Before the Beatles -Teen Idols

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:07 pm

Paul

Glad you recalled BV's hit of 67 Come Back When You Grow up, only a hit Stateside though, his last hit in UK was in 63.

Here's some trivia to get your brains in gear
In 67 BV made a little know Movie(as you guys call them)with a US female singer. Anyone know it

What is the connection between Bobby Vee, Ricky Nelson and Gene Pitney.

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:10 pm

Apart from Devil Woman in 76 Cliff made no impact in US Peter

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:12 pm

Roy: Didn't Pitney write for Vee and Nelson as in Rubber Ball and Hello Mary Lou. The Movie was C'mon Let's Live a Little with Jackie De Shannon wasn't it?

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:13 pm

Spot on my Man and the answer to the other is?

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:16 pm

C'mon Let's Live A Little. See above.

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:26 pm

Speaking of the Devil, how many 1960s songs do you recall that had "Devil" in the title Roy?

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:32 pm

Bob

Reference Gene Pitney, it is my belief that he actually only played Piano on one track "Little by Little" and he is credited in some quarters as playing macaras on "Not Fade Away".

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:36 pm

With regard to the main thread, what about Dion Dimucci? Would he qualify as a teen idol that was knocked out by the British mop-top wave?

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:44 pm

Certainly in the US you could, his hits virtually stopped after 63, here in UK though his last hit was 62 so you could argue that with the mop -top wave is chances were slim to zero as they say of having another hit.

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:49 am

little devil
Devil in her heart
Devil in disguise
Race with the devil
devil with the blue jeans on
sympathy for the devil
devil or angel

off top of my head probably 100's more

admin · Post by **admin** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:34 am

All hot numbers Roy.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:49 am

Dion had a huge hit here during the late 60's with "Abraham, Martin, and John," but that was the only one I remember and "Come back when you grow up Girl" Bryan Hyland, was also a very big hit here. You still hear it a lot on the oldies stations.

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:58 am

Yes he did Bob November 68 made number 4 but it was his first top 20 hit since 63 and he has not had another since. Come Back When You Grow Up was Bobby Vee made number 3 in August 67, again his last hit in states had been in 63, same situation as Dion never has another top 20 since.

This tends to support the thread topic that these artists careers, in terms of commercial record sales success, were diminished by the beat boom.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 5:59 am

I agree Roy, the beat boom avenged the war of 1812, haha! Many many artists lost their careers for the most part or at least their chart dominance besides the teen idols.

winston · Post by **winston** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 7:21 am

Roy you're bang on as usual. Richard vs Richards yep that was a slip in terms of getting my brain to coordinate with my keyboard. It was not an intentional mistake on my part. Peter is right too, the tactic did not work. When I was a teenager in England I remember vividly the controversy that surrounded Cliff. He was always compared to Elvis. Most in my area thought that Cliff was infinitely better.