"U.S. chart in the summer of 1959. Johnny and the Hurricanes followed with ""Red River Rock"", an instrumental version of ""Red River Valley"", on Warwick Records, that became a top ten hit on both sides of the Atlantic (No. 5 in the U.S., No. 3 in the UK), and sold over a million copies. The musicians in the band then were Paris on saxophone, Paul Tesluk on a Hammond Chord organ, Dave Yorko on guitar, Lionel ""Butch"" Mattice on bass, and Bill ""Little Bo"" Savich on drums. They specialised in versions of old tunes with a rock and roll beat."
"at Fort Carson, Colorado. In 1959, The Browns 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 song also peaked at No. 10 on ""Billboard's"" Rhythm and Blues listing. Remakes of the pop hits ""Scarlet Ribbons"" and ""The Old Lamplighter"" continued the hit streak, reaching the top 15 on ""Billboard's"" Pop and Country surveys. The trio had moderate successes on the country music charts for seven years thereafter. In 1963, they joined the Grand Ole Opry and in 1967 the group disbanded. Brown continued to"
"Red Rockers Red Rockers were a musical band from New Orleans, Louisiana, active from 1979 to 1985. Originally formed as a hard-charging punk rock band, they changed their style to a smoother, more melodic sound and released two albums in the new wave vein of their record label, 415. They are best known for their 1983 hit single ""China"". The band was formed as a trio in 1979 by John Thomas Griffith (rhythm guitar and vocals), James Singletary (lead guitar), and Darren Hill (bass guitar). Under the short-lived pseudonyms of ""Stunn"", ""James Jett"", and ""Derwood"", with various stand-ins as ""Drummur"","
"Red Card (album) Red Card was the third and most successful studio album by the UK rock group Streetwalkers, which made the #20 in the UK album charts. The album features the lineup of Roger Chapman, Charlie Whitney, Bobby Tench of The Jeff Beck Group and Hummingbird, Nicko McBrain, who later played drums with Iron Maiden and bassist Jon Plotel. This groove heavy album was released in the UK by Vertigo and in the United States by Mercury during 1976 and remains a much respected album by many. All tracks composed by Roger Chapman and John ""Charlie"" Whitney; except where"
"with bubblegum. Garage and bubblegum groups were also both generally singles acts. Several garage punk bands, including Shadows of Knight, later recorded bubblegum tracks, while Ohio Express, one of the major 1960s bubblegum bands, began their recording career with punk-rooted tunes. Between those two camps emerged Florida group The Royal Guardsmen, who scored a US No. 2 hit in 1966 with their novelty hit ""Snoopy vs. the Red Baron"", and The Fifth Estate, whose 1967 song ""Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead"" reached No. 11 in the US. Tommy James and the Shondells are also seen as a major influence, with"
"indicated Red Card (album) Red Card was the third and most successful studio album by the UK rock group Streetwalkers, which made the #20 in the UK album charts. The album features the lineup of Roger Chapman, Charlie Whitney, Bobby Tench of The Jeff Beck Group and Hummingbird, Nicko McBrain, who later played drums with Iron Maiden and bassist Jon Plotel. This groove heavy album was released in the UK by Vertigo and in the United States by Mercury during 1976 and remains a much respected album by many. All tracks composed by Roger Chapman and John ""Charlie"" Whitney; except"
"Green River (album) Green River is the third studio album by American rock and roll band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in August 1969. It was the second of three albums they released in that year, the first one being ""Bayou Country"" (their second release overall) which was released in January. In 2003, ""Green River"" was ranked number 95 on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It features two of the band's best-known songs, ""Bad Moon Rising"" and the title track. The album was remastered and reissued on 180-gram vinyl by Analogue Productions in 2006."
