There have been quite few comments on this thread by various posters about some great American sixties bands who were criminally ignored in this country. Here's a couple of very good tracks by a great British sixties band who were also criminally ignored in this (their home) country:-
well that was interesting, a kind of welsh 'spanky and our gang' and unusually for an 'unknown' group we had all the vids! a nice way to finish the 'b's. only 24 more letters to go now!
I’ve decided to come out of hibernation (albeit temporarily) and make my first contribution to the thread for quite some time.
Although I was posting prolifically to the thread last year, that was with something that I termed Vabosity’s Third Anniversary Review which was essentially an excuse to repeat several of my favourite tracks originally submitted in the first three years of the thread’s existence, so it must be a good twelve months at least since I last submitted any track that was new to the thread.
I’m delighted to say, however, that the two tracks featured in this post are indeed new to the thread; the first a very obscure recording by the late, great Anthony Newley, and the second a Soul classic that is far from obscure, but which qualifies for the thread because it failed to chart in the UK.
Anthony Newley - Sweet Love Child (1969)
David Bowie and Anthony Newley are two very different types of singer, and yet the former often cites the latter as a major influence. Just like Bowie I too am a great admirer of Anthony Newley, an actor turned singer and songwriter who had a string of hits in the late fifties and early sixties with a mix of novelty ditties and conventional pop songs, but all sung in his very own unique and unconventional way. Sweet Love Child, which was recorded a good few years after Newley’s chart heyday, is a rather twee song, so it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but I like it a great deal. The song was specifically written for inclusion in a long forgotten 1969 film directed by and starring Newley, the very bizarre and somewhat pretentious, but wonderfully titled Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe And Find True Happiness?
Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (1967)
This thread has been around a long time (two weeks short of four years), so it did come as a bit of surprise to discover that this fine track (a Top Three single in the USA, but never a hit in the UK) has not previously been submitted to it, but then I suppose even a track as good as this one can slip through the net. Anyway, better late than never and here it is now.
I’ve decided to come out of hibernation (albeit temporarily) and make my first contribution to the thread for quite some time.
Although I was posting prolifically to the thread last year, that was with something that I termed Vabosity’s Third Anniversary Review which was essentially an excuse to repeat several of my favourite tracks originally submitted in the first three years of the thread’s existence, so it must be a good twelve months at least since I last submitted any track that was new to the thread.
I’m delighted to say, however, that the two tracks featured in this post are indeed new to the thread; the first a very obscure recording by the late, great Anthony Newley, and the second a Soul classic that is far from obscure, but which qualifies for the thread because it failed to chart in the UK.
Anthony Newley - Sweet Love Child (1969)
David Bowie and Anthony Newley are two very different types of singer, and yet the former often cites the latter as a major influence. Just like Bowie I too am a great admirer of Anthony Newley, an actor turned singer and songwriter who had a string of hits in the late fifties and early sixties with a mix of novelty ditties and conventional pop songs, but all sung in his very own unique and unconventional way. Sweet Love Child, which was recorded a good few years after Newley’s chart heyday, is a rather twee song, so it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but I like it a great deal. The song was specifically written for inclusion in a long forgotten 1969 film directed by and starring Newley, the very bizarre and somewhat pretentious, but wonderfully titled Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe And Find True Happiness?
Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (1967)
This thread has been around a long time (two weeks short of four years), so it did come as a bit of surprise to discover that this fine track (a Top Three single in the USA, but never a hit in the UK) has not previously been submitted to it, but then I suppose even a track as good as this one can slip through the net. Anyway, better late than never and here it is now.
good to see you
please, dont be a stranger, feel free to post anything.
Comments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Buster
65 - eye for an eye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxze_yXw5to
66 - cincinatti kid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vSMLv0DyLw
67 - sounds and pressure - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj0Zv-XLnS4
67 - take it easy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXrtZNOwT4
69 - pum pum a go kill you - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u7k13DucZg
Busters Group
see prince buster
61 - busters shack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0A3TkennFE
Busty and Cool
no info
62 - mr policeman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRk1xcJTuoQ
Tony Butala
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Butala
62 - long black stockings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MnFYbrfq5c
Billy Butler and the Enchanters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Butler_%28singer%29
69 - the right track - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-2ODywKOIg
next episode probably next tuesday, with another huge artist thatll take at least a couple of days to cover.
