"Ariola Hansa. With this label the group achieved their first chart hit after appearing on ""Top of the Pops"". The song was a cover of The Searchers' hit ""When You Walk in the Room"", and reached No.38 in the UK. Following this up with another cover, the formula worked even better and the group scored a top 10 hit with ""It's Only Make Believe"", which earned them a silver disc from the BPI for sales in excess of 250,000. In 1979, they scored their third chart hit with (yet another cover) ""Only You (And You Alone)"", which reached No.33. Their"
"When You Walk in the Room ""When You Walk in the Room"" is a song written and recorded by Jackie DeShannon, released as a single on November 23, 1963 as the B-Side to ""Till You Say You'll Be Mine"". It was re-released as an A-side in September 1964, and later included on the album ""Breakin' It Up on the Beatles Tour"". The single charted on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, peaking at #99. The song has since been covered by many other artists. The song's lyrics attempt to detail the singer's emotions when in the presence of the person he"
"Bono-Jack Nitzsche song ""Needles and Pins"" and the self-penned ""When You Walk in the Room"" later in 1963. Both reached the lower rungs of the US pop charts, but were Top 40 hits in Canada, where ""Needles and Pins"" made it all the way to No. 1. ""Needles and Pins"" and ""When You Walk in the Room"" later became US and UK hits for The Searchers. A version of ""When You Walk in the Room"" by Pam Tillis topped the country charts in 1994, and the song was also recorded by ex-Byrds member Chris Hillman in 1998 and by ex-ABBA"
"1963. In the UPI (United Press International) weekly survey it was #17 nationally, upheld by its widespread success across the country wherever it was treated as an A-side: ""Rolling Stone"" magazine named it #212 on its list of greatest songs of all-time. In My Room ""In My Room"" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Gary Usher for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1963 album ""Surfer Girl"". It was also released as the B-side of the ""Be True to Your School"" single. The single peaked at number 23 in the U.S. (the"
"In Your Room (The Bangles song) ""In Your Room"" is a 1988 song by American rock group The Bangles, written by Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg. The song was released as the first single from the band's third album, ""Everything"". It reached the top five of the US singles chart, and also charted in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. According to songwriter Billy Steinberg, ""In Your Room"" was written in the same batch of songs as ""Eternal Flame"". Steinberg recalled, ""The Bangles"" liked everything from Petula Clark to The Beatles and all the Sixties music they"
"music video (featuring Dick Clark), and depicting Tillis in a mid-1960s appearance on ""American Bandstand."" Compiled from liner notes. Former ABBA singer Agnetha Fältskog released her version of ""When You Walk in the Room"" as the second single from her 2004 album, ""My Colouring Book"". The track peaked at #11 in Sweden and #34 in the UK, where it remained in the chart for only two weeks. It was remixed by Almighty and SoundFactory. When You Walk in the Room ""When You Walk in the Room"" is a song written and recorded by Jackie DeShannon, released as a single on"
"In My Room ""In My Room"" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Gary Usher for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1963 album ""Surfer Girl"". It was also released as the B-side of the ""Be True to Your School"" single. The single peaked at number 23 in the U.S. (the A-side peaked at number 6, for a two-sided top-40) and was eventually inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. ""In My Room"" was ranked number 212 on ""Rolling Stone's"" list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Gary Usher"
"1961. Their first single for Capitol, ""The Way You Look Tonight,"" succeeded on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop chart and climbed to No. 13. Their next, ""When I Fall in Love,"" reached the Top 10 in late 1962 and hit No. 1 on AC. They had several other Top 10 AC hits, such as 1965's ""Theme From A Summer Place"". In late 1967 Bob Engemann resigned and was replaced by Jim Pike's younger brother, Gary Pike. The hits continued with the 1967 medley ""Goin' Out of My Head""/""Can't Take My Eyes Off You"" and in 1968 with ""Put Your Head"
