"Love"" peaked at number eight in the UK charts, and the follow up single ""Try To Understand"" dented the top 25. Their last two singles however, ""Tell Me Like It Is"" and ""Call Me"", failed to make any impact. The group split in March 1966, when Lulu became a soloist. However, before this they toured Poland with the Hollies, becoming one of the first groups to perform behind the Iron Curtain, and recorded their debut single, ""House on the Hill"" b/w ""Most Unlovely"". After the single was recorded, Wendels left to join Tom Jones, to be replaced by Billy Bremner,"
"in the UK Singles Chart in May 1965, topping the chart for one week. The song was written and recorded in just four days after Hatch was asked by Granada TV to produce a song for the female lead in the programme to be seen on screen playing to herself. The lyrics were written by Trent on Christmas 1964, just before she embarked on a three-month tour of South Africa. When the song first hit the TV screen, people contacted ""TV Times"" to ask where they could buy the record with sales accelerating. The song went to number one in"
"released by Parlophone Records. The single began charting on 18 July 1964, a week later ousting the Rolling Stones' ""It's All Over Now"" from the top spot on the British charts on 25 July 1964, coincidentally the day when both the American and British albums too hit the peak of their respective charts. The single stayed on top for three weeks, and lasted another nine weeks in the charts afterwards. The American single on 1 August started a two-week-long run at the top, setting a new record – nobody before had ever held the number one position on both the"
"1960s, and by 1964 she was the featured singer with British bandleader Teddy Foster. After recording a version of the song ""It's Magic"", and releasing the latter as her debut single, Rogers suggested ""The Wedding"" as its follow-up, since it was a song she remembered fondly from her time in Spain. The single was released in the UK in August 1964 and marked her first appearance on the UK Singles Chart, steadily climbing the chart until it spent two weeks at number three in October and November of that year. Around this time Rogers' recording was released in the U.S.,"
"The Adverts The Adverts were an English punk band who formed in 1976 and broke up in late 1979. They were one of the first punk bands to enjoy chart success in the UK; their 1977 single ""Gary Gilmore's Eyes"" reached No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart. ""The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music"" described bassist Gaye Advert as the ""first female punk star"". The band was formed in 1976 by T.V. Smith (Tim Smith) and Gaye Advert (Gaye Black). Smith was from the town of Okehampton in mid-Devon, and Advert was from Bideford, a small coastal town in North"
"for quite a while, as evidenced by the one million advance orders for the single. When it was finally released, the response was phenomenal. A week after it entered the British charts, on 14 December 1963, it knocked ""She Loves You"" off the top spot, the first instance of an act taking over from itself at number 1 in British history, and it clung to the top spot for five weeks. It stayed in the charts for another 15 weeks and made a one-week return to the charts on 16 May 1964. Beatlemania was peaking at that time; during the"
"break into the ""Billboard"" Top 40. In June 1964, the group's following single, ""Do I Love You?"", was released, also breaking into the Top 40, beating their previous single by five positions. The song is most notable for its powerful instrumental opening, accompanied by finger snapping and hand clapping. As the British Invasion took full force on the American music scene in 1964, the Ronettes were one of the few groups that were able to maintain their relevance. When they toured the UK in January 1964, they had been asked by John Lennon to accompany the Beatles on their flight"
"single, which was having a resurgence of popularity following intense media coverage of the group. Taking two weeks to dislodge its predecessor, ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"" stayed at number 1 for five weeks and remained in the UK top 50 for 21 weeks in total. It was also the group's first American number 1 hit, entering the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart on 18 January 1964 at number 45 and starting the British invasion of the American music industry. By 1 February it topped the Hot 100, and stayed there for seven weeks before being replaced by ""She Loves"
"1964. Kirby disliked the song, stating that: ""Honestly, I was really surprised because I never had much hope for this record, and when I recorded it I thought it might never get anywhere at all."" ""Let Me Go, Lover!"" was followed by ""You're The One"", which peaked at No. 17 in May 1964. This success was followed by a record-breaking summer season show at the ABC Theatre in Blackpool. Kirby became one of the biggest stars of the early to mid-1960s, appearing in the Royal Command Variety Performance and two television series for BBC TV. She represented the United Kingdom"
