Classic Rolling Stones from 1964 ....

..... I wanna be your Man

Look at Life - guitar making

This seems to be taken from one of those "Look at Life" shorts which were shown at the Cinema in the days when you got two films, the Movietone News, a load of adverts and maybe even a cartoon for your money.

Now you have to get a bank loan just to get in, then all you get is one film full of unadulterated sex and bad language ..... and I don't like the bad language.

Little Miss Dynamite

Brenda Lee (born December 11, 1944) is an American pop singer, who was immensely popular during the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1960s she had more charted hits than any other woman, and only three male singers/groups (Elvis Presley, Ray Charles and The Beatles) outpaced her. She was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following.
She was given the nickname Little Miss Dynamite after recording Dynamite in 1957; the explosive strength of the sound pouring out of her small frame amazed audiences and promoters. Her general popularity faded as her voice suffered damage and matured in the late 1960s, but she successfully continued her recording career by returning to her roots as a country singer. She was able to chart in Billboard's CW top ten twice in 1980.
She enjoys one distinction unique among successful American singers: her opening act on a UK tour in 1960 was a struggling foursome from Liverpool, England - The Beatles.

Wonder what happened to them?

Saturday Nite at the Duckpond - Cougars 1963

Another classic instrumental by one-hit wonders The Cougars.

I wonder where they are now?

Please Stay - The Cryin' Shames 1966

This record was Joe Meek's last chart hit before his demise.

Lyrics by Burt Bacharach, it was also released by the Bay City Rollers and the Drifters amongst others but this, to me, is the definitive version.

My Babe ......

....... performed by Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury & Joe Brown - Together!!

Stand by Me - Ben E King

King was born Benjamin Earl Nelson in Henderson, NC, in 1938, and sang with his church choir before the family moved to Harlem in 1947. In junior high, he began performing with a street corner doo wop group called the Four B's, which won second place in an Apollo Theater talent contest. While still in high school, he was offered a chance to join the Moonglows, but was simply too young and inexperienced to stick. He subsequently worked at his father's restaurant as a singing waiter, which led to an invitation to become the baritone singer in a doo wop outfit called the Five Crowns in 1958. The Five Crowns performed several gigs at the Apollo Theater along with the Drifters, whose career had begun to flounder in the years since original lead singer Clyde McPhatter departed. Drifters manager George Treadwell, dissatisfied with the group members' unreliability and lack of success, fired them all in the summer of 1958 and hired the Five Crowns to assume the name of the Drifters (which he owned).

The new Drifters toured for about a year, playing to often hostile audiences who knew they were a completely different group. In early 1959, they went into the studio with producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller to cut their first records. A song Nelson (still performing under his given name) co-wrote called "There Goes My Baby" became his first lead vocal and the lush backing arrangement made highly unorthodox (in fact, virtually unheard-of) use of a string section. "There Goes My Baby" became a massive hit, laying the groundwork for virtually every smooth/uptown soul production that followed. Over the next two years, Nelson sang lead on several other Drifters classics, including "Dance With Me," "This Magic Moment," "Save the Last Dance for Me," and "I Count the Tears."

Shout - Lulu - Ready Steady Go 1965

Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, OBE - the first British female singer to appear behind the iron Curtain.

She toured Poland with the Hollies in 1966.

The original version of Rock around the Clock ....

.... by Sonnie Dae and the Knights

You can't go much further back than this!

Peter & Gordon - World Without Love

Love Potion No9 - Tygers of Pan Tang

Although the group are not Sixties - the song certainly is - and they started life in Whitley Bay UK which is our part of the world.

Gene Vincent Eddie Cochran

Dave Clark Five - Bits and Pieces (1964)

Beatles - Royal Variety Show 1963

Anyone remember this classic clip from the 1963 Royal Variety Show when John tells the people in the cheap seats to clap and the rich folks to rattle their jewellery?

It is also notable for the fact that you could actually hear them sing - From Me to You - which in itself was a rare occasion at a live concert.

Sounds Incorporated - William Tell Overture

Cracking clip of one of my favourite groups of the Sixties, playing their hit version of the William Tell Overture.
Alan Holmes (Boots)

David Glyde (Griff West)

John Gillard (John St.John)

Barrie Cameron (Baz Elmes)

Dick Thomas (Wes Hunter)

Richard Anthony Newman (Tony Newman)

'Sounds Incorporated's own UK success with singles was very modest in comparison to their reputation as live musicians, but they managed two minor hits while still with Epstein. Through this association they soon found themselves backing Epstein's stars and can even be heard on the Beatles track 'Good Morning, Good Morning' from the 'Sergeant Pepper' album. They also opened the Beatles legendary show at New York's Shea Stadium.

Their greatest success was actually in Australia where their 'William Tell' went all the way to the #1 spot- despite passing almost unnoticed at home! However, as the 1960s progressed the group began to disintegrate. First off, Tony Newman joined Jeff Beck's group and later went on to work with David Bowie. He was followed by Barrie Cameron who wanted a career in A&R. The rest of the group soldiered on, mainly playing in Australia, until 1971 when they finally broke up to each pursue new musical careers.

The Shadows - FBI (1961)

Another fabulous Shadows clip from 1961 with their original line-up.

This time it was a TV appearance on Children's TV programme Crackerjack

Les Paul and Mary Ford - Multitracking 1953

Rare footage of the multi-tracking maestro from 1953

Rolling Stones - Shindig (1965)

Rory Storm and the Hurricanes

Rare footage of the group Ringo left to join the Beatles

Cliff and the Shadows - Move It

This looks (and sounds) like a very early version - possibly 1960