"pictures"". The Shangri-Las The Shangri-Las were an American pop girl group of the 1960s. Between 1964 and 1966 they charted with teen melodramas, and remain especially known for their hits ""Leader of the Pack"", ""Remember (Walking in the Sand)"" and ""Give Him a Great Big Kiss."" The group was formed at Andrew Jackson High School in Cambria Heights, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City, in 1963. They were two sets of sisters: Mary Weiss (lead singer) (born 28 December 1948) and Elizabeth ""Betty"" Weiss (born 1946), and identical twins Marguerite ""Marge"" Ganser (4 February 1948–28 July 1996) and Mary"
"of her own composition ""When You Walk in the Room"". The following year, both songs would become hits for the Liverpudlian band the Searchers, who chose to place even greater emphasis on the jangly guitar playing in the songs. In addition, a number of DeShannon's songs from the period, including ""When You Walk in the Room"", displayed a greater degree of lyrical maturity and sensuality than was usual for pop songs of the time. This heightened degree of emotional introspection was inspired by her love of Bob Dylan's folk songwriting and represents one of the first attempts by an American"
"Club in London. Shortly afterwards, the band went on their first tour of the UK, which they called a ""training ground"" tour, because it was a new experience for all of them. Their material included the Chicago blues as well as Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs. The band's original rhythm section did not include bassist Bill Wyman, who joined in December 1962, or drummer Charlie Watts, who joined in January 1963. By 1963 they were finding their musical stride as well as popularity. In 1964 two unscientific opinion polls rated the band as Britain's most popular group, outranking even"
"Chipmunks covered ""Wiggle It"" for their album ""The Chipmunks Rock the House"". 2 in a Room 2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, active between 1987 and 1995, consisted of rapper Rafael ""Dose"" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger ""Rog Nice"" Pauletta. They are best known for their 1990 hit single ""Wiggle It"". It spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart (and #3 in the UK Singles Chart,) and then crossed over to mainstream radio, and climbed to #15 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, eventually becoming a gold"
"of Art, but was expelled in 1964. From this basis, and other Birmingham-based groups, was formed the Move, and they quickly entered the UK Singles Chart. Their single ""Night of Fear"" climbed to No. 2 in early 1967. Their third hit, ""Flowers in the Rain"", was the first song played at the launch of BBC Radio 1 in 1967, and the band evolved over a three-year period. After the departure of the Move's lead singer Carl Wayne, Wood's influence became more prominent. In 1967 Wood (and fellow Move member Trevor Burton) supplied backing vocals on the track ""You Got Me"
"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"
"sudden success of ""Remember (Walking In The Sand)"", all the girls were called upon to make personal appearances which required them to leave high school. Mary, however, stayed on for classes at a high school for young professionals in Manhattan. By the end of 1964 the group was an established act. They performed with the Beatles, a Fall 1964 tour with the Rolling Stones, R&B artists such as The Drifters and James Brown (who, according to Mary Weiss, was surprised to discover the girls were white), and ""Cashbox"" magazine listed them as best new R&B group. The group was also"
"2 in a Room 2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, active between 1987 and 1995, consisted of rapper Rafael ""Dose"" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger ""Rog Nice"" Pauletta. They are best known for their 1990 hit single ""Wiggle It"". It spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart (and #3 in the UK Singles Chart,) and then crossed over to mainstream radio, and climbed to #15 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, eventually becoming a gold single. Before that, they were known for a track called ""Do What"
"The Searchers (band) The Searchers are an English Merseybeat group, who emerged in the 1960s along with The Beatles, The Hollies, The Fourmost, The Merseybeats, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry and the Pacemakers. The band's hits include a remake of the Drifters' 1961 hit, ""Sweets for My Sweet""; remakes of Jackie DeShannon's ""Needles and Pins"" and ""When You Walk in the Room""; an original song written for them, ""Sugar and Spice""; a cover of The Orlons' ""Don't Throw Your Love Away""; and a cover of The Clovers' ""Love Potion No. 9"". With The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Searchers tied"
