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In 1966 he had five different long playing records in the billboard top fifty and sold more records than the Beatles.
The Animals
Their second single released in 1964 and produced by Mickie Most the “House Of The Rising Sun” reached number one in both the U.K. and the U.S. charts and was over four minutes long (which was unusual for singles in those days). Other hits they had before disbanding in late 1966 included “I’m Crying”, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”,”It’s My Life”, “We’ve Gotta get out of this place” and “Inside Looking Out”.
They received gold records for their singles “I Get Around” and “Good Vibrations” which was one of the best records of the sixties.
Other singles included “Surfer Girl”, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, “California Girls”, “Do It Again”, “God Only Knows”,“Wild Honey” and “Heroes and Villains”.
Their contribution to rock and pop music is incalculable. They were the sixties. From their first hit in 1962 “Love Me Do”, they ruled the
singles and album charts for a full decade. Hits like "Please Please Me", “From Me To You”, "She Loves You", "Can't Buy Me Love”, "A Hard Day's Night", "Ticket to Ride", "Help!", "Day Tripper" "Paperback Writer",”Eleanor Rigby", "Penny Lane", “All You Need Is Love", "Hey Jude"
"Get Back" and "Something".
Their impact on the record buying
public had all generations enjoying their inventiveness and songwriting talents.
They returned to Britain in 1967 and signed with Robert Stigwood and NEMS. They have since been one of the mainstays of pop music having top selling albums and singles. Their 1960’s hit singles include “New York Mining Disaster 1941”, “To Love Somebody”, “Massachusetts”, “Words”, “I’ve Got to Get a Message to You” and “I Started a Joke.
He is one of the early pioneers of 50’s & 60’s music and is known as the "The Father of Rock & Roll". His songs have been covered by numerous artists including The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals, Beach Boys, Dave Clark Five, Elvis Presley, The Doors and The Kinks just to name a few.
His hits of the sixties included “Bye Bye Johnny”, “Nadine (Is It You)”, “No Particular Place To Go”, “You Never Can Tell” and “Promised Land”.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Booker T & the M.G.s
As part of the backing band for Stax Records they featured on hits for artists such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Eddie Floyd and Rufus & Carla Thomas.
He formed a Rhythm & Blues Gospel group called the Flames and had a big hit in 1956
with a record called “Please, Please Please” which sold over a million copies. When
Little Richard quit pop music several members of his backing group joined the Flames
and later they called the group James Brown & the Famous Flames. Some of the singles
he released in the sixties were "Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”, "I Got You (Feel Good)”,
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World”, "Say It Loud -
Originally called The Herd they got their new name after seeing a steamroller with
a sign saying made by the Buffalo-
They released three albums “Buffalo Springfield”, “Buffalo Springfield Again” and “Last Time Around. Their singles were “Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing”, “For What It’s Worth”, “Bluebird”, “Rock and Roll Woman”, “Expecting To Fly”, “Uno Mundo” and “On the Way Home”.
They disbanded in May 1968.
The Byrds
The folk rock group had their first hit with “Mr. Tambourine Man” written by Bob Dylan. They released their first album of the same name in 1965. Other singles recorded in the sixties included All I Really Want To Do, Turn! Turn! Turn!, Eight Miles High, So You Want To Be a Rock n’ Roll Star and My Back Pages.
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