"UK Singles Chart in February 1978. The track spent a total of 11 weeks in the charts. It was produced by Joe Gibbs, using a re-recording of the riddim of the 1967 Alton Ellis song ""I'm Still in Love"", which had already been re-popularised in the 1970s by Marcia Aitken's cover ""I'm Still in Love With You Boy"", and ""Three Piece Suit"" by Trinity, to which ""Uptown"" was an ""answer record"". The single's UK release was on the Lightning record label. The lyrics were written by the duo and Errol Thompson. Althea & Donna became the youngest female duo to"
"UK Singles Chart in November 1968, Following the release of the group's debut single, Bonnet made a remark to a reporter as to ""Only One Woman"" being a bit boring, angering Barry. Their second single ""The Walls Fell Down"" only reached Number 28 in the same chart. But in the Netherlands it was more successful, where it reached Number 3 in their Top 40 in April 1969. In 1970, Gordon released his first and only solo album ""Alphabet"" on Polydor Records. He later became a high school music teacher. On 9 January 2013, after not being heard from for several"
"especially with ""I Love How You Love Me"". The Sensations, the Chiffons, the Angels, and the Orlons were also prominent in the early 1960s. In early fall 1963 one-hit wonder the Jaynetts' ""Sally Go 'Round the Roses"" achieved a mysterious sound quite unlike that of any other girl group. In 1964, the one-hit wonder group the Murmaids took David Gates' ""Popsicles and Icicles"" to the top 3 in January, the Carefrees' ""We Love You Beatles"" scraped the top 40 in April, and the Jewels' ""Opportunity"" was a small hit in December. The girl group sound also extended to existing acts"
"appeared at New York's Peppermint Lounge in 1964 and accompanied the Rolling Stones on their American tour the following year. They had a hit in England with a version of ""Can't You Hear My Heartbeat"". The Continental Co-ets from Fulda, Minnesota, were active from 1963-1967 and had a hit in Canada with ""I Don't Love You No More"". The Pleasure Seekers (later known as Cradle), from Detroit, featured Suzi Quatro and her sisters. Quatro went on to greater fame as a musical solo act and television actress in the 1970s. The Luv'd Ones, also from Michigan, signed with Chicago's Dunwich"
"UK album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"", both by the Beatles. The label also achieved placement of seven singles at No. 1 during 1964, when it also claimed top spot on the UK Albums Chart for 40 weeks. Parlophone continued as a division of EMI, until it was merged into the Gramophone Co. Ltd. on 1 July 1965. On 1 July 1973, the Gramophone Co. Ltd. was renamed as EMI Records Limited. On 28 September 2012, regulators officially approved Universal Music Group (UMG)'s planned acquisition of EMI, on condition that its EMI Records Ltd. group would be divested from"
"UK Singles Chart began on 31 October 1959 and lasted 17 weeks. The last chart-topper of the 1950s, it retained the number one position for the first three weeks of 1960 until it was replaced by Michael Holliday's 'Starry Eyed' on 29 January 1960. The 1945 film ""Nob Hill"", starring George Raft, Joan Bennett and Peggy Ann Garner, featured Vivian Blaine singing this song. The 1950 film ""Wabash Avanue"", starring Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Phil Harris, had used the chorus as a transition between scenes, following ""I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River"" In 1960, Danish rock singer"
"Ballrooms and also the opposition Top Rank ballrooms, in order to persuade the local independent record shops to order the record. The following year pop impresario Andrew Oldham and Calder merged their clientele to set up the UK’s first independent PR-pop company, ‘IMAGE.’, and handled the day-to-day management of the Rolling Stones, and later the promotion of the Beach Boys via their publishing contract. In early 1965, Calder did his first and last record production, taking over from Oldham producing Marianne Faithfull, producing her biggest hits ""Come and Stay With Me"", which reached Number 4 in the UK Singles Chart"
"and delivered in a raucous but mature voice, peaked at #7 on the UK charts. Massey guided her career for more than 25 years, for most of which time they were partners in business, and Massey's husband Mark produced some of Lulu's recordings. After the success of ""Shout"", Lulu's next three singles failed to make an impact on the charts. She released ""Leave A Little Love"" in 1965, which returned her to the UK Top Ten. Her next record, ""Try to Understand"" made the Top 30. In 1966, Lulu toured Poland with the Hollies, the first British female singer to"