Plant And See - Henrietta , An excellent track IMO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pwcRgnNR-E
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Butler
60 - i found a love - no youtube vid
60 - he will break your heart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG_xP31U74U
61 - find another girl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG_xP31U74U
61 - moon river - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESUEqO1aAY
62 - make it easy on yourself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPfEnYLBumM
63 - you can run but you cant hide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlKDclJR7aQ
63 - you go right through me - no youtube vid
63 - whatever you want - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOR0Xlblgdo
64 - need to belong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8WvwXCTwEM
64 - giving up on love - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDmdc6WNHCk
65 - good times - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZOSOQXJBrw
65 - i cant stand to see you cry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDEnEAOuW8A
info on make it easy on yourself
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_It_Easy_on_Yourself
Bobby Angelo and the Tuxedos - Baby Sittin' (1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUo3Q0Bc_i0
yes johnny, posted 6 months ago!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXxnXJlxtmY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEKg9qyEQmw
65 - love (oh how sweet it is) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWBdc4tpwk
66 - i stand accused - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM0X2IY8W-0
66 - just for you - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk5SyTPuY7I
67 - i dig you babe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1L7YkvivoQ
67 - mr dream merchant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1L7YkvivoQ
68 - never give up on you - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1L7YkvivoQ
68 - hey mr western union man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrlCaXd49AA
69 - are you happy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Y58WjJyEQ
69 - only the strong survive - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Y58WjJyEQ
69 - moody woman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we1R6k5IUmc
69 - a brand new me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we1R6k5IUmc
back to normal tomorrow with a variety and smaller post!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B1oIXGX0Io
no info
67 - hornpipe rocksteady - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAre7mkzcY4
67 - winchester rocksteady - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3WocTMlR1g
68 - top cat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noDw-heYf0c
68 - revival - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d113ZSuZ4YM
Buttercups
no info
68 - if i love you - no youtube vid
69 - come put my life in order - no youtube vid
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Butterfield
66 - come on in - no youtube vid
67 - all these blues - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AauwICdFago
67 - run out of time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq8KQCmG09U
68 - get yourself together - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaSSBL0YBdM
69 - where did my baby go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxRJEoVYcCo
not many 'b's to go, but one more big name will have a large post next week!
no info
68 - love me forever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_XHnYG8Ty0
Butterflys
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/butterflies-mn0000526044/biography
64 - goodnight baby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6QW98Z69Gk
Butterscotch Caboose
no info
68 - melinda - no youtube vid
Sheila Buxton
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/137884044/Sheila-Buxton-This-UK-singer-was-familiar-to-radio-audiences-and
60 - sixteen reasons - no youtube vid
Buzz
no info
66 - youre holding me down - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmneIzd4hjs
Buzz and Bucky
no info
65 - tiger a go-go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVeiQelkKuM
Bye Laws
http://www.irishshowbands.net/bgbyelaws.htm
68 - then you can tell me goodbye - no youtube vid
69 - run baby run - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xAOM0V4zRA
C Byrd & Sir D's Group
no info
60 - baa baa black sheep - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJPJR8GxcVs
Donald Byrd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Byrd
66 - boom boom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnrUCnU3bUI
Russell Byrd
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Berns (uncertain if this is right)
64 - hitch hike - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfOF52gkjJ0
back on tuesday with one of the 60's huge acts.
tim rose.... fantastic rather dark singer/songwriter, hes a few of his best.
- if i were a carpenter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK7hvSH_K_I
- come away melinda - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKWqEXoD--8
- morning dew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn4KfJS1nZQ
- hey joe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Fe1kR-xvw
- going down in hollywood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Q5I3MMKx4
- youve got to hide your love away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycy-FU311fc
a great talent imho...
just discovered the earliest recording of 'come away melinda'...
harry belafonte, off an 1963 album 'streets i have walked'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyzwjAkYbM
The Zombies - Care Of Cell 44 (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afrdo2qneoI&feature=kp
The Zombies - I Love You (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtx-UZjoKtw&feature=kp
Finally, here's a cover version of the previous song that I prefer to the original:-
People - I Love You (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO5rKF2w_ro
nearing the end of the 'b's with one of the greatest acts ever to come out of america...
Byrds part 1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Byrds
65 - she dont care about time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTlS2JhaBJM
66 - set you free this time - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QSTy3fkWSA
66 - eight miles high - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoSwOrytf_M
66 - 5d (fifth dimension) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5XuMWRHGU8
66 - mr spaceman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KZMg-fvn-s
67 - so you want to be a rock n roll star - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCBo3lWXDqw
67 - my back pages - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h80l4XIPJC4
concludes tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCM_VWzSiMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGEeneO-t0
I think Joan Jett later covered it but I prefer the original.
