years the
group have undergone
many line-up changes
and the singers
currently performing
are directly descended
from those early
days. Until very
recently the most
consistent member,
the late, great
Johnny Moore (who
first joined the
Drifters in 1954)
took the stage with
three of the current
members, Peter Lamarr,
Partick Alan and
Rohan Delano Turney.
When Johnny died
in 1998, the Drifters
decided to continue
in his honour, bringing
Victor Bynoe to
complete the line
up. Still performing
all there well-known
songs, such as,
“Save The
Last Dance For Me”
– “Saturday
Night At The Movies”
– “Under
The Boardwalk”
– “Come
On Over To My Place”
– “Kissin’
In The Back Row
Of The Movies”
– “There
Goes My First Love”
– You’re
More Than A Number
In My Little Red
Book” etc.,
etc.
Foundations
(The)
Featuring original
vocalist Clem Curtis,
the voice on “Baby
Now That I Found
You”. “Build
Me Up Buttercup”,
is now a classic
anthem. This group
perform a great
soul show and have
currently become
a big hit on the
University circuit.
Gerry
& The Pacemakers
Gerry Marsden still
performing with
his new line up,
playing all the
legendary Merseybeat
hits such as “How
Do You Do It”
– “I
Like It” –
“Ferry Across
The Mersey”
and “You’ll
Never Walk Alone”.
Herman's
Hermits
One of the most
successful groups
throughout the world.
From their beginning
in Manchester, in
1964, the band has
chalked up over
23 hit singles,
10 hit albums, 3
major movies and
countless television
shows and concert
tours all over the
world - up to date
they have total
record sales of
over 75 million.
Hits include “Silhouettes”
– “I’m
Into Something Good”
and “There’s
A Kind of Hush”.
Jimmy
Ruffin
One of the great
Motown stars, in
concert re-creates
an epic era. Like
so many of the great
soul singers Jimmy
Ruffin has his roots
in Gospel music
as did his whole
family. Well known
hits include “What
Becomes Of The Broken
Hearted” –
“Farewell
Is A Lonely Sound”
– “I’ll
Say Forever My Love”
– “It’s
Wonderful (To Be
Loved By You)”
and “Hold
On To My Love”.
Manfred
Mann
Such is the durability
of The Manfreds'
music that in 1992
EMI Records offered
a new deal to the
band to re-record
all their greatest
hits. “Do
Wah Diddy Diddy”
– “
5-4-3-2-1”
– “
Pretty Flamingo”
– “Ha!
Ha! Said The Clown”
– “Mighty
Quinn” –
“Semi-Detached
Suburban Mr. James”
– “Ragamuffin
Man” –
“Blinded By
The Light”
and “Davy’s
On The Road Again”
…. the list
is as long as it
is impressive. There
are no less than
four original members
in ‘The Manfreds'
line-up.
Marmalade
Scottish band Marmalade
had their spell
at the top during
the 60’s and
70’s. Their
eight top ten hits
included a number
one - a cover of
the Beatles' album
track "Ob-La-Di,
Ob-La-Da" in
1968 as well as
“Lovin Things”
– “Baby
Make It Soon”
– “Reflections
Of My Life”
– “Rainbow”
– “Couisin
Norman” –
“Radancer”
and “Falling
Apart At The Seams”.
Marty
Wilde & The
Wild Cats
One of the original
British Rock ‘n’Roll
pioneers. Between
1958 and 1962 they
had 13 consecutive
hit records including.
“Donna”
– “Sea
Of Love” –
“Endless Sleep”
– “Teenager
In Love” –
“Bad Boy”
and “Jezebel.
They were regulars
on 6.5 Special,
Oh Boy and Boy Meets
Girl, and appeared
on stage in the
musical Bye Bye
Birdie, and have
made 2 Royal Command
Performances. Marty
is singer, Kim Wilde’s
father.
Merseybeat
The Merseybeats
were one of the
better Liverpool
bands of the British
Invasion, scoring
several large and
minor hits in the
UK, such as "Wishin'
and Hopin'"
– “I
Stand Accused"
– “It’s
Love That Really
Counts” –
“I Think Of
You” –
“Don’t
Turn Around”
and “I Love
You, Yes I Do”.
Rockin’
Berries (The)
With two top ten
hits “He’s
In Town” and
“Poor Man’s
Son”, plus
other hits such
as, “You’re
My Girl” and
“What In The
World Has Come Over
You”.
Searchers
(Mike Pender’s
Searchers)
Featuring original
lead vocalist Mike
Pender from The
Searchers, performing
hits such as “Needles
And Pins”
– “Don’t
Throw Your Love
Away” –
“When You
Walk In The Room”
and “Sweets
For My Sweet”.
Swinging
Blue Jeans
One of the most
famous groups from
the 60’s,
two original members
performing all the
hits, “Hippy
Hippy Shake”
– “Good
Golly Miss Molly”,
“You’re
No Good” etc.
Tremeloes
(The)
In 1963 they had
a top ten hit with
“Twist &
Shout”. This
was quickly followed
by up their No.
1 “Do you
Love Me”.
Then came other
hits such as, “Candy
Man” –
“Someone Someone”
– “Here
Comes My Baby “
– “Silence
is Golden”
(also made No. 1
in 1967) –
“Even the
Bad Times Are Good”
– “Suddenly
You Love Me”
and many more. They
are now very successful
both in the UK and
internationally,
creating the original
sounds of all their
hits.
Troggs
(The)
There first No.
1 came in 1966,
“With A Girl
Like You”,
but are most well
known for "Wild
Thing" which
reached No. 2 earlier
that year. Also
making the top 10
were “I Can’t
Control Myself”
– “
Any Way That You
Want Me” and
“Love Is All
Around”. Wild
sounds and a great
show from this original
sixties group.
Wayne
Fontana & The
Mindbenders
Sixties pop icons
singing all the
hits including “Um
Um Um Um Um Um,”
which reached No.
5 in 1965 –
“Game of Love,”
which reached No.2
the same year, “Just
a Little Bit Too
Late” –
“Come On Home”
and “Pamela
Pamela” all
reaching the top
20 in 1965/66.