"Louisa Mark Louisa Lynthia Mark, also known as ""Markswoman"" (11 January 1960 – 17 October 2009), was a British lovers rock singer, best known for her work between the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Her 1975 single ""Caught You in a Lie"" is regarded as the first lovers rock single. Mark was born in Kensal Rise, London to Grenadian immigrant parents, and grew up in Shepherd's Bush. She had her introduction to the music business initially by working as guest vocalist on Dennis Bovell's Sufferer sound system, followed by a residency at the Metro club in Westbourne Park, and via ""Star"
"The other instrumental also not included on the CD, was the B-side of their first single ""Third Finger Left Hand"", and titled ""Little Lady Love Me"". This track was credited to ""The Rhythm of the Pearls"". The final two tracks were available on this CD for the first time. The Pearls The Pearls were an English 1970s girl vocal duo from Liverpool, England, featuring Lyn Cornell and Ann Simmons (née O'Brien). They released a total of 12 singles, the most successful being ""Guilty"", which reached No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1974. Various Pearls singles were released"
"The single hit the charts again in 1987 in the UK at number 87, it also appeared on her 1995 album What Goes Around. This single made Quatro the first female bass guitar player to become a major rock star and so broke a barrier to women's participation in rock music. This, Quatro's second solo single, was released after she moved from the United States to Britain. In the United States, she had already released two singles with the all-female band The Pleasure Seekers. Her first solo single, ""Rolling Stone,"" was recorded with session players. ""Rolling Stone"" only achieved popularity"
"1984 however that she found her first success with the hit ""25 Lovers"". This was followed by ""Ring of Ice"" and then with the song she would become famous the world over for - ""The Power of Love"". In 1985 the song became a massive success and reached No.1 in the UK for five weeks, selling well over a million copies. It was at the time the biggest selling single ever by a female artist and is still one of the biggest selling singles ever. Success in her native US proved elusive however as the single was just a minor"
"Keavy Lynch and their friend Sinéad O'Carroll. The trio began writing and recording together, but soon realised that there was ""someone missing"". Upon Keavy's suggestion, they asked Armaou to come for an audition and she played a tape recording of a song she had written. The other girls liked it and Armaou became the fourth member of the band, who later changed their name to B*Witched. B*Witched enjoyed huge success worldwide, becoming the first girl group in history to have their first four singles debut at number one in the UK. Their self-titled debut album also topped the UK Albums"
"voice and showmanship (which made him one of the most popular and respected rock performers in Australian music), completed the original line-up, which consisted of drummer Col Baigent, bassist John ""Bluey"" Watson and guitarists Valentine Jones and Vince Maloney (who later played with The Bee Gees). Valentine Jones left the band shortly after Billy Thorpe had joined and was later replaced by Tony Barber. The group broke through in mid-1964 with a massive nationwide hit, their cover of the Leiber and Stoller classic ""Poison Ivy"", which famously kept The Beatles from the No. 1 spot on the Sydney charts at"
"Lulu and many others. Cornell joined The Pearls, who charted in the UK with several singles between 1972 and 1974, including their Top 10 hit, ""Guilty"". The Carefrees The Carefrees were a British group formed in 1964, most known for their song ""We Love You Beatles"". Although often referred to as a girl group, the Carefrees consisted of three women and three men: female vocalists Lynn Cornell, Barbara Kay and Betty Prescott, and male vocalists/instrumentalists Don Ridell (piano, organ), Johnny Evans (sax, flutes), and John Stevens (drums). Cornell had previously been in The Vernons Girls, and was married to Andy"
"BBC radio and on television, as well as performing live in cabaret and clubs, often with Ellington's former pianist Dick Katz (1916-1981); they married in 1961. In May 1960 she co-hosted, with Jimmy Savile, a short series of teen-oriented programmes, ""Young at Heart"", for Tyne Tees Television; these were Savile's first television appearances. She also worked for Border Television. She sang the theme song for the 1961 film ""The Hellions"", and also recorded commercials and worked as a backing singer. In 1963 she recorded for the HMV label, and in 1964 issued the single ""Christmas Calling"", produced by Joe Meek"
