Which group sang about 'Mrs. Brown's lovely daughter' in 1965?
"antique, but that's about it."" In ""The Spinning Image"", Graeme Clark described the film as ""something of an improvement on the Hermits' previous movie, ""Hold On!""...The songs are better...what you're left with is an artefact that was not intended to last down the ages, but has anyway."" Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (film) Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter is a 1968 British musical comedy film starring Peter Noone. The film showcases the British rock band, Herman's Hermits, and is their second and final feature film, following ""Hold On!"" in 1966. In ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a"
"of the decade (after the Beatles' ""Hey Jude"" and ""Get Back""). The Hermits never released the track — or their other US 1965 number one, ""I'm Henry VIII, I Am"" — as a single in their native Britain. ""Mrs Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" was recorded as an afterthought in two takes and featured unique muted lead and rhythm guitar by Derek Leckenby and Keith Hopwood and heavily accented lead vocals by Peter Noone, with backing vocals from Karl Green and Keith Hopwood. The band never dreamed it would be a single let alone hit number one in the"
"Tour"", MGM released ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" in April, 1965. It immediately went to #1 on the US Billboard chart. The album itself peaked on the Billboard 200 chart at #2, and remained on the chart for 40 weeks. The album was not released in the UK until September, 1965. As was customary at the time, UK album releases did not have any singles on them. The UK version peaked at #16, and was only on the charts for two weeks. In his retrospective review of the album's release, Richie Unterberger for AllMusic gave the album a"
"The Browns The Browns were an American country and folk music vocal trio best known for their 1959 Grammy-nominated hit, ""The Three Bells"". The group, composed of Jim Edward Brown and his sisters Maxine and Bonnie Brown, had a close, smooth harmony characteristic of the Nashville sound, though their music also combined elements of folk and pop. They disbanded in 1967 and were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in March 2015. James Edward, older sister Maxine, and younger sister Bonnie Brown sang individually in Pine Bluff, Arkansas until 1954, when Maxine and Jim Ed signed a record"
"Barbara and the Browns Barbara and the Browns were an American soul and gospel vocal group, fronted by Barbara Brown (died 3 February 2010) who also recorded as a solo singer. The group were from Memphis, Tennessee, and originally comprised Barbara Brown with her sisters Roberta, Betty, Maurice, and brothers Walter and Richard writing some of their material. In 1963 they auditioned with Chips Moman, intending to record gospel music, but Moman persuaded them to record his secular song ""Big Party"". The song was released as a single on Wilmo Records, and after it became locally successful the master was"
"world premiere in London, while he also starred in the hit musical ""Charlie Girl"" in the West End between 1965 and 1968, and starred in the musical comedy film ""Three Hats for Lisa"" in 1965, alongside Una Stubbs, Sophie Hardy and Sid James . He also made a cameo appearance as himself in the 1964 film ""The Beauty Jungle"", and presented the children's television series, ""Joe & Co"", on BBC Television. In 1972, he formed another band, ""Brown's Home Brew"", which played rock and roll, country and gospel music and featured his wife, Vicki Brown, who died of cancer in"
"My Heartbeat"" (US No. 2). They recorded The Rays' ""Silhouettes"" (US No. 5), Sam Cooke's ""Wonderful World"" (US No. 4), ""Just a Little Bit Better"" (US No. 7), and ""A Must to Avoid"" (US No. 8) in 1965; George Formby's ""Leaning on a Lamp Post"" from ""Me and My Girl"" (US No. 9), and the Ray Davies song ""Dandy"" (US No. 5) in 1966; and ""There's a Kind of Hush"" (US No. 4) in 1967. On Chicago radio station WLS ""Mrs. Brown"" and ""Silhouettes"" were 1–2 on 14 May 1965 and exchanged positions the next week, a distinction matched only"
"he was dealt. The band's singles were written by some of the top songwriters of the day, but Noone, Leckenby, Hopwood and Green contributed lesser-known songs such as ""My Reservation's Been Confirmed"", ""Take Love, Get Love"", ""Marcel's"", ""For Love"", ""Tell Me Baby"", ""Busy Line"", Moon Shine Man"", ""I Know Why"" and ""Gaslight Street"". ""I Know Why"" enjoyed a limited ""A""-side release. The group was nominated for two Grammy awards in 1965 for ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"". According to Noone and Hopwood, the song was recorded as an afterthought in two takes – using two microphones, with Hopwood"
