Their backing vocals for Hey Joe is exactly what brought me to search them out here. I've listened to Hey Joe numerous times simply to hear the lovely vocals they provided. Have yourself a great day, eh? Dominus tecum, Reg
There is nothing and no one in existence today who can remotely sound like this. This -- is magic. It would be like looking all over the planet for 4 guys that sound, look, act, dress like and are as talented as - - you know who.
I just recently heard this for the first time on a newly-acquired copy of Burt Bacharach's first instrumental album from 1965. Seeing this lovely video of them is a wonderful compliment to the recording and is just as I pictured them while first listening to the song. It makes me want to be fifteen again and go right back to that time. Thank you, Witheredgoogie, for posting this.
La la la la, lalalala la, la la la La la la la la la One drop of rain doesn't make the sun run away Don't go breaking my heart One falling leaf doesn't make September in May Don't go breaking my heart I made a mistake Now must you make a mountain out of a grain of sand? Don't throw love away because I went astray for a while Teach my heart how to smile, oh One sad goodbye doesn't mean we can't love again Don't go breaking my heart My love will last 'till the sky falls down, even then You'll remain in my heart Come to my arms forever more Stay in my arms and give me your love La la la la, lalalala la, la la la Don't go breaking my heart La la la la, lalalala la, la la la Don't go breaking my heart
@TonyHinshaw1992: I remember reading somewhere in the last couple of years that they were deceased. So just to verify that after your question, I’ve looked for about an hour and a half to betify that and can on,y come up with 2 of the 3 that are mentioned as deceased. One died of cancer at age 50 and another one died at the age of 74 - no cause of death noted. I can’t find anything further which surprises me.
@TonyHinshaw1992: I guess I’m wondering who are the 3 in this video as it seems that there were a few different women who were in The Breakaways at some point.
There are various places where one can hear slowed down similarities to the later "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" RIP Burt Bacharach and thanks for the many great and timeless melodies.
L to R. Margo, Vicky and Jean RIP ❤ Burt Bacharach's album Hitmaker was recorded in London, The Breakaways featured on several tracks, also Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Big Jim Sullivan and members of the Ted Heath band were on it. A tv special was made 1965 by Granada TV in the UK called The Bacharach Sound, someone recently uploaded it.
It just happened again. I listened to "Hey Joe" at least a dozen times just to hear the backing vocals. I don't know why I love their sound but I sure do.
Three members of the British gene pool that the Vikings didn't haul away. Really pretty girls with wonderful voices. Never understood why this song wasn't made longer or why it was not promoted much more or even sung by many others. You just never heard it much anywhere back in the day. A lot of us from that era are gone and a lot will be soon enough. The boomer problem will soon be solved only to be replaced by some other.
All of them lived all of their lives in the Wiltshire Boulevard of Los Angeles in the Miracle Mile neighborhood and that is how Hollywood as anyone can be.
I remember seeing the Breakaways on various pop programes back in the 60s. To my regret i dont have any of there recordings on cd. None of their single records went into the pop charts considering they did some really good records. No justice when u think of some of the crap that did get in the charts.
I have a cd called the breakaways, the pye anthology, i see them on ebay. also Bacharach's hitmaker album features them on several tracks. and go and see the bacharach sound uploaded on here.
I've listened to them for years without knowing it on my Bacharach Plays Bacharach record. Also, Herb Alpert's version of Don't Go Breaking My Heart is well worth a listen, to say the very least.
-- and -- it is nice and somewhat comforting to know that he is still alive and well here in 2021. So many of our beloved from this generation gone. It is so depressing. At least their music, and the happiness it brings -- the memories -- are still with us.
This just really stirs up memories. So funny -- I was 12 years old in 1964. Wore my hair like this -- same color -- had a “mini” dress like this -- it was beautiful -- I believe it was a “Villager” dress. I was very mature for my age. I had gorgeous long shapely legs that always got commented on and I bought the beautiful shoes that were most flattering. Nothing weird. I tried my utmost to emulate attractive, classy, beautiful women with integrity. -- and I did. I was instilled with morals, values, respect for myself and basically was a “goody two shoes” like most of the kids in my neighborhood. Actually - all the kids in my neighborhood. I ‘m grateful to my parents and the other parents in my middle class neighborhood for caring and watching out for all of us. I know -- it’s a long comment - as I am thinking back and now battling wanting to kill myself. Ugh!
Oh how I wish there was film of your gran's group doing backup for Jimi Hendrix's Hey Joe. That, or being able to lift just that track from the recording. I listen to Hey Joe over and over and over just to hear The Breakaways!
Hi there - sorry to intrude like this but how is Margo's sister (Paula?). I knew her in the 60's through a friend but as I drifted away I never saw her any more. A very attractive girl.
for the life of me I can't understand why Burt didn't promote this song more than he did. he could have made a lengthier composition out of it and had a major hit. it stands up well today. it's a great song
Very attractive group with a very nice sound. (Good song, too, which fits their voices.) They also sang the song "Someone to Talk To," featured in the Julie Christie movie "Darling."
She was the high Soprano voice in the trio, yes? If so, SHE is the one that always stood out and IMMEDIATELY tipped me off that I was listening to The Breakaways. Being a big fan of Tom Jones's early work, I discovered them many moons ago and never knew the ladie's names or that they called themselves The Breakaways. I also began to realize early on that they got A LOT of work in the British studios! There is NO mistaking your mother's voice. I listen to their backing vocals more than those they are backing most of the time! Hahaha! Gotta say too that I always thought your mom was one of the hottest babes that came out of the 60's British music scene! May she rest in peace, honey.🙂
I gather that these girls - Jean Hawker, Margot Newman, and Vicki Brown - performed backing vocals for Jimmy Hendrix on _Hey Joe_ . I loved the vocals so much that one day I listened to _Hey Joe_ multiple times in a row. They have a great cover here!!! (It is a cover isn't it?)
+mottledbrain Not sure if it is cover or not? They tended to use material from Tony Hatch who thought the world of them as backing singers and tried to make them into pop stars in their own right.
I think Vicki was replaced before they recorded Hey Joe. Like you, Ive spent three hours? going through Hendrix live concerts from 67 to 70 and Hey Joe is an easy track to get in to.
+mottledbrain It's a Burt Bacharach/Hal David song. And this is actualy the original version, credited to "Burt Bacharach and His Orchestra & Chorus". The Breakaways were also the "chorus" on Bacharach's UK hit of "Trains and Boats and Planes".
Hi. Thanks a lot for this video of this trio belongs to the 1969 hit "Don´t go breking my heart by Burt Bacharach. I have this record (vynil). It is my favorite Bacharach's song.
I'm here cos of the Aretha Franklin version from her 'with everything I feel in me' album. I gotta say the original is a polar opposite! but quite nice in a dreamy kinda way!