Matt Monro - From Russia With Love (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAEibEU2Rvg
Van Morrison - Beside You (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke27QakSPxM
67 - lady friend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldz-a3b4-cU
67 - goin back - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqHb7RFpoxU
68 - you aint goin nowhere - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2JnDKvuNzw
68 - i am a pilgrim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omLysJCkP8E
69 - bad night at the whiskey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Sa5F8vR9c
69 - lay lady lay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E9dunaPVDw
69 - wasnt born to follow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEmx3MgmLFg
"Wasnt born to follow", as featured in the 1969 film, "Easy Rider", great stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edd_Byrnes
60 - kookie kookie (lend me your comb) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT9QZBGyXjU
60 - lonely christmas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIrw-uBH8kg
Paul Byron
no info
60 - pale moon - no youtube vid
Sol Byron and the Impacts
no info
60's - pride and joy - no youtube vid
Bystanders
http://www.manband-archive.com/evolution/history-roots-bystanders.php
65 - thats the end - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSdflTSlKBU
66 - youre gonna (hurt yourself) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBa6zKO8Jbs
66 - my love ... come home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT0OHxm3nl8
67 - 98.6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T482MzpstNo (prefer keiths version)
67 - royle blue summer sunshine day - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ4UsPXAFtQ
67 - pattern people - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHCqljoaDWs
68 - when jezemine goes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDuuHQX9plI the original !
68 - this world is my world - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSOuqz7xqdo
well that was interesting, a kind of welsh 'spanky and our gang' and unusually for an 'unknown' group we had all the vids! a nice way to finish the 'b's. only 24 more letters to go now!
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-fantastic-johnny-c-mn0000053882
67 - boogaloo down broadway - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKsERD0syo0
68 - hitch it to the horse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjjdrcLICdU
69 - is there anything better - no youtube vid
Roy C
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_C
67 - twistin pneumonia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSYQZzkiWyU
C and the Shells
http://www.discogs.com/artist/596854-C-The-Shells
69 - good morning starshine - no youtube vid
Cables
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cables
68 - what kind of world - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVtRFmWtVJk
68 - baby why - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg0WAq0O04E
68 - love is a pleasure - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_ymVZvhdtM
69 - got to find someone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GH-90NxpG8
69 - so long - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLHVEYW7Gs
continues on tuesday at the latest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Caddy
64 - tornado - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNy6LXw2nkY
Cadets (uk)
http://www.irish-showbands.com/Bands/Cadets.htm
63 - hello trouble - no youtube vid
64 - chapel of love - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQW60ZPLeBs
65 - are you teasing me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmMxjqlQBhg
65 - jealous heart - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lgvzpBq-Eg
65 - baby roo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oujgA5LXulo
66 - if i had my life to live over - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj4Z8xBGfJk
66 - at the close of a long long day - no youtube vid
69 - dying ranger - no youtube vid
Caesar and Cleo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_%26_Cher
65 - love is strange - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEy8CZqd6es
no info
65 - on the outside looking in - no youtube vid
66 - five in the morning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbjNDZB4ojY
Aubrey Cagle
http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/aubrey_cagle.htm
62 - come along little girl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQsxCvFAt7A
James Cagney
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cagney
69 - yankee doodle dandy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StDpLge_ITM
Cain
no info
68 - her emotion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsDLj0P936E
Al Caiola Orchestra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Caiola
61 - the magnificent 7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drE96RI9A6A
61 - bonanza - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbTkE6vboBo
62 - mambo jambo - no youtube vid
John Cairney
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cairney
68 - please - no youtube vid.
Although I was posting prolifically to the thread last year, that was with something that I termed Vabosity’s Third Anniversary Review which was essentially an excuse to repeat several of my favourite tracks originally submitted in the first three years of the thread’s existence, so it must be a good twelve months at least since I last submitted any track that was new to the thread.
I’m delighted to say, however, that the two tracks featured in this post are indeed new to the thread; the first a very obscure recording by the late, great Anthony Newley, and the second a Soul classic that is far from obscure, but which qualifies for the thread because it failed to chart in the UK.
Anthony Newley - Sweet Love Child (1969)
David Bowie and Anthony Newley are two very different types of singer, and yet the former often cites the latter as a major influence. Just like Bowie I too am a great admirer of Anthony Newley, an actor turned singer and songwriter who had a string of hits in the late fifties and early sixties with a mix of novelty ditties and conventional pop songs, but all sung in his very own unique and unconventional way. Sweet Love Child, which was recorded a good few years after Newley’s chart heyday, is a rather twee song, so it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but I like it a great deal. The song was specifically written for inclusion in a long forgotten 1969 film directed by and starring Newley, the very bizarre and somewhat pretentious, but wonderfully titled Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe And Find True Happiness?
Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (1967)
This thread has been around a long time (two weeks short of four years), so it did come as a bit of surprise to discover that this fine track (a Top Three single in the USA, but never a hit in the UK) has not previously been submitted to it, but then I suppose even a track as good as this one can slip through the net. Anyway, better late than never and here it is now.
good to see you
please, dont be a stranger, feel free to post anything.
http://www.quattromacjazz.com/forrie.html
62 - salty dog - no youtube vid
J J Cale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JJ_Cale
66 - outside lookin in - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbCDVcPDI0w
Caleb Quaye
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Quaye
67 - baby your phrasing is bad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGVOhGnut-4
Caledonians
no info
69 - funny way of laughing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQw_DU-oavo
California In Crowd
no info
66 - questions and answers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMMXfRjChr4