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Post by jk on Jan 15, 2024 8:43:35 GMT -5
This thread features the then-recent hit records of acts who opened for (or otherwise shared a bill with) the Boys, maybe on the strength of that record alone, with each post dropped on the day in question. Once again, a touch of the forelock to AGD and Ian R for the information in "Shows & Sessions", without which etc. Today in 1964, the Boys were touring down under with The Surfaris, Paul & Paula, the Joy Boys and the tour's headliner Roy Orbison, who was then enjoying chart success with the seasonal "Pretty Paper": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Paper_(song) |
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Post by jk on Jan 16, 2024 4:20:36 GMT -5
January 16th 1969 saw the Boys playing the Memorial Arena in Victoria BC, Canada, in the company of Joe Hicks, who still had to debut on wax, and Tommy James & The Shondells, who by then were steaming up the US charts with the deliciously outrageous "Crimson And Clover": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_and_Clover |
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Post by lonelysummer on Jan 16, 2024 15:31:45 GMT -5
Also in 1969, these guys toured in Europe with the Beach Boys: Paul Revere and the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay. "Let Me!" was a top 20 hit for the group in the US, but it didn't do a thing over there.
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Post by jk on Jan 16, 2024 15:54:20 GMT -5
Also in 1969, these guys toured in Europe with the Beach Boys: Paul Revere and the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay. "Let Me!" was a top 20 hit for the group in the US, but it didn't do a thing over there. Nice! Thanks, LS. Yes, it's strange... Paul Revere & the Raiders, like The Buckinghams and The Grass Roots, never made the grade in the UK. Were they too American?  |
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Post by carllove on Jan 16, 2024 18:12:47 GMT -5
I saw The Beach Boys with The Moody Blues and The Fixx at Sandstone Amphitheater in Bonner Springs, Kansas on July 2nd, 1986 and this song was BIG that year! The video for “Your Wildest Dreams” was on frequent rotation on MTV, back when the channel actually showed music videos. The fifth song on The Moody’s setlist that night. I was a huge Moody Blues fan then. Still love them. I played through their songbook on Sunday with my new (to me), Surf Green Fender Road Worn Stratocaster.
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Post by lonelysummer on Jan 17, 2024 16:22:01 GMT -5
Also in 1969, these guys toured in Europe with the Beach Boys: Paul Revere and the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay. "Let Me!" was a top 20 hit for the group in the US, but it didn't do a thing over there. Nice! Thanks, LS. Yes, it's strange... Paul Revere & the Raiders, like The Buckinghams and The Grass Roots, never made the grade in the UK. Were they too American? I would have thought being American would be a selling point over there. |
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Post by jk on Jan 17, 2024 16:57:43 GMT -5
Nice! Thanks, LS. Yes, it's strange... Paul Revere & the Raiders, like The Buckinghams and The Grass Roots, never made the grade in the UK. Were they too American? I would have thought being American would be a selling point over there. Not necessarily. There's definitely an undefinable something about the music by those three bands that failed to register with British audiences. Gary Lewis & the Playboys fared marginally better with just one UK hit, "My Heart's Symphony", which in the US was the first sign of their decline in the singles charts. Another interesting comparison between US and UK tastes concerns the five consecutive US #1's by The Supremes. The massively infectious "Come See About Me" did noticeably worse in the UK than its chart-topping predecessor "Baby Love". And "Back In My Arms Again", a floor-filler if ever there was one, barely scraped into the UK top 40! The Lovin' Spoonful's "Darlin' Be Home Soon" is another example of a big US hit by what by then was an internationally popular band that went nowhere in the UK. |
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Post by lonelysummer on Jan 18, 2024 15:15:11 GMT -5
I would have thought being American would be a selling point over there. Not necessarily. There's definitely an undefinable something about the music by those three bands that failed to register with British audiences. Gary Lewis & the Playboys fared marginally better with just one UK hit, "My Heart's Symphony", which in the US was the first sign of their decline in the singles charts. Another interesting comparison between US and UK tastes concerns the five consecutive US #1's by The Supremes. The massively infectious "Come See About Me" did noticeably worse in the UK than its chart-topping predecessor "Baby Love". And "Back In My Arms Again", a floor-filler if ever there was one, barely scraped into the UK top 40! The Lovin' Spoonful's "Darlin' Be Home Soon" is another example of a big US hit by what by then was an internationally popular band that went nowhere in the UK. Interesting. I know the Spoonful had some success over there - the Beatles were reportedly fans of Sebastian and co. I just assumed the Supremes were huge over there. I have a Canadian friend who is a huge Raiders fan. He grew up in the 60's, but he always points out, he didn't know the group from Where the Action Is or Happening '68; they didn't get those shows north of the border. Similar to the British guy I knew who liked Rick Nelson - he never saw The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, he just knew Rick from his records. The TV image seems to be a double edge sword - it gained those acts tremendous exposure, but it also had the effect of freezing their image in time. When Rick was a long haired country rock pioneer in the early 70's, his fans still thought of him as a greasy haired teen idol on a black and white tv show. Paul Revere and the Raider were still thought of as a comedic group in Revolutionary War costumes during the time they were cutting records like "Indian Reservation". |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Jan 18, 2024 15:35:53 GMT -5
David Marks claims The Beach Boys backed Sam Cooke, but there seems to be no record of this as far as I know.
