"Mr. Raffles (Man, It Was Mean) ""Mr. Raffles (Man, It Was Mean)"" is a song by the British rock band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, released in 1975 as the second and final single from their third studio album ""The Best Years of Our Lives"". It was written by Harley, and produced by Harley and Alan Parsons. On the album, the song's title is shortened to ""Mr. Raffles"". The song reached No. 13 in the UK. In February 1975, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel reached the UK number one spot with ""Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"", which"
"a confidential settlement in January 2008. The Rubinoos The Rubinoos are an American power pop band that formed in 1970 in Berkeley, California. They are perhaps best known for their singles ""I Think We're Alone Now"" (1977, a cover of the hit by Tommy James & the Shondells), ""I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"" (1979), and for the theme song to the 1984 film ""Revenge of the Nerds"". Although ""I Think We're Alone Now,"" reaching No. 45 in 1977, has been their only charting hit, the group has a significant enduring cult following among fans of the power-pop genre. In November,"
"The Rubinoos The Rubinoos are an American power pop band that formed in 1970 in Berkeley, California. They are perhaps best known for their singles ""I Think We're Alone Now"" (1977, a cover of the hit by Tommy James & the Shondells), ""I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"" (1979), and for the theme song to the 1984 film ""Revenge of the Nerds"". Although ""I Think We're Alone Now,"" reaching No. 45 in 1977, has been their only charting hit, the group has a significant enduring cult following among fans of the power-pop genre. In November, 1970 Tommy Dunbar and Jon Rubin"
"single from the album, ""Mr. Raffles (Man, It Was Mean)"" made the Top 20, and the following album ""Timeless Flight"" was a top 20 success, although both singles ""Black or White"" and ""White, White Dove"" failed to chart. After 1975, Harley struggled to match the success of ""Make Me Smile"" and faded from fame, and Cockney Rebel eventually disbanded. The band had a surprise Top 10 in the summer of 1976 with a cover version of ""Here Comes the Sun"". This was followed by the Top 50 single ""(I Believe) Love's a Prima Donna"" and the album ""Love's a Prima"
"include Wilson, Benton, Little Willie John, Freddie King and Gladys Knight. He has over 1170 works registered with the collecting society BMI. Billy Myles recorded singles for labels Ember, Dot and King, though his only chart hit was ""The Joker (That's What They Call Me)"", which charted in the U.S. and Canada (US Pop #25, R&B #13) in 1957. He was working as a staff songwriter for Al Silver's New York City-based Herald/Ember labels, Silver thought the song wasn't suitable for doo-wop act The Mello-Kings and issued Myles' own recording. The success of the single led to Myles appearing on"
"Singles Chart and number 7 in Ireland. It was the band's last top 40 single. In August 1971, Harrison performed the song at the Concert for Bangladesh, accompanied by Pete Ham of the group Badfinger. He also played it during his appearance on ""Saturday Night Live"" in November 1976, as a duet with Paul Simon. A live version from his 1991 Japanese tour with Eric Clapton appears on Harrison's ""Live in Japan"" double album. Booker T. & the M.G.'s included the song on their 1970 ""Abbey Road"" tribute album, ""McLemore Avenue"". That same year, ""Here Comes the Sun"" was covered"
"'Til You Get Enough"" and ""Rock with You."" The Commodores were another group that played from a diverse repertoire, including R&B, funk and pop. Lionel Richie, who went on to even greater success as a solo artist in the 1980s, fronted the group's biggest 1970s hits, including ""Easy,"" ""Three Times a Lady"" and ""Still."" Some of the more notable pop groups during the 1970s were the Carpenters, the Jackson 5, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire, KC and the Sunshine Band, Bee Gees, Electric Light Orchestra, the Eagles and Gladys Knight & the Pips. Male soloists who characterized the pop music"
"along with a cover of the Beatles' ""Here Comes The Sun"". The album only produced one hit, ""Strange & Funny"", the pair's last chart entry in the US, and they left Elektra to record for the Manhattan label. Their only release for the label, 1986's """"Starbright,"""" an ill-fated stab at the charts with little of their past sound, was barely released in the U.S., but produced a single, ""Soul Love/Soul Man"" that reached no. 58 in the U.K. Always popular in England, they headlined at the Royal Albert Hall in 1987. Their success in the UK and other parts of"
"Americans, including Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, and Little Richard. The only original composition here is ""Keep Off That Friend of Mine"", written by guitarist Tony Hicks and drummer Bobby Elliott. ""Just One Look"" charted again at number 44 in 1967 when it was re-released from ""The Hollies' Greatest Hits"" album. Here I Go Again (album) Here I Go Again is the debut studio album by British pop band the Hollies. Imperial Records released the album in June 1964 in the United States to capitalize on the moderate success of the singles ""Here I Go Again"" (No. 107) and ""Just One"
"Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"". In 1980, on their album ""Flaming Schoolgirls"", the Runaways recorded ""Here Comes the Sun"". Dave Edmunds, Debbie Gibson and Raffi sang a live cover version in a Japanese television special aired in 1990. On their 1994 debut album, ""Who Is, This Is?"", ska-punk band Voodoo Glow Skulls recorded a version of the song. Linda Eder released a version of ""Here Comes the Sun"" in 2002 on her ""Gold"" album. On 29 November that year, Joe Brown performed the song at the Concert for George tribute, which was organised by Clapton and held at the Royal"
"Gary Lewis & the Playboys Gary Lewis & the Playboys were an American 1960s era pop and rock group, fronted by musician Gary Lewis, the son of comedian Jerry Lewis. They are best known for their 1965 ""Billboard"" Hot 100 number-one single ""This Diamond Ring"", which was the first of a string of hit singles they had in 1965 and 1966. The band had an earnest, boy-next-door image similar to British invasion contemporaries such as Herman's Hermits and Gerry and the Pacemakers. The group folded in 1970, but a version of the band later resumed touring and continues to tour,"
"charts. In the United States for the years 1964 to 1966, the group achieved 12 number-one singles and nine number-one albums on the ""Billboard"" charts; by comparison, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys each had three chart-topping singles and one number-one album. In the US, in the case of singles for the decade, the Beatles headed Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Brenda Lee, the Supremes and the Beach Boys; in albums sales, they were followed by Presley, Sinatra, Herb Alpert, the Kingston Trio and Andy Williams. The Beach Boys, along with the Four Seasons, were the only two American pop"
"was a friend of Johansen, became a member of the group in the wake of Oakley's death. The album that resulted, 1973's ""Brothers and Sisters"", added more of a country feel to their trademark sound and gave the group their only hit single, ""Ramblin' Man"". Just prior to the release of the album, they co-headlined the largest one-day rock concert in American history, in 1973 Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, complementing the Grateful Dead, and The Band as a support act. In 1975, the Allman Brothers Band released the tepid ""Win, Lose or Draw"", which, while a chart success, signaled"
"The Capris (Philadelphia group) The Capris were a 1950s doo-wop group from Philadelphia who started out in their teens. They consisted of four males and a female. They recorded singles for the Gotham Records label. The song they're most known for is ""God Only Knows"". The group originally started out in the early 1950s as The Uniques. They all came from the same neighborhood. The early line-up consisted of Ruben Wright on piano, Harrison Scott on alto sax, Robert ""Bobby"" Smart on guitar, Gus Crawford the drummer, a bass player called Jerome and a male singer whose name has now"
"Comes the Sun"" was issued on a single in 1970, as the B-side to McCartney's ""Abbey Road"" track ""Oh! Darling"". While the Beatles never released the track on a single in Britain, new rules implemented to the UK Singles Chart in 2007 allowed any song to enter the charts based on download sales. This allowed several songs recorded by the Beatles to list on the charts when the group's back catalogue became available for download on iTunes in 2010, including ""Here Comes the Sun"", which peaked at number 58 on 27 November that year. Writing for ""Rolling Stone"" in 2002,"
"after a dispute when planned monies were not paid to them by Roulette, a label closely associated with organized crime, and whose head, Morris Levy, was the inspiration for the Herman ""Hesh"" Rabkin character on The Sopranos. They were replaced by Eddie Gray (guitar) and Peter Lucia (drums); Magura departed as well. At first, Tommy James and His Shondells played straightforward rock and roll, but soon became involved in the budding bubblegum music movement. In early 1967 songwriter Ritchie Cordell gave them the No. 4 hit ""I Think We're Alone Now"" and the No. 10 hit ""Mirage"". In 1968, James"
"and their only song to reach #1 on the Hot 100, ""Summer in the City"" (August 13–27, 1966). Later that year, the #10 hit ""Rain on the Roof"" and the #8 hit ""Nashville Cats"" (which went on to become a staple in the concerts of bluegrass legend Del McCoury) completed the group's first seven consecutive Hot 100 hits to reach that chart's top 10. The only other 1960s act to achieve that feat is Gary Lewis & the Playboys. Some years later, Bobby Weinstein and The Lovin' Cohens turned ""Nashville Cats"" into ""Noshville Katz"", a frequent Dr. Demento staple. The"
"The Motels The Motels are an American new wave band from Berkeley, California that is best known for the singles ""Only the Lonely"" and ""Suddenly Last Summer""---each of which peaked at No. 9 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, in 1982 and 1983, respectively. In 1980, The Motels song ""Total Control"" reached No. 7 on the Australian chart (for two weeks), and their song ""Danger"" reached No. 15 on the French chart. Martha Davis, the lead singer, reformed a version of the band called ""The Motels featuring Martha Davis"" in 1998 and toured under that name with various line-ups of musicians."