"loved. So when we got together to write with Susanna it was right up our alley because of course Tom and I grew up in the sixties and that was what we loved. So we had that in common with Susanna"". He added that the song's style was somewhat similar to ""Mony Mony"", the 1968 hit single by Tommy James and the Shondells. Released in October 1988, ""In Your Room"" entered the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 the following month and peaked at number five in January. It reached number four on the Singles Sales chart, number nine on the Hot 100"
"The Beat Room The Beat Room is a British television series presenting beat, rhythm and blues and other pop music, shown on BBC2 in 1964-65. The series was produced by Barry Langford and directed by James Moir. Acts, introduced by an off-screen presenter, Pat Campbell, performed live before an audience. The resident house band was initially Wayne Gibson and the Dynamic Sounds, but was replaced by Peter and the Headlines mid-run. The show also featured a sextet of female performance dancers, the Beat Girls formed from an existing group, the Katy-Dids. In all, 29 programmes were made. The first show,"
"The Four Pennies The Four Pennies were an English, 1960s pop group, most notable for their 1964 UK chart-topping song ""Juliet"". The Four Pennies were probably the most commercially successful UK vocal/instrumental group that failed to chart in the United States, during the so-called British Invasion. The Four Pennies were founded in 1963, and initially consisted of Lionel Morton (vocals, rhythm guitar), Fritz Fryer (lead guitar), Mike Wilshaw (bass, keyboards, backing vocals), and Alan Buck (drums) The group's name was chosen as a more commercial alternative to ""The Lionel Morton Four"", and was decided upon after a meeting above a"
"in 1960, by becoming the first group in ""history"" to place 3 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 at the ""same time"": Finger Poppin' Time"", ""Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go"" and ""The Twist"" in mid-July, 1960. The Midnighters held this record until it was finally broken by The Beatles in 1964. Credited to Hank Ballard and the Midnighters unless stated otherwise The Midnighters The Midnighters were an American R&B group from Detroit, Michigan. They were an influential group in the 1950s and early 1960s, with many R&B hit records. They were also notable for launching the career of lead"
"Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart in 1961, and he continued to release one or two per year, including covers of ""It's All in the Game"" in 1963 and ""Constantly"" in 1964, a revival of a popular Italian hit. In 1965, sessions under the direction of Billy Sherrill in Nashville, Tennessee were particularly successful, yielding ""The Minute You're Gone"", which topped the UK singles chart and ""Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)"" which made No. 2. Richard, and the Shadows in particular, however, never achieved star status in the United States. In 1960 they toured the"
"Beat Room"", from July 1964. She was forced to leave the Beat Girls in October 1964 due to a contractual dispute. In November 1964, Top of the Pops producers had decided a dance troupe was needed to perform when the act was not available. Jo Cook won the job of providing this troupe, and so created the group, the Go-Jos, named after herself Their first performance was on 19 November 1964 dancing to Baby Love by The Supremes. The group usually danced on Top of the Pops to the latest pop hits dressed in the mini skirts and high boots"
"chart in March 1964, but the follow-up, ""Portland Town"", was not a hit. The group moved on again, to the Columbia label and then Parlophone, where they released a version of ""Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead"" from the 1939 film ""The Wizard of Oz"". In 1964-65, they also appeared regularly as the backing-band on the BBC TV programme ""The Beat Room"". Among artists back by Gibson and his group were Millie Small, Long John Baldry, the Kinks, Herman's Hermits, Chris Farlowe, Manfred Mann, the Pretty Things, the Animals and Lulu and the Luvvers. Gibson's later recordings were as a"
"The Room (band) The Room were a new wave band from Liverpool formed in late 1979. They released three albums and several singles before breaking up in 1985. Two of the band members went on to form Benny Profane, Dust and Dead Cowboys. The Room formed in 1979 with an initial line-up of Dave Jackson (vocals), Robyn Odlum (guitar), Becky Stringer (bass), and Clive Thomas (drums, percussion). Early releases on their self-financed independent label, Box Records saw the band compared to Joy Division, The Fall and fellow Liverpool band Echo & the Bunnymen, and gained them strong support from the"
