Which group had a number one hit in 1966 with 'Michelle'. It was the first time that a cover version of a 'Beatles' record had reached number one?
"from ""Born Free"", ""The Impossible Dream"", ""Somewhere My Love"" and ""Strangers in the Night"". In 1999, BMI named ""Michelle"" as the 42nd most performed song of the 20th century. The song was a UK hit in 1966 for the Overlanders, whose version topped the ""Record Retailer"" chart. It also reached number 2 in Australia. Signed to Pye Records, the Overlanders issued their recording after the Beatles had declined to release it as a single themselves in the United Kingdom and the United States. According to author Steve Turner, Pye and the Overlanders were given the Beatles' blessing because the record"
"Michelle (song) ""Michelle"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in December 1965 on their album ""Rubber Soul"". It was composed principally by Paul McCartney, with the middle eight co-written with John Lennon. The song is a love ballad with part of its lyrics sung in French. Following its inclusion on ""Rubber Soul"", the song was released as a single in some European countries and in New Zealand, and on an EP in France, in early 1966. It was a number 1 hit for the Beatles in Belgium, France, Norway, the Netherlands and New"
"others that she could never have imagined, growing up an African-American girl on the South Side of Chicago, that someday a Beatle would sing ""Michelle"" to her as First Lady of the United States. According to Walter Everett: The Beatles Billy Vaughn Bud Shank Spokesmen David & Jonathan Overlanders Michelle (song) ""Michelle"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in December 1965 on their album ""Rubber Soul"". It was composed principally by Paul McCartney, with the middle eight co-written with John Lennon. The song is a love ballad with part of its lyrics sung"
"hits, they recorded songs for motion picture soundtracks, appeared in the 1965 film ""Beach Ball"", and endorsed dozens of products, at one point having their own brand of bread. By the end of 1966, their number-one hits included ""I Hear a Symphony"", ""You Can't Hurry Love"" and ""You Keep Me Hangin' On"". That year the group also released ""The Supremes A' Go-Go"", which on October 22 became the first album by an all-female group to reach number one on the US ""Billboard"" 200, knocking the Beatles' ""Revolver"" out of the top spot. Because the Supremes were popular with white audiences"
"Zealand, while concurrent recordings of the song by David and Jonathan and the Overlanders were similarly successful in Canada and Britain, respectively. ""Michelle"" won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1967 and has since become one of the most often recorded of all Beatles songs. The instrumental music of ""Michelle"" originated separately from the lyrical concept. According to McCartney: ""Michelle"" was a tune that I'd written in Chet Atkins' finger-picking style. There is a song he did called ""Trambone"" with a repetitive top line, and he played a bass line while playing a melody. This was an"
"her big-selling cover. The Everly Brothers followed in 1963, along with Jerry Wallace (1966), Dean Martin (1967), Engelbert Humperdinck (1967) who was number one on the UK Singles Chart and many others in the years after. The Humperdinck version has the distinction in the UK of holding the number one slot on the chart for six weeks during March and April 1967, and preventing The Beatles' ""Penny Lane"" / ""Strawberry Fields Forever"" from reaching the top spot. Humperdinck's ""Release Me"" was also the highest selling single of 1967 in the UK, recording over one million in sales, eventually becoming one"
"1 (Beatles album) 1 is a compilation album by the English rock band the Beatles, originally released on 13 November 2000. The album features virtually every number-one single the band achieved in the United Kingdom and United States from 1962 to 1970. Issued on the 30th anniversary of the band's break-up, it was their first compilation available on only one CD. ""1"" was a commercial success and topped the charts worldwide. It has sold over 31 million copies. In addition, ""1"" is the fourth best-selling album in the US since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking US album sales in January 1991"
"The Beatles in 1966 for shortest span between first weeks at number one. This record was yet again beaten by ""Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals"", when it reached number one in the US three weeks later; it also reached number one in Ireland. ""Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers"" also reached number one in Australia, Ireland, and Scotland, acquiring a platinum certification by the ARIA and gold certifications by the BPI and RIAA; ""Glee: The Music, Volume 4"" acquired the same three certifications. ""Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album"" reached number one in Canada, and was given platinum certification"
