The Swinging Blue Jeans: 'Make Me Know You're Mine' -1965

Reaganite Republican ^ | 09 January 2013 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

Emerging in the wake of the Fab Four's rise to worldwide fame, The Swining Blue Jeans were what was called a 'Merseybeat' band, in the style of other Liverpool groups inspired by American rock, doo-wop, and R -n- B genres and originating along the banks of the River Mersey in NW England.

While not exactly one-hit-wonders, success was considerable -yet brief- for the band, as The Swinging Blue Jeans covered 'Hippy Hippy Shake' (like the Beatles) and scored a British #2 hit single with it (US = #24 on Billboard Top 100). They soon afterward charted with their version of 'Good Golly Miss Molly' (UK #11/US #43) followed by a #3 hit in Britain with
'You're No Good' that did poorly stateside, dying out at #97.

The group released a handful of singles over the next couple years, but commercial success now eluded them- the last noteworthy effort being 'Don't Make Me Over' in 1966, which did nothing in America while managing to crawl up to #31 on the UK singles chart for the Swinging Blue Jeans last hurrah: a shame, as although all the hits were covers the band had a great sound and brought a lot to the material, imho:

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[Reaganite Republican]

*** PING ***

[Revolting cat!]

Not as good as the Undertakers!

[Revolting cat!]

Chan Romero’s original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlkKB1JlbFg

[Huskrrrr]

You could swim in that reverb.

[Revolting cat!]

The boys a little later.

[Fiji Hill]

Don't Make Me Over--Dionne Warwick (1962)

[Reaganite Republican]

I guess they’re still playing- and still in blue jeans

[Reaganite Republican]

Them and Paul Revere and the Raiders had the best outfits, that’s for sure lol

[peteyd]

I loved the Searchers,Animals ,Freddie and the Dreamers,Gerry and the Pacemakers,Manfred Mann.
Dang,I can go on and on about those groups.

[a fool in paradise]

I recently saw a performance by one of The Muleskinners (1965 Twickenham sound)

Back Door Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpb9IvVL05k

He later joined The Small Faces, the Faces, and eventually played with The Rolling Stones.

[a fool in paradise]

Eric Burdon is putting out a new album and is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his first.

http://ericburdon.ning.com/

[a fool in paradise]

Them and Paul Revere and the Raiders had the best outfits, that’s for sure lol

THEM?

Even better than The Monks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TvvvQS1aro

[yarddog]

I was surprised to read that “Your No Good” only made it to number 97. It is one of my all time favorites.

[Fiji Hill]

I was surprised to read that “You're No Good” only made it to number 97. It is one of my all time favorites.

I like this version:

You're No Good--Betty Everett (1963)

[peteyd]

Pimple faced and greasy hair Eric Burdon,but what a voice.
Baby Let Me Take you Home
and Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.(2 of my favorites)of course House of the Rising Sun .WOW!
Thanks for the link

[scotts8826]

A bit of trivia. Terry Sylvester joined the Swinging Blue Jeans in 1966. He left in 1968 to join the Hollies when Graham Nash left.

[Boogieman]

What about Johnny Kidd & the Pirates?

[dfwgator]

I always wonder, if the Beatles never happened, would one of these bands wound up taking their place as the “Big Thing”?

[yarddog]

Another of my all time favorites is “Silence Is Golden” by The Tremolos.

I am certain that the Searches did a version of it but I have searched their all time recordings and can’t find it.