hornet61 said:
Here's an excellent copy for $70, in case anyone is interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200317445571
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The "Birth" of the British Invasion
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Here's an excellent copy for $70, in case anyone is interested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200317445571
These posts regarding the price of vintage Beatles labels isn't surprising, is it? As was wisely posted, price depends on demand and let me add some things I recently discovered. A few months ago I was involved in a project where we evaluated high school student responses to music technologies. Not surprising, iTunes and downloading music, as examples, were cited before radio as a music source. But what I found surprising was how many young people have discovered the Beatles and have a lot of their songs in their personal library. I guess the nature of kids is if their parents tried to turn them on to the music, they would have rebelled but the fact that they found it on their own, it appears they appreciate the genius that was the Beatles.
When I started this post, I brought up a radio station in Miami that discussed the British Invasion and a week or two later they did an A-Z Beatles special. As I looked over the song list they posted, there were some titles I wasn't familiar (or at least I thought I wasn't familiar). In just using a search engine, I plugged in the song title and found YouTube had everything I was looking for in video. Quickly I realized I knew the song but when I read the various posts that I knew were from young people and saw all the positive response, especially to beautiful songs such as "Till there was you," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" it made me realize the music has transended age, generations and certainly gender. The first two songs I mention here are my favorites from the Fab 4 and there's a ton of honorable mentions that follow. Programmers today make too many assumptions. I "betcha" the average person has a wide variety of music they listen to, including the younger generation.
We also discussed Dusty Springfield in this string too and I enjoyed another recent surprise. Over this past weekend, WCBS-FM in NYC did a special where they played the first and last hit of an artist. After "I Only Want to be with You" played, I was very surprised to hear a tune I didn't know " What Have I Done to Deserve This" from the late 80s with the Pet Shop Boys. By the late 80s, I mainly listened to talk and oldies and so with what today's oldies stations are now doing, I'm enjoying lots of songs now for the first time. I guess a whole new, younger generation is doing the same. So when people say music such as the British Invasion is timeless, it's not just being said by fans who wax nostalgic, but it has some real facts to back it up!
When I started this post, I brought up a radio station in Miami that discussed the British Invasion and a week or two later they did an A-Z Beatles special. As I looked over the song list they posted, there were some titles I wasn't familiar (or at least I thought I wasn't familiar). In just using a search engine, I plugged in the song title and found YouTube had everything I was looking for in video. Quickly I realized I knew the song but when I read the various posts that I knew were from young people and saw all the positive response, especially to beautiful songs such as "Till there was you," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" it made me realize the music has transended age, generations and certainly gender. The first two songs I mention here are my favorites from the Fab 4 and there's a ton of honorable mentions that follow. Programmers today make too many assumptions. I "betcha" the average person has a wide variety of music they listen to, including the younger generation.
We also discussed Dusty Springfield in this string too and I enjoyed another recent surprise. Over this past weekend, WCBS-FM in NYC did a special where they played the first and last hit of an artist. After "I Only Want to be with You" played, I was very surprised to hear a tune I didn't know " What Have I Done to Deserve This" from the late 80s with the Pet Shop Boys. By the late 80s, I mainly listened to talk and oldies and so with what today's oldies stations are now doing, I'm enjoying lots of songs now for the first time. I guess a whole new, younger generation is doing the same. So when people say music such as the British Invasion is timeless, it's not just being said by fans who wax nostalgic, but it has some real facts to back it up!
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Jonjax the phenom of the British Invasion is huge...there are some many variations of likes because of the diversity if that grouping.......then there is The Beatles...they are a subject all on to themselves, truly an amazing group, good job on starting this subject.....If you were surprised about Dusty and the Pet shop Boys ...you will shocked to hear ""Justified and Ancient" By Industrial (pop-Electronic Duo from England) group KLF with of all people Tammy Wynette-1992 charted #11.
The Beach Boys managed to have #1 singles 24 years apart, between 'I Get Around' in 1964 and 'Kokomo' in 1988.
Those chart battles between the Beatles and the Supremes starting in the summer of 1964 were really something; those two groups started their respective streaks of number one singles (six for the Beatles, and five for the Supremes) in July of 1964.
When the Beatles played at the Hollywood Bowl that summer, then top 40 station KRLA/Pasadena was the sponsor; their disc jockeys included Casey Kasem and Charlie O"Donnell, who later became the announcer on 'Wheel Of Fortune' (and he's still there)!!!
Then along came a radio station called 93/KHJ, which was launched in LA in May of 1965, and reinvented top 40 radio forever; they were certainly very influential in driving social commentary classics such as Barry McGuire's 'Eve Of Destruction' and Bob Dylan's 'Like A Rolling Stone' to the top of the charts.
