a 1965 bandwagon that carried a mixed cargo of British beat and folk protest, and gained a US Top 10 breakthrough with Bob Dylan’s ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’. The Turtles also had a jokey side – as instanced by Volman’s buffoonery during TV plugs for 1967’s ‘Happy Together’. Almost as big globally, ‘She’d Rather Be With Me’ and 1968’s ...
unprecedented position of having to imitate their Brit counterparts in order to make the charts, although in the second half of the decade West Coast acts such as The Turtles and The Mamas & The Papas helped to redress the balance. By then, pop’s fun and carefree attributes were charting a parallel but distinct course from the outspoken, ...
his songs, prefiguring numerous other successful pop-oriented covers by the likes of The Hollies, Herman’s Hermits, Judy Collins, Sonny and Cher, Manfred Mann, The Turtles and, most famously, The Byrds, during the next few years. In the meantime, while Dylan’s influence was spreading on both sides of the Atlantic, with ...
anniversary with a bout of world touring. One of rock’s highest profile stars, Sting’s solo work has been predictably successful, starting with the jazzy Dream Of The Blue Turtles (1985) through the loose concept album Ten Summoner’s Tales (1993) to his twenty-first century output. He has also been a high-profile campaigner for the Rainforest Foundation. ‘The contemporary hit radio ...
To Andover album, and a 1994 chart-topping hit revival of 1967’s ‘Love Is All Around’ by Wet Wet Wet. Styles & Forms | Sixties | Rock Personalities | The Turtles | Sixties | Rock ...
that took in venues as diverse as Chatham and Bristol over three weeks between 14 November and 5 December 1967. In reality, Floyd – a last-minute replacement for The Turtles – were limited to performing 17 minutes a night for two shows in order that headliner Hendrix and three other acts (The Move, The Amen Corner and The Nice) ...
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