"a Top 10 hit during the summer of 1954. In 1955, younger sister Bonnie Brown joined Maxine and Jim Ed to create the trio group, the Browns. They scored their biggest hit when their folk-pop single ""The Three Bells"" reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop and country charts in 1959. In December of that same year, ""Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)"" proved to be a successful follow up single; just missing the top ten. ""The Old Lamplighter"" was next in 1960. Another highlight for the group came in 1963, when they were inducted into Nashville's Grand Ole"
"into Something Good"" (written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King), which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 13 in the US in late 1964. They never topped the British charts again, but had two US Billboard Hot 100 No.1s with ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" (originally sung by Tom Courtenay in a 1963 British TV play) and ""I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am"" (a British music hall song, which singer Peter Noone's Irish grandfather had been in the habit of singing when Noone was young). These songs were aimed at a US fan base,"
"to perform today, with no original members, under the leadership of Lovell. The Swinging Blue Jeans The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four-piece 1960s British Merseybeat band, best known for their hit singles with the HMV label; ""Hippy Hippy Shake"", ""Good Golly Miss Molly"", and ""You're No Good"", issued in 1964. Subsequent singles released that year and the next made no impression. In 1966, their version of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's ""Don't Make Me Over"" peaked at no. 31 in the UK Singles Chart, but the group never charted again. The group had its origins in 1957, when Bruce"
"of ""Blue Christmas"" reached No. 97 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 singles chart in December 1960. The Browns appeared on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" and ""American Bandstand"", and followed up with ""Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)"" and ""The Old Lamplighter"", recordings that also did well on both the pop and country charts. With an international following, they toured Europe extensively and saw further moderate success on the country music charts. In 1963, they joined the Grand Ole Opry. Jim Ed began recording as a solo artist for RCA Victor in 1965 and these efforts quickly began overshadowing the trio's recordings."
"81. On July 16, 2016, Bonnie Brown also died from lung cancer at the age of 77. The Browns The Browns were an American country and folk music vocal trio best known for their 1959 Grammy-nominated hit, ""The Three Bells"". The group, composed of Jim Edward Brown and his sisters Maxine and Bonnie Brown, had a close, smooth harmony characteristic of the Nashville sound, though their music also combined elements of folk and pop. They disbanded in 1967 and were elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in March 2015. James Edward, older sister Maxine, and younger sister Bonnie"
"visitor to the camp and encouraged the group. Founding members of the group were Jerry Gray (banjo and lead singer), Sid Dolgay (mando-cello), and the singers Helen Gray, Jerry Goodis, and Oscar Ross. In 1961 Jerry Goodis was replaced by Ray Woodley. In 1965 they were joined by singer Joe Hampson, husband of Sharon Hampson of Sharon, Lois & Bram fame. Other members over the years include Simone Johnston, Pam Fernie, Aileen Ahern, Marty Meslin, Ted Roberts and Don Vickery. The group, which originally considered calling itself ""The Beavers"", started singing outside the camp at labour events and at strikes"
"Old Brown's Daughter Old Brown's Daughter (Roud 1426) was an English music hall song, sung by Alfred Vance, and became a Newfoundland folk song. It was written by G. W. Hunt (1839–1904), circa 1878, although it is often wrongly credited to Johnny Burke (1851–1930). It was in the repertoire of English folk singer Walter Pardon on his 1975 album, A Proper Sort. Peter Bellamy also sang a version of Old Brown's Daughter on his 1975 self-titled album. In 1991, Damien Barber recorded the song for Fellside Records and it was released on the compilation Voices in 1992. The melody was"
"Ray Brown & the Whispers Ray Brown & the Whispers were a highly successful Australian rock band from 1964 to 1967. Led by singer Ray Brown, they ranked alongside the Easybeats, Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs and Normie Rowe as one of the most popular acts of the period. In 1964, the band played at the Bowl, a Sydney nightclub, doing covers of popular songs such as ""Shakin All Over"". The group performed regularly in front of thousands of excitable teenagers who danced wildly to the sounds and energy pro-vided by these new pop heroes. It was inevitable that the"