"Race said this was indicative of how a formally trained arranger ""was so attended to the conventional way of thinking he didn't even hear what the boys had done"". Andy Williams covered the song on his 1966 album ""The Shadow of Your Smile"". That same year, ""Michelle"" was one of Louis Andriessen's ""Satirical Arrangements"" of Beatles songs for singer Cathy Berberian. American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan also covered the song, while Matt Monro recorded it in 1976 with a string quartet. Instrumental versions were released by the Ventures, using a clavinet over the solo; Booker T. & the M.G.'s; and"
"1962–1966 1962–1966 (also known as ""The Red Album"") is a compilation album by the English rock band the Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title. Released with its counterpart ""1967–1970"" (""The Blue Album"") in 1973, it reached No. 3 in the United Kingdom and No. 1 in the United States ""Cash Box"" album chart. However, in ""Billboard"", ""1962–1966"" peaked at No. 3, while ""1967–1970"" reached the top spot. The album was re-released in September 1993 on compact disc, charting at No. 3 in the UK. The album was compiled by Beatles manager Allen Klein. Even though the group had"
"by sales of over 236,000 copies, making it the first single to sell more than 200,000 copies since 1999. Its ascent broke the record set by the British band The Beatles for the biggest leap to number one after their single ""Can't Buy Me Love"" rose from number 27 to number one in April 1964. That record was later broken by the American pop rock band Maroon 5 when ""Makes Me Wonder"" rose from number 64 to number one in May 2007. Clarkson would later break it again when her single ""My Life Would Suck Without You"" rose from number"
"from 1964 to 1966. After first running a story on 10 December 1963, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite on 7 February 1964 ran a story about The Beatles' United States arrival in which the correspondent said ""The British Invasion this time goes by the code name Beatlemania"". A few days later they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. Seventy five percent of Americans watching television that night viewed their appearance thus ""launching"" the invasion with a massive wave of chart success that would continue until they broke up in 1970. On 4 April 1964, the Beatles held the top"
"was, in contrast to more recent charts, a top twelve sourced by the magazine itself from sales in regional stores around the UK. The first number one was ""Here in My Heart"" by Al Martino. During the 1960s the paper championed the new British groups emerging at the time. The ""NME"" circulation peaked under Andy Gray (editor 1957–1972) with a figure of 306,881 for the period from January to June 1964. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones were frequently featured on the front cover. These and other artists also appeared at the NME Poll Winners' Concert, an awards event that"
"Beatles were ""everywhere"", as not only leaders of a ""new aristocracy"" but also recipients of MBEs. The latter was an unprecedented appointment for pop stars at the time and a reflection of British politicians' recognition of the Beatles' influence and mass appeal. Combined with the critical and public acclaim given to ""Rubber Soul"", the show resulted in a surge in cover recordings of works from the Beatles' Northern Songs publishing catalogue. In author Bob Spitz's description: ""By mid-1966, an astounding eighty-eight Lennon–McCartney songs had been recorded in over 2,900 versions. Gershwin finally had competition."" ""The Music of Lennon & McCartney"""
"1967–1970 1967–1970 (widely known as ""The Blue Album"") is a compilation of songs by the English rock band the Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title. It was released with ""1962–1966"" (""The Red Album""), in 1973. ""1967–1970"" made number 1 on the American Billboard chart and number 2 on the British Album Chart. This album was re-released in September 1993 on CD, charting at number 4 in the United Kingdom. The album was compiled by Beatles manager Allen Klein. Songs performed by the Beatles as solo artists were also considered for inclusion, but as with the cover songs on"
"group should have released a single album instead. Nonetheless, ""The Beatles"" reached No. 1 on the charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and has since been viewed by some critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. By 1968, the Beatles had achieved commercial and critical success. The group's mid-1967 release, ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"", was number one in the UK for 27 weeks, through to the start of February 1968, having sold 250,000 copies in the first week after release. ""Time"" magazine declared that ""Sgt. Pepper's"" constituted a ""historic departure in"
