fiona wrote:I don't think I know that band tmac. The difference in the music in the UK and in the US, especially for that time period, was unbelievable.
Amazing how an ocean can make such a difference.
Toolin' down the highway doing 79,
I'm a twin-pipe papa and I'm feeling fine...
Well now that I virtually commute between Scotland and St. Louis every couple of months I can tell you that my musical education has been broadened beyond belief. Mind you I return the favour.
I'm not going to let my history pull me down and hold me back, you see.
Bunch of guys from Buffalo, NY. "Wild Weekend" was their sole claim to fame and was adopted by lots of DJ's in the early sixties as their theme song. Wish I could have found a link. Hey...bonus points???
fiona wrote:
Well now that I virtually commute between Scotland and St. Louis every couple of months I can tell you that my musical education has been broadened beyond belief. Mind you I return the favour.
Wow, what a commute. Hey, my dad's parents came to America from Edenburgh...I long to see the homeland.
Toolin' down the highway doing 79,
I'm a twin-pipe papa and I'm feeling fine...
The first British band (Pre-Beatles) to hit #1 in the US. The song was "Telstar" in 1963. Followed by "Riding the Wind" which was a good song, but I don't think it ever cracked the top 40. Managed by the late (and apparantly quite insane) Joe Meek. He committed suicide and the band never found out what happened to all of their royalties. Rock and roll... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ybCjf6ras
Toolin' down the highway doing 79,
I'm a twin-pipe papa and I'm feeling fine...
This group had a few hits in the UK in the 1980s. From what I remember they were pretty classic Europop.
Wow, what a commute. Hey, my dad's parents came to America from Edenburgh...I long to see the homeland.
Edinburgh will have changed a lot since they came over but it's still a beautiful city. I'm in the country but I go there every now and again to see family.
I'm not going to let my history pull me down and hold me back, you see.