The Official Weekend Single's Thread ---May 19-21

Supernatural | May 19, 2006 | Supernatural

[Supernatural]

The British Invasion

I was rather lucky to have grown up in one of the most amazing periods in the history of modern music, what has become known as the “British Invasion”. It wasn’t really an invasion of the U.S. by an armed force from another country; rather it was an invasion of our music charts by British recording artists. I was in the eighth grade when I first heard “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “She Loves You” by the Beatles. Prior to 1964 the British had only two hit records that topped the U.S. charts. Those were “Stranger on the Shore” by Acker Bilk and “Telstar” by the Tornadoes, both in 1962.

In 1964 Ed Sullivan, the host of the hugely popular “Ed Sullivan Show” was at a New York airport when the Beatles landed from England to go on their first U.S. tour. Crowds of screaming young girls greeted the Beatles and Ed was curious as to what the commotion was all about. He met with the Beatles on the spot and offered them $50,000 to appear on his show. The Beatles agreed and the British Invasion was officially underway. On February 9, 1964, the largest audience in the history of American television watched the Beatles perform live on the Ed Sullivan show. I was one of them.

For some years prior to 1964 young British musicians had idolized American music stars and many of the Americans were more popular in Britain than they were at home. The young Brits listened to Buddy Holly, Leadbelly, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, the Everly Brothers, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and many others. The U.S. musicians became like Gods to the young British musicians and they worked hard to emulate them.

The Animals (Eric Burdon), The Beatles, Chad and Jeremy, The Dave Clark Five, Freddy and the Dreamers, Herman’s Hermits, The Kinks (Ray Davies), Donovan, The Hollies (Graham Nash), The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards), Billy J. Kramer and the Dakota’s, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Dusty Springfield, The Troggs, The Searchers, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Peter and Gordon, The Honeycombs, Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds (Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton), The Zombies, The Moody Blues, The Walker Brothers, Petula Clark, The Move, The Small Faces (Rod Stewart), The Who (Pete Townshend, Roger Daltry), Argent, John Mayall’s Blues breakers (Eric Clapton, Peter Green), Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green), Cream (Eric Clapton), Jethro Tull (Ian Anderson), Procol Harum (Robin Trower), Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant), Traffic (Dave Mason, Stevie Winwood), Deep Purple and The Spencer Davis Group (Stevie Winwood).

Eric Burdon

Eric Clapton

Mick Jagger

The Who

Yardbirds Concert Advertisement

The Yardbirds with Jimmy Page

Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac

Jimmy Hendrix

The Beatles (George, John, Ringo and Paul)

Beatles ticket from 1964 (Pittsburgh, PA)

Some facts about the Beatles from “Wikipedia”

• During the week of April 4, 1964 The Beatles occupied the first five slots of the Billboard Hot 100, #1 - "Can't Buy Me Love," #2 - "Twist and Shout," #3 - "She Loves You," #4 - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and #5 - "Please Please Me," the only group in rock and roll history to achieve this feat.

• In 1964, the Beatles had the never-matched total of 15 American million-selling records (9 singles and 6 LPs), representing US sales of over 25 million in 1964 alone.

• "I Want To Hold Your Hand" sold nearly 5 million records in the US by 1968, making it the best selling single of the 1960s (from a Capitol Records Press release, September 9, 1968).

• When "Can’t Buy Me Love" was released in the US on March 16, 1964, it sold 940,225 copies on the first day, shattering all previous sales records. The single went on to sell over 3 million by the end of the year (Spizer, Bruce, 2000: The Beatles’ Story on Capitol Records, Part One: Beatlemania & The Singles, p. 36).

British Number One Singles of 1964

• 1 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND - The Beatles
• 2 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - The Beatles
• 3 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE - The Beatles
• 4 LOVE ME DO - The Beatles
• 5 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - The Animals
• 6 I FEEL FINE - The Beatles
• 9 A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE - Peter & Gordon
• 11 DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY - Manfred Mann
• 12 I SAW HER STANDING THERE - The Beatles
• 13 HAVE I THE RIGHT - The Honeycombs
• 18 SHE LOVES YOU - The Beatles
• 22 NEEDLES AND PINS - The Searchers
• 24 YOU REALLY GOT ME - The Kinks
• 25 LITTLE CHILDREN - Billy J.Kramer & the Dakotas

