BLAST FROM THE PAST 5

[rictified]

The problem I have with it is that he tried to imitate Roy too much, probably the only way it can be sung though.

[royclough]

Never done that one Bob, not in my range

[royclough]

If not entered yet get your answer in, you will not be named if wrong!

[royclough]

Ok 63% who entered got 2 points, getting it on first attempt.
10% got it on 2nd attempt 1 point.
27% did not correctly identify

DEL SHANNON

Thanks to all who entered into spirit of it

[kenposurf]

Missed this one Roy...do another?

[lyle_from_minneapolis]

Yes, give us another one, Roy. I need to take my mind away from this bridge collapse---a very ugly scene. BFTP is a welcome escape.

[rictified]

Del Shannon? I never would have guess that in a million years, good one Roy. How the heck did any of you who guessed it, get it?

[brammy]

Did a google search on the song name and the word "covers". Couldn't get a sound clip but his was the only one that fit the clue of old hits and one later one.

OOPS! My secret is OUT!

[nick_allen]

The description meant it had to be an American, and then tried to figure out an American hitmaker who might have recorded in Manchester - but I didn't actually think it sounded like him, & still don't!

[sowhat]

How the heck did any of you who guessed it, get it?

Well, just had a thought, like, "maybe it sounds like Del Shannon?", nothing more, haven't used any "instruments" like amg etc this time.

[royclough]

Nick I can assure you it's Del you can still get it on this 2 on 1 CD

http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/153270/Live-In-England-And-The-Music-Plays-On/Product.html

[brammy]

The poster says:
.... The Stones "Victimsation"....
anyone know what that is referring to?

[nick_allen]

Wasn't doubting you Roy! Just didn't have "his sound"...
As for the Stones' "victimisation" - almost certainly an Andrew Loog Oldham planted story... His autobiography (forget the title) is a fascinating read on the whole London Sixties deal.
Nick

[brammy]

"Despite a brace of UK Top 10 hits in the mid 1960s, the Rockin' Berries could make no inroads on the lucrative U.S. market, even at the height of the so-called ' British Invasion'.

Much of their recordings were at the lighter edge of the British beat music boom. Their popular music was carefully composed by British and American songwriters, with catchy choruses and harmonies lifted straight from The Four Seasons and The Beach Boys repertoire.

The Rockin' Berries themselves wrote virtually none of their own material, and this, combined with the kid glove approach, meant that they received little critical acclaim. Their best pop/rock outpourings were perfectly respectable, but poor management also veered them towards the 'all round entertainer' category. This led them to record some comedy songs that have dated badly, and further quickened their disappearance from the UK chart."

Here's some Rockin' Berries clips:
248667-1237083-WMLO%2C00.html,http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/page/0,,248667-1237083-WMLO,00.html

They do a good version of 'Dawn (Go Away)' but it's so similar to the 4 Seasons that you might as well listen to the original, in my opinion.

Apparently the group is still going... but with what looks like only one original member.

[brammy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbP8QkoFJsg
I'm going to go out on a limb here, but I think The Beatles had a greater influence on Epiphone and Ludwig sales than The Rockin' Berries did.