"was still playing piano in Philadelphia. Renee Hiton was then singing in three different Philadelphia church choirs. The Capris (Philadelphia group) The Capris were a 1950s doo-wop group from Philadelphia who started out in their teens. They consisted of four males and a female. They recorded singles for the Gotham Records label. The song they're most known for is ""God Only Knows"". The group originally started out in the early 1950s as The Uniques. They all came from the same neighborhood. The early line-up consisted of Ruben Wright on piano, Harrison Scott on alto sax, Robert ""Bobby"" Smart on guitar,"
"have also charted, including those by The Rubinoos (number 45 US, 1977) and Girls Aloud (number 4 UK, 2006). ""I Think We're Alone Now"" was a 1967 hit song for Tommy James and the Shondells, reaching number 4 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart during a 17-week stay. The recording was produced by Ritchie Cordell and Bo Gentry. Cordell wrote or co-wrote many songs for James, including the follow-up single ""Mirage"" and its B-side ""Run, Run, Baby, Run"", and 1968's ""Mony Mony"". Rock critic Lester Bangs called the single ""the bubblegum apotheosis"". Like many early Tommy James and the Shondells"
"A Go-Go"", ""Upbeat"", and Britain's ""Ready Steady Go!"". The Miracles' success continued with several hits including ""(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need"", ""More Love"", ""Special Occasion"", ""If You Can Want"", and the Top 10 hit ""I Second That Emotion"". Around this time, the group was starting to be billed as ""Smokey Robinson and the Miracles"" on several of their albums. The name change did not appear on their singles until the release of ""The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage"", a Top 20 hit released in 1967. On that song's flipside was the tune ""Come"
"to join Cream in 1966. He refused. Although musically competent, the group's lack of distinctive personality contributed to its lack of long-term success, as did Decca's poor promotion. (By 1970, Decca's only remaining rock acts were The Rolling Stones and The Moody Blues, both of whom handled their own promotion.) In the late Sixties the group returned to its old craft: backing other artists like Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry and Gene Vincent. In 1971 they released a single, ""Ella James"", a Roy Wood-penned song originally recorded by The Move, on the Parlophone label, again without success. Arthur Sharp left in"
"Buckinghams, the Cowsills, the Grass Roots, and the Association. The Turtles The Turtles were an American rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, later known as Flo & Eddie. The band had several Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's ""It Ain't Me Babe"" in 1965. They scored their biggest and best-known hit in 1967 with the song ""Happy Together"". The band broke up in 1970. Kaylan and Volman later found long-lasting success as session musicians, billed as the comedic vocal duo Flo & Eddie. In 2010, a reconstituted version of the band,"
"RPM100 national hit parade, with respective peaks of #39 and #40. The Fortunes' version was utilized as the title cut of the group's second US album release, following their self-titled debut album in 1965; issued in 1970 ""That Same Old Feeling"" featured twelve tracks all from the Fortune's Coca-Cola specialty release ""It's the Real Thing"" except that the album ""That Same Old Feeling"" replaced the Coca-Cola jingle with the new track ""Clowns Exit Laughing"". The Pickettywitch version made its album debut in the spring of 1971 with the release of ""Pickettywitch"", the group's sole album release. In Australia a local"
"June 1964, Imperial Records acquired the US rights to The Hollies and released the first LP as Here I Go Again after the moderate success of that single and its immediate predecessor ""Just One Look"" in America. Imperial removed five UK LP tracks – ""Baby Don't Cry"", ""Mr. Moonlight"", ""Little Lover"", ""Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It"" and ""Candy Man"" – and added the singles ""Just One Look"" and ""Here I Go Again"" along with the Hicks/Elliott original ""Keep Off That Friend of Mine"" (B-side of ""Just One Look"", the first time this song appeared on an LP) to create the"