"knocked off by the band's second album, ""With the Beatles"", which was itself at the summit for 21 weeks. This means The Beatles were at number one for 51 consecutive weeks in all - a total not bettered by any other artist. Lists of UK Albums Chart number ones This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Albums Chart, from its inception in 1956 to the present. The sources are the ""Record Mirror"" chart from 1956 to the end of 1958, the ""Melody Maker"" chart from November 1958 to March 1960, the ""Record Retailer"" chart from"
"highest certified sales of any single issued in the UK in 1966. In the United States, the single reached number 2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, number 1 in ""Record World"" and in ""Cashbox"". The single was released during the controversies about the ""Butcher Cover"" (the ""Yesterday and Today"" album cover) and Lennon's remarks about Christianity, which are cited as part of the reason the song failed to reach number 1 on all US charts. It sold 1,200,000 copies in four weeks and earned the Beatles their twenty-first US Gold Record award, beating the record set by Elvis Presley. Although"
"and ""Melody Maker"". Soon after, the Beach Boys were voted the number one band in the world in the ""NME"" readers' poll, ahead of the Beatles, the Walker Brothers, the Rolling Stones, and the Four Tops. ""Billboard"" said that this result was probably influenced by the success of ""Good Vibrations"" when the votes were cast, together with the band's recent tour, whereas the Beatles had neither a recent single nor had they toured the UK throughout 1966; the reporter added that ""The sensational success of the Beach Boys, however, is being taken as a portent that the popularity of the"
"record was their first single certified gold by the RIAA. Dennis Wilson told a reporter that the new album ""makes ""Pet Sounds"" stink—that's how good it is!"" The Beach Boys were soon voted the number-one band in the world in an annual readers' poll conducted by ""NME"", ahead of the Beatles, the Walker Brothers, the Rolling Stones, and the Four Tops. ""Hit Parader"" wrote: ""The Beach Boys' album ""Smile"" and single ""Heroes And Villains"" will make them the greatest group in the world. We predict they'll take over where The Beatles left off."" In November 1966, Brian was filmed performing"
"break-up in 1970, gave no further commercial concerts, instead devoting their efforts to creating new material in the recording studio. Between 1964 and 1970, they maintained the number one single in the US for a total of 59 weeks and topped the LP charts for 116 weeks. In other words, they had the top-selling single one out of every six weeks, and the top-selling album one out of every three weeks. For the annual best-band poll conducted by ""NME"" between 1963 and 1969, 1966 was the only year that the Beatles did not win, coming second to the Beach Boys."
"national chart published by ""Melody Maker"", it peaked at number 4. At this time, the Beatles came second in the World Vocal Group category in the ""NME""s annual readers poll, finishing with 5221 votes to the Beach Boys' 5321 – marking the only year between 1963 and 1969 that the Beatles failed to win in that category. Reports in ""Billboard"" and ""KRLA Beat"" attributed this result partly to the lack of new music from the band, and the fact that they had not toured the UK in 1966. According to author Jonathan Gould, Epstein's concern was the Monkees, whose rise"
"the band's recent tour, whereas the Beatles had neither a recent single nor had they toured the UK throughout 1966; the reporter added that ""The sensational success of the Beach Boys, however, is being taken as a portent that the popularity of the top British groups of the last three years is past its peak."" The Beach Boys ended the final quarter of 1966 as the strongest selling album act in the UK, dethroning the three-year reign of native bands such as the Beatles. In 1971, a writer in ""Cue"" magazine noted that, from mid 1966 to late 1967, the"
"late 1964 and early 1965 they broke through with their late 1965 single ""Keep on Running"", which knocked The Beatles off the number 1 position in the UK in January 1966. Two more UK hit singles followed during 1966 alongside two highly successful albums, before the November 1966 release of their own composition ""Gimme Some Loving"" – the group's masterpiece and one of the great recordings of the 1960s. This and its 1967 Winwood-written follow up ""I'm a Man"" were top 10 hits on both sides of the Atlantic selling over a million copies and adding a huge fanbase in"
"Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1966 Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1966 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1966. All ten songs on the original 1988 release reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. However a 1993 re-issue replaced the two Motown songs (""You Can't Hurry Love"" & ""Reach Out I'll Be There"") as well as Nancy Sinatra's ""These Boots are Made for Walkin'"" with ""When a Man Loves a Woman,"" ""Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly,"" and ""Good Lovin',"" subsequently bringing the number of chart toppers down"