Being a huge Sam Cooke fan, this would be an epic thing for me to find out for sure, but I think Dave has got his wires crossed
with his recollection.
If anybody knows anything more about this, please fill in the gaps.
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Jan 18, 2024 15:47:34 GMT -5
This thread features the then-recent hit records of acts who opened for (or otherwise shared a bill with) the Boys, maybe on the strength of that record alone, with each post dropped on the day in question. Once again, a touch of the forelock to AGD and Ian R for the information in "Shows & Sessions", without which etc. Today in 1964, the Boys were touring down under with The Surfaris, Paul & Paula, the Joy Boys and the tour's headliner Roy Orbison, who was then enjoying chart success with the seasonal "Pretty Paper": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Paper_(song)Also shared with a young starlett, Little Pattie.  Little Pattie found early success by a local scout and signed her up and she had a run of successful 'Surf' and 'Pop' hits at an early age of 14. She had a few neat tunes in the 'Surf' genre, nothing as polished as 'The Honeys' or any of the American female singers, but she became a local star because of her personality and 'girl next door' charm. Her big hit became the mouthy title, 'He's my blonde headed stompy wompy real gone surfer boy': There's a bit of 'cringe' about some of this primitive Aussie surf music now, and even 'Little Pattie' who is still with us, is a little embarrassed about this early part of her life. I always would have loved to ask her about that photo with her and The Beach Boys and what memories she had on that 1964 tour with them. |
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Post by jk on Jan 18, 2024 15:54:43 GMT -5
Not necessarily. There's definitely an undefinable something about the music by those three bands that failed to register with British audiences. Gary Lewis & the Playboys fared marginally better with just one UK hit, "My Heart's Symphony", which in the US was the first sign of their decline in the singles charts. Another interesting comparison between US and UK tastes concerns the five consecutive US #1's by The Supremes. The massively infectious "Come See About Me" did noticeably worse in the UK than its chart-topping predecessor "Baby Love". And "Back In My Arms Again", a floor-filler if ever there was one, barely scraped into the UK top 40! The Lovin' Spoonful's "Darlin' Be Home Soon" is another example of a big US hit by what by then was an internationally popular band that went nowhere in the UK. Interesting. I know the Spoonful had some success over there - the Beatles were reportedly fans of Sebastian and co. I just assumed the Supremes were huge over there. I have a Canadian friend who is a huge Raiders fan. He grew up in the 60's, but he always points out, he didn't know the group from Where the Action Is or Happening '68; they didn't get those shows north of the border. Similar to the British guy I knew who liked Rick Nelson - he never saw The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, he just knew Rick from his records. The TV image seems to be a double edge sword - it gained those acts tremendous exposure, but it also had the effect of freezing their image in time. When Rick was a long haired country rock pioneer in the early 70's, his fans still thought of him as a greasy haired teen idol on a black and white tv show. Paul Revere and the Raider were still thought of as a comedic group in Revolutionary War costumes during the time they were cutting records like "Indian Reservation". Yes, the TV image of '60s US hitmakers... We didn't get that at all, from Ozzie and Harriet to Full House and beyond. So the wonderful likes of "Hello Mary Lou" basically came out of nowhere. The Supremes were indeed huge in the UK -- they had 12 top ten hits there over the years -- only not consistently huge! They were one of the few post-Beatles US acts to have any measure of success in a land then steeped in the Liverpool Sound and home-grown music in general (often inferior covers of US hits). On the subject of covers (and getting back to Gary Lewis), I do recall hearing a French version of "Everybody Loves A Clown" in the mid '60s. "Tout Le Monde Rit D'Un Clown" was sung by Claude François: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Fran%C3%A7ois |
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Post by jk on Jan 18, 2024 16:11:16 GMT -5