As someone who vividly remembers paying a whopping $2.69 to buy 'Sgt. Pepper's..) at a Singer Sewing Machine store in 1967 (no joke!!!), the 'British Invasion' was really fun in an era when top 40 radio played everything from country to hard rock, and routinely enjoyed 30 shares, and much higher shares at night.
Aaaah for the good old days......
Those chart battles between the Beatles and the Supremes starting in the summer of 1964 were really something; those two groups started their respective streaks of number one singles (six for the Beatles, and five for the Supremes) in July of 1964.
When the Beatles played at the Hollywood Bowl that summer, then top 40 station KRLA/Pasadena was the sponsor; their disc jockeys included Casey Kasem and Charlie O"Donnell, who later became the announcer on 'Wheel Of Fortune' (and he's still there)!!!
Then along came a radio station called 93/KHJ, which was launched in LA in May of 1965, and reinvented top 40 radio forever; they were certainly very influential in driving social commentary classics such as Barry McGuire's 'Eve Of Destruction' and Bob Dylan's 'Like A Rolling Stone' to the top of the charts.
As someone who vividly remembers paying a whopping $2.69 to buy 'Sgt. Pepper's..) at a Singer Sewing Machine store in 1967 (no joke!!!), the 'British Invasion' was really fun in an era when top 40 radio played everything from country to hard rock, and routinely enjoyed 30 shares, and much higher shares at night.
Aaaah for the good old days......
Don62 said:
How about the Jefferson Starship's "Runaway". Okay, so it isn't British Invasion, but it's a goodie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DimjLEZsM8M&feature=related
>>In all this talk about the British Invasion, it's easy to forget that some groups, like Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys, were starting to do things that the Beatles got all the credit for.
Brian was writing and producing his own songs, and starting to do concept albums, or LPs that had very little filler.
No one had done that on that level since Buddy Holly, though Roy Orbison and Del Shannon had a lot of songwriting talent as well.>>
The Beatles were quoted as stating that the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" album was the best that they had ever heard and helped inspire them to go forward with Sgt Pepper.
Brian was writing and producing his own songs, and starting to do concept albums, or LPs that had very little filler.
No one had done that on that level since Buddy Holly, though Roy Orbison and Del Shannon had a lot of songwriting talent as well.>>
The Beatles were quoted as stating that the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" album was the best that they had ever heard and helped inspire them to go forward with Sgt Pepper.
Not only The Beatles were British Invasion, but there were a few others - and not only from Britain, but a stray that turned up here and there with a brief hit too, to wit:
DC5 - Catch Us If You Can
Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly
Golden Earring - Radar Love
They got in for a brief period of time and then went away, with only a remnant left behind.
It's A Beautiful Day - Girl With No Eyes
DC5 - Catch Us If You Can
Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly
Golden Earring - Radar Love
They got in for a brief period of time and then went away, with only a remnant left behind.
It's A Beautiful Day - Girl With No Eyes
Silkie said:
I believe "Telstar" by the Tornadoes was the first British number one in America.
Silkie said:
Yes--last week of 62 & first week of 63.
radioman148 said:
There are so many interesting things regarding the British Invasion.
For example if you examine a British chart (Guiness singles book) from Dec 1963 you'll find many of the Invasion hits that made it in the US on those charts. "She Loves You" was number 1 in the UK in Sept of 63 and then returned to the top spot in early 64 when the Beatles invaded.
"From Me To You" was number one in England in March of 63. Also Gerry & the Pacemakers had a number one in the UK in April of 63.
It took a while for the US to catch on, but finally we did.
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radioman148 said:
Actually "Stranger On The Shore" - Mr Acker Bilk (Somerset England) 5/26/1962-(1wk on top)
and The Stripper by David Rose (London England) 7/7/1962 - (one week on top), beat out Telstar (london Egland) 12/22/1962 (3 wks on top), to #1 in the USA...If you had said first British group to reach number one, you would have been correct. Even Fred Bronson missed David Rose, In his book for Bollboard he skips from Aker Bilk to the Tornadoes.
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Silkie said:
Bombay Calling - It's A Beautiful Day
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You lost me here ??? Were you in the middle of editing......also,thanks for the good wishes last week, that was nice.
hornet61 said:
I made an edit, because I thought of that song, Bombay Calling. It did not fit with David Rose or The Tornadoes, so I made the edit. I guess you had to be there. Come to think of it, It's A Beautiful Day is not even a British Invasion band - or European for that matter. I perpetrated a faux pas, which of course, was Paul Anka. Guess I'll just put some flowers in my hair and move on. ;D
Hope all worked out well for you. Glad you're back.
hornet61 said:
OK--then it must be that the Tornadoes were the first British GROUP to go to number 1 in the US. I heard it when someone asked the question and everybody assumed the answer was the Beatles.
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Roger that.
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