British Number One Singles of 1965

• 1 HELP! - The Beatles
• 2 I FEEL FINE - The Beatles
• 3 TICKET TO RIDE - The Beatles
• 4 (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION - Rolling Stones
• 5 MRS BROWN YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER- Herman's Hermits
• 6 GET OFF OF MY CLOUD - The Rolling Stones
• 11 YESTERDAY - The Beatles
• 14 WE CAN WORK IT OUT - The Beatles
• 15 DOWNTOWN - Petula Clark
• 16 THE LAST TIME - The Rolling Stones
• 18 I'M TELLING YOU NOW - Freddie & the Dreamers
• 19 DAYTRIPPER - The Beatles
• 27 GAME OF LOVE - Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders
• 30 EIGHT DAYS A WEEK - The Beatles

British Number One Singles of 1966

• 1 WE CAN WORK IT OUT - The Beatles
• 3 DAYTRIPPER - The Beatles
• 5 ELEANOR RIGBY - The Beatles
• 7 GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME - Tom Jones
• 10 PAPERBACK WRITER - The Beatles
• 11 THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE - The Walker Brothers
• 12 FRIDAY ON MY MIND - The Easybeats
• 14 PAINT IT BLACK - The Rolling Stones
• 15 WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL - New Vaudeville Band
• 20 WILD THING - The Troggs
• 23 MY LOVE - Petula Clark
• 26 PRETTY FLAMINGO - Manfred Mann
• 28 SUNNY AFTERNOON - The Kinks

Music of the British Invasion

Time Is On My Side…The Rolling Stones

Don‘t Bring Me Down…The Animals

Mellow Yellow…Donovan

You Really Got Me…The Kinks

White Room…Cream

Have I the Right…The Honeycombs

She Loves You…The Beatles

I Want To Hold Your Hand…The Beatles

For Your Love…The Yardbirds

Madison Blues…Fleetwood Mac

Ferry Cross the Mersey…Gerry and the Pacemakers

I‘m Telling You Now…Freddy & the Dreamers

Wild Thing…The Troggs

Go Now…The Moody Blues

Little Children…Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas

[DollyCali]

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[Irish_Thatcherite]

"Dear Abby" is a good idea!!

[DollyCali]

Thanks.. we'll see the response & how it goes over. Need to get to church. Last day of rummage sale & I am on clean up detail. Joy , Joy.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

We call such a sale a "Sale of Work" over here!!

[Darth Republican]

Going back to the start of this week's thread...

In case you haven't seen this news item this morning, in the words of Curtis Mayfield, "Freddie's Dead."

Freddie and the Dreamers star dies

Saturday, May 20, 2006; Posted: 9:28 a.m. EDT (13:28 GMT)

British pop star Freddie Garrity, former lead singer with 1960s band Freddie and the Dreamers, has died at the age of 69.

Garrity died on Friday in hospital in North Wales, his agent said on Saturday.

His five-piece band had hits in Britain and the United States with "I'm Telling You Now," "You Were Made For Me" and "I'm Telling You Now".

Garrity, who lived in Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, was on holiday with his wife Christine when he was taken to hospital.

He had been suffering from emphysema for several years and had been unable to work since 2001.

CNN.com

[Darth Republican]

Corrected link: Freddie story at CNN.com

[Darth Republican]

Corrected link: Freddie story at CNN.com

[Supernatural]

Oh, thanks for the great link and story.

I'm sorry to hear Freddie is dead.

I remember his songs like it was yesterday.

[RockinRight]

Shouldn't we call it "Dear Dolly?"

;-)

[Toby06]

Would you plesae ping me to the dear abby thread when you post it? Should be very interesting.

[old_sage_says]

Sorry I missed the fun last night.

I'm "All to Pieces, Bits and Pieces".

[old_sage_says]

"Speaking of Beatles...I have several of their vinyls--but we called them "records" and "albums" in those ancient times of yore...:-)"

I, too, have several of their albums, including the two white vinyls of the White Album.

[Supernatural]

We start again at about 8 tonight. I'll ping you again tonight. We're on tomorrow evening too, but we close earlier.

[Supernatural]

Dear Dolly sounds great to me too.

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[dixie sass]

Super tunes! What great memories.

[dixie sass]

I remember going to a friends apartment to watch Ed Sullivan cause Daddy wouldn't let us watch the Beatles that Sunday. Sighhhhhh, and there they were the Fab Four.

[dixie sass]

Mop Tops and the Fab Four

[Supernatural]

I would like to ping you to the thread later. It starts about 8 tonight, but we occasionally on it during the day a little.

Would you like to come and talk to us tonight?