"filled in for him on tours, as did Billy Walker. In 1959, The Browns 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 song also peaked at No. 10 on ""Billboard's"" Rhythm and Blues listing. Based on a song called ""Les trois cloches"", it was originally a hit in France for Édith Piaf. The recording sold over one million copies, and was nominated for both Record of the Year and the Best Group or Vocal Performance in the Grammy award categories in 1959. Their version"
"their single ""Run Run Run"" reached #53 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and that same year the LP ""Id Music"" was released on Epic Records. The last single released under the name Third Rail was issued in 1968, after which Levine went on to sing the tune ""Yummy Yummy Yummy"" for the Ohio Express. All three members later went on to work as songwriters for Kasenetz & Katz. The Third Rail (band) The Third Rail was an American pop/rock group made up of studio musicians briefly popular in the 1960s. The group had three members: Arthur Resnick, Kris Resnick (Artie's"
"rockabilly group The Blue Caps, led by manic performer Gene Vincent. Peek even co-wrote ""The Rock-Around"" with Reeder, and Reeder played piano on the 1958 recording that launched the NRC (National Recording Corporation) label. From these contacts and Paul Peek's influence with Capitol Records came a record contract for Reeder; Cub Koda described the results as ""some of the most untamed and unabashed sides ever issued by a major label."" At this point, Eskew Reeder, Jr. adopted the stage name ""Esquerita"". The ensuing years found Reeder cutting several singles with various backing musicians in studios in Nashville, Dallas, New Orleans"
"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"
"Tom Pinnock of ""Uncut"" in 2013, ""“Green River” was my favourite song from the Creedence era, because it really had the whole Sun Records vibe to me – and the album, too."" Green River (album) Green River is the third studio album by American rock and roll band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in August 1969. It was the second of three albums they released in that year, the first one being ""Bayou Country"" (their second release overall) which was released in January. In 2003, ""Green River"" was ranked number 95 on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums"
"In San Antone / Dirty Boogie 1959 127 Doyle Franklin and his Red River Boys One Heart Too Many / If The Blues Don't Kill Me 1949 128 Russ Titus One, Two, Three Samba / It's The Tingle Of The Wine 1949 129 Earl Songer and the Rocky Road Ramblers The Fire In My Heart / Honky Tonkin' Blues 1949 130 Jimmy Milner Hard Luck Blues / Booty Green 1949 131 Earl & Joyce Songer Fox Chase / Will There Be Any Flowers On Your Grave 1949 132 Slim Williams and his Tennessee Avenue Boys Throwing Kisses / Reckon As"
"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"
"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"
"Cass and the Big 3 before settling on The Mugwumps. Roulette released ""Nora's Dove (Dink's Song)"" / ""Grandfather's Clock"" as a single in 1968 to promote its compilation ""The Big 3 Featuring Mama Cass"". The Big 3 (folk group) The Big 3 was an American folk trio consisting of singer Cass Elliot (1941–1974), singer-songwriter-banjo player Tim Rose (1940–2002), and singer-guitarist Jim Hendricks (b. 1940). In 1962, Tim Rose and John Brown met Cass Elliot in Georgetown, DC: ""After trying a few songs together, they went on the road as The Triumvirate. In Omaha, Nebraska, they recruited James Hendricks before heading"
"The Big 3 (folk group) The Big 3 was an American folk trio consisting of singer Cass Elliot (1941–1974), singer-songwriter-banjo player Tim Rose (1940–2002), and singer-guitarist Jim Hendricks (b. 1940). In 1962, Tim Rose and John Brown met Cass Elliot in Georgetown, DC: ""After trying a few songs together, they went on the road as The Triumvirate. In Omaha, Nebraska, they recruited James Hendricks before heading for New York City as The Big Three."" Brown appears to have been left behind. In New York, the reconfigured trio played coffee houses and folk clubs – including The Bitter End – with"
"Capitol's Grand Canyon-like echo chamber, which Gilmore used to make the Trio's instruments 'ring' like no other folk group, before or since."" Sales of ""Here We Go Again!"" rose to over 900,000 copies reaching the number one chart position for eight weeks. At one point in 1959 after the release of ""Here We Go Again!"", the Trio had four records at the same time among the Top 10 selling albums according to ""Billboard Magazine's"" ""Top Ten Albums"" chart for five consecutive weeks in November and December 1959, a record unmatched now for over 50 years. ""Here We Go Again!"" received"
"a pre-med student at the University of Miami, joining his cousin's instrumental rock band the Redcoats, becoming the guitarist, and eventually, the singer. The Redcoats consisted of Jim Alaimo on rhythm guitar, Brad Shapiro on bass, and Jim ""Chris"" Christy on drums. After playing a Sock hop held by local disc jockey Bob Green and label owner Henry Stone, the band earned a record deal with Stone's Marlin Records. In 1959, ""I Want You To Love Me"" became a regional hit for the band. Green became Alaimo's manager, ultimately giving up the role to Stone. That same year, Dick Clark's"
"Redbone (band) Redbone is a Native American rock group originating in the 1970s with brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas. They reached the Top 5 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in 1974 with their No. 5 hit single, ""Come and Get Your Love"". The single went certified Gold selling over a million copies. Redbone achieved hits with their singles ""We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee"", ""The Witch Queen of New Orleans"", ""Wovoka"", and ""Maggie"" in the United States, although these singles were more successful overseas. Redbone is known as the first Native American rock/Cajun group to have a"
"Rascals in 1966. In 1966 he formed a recording group, The Third Rail, with his wife Kris — also a successful songwriter — and Joey Levine. Their single ""Run Run Run"" reached no.53 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1967, and that same year the LP ""Id Music"" was released on Epic Records. Resnick and Levine established a songwriting and producing partnership as part of the Super K Productions bubblegum pop empire set up by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz, writing hit songs for the Ohio Express (""Yummy Yummy Yummy"", ""Chewy Chewy"", and ""Mercy""), and the Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus"
"The Ivy Three The Ivy Three were an American pop group from Garden City, Long Island, New York. The group was formed by three undergraduates at Adelphi University in 1959. They signed to Shell Records; their first single, ""Yogi"", was written by Shell founders Lou Stallman and Sid Jacobson along with member Charles Koppelman. The song became a hit in America, peaking at #22 on the Black Singles chart and #8 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1960. It was the group's only hit, and they disbanded by 1961. Koppelman and Rubin later became successful managers in the music industry."
