Not sure if they made it in the States, but try Kites, Simon Dupree, Stop, stop, stop, The Hollies, Ha,ha, said the clown, The Hollies. Tonight in Tokyo, Sandie Shaw.
Wonderful music with magnificent orchestration ... Very good band. Thank you very much for the excellent video dear Jane and Brian! Happy Sunday! Hugs and kisses!
Yeah, bit heavy for me, AC/DC. You may have noticed I am putting my uploads in more frequently this month - that's because I'll be away for the last two weeks of June, sunning myself in Italy. So when all goes quiet from me, you'll know why.
thanks jim, don't think this bothered the American charts! wayne still does the sixties tours over here and is not forgotten.glad you like this newie!cheers,jane and brian.
You're right, it did nothing in the U.S. After 'The Game Of Love', the band struck out, Wayne's solo career went nowhere, and the remaining Mindbenders had their only hit with 'A Groovy Kind Of Love'. I do remember hearing their re-make of 'One Fine Day' on WPTR (in Albany, NY?) late one night on my transistor radio, but never heard it again either there or on my local stations in Rhode Island. It has always struck me as odd that a band who had a #1 in the U.S. couldn't seem to catch a break afterwards. 'It's Just A Little Bit Too Late' was a good record. It didn't deserve to die the almost immediate death it did. I do have to add that I bought Wayne's first solo LP purely on the basis of knowing that 'Pamela, Pamela' had been a UK hit, but without ever having heard it. I liked it right away (minus that unfortunate ending - which is still cringe-inducing) but the LP put me off following his career any further - which is too bad, because he had (has?) a very good voice. Either his A&R people chose crappy material for him or he himself had crappy judgement, but somebody could have/should have made a star out of him. Thanks for posting 'Pamela, Pamela', Jane, Brian & Christine Anne. I hadn't listened to it since the middle 1960's and - as usual - it sounds terrific with headphones!
And that is the beauty of British 45s, the fact that an issue year was on the label from 1957 onwards, stated originally as "Recording First Published...." then later with the simple encircled 'P'. We Australians didn't see that on our records until the early 1970s and even then not on all labels.