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(Big Beat) 22 tracks As overworked a phrase as `Beatlesque' is, it nonetheless fittingly... more

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The Knickerbockers: A Rave Up With The Knickerbockers (CD)

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As overworked a phrase as `Beatlesque' is, it nonetheless fittingly describes the sound of the Knickerbockers, one of the many American groups smitten by the English sound in the mid-60s. But it ought to be argued that rather than simply being Beatle imitators, the Knickerbockers were in fact the first great `powerpop' combo, in that they played concise, melodic rock with power.

One listen to this compilation should convince even the most skeptical observer of that fact. The group made their name in the early part of their career with their ability to sound like other people, but once they hit their stride with the material presented here, the Knickerbockers came into their own as purveyors of classic (and timeless) 60s pop.

Brothers Beau and John Charles had been playing in bands together in their native New Jersey since the late 1950s. By the early 1960s they had teamed up with local hero Buddy Randell, previously a member of the Royal Teens (whose hit, 'Short Shorts', Randell had co-written). "We met Buddy through mutual friends" recalls Beau. "He was a lot more experienced than us, having been out on the road and everything." With Beau and John on lead guitar and bass respectively, and Randell as sax player and frontman, the Knickerbockers were born.

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Interpret: The Knickerbockers
Album titlle: A Rave Up With The Knickerbockers (CD)
Label BIG BEAT
Genre Beat
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0029667412223
weight in Kg 0.107

Knickerbockers, The - A Rave Up With The Knickerbockers (CD) CD 1
01	Lies (Are Breaking My Heart)	The Knickerbockers
02	One Track Mind	The Knickerbockers
03	I Can Do It Better	The Knickerbockers
04	Just One Girl	The Knickerbockers
05	I Must Be Doing Something Right	The Knickerbockers
06	Chuck Berry Medley: a) Johnny B. Goode	The Knickerbockers
07	b) Roll Over Beethoven	The Knickerbockers
08	c) Sweet Little Sixteen	The Knickerbockers
09	d) Johnny B. Goode	The Knickerbockers
10	High On Love	The Knickerbockers
11	Stick With Me	The Knickerbockers
12	Love Is A Bird	The Knickerbockers
13	I Love	The Knickerbockers
14	They Ran For Their Lifes	The Knickerbockers
15	My Feet Are Off The Ground	The Knickerbockers
16	She Said Goodbye	The Knickerbockers
17	You're Bad	The Knickerbockers
18	What Does That Make You	The Knickerbockers
19	Rumors, Gossip, Words Untrue	The Knickerbockers
20	Comin' Generation	The Knickerbockers
21	Can't You See I'm Tryin'	The Knickerbockers
22	Sweet Green Fields	The Knickerbockers
23	Give A Little Bit	The Knickerbockers
24	Guaranteed Satisfaction	The Knickerbockers
25	Little Children	The Knickerbockers

The Knickerbockers formed in 1964 as the Castle Kings. The group — Buddy Randell from the Royal... more

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The Knickerbockers formed in 1964 as the Castle Kings. The group — Buddy Randell from the Royal Teens (he co-wrote 'Short Shorts'), vocals and saxophone; Jimmy Walker, drums and vocals; John Charles, bass; and his brother Beau, guitar — took their name from Knickerbocker Avenue in their hometown of Bergenfield, New Jersey. Discovered by Jerry Fuller, a moderately successful singer and very suc-cessful writer (`Travellin' Man', 'Young World', 'Over You' and 'Young Girl') and producer (Union Gap and Ricky Nelson), they were signed to Challenge in 1965. They soon showed their skills as mimics when their Beatles pastiche, `Lies' shot into the Top Twenty in the winter of 1965. Ful-ler's production of the Randell-B. Charles composition was perfect, sounding more like the Beatles than the Beatles. A follow-up, 'One Track Mind', made the Top Fifty in 1966 but then failure set in and the group disbanded. Jimmy Walker briefly 'replaced' Bill Medley in the Righteous Brothers before attempting a solo career on Columbia and Buddy Randell tried the same on Uni and then Paramount. Cutts Knight, of mixed black/Indian parentage, was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1945. He moved to New York in 1961 where his own records on a number of labels (Gulf, Shell, R.S.V.P.) have since been overshadowed by an asso-ciation with Jimi Hendrix. Jimit Knight's 'intimate bio-graphy' of Hendrix was published in 1974, but was not weil-received by critics or fans. Knight's best solo record was `That's Why' on Gulf, which bubbled under the Hot Hun-dred in 1961. Jimi Hendrix played and sang on tracks, by Curtis Knight and the Squires made in 1965 for R.S.V.P.

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