"1964 the group was given a contract by local record label Youngstown Records, and made their first record of ""Sometimes"", which was very popular locally in early 1965. After bubbling under the ""Billboard"" chart for a week, the Gentrys scored with the million-selling ""Keep on Dancing"" which reached No. 4 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1965. Success led to appearances on ""Hullabaloo"", ""Shindig!"", and ""Where the Action Is"", and they toured with The Beach Boys and Sonny and Cher, as well as playing on Dick Clark bills. However, five follow-up singles failed to break into the Top 40; several"
"Cathy Jean and the Roommates Cathy Jean & the Roommates (sometimes spelled Roomates) are an American vocal group who recorded in the early 1960s, and had a US pop hit in 1961 with ""Please Love Me Forever"". A version of the group, fronted by original singer Cathy Jean Giordano (now Cathy Jean Ruiz), still performs. The Roommates were originally a duo formed by 15-year-olds Steve Susskind and Bob Minsky, of Russell Sage Junior High in Queens, New York. After placing second in a local talent show--behind another duo, Tom & Jerry, who later became better known as Simon & Garfunkel--they"
"You Do It 1962 859 Tony Valla and the Alamos Love, Boy / Maria Christina 1963 860 Big Blues Carson Night You Left / Why Did You Leave 1963 861 Dave Hamilton and his Peppers Beatle Walk / Argentina 1964 862 The Lapels Bad Luck / Dusty Roads 1964 863 The Continental Four Jack The Ripper / Scramble 1964 864 The Destinations Valley Of Tears / Come On And Let Me Love You 1964 865 The Pat Holben Trio Monkey Jerk / I Am The Greatest 1964 866 Concertina Millie Trio Who Is Singing My Song / Swiss Girl 1964"
"Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2 Walk, Don't Run, Vol. 2 is the 16th studio album by The Ventures, released in 1964. It features ""Walk Don't Run '64,"" an updated recording of the Johnny Smith cover; as a single, it would be the second time the band had a Top 10 hit in the U.S. with that same composition. The album also includes a rendition of blues classic ""The House of the Rising Sun,"" and ""Rap City,"" the Ventures' arrangement of Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5. The original ""Walk, Don't Run"" album cover from 1960 featured employees from Liberty Records' stockroom"
"The Choir (band) The Choir was a garage rock band largely active in the greater Cleveland area from the mid-1960s into the early 1970s. Originally called The Mods, their largest commercial success came with the release of their first single ""It's Cold Outside"" in December 1966. The song, considered by many to be a classic of the garage rock era, was featured on ""Pebbles, Volume 2"", one of the earlier garage rock compilation LPs (issued in 1979). The flipside, ""I'm Going Home"" was included as a bonus track when the Pebbles album was reissued as a CD, and it can"
"Chart. In addition to recording rock/pop numbers, they also did some trad jazz, covering Paul Whiteman for a compilation album. In 1961 their single cover version of ""Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)"" reached number 21 in the UK chart, spending ten weeks in the listings. The group toured with Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran, as well as sharing a stage with The Beatles in 1963 opening for Chris Montez. In 1964, they moved to Columbia Records, but none of their three following singles charted. Bandmember Gordon Mills' success as a songwriter soon convinced him to move"
"to America on February 7, 1964, but Spector denied them the opportunity to do so. Instead, throughout 1964, the group appeared on numerous television shows such as ""Shindig!"", ""American Bandstand"", ""Hullabaloo"", and British TV show ""Ready, Steady, Go!"" As the popularity of other groups such as The Crystals, The Marvelettes, and The Angels began to wane, that of the Ronettes continued to grow. In the summer of 1964, Ronnie went into the studio to record her lead on the group's next single, ""Walking in the Rain"". She later recalled that the writers – Phil Spector, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil"
"massive wave of chart success that would continue until the Beatles broke up in 1970. On 4 April 1964, the Beatles held the top 5 positions on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart, the only time to date that any act has accomplished this. During the next two years, Peter and Gordon, The Animals, Manfred Mann, Petula Clark, Freddie and the Dreamers, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Herman's Hermits, The Rolling Stones, The Troggs, and Donovan would have one or more number one singles in the US. Other acts that were part of the ""invasion"" included The Who, The Kinks,"