"The Capris The Capris are an American doo wop group who became a one-hit wonder in 1961 with ""There's a Moon Out Tonight."" They experienced a popularity and performing resurgence in the 1980s, when three members reformed and The Manhattan Transfer recorded their song, ""Morse Code of Love,"" which reached the US Hot 100 and the U.S. AC top 20. All of the original members were Italian Americans from the borough of Queens in New York, United States. Started by first tenor Mike Mincieli, the original group coalesced in 1958 – also including Nick Santo (Santamaria) lead baritone, second tenor"
"Presley (of The Troggs). 7"" Single 12"" Single The Corporation (English band) The Corporation was an English all-star group that was active in the 1980s and formed by musicians previously in popular, hit making, English bands of the 1960s. They released a single in 1988, a remake of The Showstoppers' old hit ""Ain't Nothing But A House Party"" on the Corporation Records label. They briefly named themselves The Travelling Wrinklies, which was a dig at the Anglo-American all-star group The Traveling Wilburys. The group consisted of Tony Crane (of The Merseybeats), Clem Curtis (of The Foundations), Mike Pender (of The"
"100 was not purely sales based, but also included radio airplay as well. Come Spy with Me (The Miracles song) ""Come Spy With Me"" (T54145) was a 1967 song recorded by Motown Records R&B group The Miracles, released on its Tamla Records subsidiary label. The B-side of the group's Top 20 hit single ""The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage"", It was written by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson, and was the original titular theme song from the 1967 20th Century Fox feature film of the same name, starring Troy Donahue and Andrea Dromm. This song, recorded"
"The Bangles The Bangles are an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. They scored several hit singles during the 1980s. The band's hits include ""Walk Like an Egyptian"", ""Billboard"" magazine's number-one single of 1987; two number-two hits, ""Manic Monday"" and ""A Hazy Shade of Winter""; and their 1989 number-one single ""Eternal Flame"". Their classic line-up consisted of Michael Steele on bass and vocals, founding members Susanna Hoffs on vocals and rhythm guitar, Debbi Peterson on drums and vocals, and Vicki Peterson on lead guitar and vocals. The band currently consists of Hoffs, Debbi Peterson and Vicki"
"on certain collectors' websites). Here I Go Again (The Miracles song) ""Here I Go Again"" was a 1969 hit single by The Miracles (aka ""Smokey Robinson and the Miracles"") on Motown Records' Tamla label subsidiary. It was taken from their top-25 Pop album ""Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles"" from that year, and was the ""B"" side of their hit single, ""Doggone Right"". Like that song, ""Here I Go Again"" was also a Top 40 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, peaking at number 37. It was a Top 20 hit on the R&B chart as well, peaking"
"they tried covering The Move's hit ""Fire Brigade"" for the US market, but with little airplay or sales. In 1970, they recorded an album for the US World Pacific record label, and then signed with Capitol in both the UK and US in 1971. Then followed a steady succession of singles, some of which were hits outside of the UK and US, culminating in 1972 with the release of ""Storm in a Teacup (The Fortunes song)"". During this period, they had another worldwide hit, ""Here Comes that Rainy Day Feeling"" (1971). Founding member and lead vocalist Allen continued fronting an"
"1968. They made two singles for Decca ""Time Mends Broken Hearts/Unexpected Mirrors"" and ""I Just Can't Get Over You/Real Cool"" recorded at Hollick & Taylor in Birmingham. They were managed at this time by BBC presenter St.John Howell and an appearance on the TV soap The Newcomers followed. A highlight of 1967 was a gig on 2 July at the Savile Theatre, London appearing with Cream, John Mayall, and Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart group. However, according to Bruce Eder at Allmusic, ""their singles failed to register with the public despite a high-energy sound strongly reminiscent of the early Stones, solid attack"
"the success of the single, ""The Best Years of Our Lives"" was released in March 1975, and reached #4 on the UK Albums Chart. It debuted at that position on 22 March, and remained in the Top 50 for nineteen weeks. The album's second single, ""Mr. Raffles (Man, It Was Mean)"", was released in May and became another UK hit, reaching #13. The song's titular character refers to the fictional thief A. J. Raffles, created by author E. W. Hornung. To promote the album, the band embarked on a UK and European tour from March onwards. On the tour, the"