Today in 1964, the Boys were touring down under with The Surfaris, Paul & Paula, the Joy Boys and the tour's headliner Roy Orbison Also shared with a young starlett, Little Pattie. Little Pattie found early success by a local scout and signed her up and she had a run of successful 'Surf' and 'Pop' hits at an early age of 14. She had a few neat tunes in the 'Surf' genre, nothing as polished as 'The Honeys' or any of the American female singers, but she became a local star because of her personality and 'girl next door' charm. Her big hit became the mouthy title, 'He's my blonde headed stompy wompy real gone surfer boy': There's a bit of 'cringe' about some of this primitive Aussie surf music now, and even 'Little Pattie' who is still with us, is a little embarrassed about this early part of her life. I always would have loved to ask her about that photo with her and The Beach Boys and what memories she had on that 1964 tour with them. Thanks for that information, Rick. Shades of "County Fair" about that one! So her connection with The Beach Boys is Col Joye and the Joy Boys, whom I see she regularly supported on tour. Great picture, by the way! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Pattie |
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Post by Rick Bartlett on Jan 18, 2024 16:19:29 GMT -5
Also shared with a young starlett, Little Pattie. Little Pattie found early success by a local scout and signed her up and she had a run of successful 'Surf' and 'Pop' hits at an early age of 14. She had a few neat tunes in the 'Surf' genre, nothing as polished as 'The Honeys' or any of the American female singers, but she became a local star because of her personality and 'girl next door' charm. Her big hit became the mouthy title, 'He's my blonde headed stompy wompy real gone surfer boy': There's a bit of 'cringe' about some of this primitive Aussie surf music now, and even 'Little Pattie' who is still with us, is a little embarrassed about this early part of her life. I always would have loved to ask her about that photo with her and The Beach Boys and what memories she had on that 1964 tour with them. Thanks for that information, Rick. Shades of "County Fair" about that one! So her connection with The Beach Boys is Col Joye and the Joy Boys, whom I see she regularly supported on tour. Great picture, by the way! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_PattieThere's a better quality version of that picture on the back of one of our Aussie 45 EP's. Online, there doesn't seem to be a better copy of it.... I could go and dig mine out and scan it.... maybe Petsite will have one on file.  Meanwhile, discogs will have to suffice.   |
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Post by jk on Jan 19, 2024 9:43:31 GMT -5
Interesting songwriting credits on all four tracks. If my spies have got it right, "Fools" is now credited to Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago and Jimmy Merchant (with George Goldner as the producer) and the three BB originals add Mike as co-author. |
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Post by jk on Jan 20, 2024 5:12:42 GMT -5
Thanks for that information, Rick. Shades of "County Fair" about that one! So her connection with The Beach Boys is Col Joye and the *Joy Boys*, whom I see she regularly supported on tour. Great picture, by the way! On the subject of the Boys of Joy, this is "Murphy The Surfie", a hit for them in late 1963 and no doubt the highlight of their set at Centennial Hall, Adelaide, 60 years ago today: |
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Post by jk on Feb 4, 2024 8:05:07 GMT -5
The Boys played two gigs on this day in 1968, first at the Memorial Coliseum, Portland OR, with Buffalo Springfield and later at St Martin's College, Lacey WA, with BS, Smiling Castle and The Lemon Pipers, who were poised to take over the #1 slot with their biggest hit, the title track from Green Tambourine, an excellent album I bought at the time: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Tambourine |
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Post by jk on Feb 10, 2024 6:01:39 GMT -5
Today in 1967 the Boys played the Miami Beach Convention Hall, Miami FL, where they shared the bill with The Electric Prunes, The Left Banke, ? and the Mysterians and Keith, who at the time was enjoying his lone hit, "98.6" (good to hear it again): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_(singer) |
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Post by jk on Feb 14, 2024 17:39:15 GMT -5
I see the Boys played The Mosque Theater, Newark (NJ) 59 years ago today, when they shared the bill with The Magnificent Seven, who presumably opened the show. I wonder if this was the same band that recorded "Farmer John" b/w "For Today And Tomorrow" later that year?
