Pretty Ballerina came out in '67 when I was 9 years old. I must've played that 45 on my little portable record player at least 10 times a day...lol. Such a great song.
I'm so glad my parents were 60's teens. I would plow through their countless 45 records and play them on my Fischer Price record player all day! And, this was one of them...😊😊
I'm 77 years old and some of the most exhilarating and fun times I've had with music is playing "the oldies" for some of the young people I know. It's a revelation to most of them.
This song always sounded like a party going on at that time, people up and dancing and clapping hands. Absolute memory of the times. Silence is Golden is a must listen. ✌️
The instrument you're hearing is a smaller higher-pitched cowbell (there are various sizes of cowbells - I'm a drummer and I own several) played with the tip of a drumstick - usually, it's played with the butt end of the stick whacked across the side of the bell to get a lower-pitched sound. The Tremeloes are a great and sometimes overlooked 60s Brit band. I recommend checking out Call Me Number One, which is very mid-to-late period Beatles-influenced. Great video for it, showing the band in the studio and playing outside.
A few more British bands you need to check out are Hermans Hermits, Dave Clark Five, and Gerry & the Pacemakers. And as a side note a great American band that stood toe to toe with the British bands was Paul Revere & the Raiders a very underrated band, give them all a spin.
This British Invasion group actually formed in 1958. In the UK they had 13 hits but in the US they basically had three, this one, Even the Bad Times Are Good, and the biggest one, Silence Is Golden. This song was written by Cat Stevens and was on his Matthew and Son album.
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I couldn’t click on this fast enough. Love their rendition of this early Cat Stevens song. My favorite Tremeloes song is their cover of The Jaynettes’ “Too Many Fish In The Sea”.
The Invasion changed US bands. The Beach Boys went from singing about beaches, cars, and schools to Good Vibrations. The Monkees were invented to tap into the change and actually had some great songs come out of it. Keep on Rockin'
Two of the Trems had children who went on to be succesful recording artists too. Brian Poole's daughters were Alisha's Attic, and Chip Hawkes' son Chesney had a massive hit with The One and Only. Lovely version of Cat Stevens' song.
You've done one song from Herman's Hermits so here are some more: "There's a Kind of Hush", "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter", "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" and their covers of "The End of the World" and "Silhouettes (on the Shade)". And I can't forget to mention "I'm Henry the VIII, I Am". You'd recognize this one as the song Sam (Patrick Swayze) sings to Oda Mae (Whoopi Goldberg) to get her to help him in the movie Ghost. 🤣
Classic British invasion hit from this underrated group. It is not possible to sit still and listen to this fast-paced stunner! The golden era of pop music featured one fabulous group after another, who could actually sing, play multiple instruments, and enunciate a well written tune. The cowbell really is the cherry on top as well.
The Mavericks covered this song in the late 90's. That was where I'd first heard it. The Mavericks -- another great country band that pulled influences from literally everywhere. They'd be a new one for ya!
The Mavericks are awesome. Their shows are always a fun dance party from beginning to end. Great songs, fantastic musicians, and Raul Malo is a very versatile and outstanding singer.
The Tremeloes had a few hits during the early to mid 60s, including a number one cover of "Do You Love Me" in 1963, when the band were known as Brian Poole and The Tremeloes. After Brian Poole left the band in 1966, he was replaced by singer and bass player Len "Chip" Hawkes. He later managed his son Chesney Hawkes, who had a UK number 1 with "The One and Only" in 1991. Here Comes My Baby was the start of a successful run of UK singles for The Tremeloes, between 1967 and 1970. Including their number one Silence is Golden, which was their follow up to this track.
Decca Records signed Brian Poole & the Tremeloes after an audition January 1, 1962. The other band that auditioned that day (but were turned down) was The Beatles.
If you have ever listened to Cat Stevens, this is one of his songs. It is just a great sing-along song. There's also a great live performance of this one here on YT. Their recording Silence Is Golden is awesome. 👍
Two great 70s. British bands were Slade and Wizard, when you get round to doing Christmas songs they both had classic hits that still get played a lot on British radio every year as well as lots of other great songs.
One of the great things about this era of music...it was all new! No one had done what each band was doing so it was fresh and new! And a lot of the artists were having fun, like these guys were. Plus...they had to have that raw talent. Because there was no auto tune and electronic magic back then.
A SLADE reaction is seriously overdue. They had 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones on the UK Singles Chart in the 70's. They were the first act to have three singles enter the charts at number one. But my personal favorite Slade song was released in 1984, "Run Runaway", which was their most successful song in USA.
One of the top British Invasion bands were the Dave Clark Five (DC5). You did them once but they had many hits. Check out "Catch Me If You Can" or "Can't You See That She's Mine". Thanks. 😎
I was 16 years old when The Tremeloes hit the music scene in May of '67 with "Here Comes My Baby" followed with "Silence Is Golden" which is their best hit and features great harmonies. Later the same year they released "Even The Bad Times Are Good." In '68 they released their last very good hit tune named "Suddenly You Love Me."
A song written by the great Cat Stevens, he wrote hits for others before he became famous himself. Another one of his is The first cut is the deepest, that has been covered by so many other artists, including Sheryl Crow and Rod Stewart
I've mentioned The Marmalades and their hit Reflections of Life, waiting in anticipation to hear your reaction to it. I bet both of you have older relatives who are Vietnam War vets. They would know this song as the young men serving in Vietnam believed that this song was written with them in mind. Please give it a chance🙂.