"The Ivy Three The Ivy Three were an American pop group from Garden City, Long Island, New York. The group was formed by three undergraduates at Adelphi University in 1959. They signed to Shell Records; their first single, ""Yogi"", was written by Shell founders Lou Stallman and Sid Jacobson along with member Charles Koppelman. The song became a hit in America, peaking at #22 on the Black Singles chart and #8 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1960. It was the group's only hit, and they disbanded by 1961. Koppelman and Rubin later became successful managers in the music industry."
"with the same name (1963–67) from Tacoma, Washington. They were part of the Pacific North West sound of the early 1960s. The Regents (doo-wop band) The Regents were an American doo-wop vocal group from New York, operating in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They are best known for recording the hit ""Barbara-Ann"" in 1958, which was released in 1961 and reached on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. (It was covered by the Beach Boys in 1965 on their album, ""Beach Boys' Party!""; this version when released as a single made .) The Regents also had a second chart hit"
"Rush played Red Rocks on their R30 30th Anniversary, Snakes and Arrows, and Time Machine tours. Colorado musicians who have performed at Red Rocks include John Denver in '73, Judy Collins in '73, Big Head Todd and the Monsters in '94, String Cheese Incident in '00, Earth, Wind & Fire (some members are from Denver) in '02, The Fray in '06, DeVotchKa in '08, 3OH!3 in '12, Pretty Lights in '12, OneRepublic in '13, and The Lumineers in 2013. https://www.setlist.fm/search?page=9&query=John+Denver+Red+Rocks Red Rocks has been a popular venue for live recordings, particularly videos due to the visual uniqueness of the setting."
"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"
"three of which attained #1 status and all four of which were in Billboard's Top Ten in December 1959, a feat equaled only by the Beatles. Thirteen of their albums placed in Billboard's Top Ten, with five going to #1 and the first album remaining on the charts for 195 weeks. A half dozen singles charted in the Top 100 as well. The group played over two hundred dates per year for several years, pioneering the college concert circuit and appearing at most of the country's top night clubs, festivals, and amphitheaters as well. It was during this period, however,"
"and its hit recording of ""Tom Dooley"", which sold over three million copies as a single. The Trio released nineteen albums that made ""Billboard's"" Top 100, fourteen of which ranked in the top 10, and five of which hit the number 1 spot. Four of the group's LPs charted among the 10 top-selling albums for five weeks in November and December 1959, a record unmatched for more than 50 years, and the group still ranks in the all-time lists of many of ""Billboard's"" cumulative charts, including those for most weeks with a number 1 album, most total weeks charting an"
"performing prior to The Beatles at Dodger Stadium. The other artists who appeared were Bobby Hebb, The Ronettes, and The Remains. Before touring with The Beatles, the Cyrkle had a successful engagement at the Downtown Discothèque in New York City. They were also on the bill for the final Beatles concert at Candlestick Park on August 29, 1966. The Cyrkle is best known for their 1966 song ""Red Rubber Ball,"" which went to No. 2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. It was co-written by Paul Simon of"
"Mad River (band) Mad River was an American psychedelic rock band. Mad River formed at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio in April 1966. The band took its name from the nearby Mad River. By March 1967 they had relocated to Berkeley, California. There they came to the attention of cult author Richard Brautigan who launched the band into the growing hippie culture. They released an EP on the independent Wee label before signing a contract with Capitol Records in February 1968. The group's lead songwriter was Lawrence Hammond, but all of the members sang vocals. They released two albums"
"Sanchez and Fred LeBlanc. James Singletary currently plays guitar for the New Orleans-based band Alexander Fly. Jim Reilly and Darren Hill joined the Boston-based Raindogs in 1985. Eventually Reilly moved back to the UK and currently plays with Scottish band The Dead Handsomes. Hill stayed in Boston, forming Klover in the mid-1990s; he now runs a management company, Ten Pin Management, which has represented Paul Westerberg, Roky Erickson, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The New York Dolls, and others. Red Rockers Red Rockers were a musical band from New Orleans, Louisiana, active from 1979 to 1985. Originally formed as a hard-charging"
"was first recorded by the mainstream folk-pop band the Kingston Trio in 1964. Best known from the Top 5 hit in 1969 by The Youngbloods (who originally released it in 1967), the song is widely regarded as a quintessential hippie/flower power appeal for peace and brotherhood. It was recorded in the 1960s by many other artists, including Judy Collins, Jefferson Airplane and The Byrds. In 1965, a version by We Five reached No. 31 on the singles charts, as a follow-up to their major hit ""You Were on My Mind"". The Laura Nyro song that closes ""Vol. III"" – from"
"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"