To quote spunkthecombo from a different YT upload, "Farmer John was a promotional 45 RPM recorded in 1965 by The Magnificent Seven at Boutwell Studio in Birmingham, AL. Engineered by Eddie Hinton, the song was written by Terry Harris. The Magnificent Seven were: Johnny Townsend: Vocal, Tippy Armstrong: Guitar, Joe Sebotka: Piano/Organ, Jackie Sims: Drummer, Johnny Wyker: Trumpet, Denny Green: Alto Sax, Tommy Stuart: Tenor Sax. The horn players & guitarist sang backup vocals."
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Post by jk on Feb 28, 2024 5:14:52 GMT -5
On 28 February 1964 the Boys played the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose (CA) with The Rip Chords, The Surfaris, Bruce and Terry, Chris Crosby, Ramona King, The Preps -- and The Dartells, who'd scored in 1963 with "Hot Pastrami" and by now were probably promoting their even more raucous follow-up, "Dance, Everybody, Dance": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dartells |
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Post by jk on Mar 1, 2024 5:52:59 GMT -5
The Boys shared two shows at Portland's Civic Auditorium this day in 1970 with Paul Revere and The Raiders, who were no doubt promoting one of three singles (B6, A5 and B3 respectively) from their then-recent album Collage, of which the first, "We Gotta All Get Together", scraped into the US top 50: www.discogs.com/release/2354432-Raiders-Collage |
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Post by jk on Mar 4, 2024 13:41:45 GMT -5
When the Boys played the State University of Oregon in Corvallis this day in 1966, they did so in the company of UK actor-singer Noel Harrison, who had recently just missed the US top 50 with "A Young Girl (Of Sixteen)", an English version of the Charles Aznavour song "Une enfant": His big British musical moment came three years later in the shape of "The Windmills Of Your Mind", another English rendition of a French song, which reached #8 in the UK. I can recall hearing both these excellent songs at the time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Harrison |
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Post by jk on Mar 13, 2024 4:09:06 GMT -5
March 13th 1966 found the Boys wowing them at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh PA, aided and abetted by Noel Harrison (again), The Harold Betters Quartet, The Fenways, and The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Daydream" was then steaming up the charts towards the #2 position. This is its less-familiar B-side, "Night Owl Blues" (also the closing track on the Spoonful's debut album), featuring some serious wailing from John Sebastian on harmonica and Yal Yanovsky on guitar: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_You_Believe_in_Magic_(album) |
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Post by jk on Mar 18, 2024 15:42:09 GMT -5
Today in 1966, the Boys played two shows at Fordham College, New York NY, once again with the Spoonful and Noel H, and... The Uncalled For Three, who according to AGD's indispensable website "later became The Pickle Brothers, a comedy act who often opened for the Boys and were at one time signed to Brother Records, where Mike produced some tracks for them", one of which was probably "It's Time": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickle_Brothers |
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Post by tcruise on Mar 19, 2024 13:20:49 GMT -5
I don’t this completely matches the threads theme but this is one of my favourite performance clips
Ray Charles X The Beach Boys
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Post by jk on Mar 20, 2024 12:41:05 GMT -5
I don’t this completely matches the threads theme but this is one of my favourite performance clips Ray Charles X The Beach Boys Yes, Ray was something else. And you can't keep a good song down.  You are definitely a wee bit off-topic, TC, but that's never a problem in this section of the forum. Thanks for sharing!  |
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