Agreed. I'm honestly surprised they haven't reacted to that song yet. Just in case Jay or Amber decide to look for that song, the name of the band is Marmalade. Also, RIP Dean Ford.
This is such a joyous having-a-party arrangement of Cat Stevens' (AKA Yousef Islam) song that you barely notice the sadness of the lyrics. Quite a lot of that in the 1960s, Motown, for example, specialised in it! A definite one to go on your "todo list" is Jeff Christie's monster hit "Yellow River" which hit UK #1 in 1970 - The Tremeloes created the backing track for that. They also released their own version subsequently, but Jeff's vocal on their backing track was peerless. The Tremeloes were always a great band. Some of their other singles deserve your attention: "Silence is Golden" (a Four Seasons hit in the US, but a UK #1 hit for the Tremeloes). "Hello World", "Even the Bad Times are Good", "Hello Buddy", "Suddenly you Love me" (another sad-song-sung-happy!) and most of all "Me and My Life" - which was a real departure for them and (along with it's B side "Try me") showed that the Tremeloes could do much more than just good-time harmony pop.
LOVE The Tremeloes! A little British Invasion trivia: the first song by a UK band to top the US pop charts was an instrumental, "Telstar" by the Tornados, from 1962. Some say it was an early "prototype" of techno music. Whatever you choose to call it, the production that went into it was quite creative for the time!
Silence is Golden. Sounds like a cowbell. They come in many different notes and tones, higher, lower, darker, etc. Another similar sounding instrument is the wood block, which also comes in many tones.
Loved the Tremeloes and this song, back in the day. They remind me of the Beau Brummels, another favorite of mine back then, and I think they were British, too!
It's interesting for me to here the Tremeloes singing this song. I only heard the original version by Cat Stevens. It was one of the early songs that he wrote which was a srandout.
A great 60's Invasion group to react to is Manfred Mann. Do Wah Diddy Diddy and Pretty Flamingo are two good ones. They also did Fox On The Run - same title as the song by The Sweet but a different song. I don't know if they had a hit in the US but Baby Come Back by the Equals is a great tune - ft. a young Eddy Grant (Electric Avenue). I hitch-hiked to the Welsh coast when I was 15, stayed in a bed & breakfast and wandered around town, ended up at the end of the pier seeing some old 60's group called the Tremeloes, slow-danced with the daughter of the lead singer throughout the gig, getting dagger looks from the front man the whole time! She must have been about 20, good times. 😁
Even though he doesn't get the girl, this song still manages to be one of the most happy, upbeat, uplifting, and emotionally supporting songs in all of pop-rock. So glad you guys had a chance to check it out!
The Tremeloes come from a couple of miles from where I was born. Originally a backing group for Brian Poole who was a Butcher from Dagenham. They had some great hits including the brilliant Silence is Golden which I once saw them sing acapella.
It always fascinates me how younger American reactors are totally unaware of the huge influence these bands had on us Brits back in the day, as their songs would be played on national radio stations regularly for years afterwards, and even today on oldies national stations. Possibly you just didn't have one or two national stations over there which covered the entire country, instead I believe many big cities had their own radio stations, never mind those stations catering to individual styles of music. Back in the 60's and 70's we had no real choice, so everyone heard the same music even if they didn't enjoy it !
A happy tune with sad lyrics of unrequited love. 😊A song along those same lines, and also from the 60's, is 'Midnight Confessions' by The Grass Roots. I was 12 years old when I went to my first concert. It was The Grass Roots, so their music holds a special place in my heart. But I think you'll really enjoy this song, too!
Silence is Golden to see them all singing in harmony on a video. Jerry & the pacemakers video singing ferry cross the Mersey, also Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying. How about the Bee Gees the Best of The Bee Gees album " I can't see Nobody" and many more songs and Barry Gibbs favorite To Love Somebody ( The video is excellent)
Another great band from the same genre is The Searchers (who took their name from the arguably all time best western movie). Their most memorable hits include "Needles and Pins" and "Don't Throw Your Love Away".
When I was very young Rick Westwood of The Tremeloes lived two doors down from me and I used go round their house to play with their kids. One of them pushed me into their goldfish pond, which is the rubbish UK version of being thrown into a rock star's swimming pool.
Several people have mentioned it. But while this and a couple of their other hits sounded like they were recorded at a party, Silence is Golden was a mega hit that is super mellow and full of harmonies.
Another relatively obscure part of 60's British rock: Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, "It's Getting Harder." It was used in the movie, "To Sir with Love"-- you've reacted to the title song.
Love this song and there's an excellent video of them playing this live and they're having so much fun doing it. One of those perfect good times 60s songs.
i often hear younger ppl say they wish they had been born in the 1970s or 60s. When i was a young in the 1960s 70s i never wanted to be born earlier then i was....Those days were the best you could possibly have and a sound track that just blew your mind
THIS is a great opportunity to introduce y'all to my good and old friends, "THE MAVERICKS!" They have been making great western swing, country, classic rock and all with a Latin flavor for about 30 years now. Please look them up because they covered this same song and were AWESOME!!
The Mavericks always put a smile on my face. Raul Malo has a great voice! "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down", "Here Comes My Baby", "Dance The Night Away", "Back In Your Arms Again" and their rendition of "Blue Moon" are my favourites.
My favourite version of this classic Cat Stevens song is by the British rock band The Jags in 1981 .. It's got lots of style and attitude .. I also quite like Cat's original too .. I prefer both of those versions to this one, although it's still a good quality cover .. I think the song itself is just so great that it would be hard for anyone to do it badly !