"fourth most successful act in the UK singles chart, behind Elvis Presley, the Beatles, and Cliff Richard. The Shadows and Cliff Richard & the Shadows each have had four No. 1 selling EPs. The Shadows were formed from members of late 1950s UK skiffle groups: Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, both inspired by US pop music, came from the Newcastle-based Railroaders (and also the Five Chesternuts on Columbia Records); and Jet Harris and Tony Meehan from London, both inspired by UK jazz–skiffle music, came from the Vipers Skiffle Group (on Parlophone Records). Originally the backing band for Cliff Richard, ""The"
"Hillsborough football crowd disaster, giving Marsden – in association with other Liverpool stars, including Paul McCartney and Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Holly Johnson – another British number one. In the US, their recordings were released by the small New York City record label Laurie in 1963, with whom they issued four singles without success. When the Beatles broke through in January 1964, Laurie's next regular single release of ""Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"" became a big hit and during 1964 Laurie coupled ""How Do You Do It?"" with ""You'll Never Walk Alone"" (Laurie 3261) and ""I Like It"""
"stable-mates The Beatles, with whom she had shared space at Abbey Road Studios (as mentioned in the ""Beatles Anthology"" DVD bonus materials). Her career as an entertainer was to last well into the 1970s. She was signed to a management contract by Eric Easton, who later went on to manage The Dave Clark Five and The Rolling Stones, and then signed a recording contract with Parlophone. In 1961 she released her first record, ""Mrs Mills Medley"", a single that entered the Top Twenty of the UK Singles Chart. She toured the UK, making many appearances on TV and radio throughout"
"recorded their second single, ""Love Her"", overseen by Nick Venet and arranger Jack Nitzsche, with Scott Engel taking the lead vocal part for the first time. With financial backing from Leeds' stepfather, Walker, Engel and Leeds travelled to the UK in February 1965 for an exploratory visit. In the UK, ""Love Her"" was released on the Philips label, an affiliate of Mercury, and reached # 20 on the UK singles chart. Walker and Engel signed a new recording contract, and, with Leeds, began performing live in England, to considerable press attention and with growing numbers of - predominantly female teenage"
"The Ivy League (band) The Ivy League were an English vocal trio, created in 1964, who enjoyed two Top 10 hit singles in the UK Singles Chart in 1965. The group's sound was characterised by rich, three-part vocal harmonies. The Ivy League was formed in August 1964 by three session singers with an extensive vocal range, John Carter, Ken Lewis (both previous members of Carter-Lewis and the Southerners) plus Perry Ford. They were first heard doing background vocals for The Who on their hit single ""I Can't Explain"" in November 1964 but, after that, the Who's producers entrusted John Entwistle"
"while she was on maternity leave. Before the release of their 1962 debut album, ""Meet the Supremes"", Barbara Martin, who had replaced Betty McGlown a year before they signed to Motown, left the group. Ballard, Ross and Wilson remained a trio. After the hit success of 1963's ""When the Love Light Starts Shining Through His Eyes"", Diana Ross became the group's lead singer. In the spring of 1964, the group released ""Where Did Our Love Go"", which became their first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, paving the way for ten number-one hits recorded by Ross, Ballard and Wilson"
"1970s, Brice joined the band permanently in 1990 replacing Les Litwinenko-Jones who had previously played with Ian Kewley in Samson. The Ivy League (band) The Ivy League were an English vocal trio, created in 1964, who enjoyed two Top 10 hit singles in the UK Singles Chart in 1965. The group's sound was characterised by rich, three-part vocal harmonies. The Ivy League was formed in August 1964 by three session singers with an extensive vocal range, John Carter, Ken Lewis (both previous members of Carter-Lewis and the Southerners) plus Perry Ford. They were first heard doing background vocals for The"
"to Massey. It was Massey who changed Marie Lawrie's name to Lulu and that of her band from The Gleneagles to The Luvvers. Massey thereafter was able to obtain a first recording contract for Lulu and The Luvvers at Decca Records. Massey is particularly notable for having become a music manager in the early 1960s, while at the same time being the mother of three young children. Female music managers were particularly rare during this period. The only female contemporary to Massey during this period was Eve Taylor, manager of singer Sandie Shaw. During the commencement of Lulu's career, Massey"