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Posted on 05/19/2006 5:03:57 PM PDT by Supernatural
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).
Time Is On My Side…The Rolling Stones
Don‘t Bring Me Down…The Animals
Have I the Right…The Honeycombs
I Want To Hold Your Hand…The Beatles
Ferry Cross the Mersey…Gerry and the Pacemakers
I‘m Telling You Now…Freddy & the Dreamers
Little Children…Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas
Yep...I've been doing shopping for clothes to wear for my internship and packing for camp and being lazy...
Could I get on the ping list please?
Sure--Dolly is the keeper of the sacred ping list. Super--can you add cibco for tomorrow night?
Fairport Convention rings a bell, but I just can't associate a tune with the name. I guess I could cheat and do a Google....;-)
Is this your archery camp? When do you start?
Fairport Convention
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fairport Convention is often credited with being the first British folk-rock band. Formed in 1967, Fairport rapidly developed from playing cover versions of American 'west coast' style music to an individual style which melded rock music with traditional English tunes and songs.
Bedevilled by numerous personnel changes throughout its first decade, Fairport Convention was temporarily disbanded in 1979 but played annual reunion concerts until it reformed in 1985. Since then, it has enjoyed stability and continues to tour and record regularly.
In part, the continuing success of Fairport Convention is due to the annual music festival it organises. Cropredy Festival has been held every year since 1974 near Cropredy, a village five miles north of Banbury, Oxfordshire and attracts 20,000 fans.
In 2002 the band was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairport_Convention
Fairport Convention has quite a history and a lot of fans.
But I am not familiar with them at all, although I have probably heard some of their songs and didn't know who the band was. They just didn't play them on the radio stations I listened to at the time.
Add her for tomorrow night of would they like to be on the weekly ping list?
I pinged Dolly on my post so that she would add cibco to the Master ping list.
What would you think of a band that had the first five songs in the top ten of single's records?
Not just five out of the top ten, the first five.
Do you even think that would be possible with a band today?
Do you know which band did this awesome feat?
You are just too darn efficient!
Better watch out, you might make some man a great wife.
Now that's a scary thought! ;-)
I fly out June 1st, start on the 2nd. The kids won't be there until later.
Now that we've got the housekeeping stuff out of the way, welcome to the thread! How are you this evening?
Link to listen to samples of their music
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,428892,00.html
"What would you think of a band that had the first five songs in the top ten of single's records?"
Teenagers obviously stopped listening to the radio. They are too finicky.
Not just five out of the top ten, the first five.
"Do you even think that would be possible with a band today?"
No way. The labels wouldn't allow it to happen.
"Do you know which band did this awesome feat?"
The Dave Clark Five?
See the intro to the thread. It has the whole story.
It was the Beatles. Their feats are summed up in the intro.
Nobody could believe what the Beatles were like unless they were there.
The Beatles were the spearhead of the British Invasion.
Would the British Invasion have happened without the Beatles?
I am sure the obvious is wrong but I will go for it The Beatles.
What British Invasion band was the first one to tour the U.S.
Which British band was second?
I thought "The Beatles" would be too obvious an answer as well to be correct.
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