"No. 1. ""Act Naturally,"" a No. 1 single for the Buckaroos in 1963, was covered by The Beatles on their 1965 album ""Help!"" Other hits included ""I've Got A Tiger By The Tail,"" ""Together Again,"" and ""Love's Gonna Live Here,"" which occupied the top position on the country chart for 17 weeks near the end of 1963. The Buckaroos recorded a live album, Carnegie Hall Concert in 1966, which Holly said was his favorite recording as a Buckaroo. At the time, it was only the second album recorded at Carnegie Hall by a country music group, and it is widely"
"of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in December, and became their first number one in Britain. That month, the record was their first single certified gold by the RIAA. It came to be widely acclaimed as one of the greatest masterpieces of rock music. In December 1966, the Beach Boys were voted the number-one band in the world in an annual readers' poll conducted by ""NME"", ahead of the Beatles, the Walker Brothers, the Rolling Stones, and the Four Tops. ""Billboard"" said that this result was probably influenced by the success of ""Good Vibrations"" when the votes were cast, together with"
"first No. 1 hit. The Beatles later recorded a cover of it in 1965, with Ringo Starr as lead singer. Ringo Starr later re-recorded the song as a duet with Owens in 1988. The 1966 album ""Carnegie Hall Concert"" was a smash hit and further cemented Buck Owens and the Buckaroos as more than just another honky tonk country band. They achieved crossover success on to the pop charts. During that year, R&B singer Ray Charles released cover versions of two of Owens' songs that became pop hits: ""Crying Time"" and ""Together Again"". In 1967, Owens and the Buckaroos toured"
"Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ""The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time"" is a 2003 special issue of American biweekly magazine ""Rolling Stone"", and a related book published in 2005. The lists presented were compiled based on votes from selected rock musicians, critics, and industry figures. The lists predominantly feature American and British music from the 1960s and the 1970s, topped by The Beatles’ 1967 album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"", with a top 10 that featured four entries from The Beatles (#1, 3, 5 and 10), two from Bob Dylan (#4 and 9), and one"
"first period of British success in the late 1960s started with ""New York Mining Disaster 1941"" and the band added drummer Colin Petersen and guitarist Vince Melouney to their line up. They toured Europe in 1967 and 1968 as well as the US in August 1968. The band's first UK No. 1 was ""Massachusetts"" which features Gibb on lead vocal. On the day it reached number one, 5 November 1967, Robin Gibb recalled to ""The Mail on Sunday"" on 1 November 2009: On 13 June 1968, Gibb recorded demos for seven songs, accompanying himself on guitar. The tape listed Robin"
"""100 Greatest Beatles Songs"" list. Four years before this, ""Mojo"" placed it 7th in a similar list of the Beatles' best songs.<ref name=""Mojo/101 Greatest""></ref> Among the song's many cover versions, Welsh singer Shirley Bassey recorded a successful version of ""Something"". It was released in 1970 as the title track to her album of the same name.<ref name=""Bassey/AM""></ref> Also issued as a single, it became Bassey's first top-ten hit in the UK since ""I (Who Have Nothing)"" in 1963, peaking at number 4 and spending 22 weeks on the chart. The single also reached the top twenty in other European countries"
"compilation master. The fake stereo mixes of ""Love Me Do"" and ""She Loves You"" were replaced by the true mono versions. In the US, the album sold 1,215,338 double LPs by December 31, 1973 and 3,475,942 double LPs by the end of the decade. 1962–1966 1962–1966 (also known as ""The Red Album"") is a compilation album by the English rock band the Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title. Released with its counterpart ""1967–1970"" (""The Blue Album"") in 1973, it reached No. 3 in the United Kingdom and No. 1 in the United States ""Cash Box"" album chart. However,"
"release of ""The Beatles"". The album debuted at number 1 in the UK on 7 December 1968. It spent seven weeks at the top of the UK charts (including the entire competitive Christmas season), until it was replaced by the Seekers' ""Best of the Seekers"" on 25 January 1969, dropping to number 2. However, the album returned to the top spot the following week, spending an eighth and final week at number 1. The album was still high in the charts when the Beatles' follow-up album, ""Yellow Submarine"", was released, which reached number 3. In all, ""The Beatles"" spent 22"