"Several rare demo recordings from his time in Herman's Hermits are available through his website. Peter Noone credits his old friend with coming up with the idea of recording ""Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" as an afterthought, when Herman's Hermits were short of material for their first album. Noone's heavily accented delivery, together with Hopwood's muted rhythm guitar work, propelled the track to number one on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. Contrary to many reports, the song was not an old music hall number, and the Hermits did play on the track as well as on many"
"the musical trio the Browns. Signed by RCA Victor in 1956, the trio scored their biggest hit when their folk-pop single ""The Three Bells"" reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop and country charts. The single held the No. 1 spot on the pop charts for 4 weeks, and on the country charts for ten. After she married Dr. Gene Ring in 1960, she was known as Bonnie Brown Ring. In 1965, the Browns joined the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, and disbanded in 1967 after Bonnie had decided to retire from the music business. Unlike her"
"Sweet Georgia Brown ""Sweet Georgia Brown"" is a jazz standard and pop tune composed in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard, with lyrics by Kenneth Casey. Reportedly Ben Bernie came up with the concept for the song's lyrics – although he is not the accredited lyricist – after meeting Dr. George Thaddeus Brown in New York City: Dr. Brown, a longtime member of the State House of Representatives for Georgia, told Bernie about Dr. Brown's daughter Georgia Brown and how subsequent to the baby girl's birth on August 11, 1911 the Georgia General Assembly had issued a declaration that"
"Fortune Aires (a) / Johnny Powers and his Rockets (b) Rock The Universe / Honey Let's Go (To A Rock And Roll Show) (reissue) 1965 5045 Roy Hall and his Jumping Cats Three Alley Cats / Bed Spring Motel (23 Spring St.) (with picture sleeve) 1965 5046 Ellis Kirk and the Town & Country Boys Sweetie Pie / Joann 1965 5047 Tony Vella Danny's Polka / Quirdro Nos 196? 5048 Len Bland and the Hi-Notes For Your Love, Pretty Baby / Operator 196? 5049 Pat Holden My Mother Is A Funky Chicken / Keep On Truckin' 196? 5050 Roy Hall's"
"number of performances of this song by the Rolling Stones in 1965: from the popular BBC-TV music show ""Top of the Pops"", the 1965 ""New Musical Express"" Poll Winners Concert and American TV shows including ""The Ed Sullivan Show"" and ""Shindig!"". A full live performance is also prominently featured in the 2012 re-edit of the 1965 documentary ""Charlie Is My Darling"". The footage confirms that the rhythm chords and guitar solo were played by Keith Richards, while the song's distinctive hook was played by Brian Jones, suggesting that Jones may have composed that riff. A popular song in the Stones'"
"Treacle Brown ""Treacle Brown"" is a song written and produced by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb and was performed by Australian singer Lori Balmer. It was only released in the United Kingdom on Polydor Records. It was written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb for the ""Pippi Longstocking"" film and was given to Balmer. Instrumental work by the three members of the Bee Gees, they also do the same with ""Only One Woman"" by The Marbles in 1968. Balmer, who had recorded a single with the Gibb brothers in 1966 moved with her family to England in the"
"was credited to the members of the Cornish band The Onyx who had recorded the music in 1967 as a demo. ""He Fought The Law/ The Union Station Blues"" (1966, Columbia DB7874) ""Have I Sinned/ Wild Flower"" (1966, Columbia DB7943) ""Wild Flower/ The Man Who Took The Valise Off The Floor Of Grand Central Station At Noon"" (1966, Columbia DB7959) ""Yellow Submarine/ Promise Me You'll Cry"" (1966, Columbia DB7992) ""Across The Street/ Over And Over Again"" (1967, CBS 2819) ""Hair/ Climb That Tree"" (1969, President PT283) The She Trinity The She Trinity was a Canadian/British pop group of the 1960s."
"(No.1, 25 December 1965), ""At the Scene"" (No.1, March 1966), ""Try Too Hard"" (No.5, May 1966), ""Please Tell Me Why"" (No.5, July 1966), ""Satisfied With You"" (No.32, September 1966), ""Nineteen Days"" (No.23, November 1966), ""I've Got To Have A Reason"" (No.31, February 1967), ""You Got What It Takes"" (No.7, May 1967), ""You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby"" (No.37, July 1967) and ""Red And Blue"" (No.42, December 1967). Studio albums The Dave Clark Five The Dave Clark Five were an English rock and roll band formed in Tottenham in 1957. In January 1964 they had their first UK top ten"
"is waiting for her date to arrive. He vows to try ""over and over"". In 1965, the most successful version, was recorded by the Dave Clark Five, one of the early British Invasion bands of the mid-1960s. This version was sung by lead singer and keyboardist Mike Smith. It followed the group's signature sound of thumping, 4/4 drum beats accompanied by a wailing saxophone. It omits the final verse of the song. In the US, ""Over and Over"" was the group's 12th Top 40 hit and was their only #1 hit. It was also the last #1 hit of 1965."
