Its a slow night so what the hell.
My favorites way back then were in no special order
The Animals
The Who
The Kinks

"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"

All the heavies:

Freddie and the Dreamers

Chad and Jeremy

Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas

Peter and Gordon

Gerry and the Pacemakers

The Swinging Blue Jeans

Herman's Hermits.

Those 3 the most.

Least favorite - Herman's Hermits

ditto. In that order.

I think the yardbirds, the who and the kinks were pretty cool...

Zombies just for She's Not There.....



ROCKMAN

THEM

The Banana Splits
Sonny & Cher
Josie & the Pussycats

I'M ASHAMED TO ADMIT BUT MY FAVORITE DURING THAT ERA WAS HERMANS HERMITS . HERMAMS HERMITS " ON TOUR " WAS THE VERY FIRST LP I EVER PAID FOR

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Gerry and the Pacemakers-Don't let the sun catch you crying

The Beatles. Most of those British Invasion bands sucked, apart from a few.

The Kinks, hemans hermits (and if you have one of their old albums, put it on and listen before you laugh...they were quite good)

My three favorite bands are all British Invasion bands (Stones, Who, Kinks). I also like a lot of songs from the lesser known artists like Gerry And The Pacemakers, Hermans Hermits etc..

I recently saw Peter Noone doing a late night infomercial on american tv- selling one of those 60's cd compilations.

Eventually I will try to get a good British Invasion compilation cd since there are so many good songs from that era.



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Beelyboy I can add only one more to your list of yours and mine favourites and that was Screaming Lord Sutch(Dont You Just Know It)

Beelyboy, you said it all!

Re Hendrix, did you have any reason to particularly notice him at the Paramount?



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It is weird: there is not a British Invasion band besides the Stones that I like even a little. betales and Stones - yes, The rest I really don't go for. From that era I only like Black music.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

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Animals, Who, Kinks, pretty fine stuff.

Macca does an good version of "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" on his Tripping The Live Fantastic CD's. Very bluesy/jazzy sounding.

Beelyboy Wrote:
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> The star of the show was Soupy Sales hahaha so u
> can guess i was just a little kid..." He hosted
> slapstick wiseguy kiddie shows, for those outside
> the soupasphere...he had a big hit with "do the
> mouse"...and neither axl or davy jones had a thing
> on the soupy shuffle, especially when you were
> simultaneously 'doing the mouse'...i mean, get
> hip.

Footage of Soupy doing "The Mouse" is on the Beatles/Ed Sullivan Show DVD set that features the ENTIRE program (even commercials) for all their performances on Ed's show.

(his sons Hunt and Tony Sales would grow up to be
> the rhythm section in David Bowie's Tin
> Machine)...

Earliest credit I can think of for them is on a Todd Rundgren album. I think it was A Wizard/A True Star.

Also played with Bowie backing Iggy on The Idiot and Lust for Life. Saw them in '77 at the Whiskey post-Iggy/Idiot tour performing as the Brothers Sales, opening for Blondie (I think) The only thing I can recall about their show is they covered "Sweet Soul Music." Which was great to hear in the disco era, (That same year The Dwight Twilley Band played the Roxy and encored with "Expressway To Your Heart," one of the best non-Rascals blue-eyed soul records ever, and Eddie and the Hot Rods covered "Show Me" by Joe Tex.

None of those versions were actually any good. But at least a few people were out there still waving the flag.

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"Ferry Across The Mersey" - Gerry & The Pacemakers...........hell of a tune

Freddie and The Dreamers were far superior to the Stones.

Chav Watch Wrote:
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> Freddie and The Dreamers were far superior to the
> Stones.


abso-friggin-lutely........and for the non-believers, just watch 'em "do the Freddy".....eat yur heart out Mick

Chav Watch Wrote:
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> Freddie and The Dreamers were far superior to the
> Stones.

And I am the king of England.

Beatles
Animals
Spencer Davis Group
Who
kinks
troggs

Do the Who count? I think they where a bit later on????

The Animals would be my bet.

As just mentioned, Freddie and the dreamers where good, long before my time, but I saw them at Butlins many years ago when I was just a kid and I thought they where great, everything I thought a band should be, sounding good and having fun!

I think I've bust a button on my trousers....

skelly Wrote:
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> Do the Who count? I think they where a bit later
> on????
>


absolutely!......they're in the top 3 in my book

Leonard Keringer Wrote:
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> skelly Wrote:
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> > Do the Who count? I think they where a bit
> later
> > on????
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> absolutely!......they're in the
> top 3 in my book

Totally agree, the who were/are awsome, but I thought that they came a bit after the "British Invasion" that Ropeni is talking about? Not sure? 1964,65, is that about the right time?

I think I've bust a button on my trousers....