"Pickettywitch Pickettywitch was a British pop group. Fronted by singer Polly Brown (also billed as Polly Browne), the group became best known for its hit single, ""That Same Old Feeling"", which was written by Tony Macaulay and John Macleod. It reached number five in the UK Singles Chart in 1970. The original members were Polly Brown (vocals), Chris Warren (vocals), Bob Brittain (organ), Martin Bridges (guitar), Mike Tomich (bass guitar) and Keith Hall (drums). Bridges and Tomich were replaced later in 1970 by Peter Hawkins (died 18 October 2014) (guitar) and Brian Stuart (bass), who would later be replaced by"
"the duo ""cute as a button"". On January 18, 2011, the group also performed at the Grand Ole Opry as part of the Academy of Country Music Awards, where they were nominated for Top New Vocal Duet or Group. They also performed ""Wildflower"" and ""Shotgun Girl"" at the opening of 2011 CMA Music Festival; as part of the set, Brown played a medley of the Charlie Daniels' 1979 single ""The Devil Went Down to Georgia"" and Johnny Cash's 1938 song ""Orange Blossom Special"". Chris Parton of CMT praised the group for their energy and harmonies, while Matthew Keever of the"
"The Swinging Blue Jeans The Swinging Blue Jeans are a four-piece 1960s British Merseybeat band, best known for their hit singles with the HMV label; ""Hippy Hippy Shake"", ""Good Golly Miss Molly"", and ""You're No Good"", issued in 1964. Subsequent singles released that year and the next made no impression. In 1966, their version of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's ""Don't Make Me Over"" peaked at no. 31 in the UK Singles Chart, but the group never charted again. The group had its origins in 1957, when Bruce McCaskill formed a jazz influenced skiffle sextet group called the Bluegenes. Besides"
"The James Brown Show The James Brown Show (also known as Presenting the James Brown Show) is a 1967 album featuring James Brown. It was released on Smash Records and showcases the vocalists who performed with the James Brown Revue in the mid-1960s, including Famous Flame ""Baby Lloyd"" Stallworth, Vicki Anderson, The Jewels, and James Crawford. Following the terms of Brown's contract with King Records, he does not sing on the album, but contributes as producer, arranger, and organist. Although ""The James Brown Show"" presents itself as a live album, parts of it were recorded in the studio. It has"
"Pretty Little Baby ""Pretty Little Baby"" is a 1965 single released by soul singer Marvin Gaye on the Tamla label. Co-written by Gaye, Clarence Paul and David Hamilton and produced by Paul, the song described the narrator's longing and pleading to his woman to not leave his side after the two had an argument. The song was originally written and recorded as a psychedelic holiday song called Purple Snowflakes. This version was eventually shelved and wouldn't be released until 1992, when it was released on the Motown Christmas compilation ""Christmas In the City"". The song was Marvin's second Top 40"
"1965. Their first single, ""Pretty Girls Everywhere"" (with John still installed as lead singer) crept into the charts but did not place highly. Their next single, ""Love Her"" – with Scott's deeper baritone in the lead – was a more substantial chart hit. Executives at Philips, their UK record label, took note of the rangy émigré Americans and began to promote them, with Scott displacing John as lead singer and focal point. The Walker Brothers' next release, ""Make It Easy on Yourself"", a Bacharach/David ballad, swept to No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart (number 16 on the U.S. charts)"
"and the first single taken from it, ""Let Me Introduce You to the Family"", only charted at No.42. However, the next single was ""Golden Brown"". The song is an evocative waltz-time ballad, with an extra beat in the fourth bar. Cornwell said the lyrics were ""about heroin and also about a girl. She was of Mediterranian origin and her skin was golden brown."" It became their biggest hit, charting at No.2 in the UK Singles Chart. It remains a radio staple to this day. Following this success, ""La Folie"" recharted at No.11 in the UK albums chart. ""Tramp"" was originally"
"Girl / Little Love 1958 208 Ellis Kirk and the Town & Country Boys (b-side featuring Lyle Collins on lead guitar) Sweetie Pie / Flamingo Rock 19?? 209 - The Tennessee Harmony Boys I'm A Millionaire / A Lonesome Feeling 210 The Hunt Sisters & Mark, Roy Hall and his Boys Teardrops / Elvis Is Rocking Again 1960 211 Jim Myers & Tex Regan with Jim Myers and his Gems (a) / Jim Myers and his Gems Pretty Baby Rock / J & D Hop 1960 212 Jim Myers and his Gems with The Montclairs under direction of Devora Brown"