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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)

(Big Beat) 22 tracks

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

Die Knickerbocker gründeten sich 1964 als Schlosskönige. Die Gruppe - Buddy Randell von den... more

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"The Knickerbockers"

Die Knickerbocker gründeten sich 1964 als Schlosskönige. Die Gruppe - Buddy Randell von den Royal Teens (er schrieb Short Shorts" mit), Gesang und Saxophon; Jimmy Walker, Schlagzeug und Gesang; John Charles, Bass; und sein Bruder Beau, Gitarre - nahmen ihren Namen von der Knickerbocker Avenue in ihrer Heimatstadt Bergenfield, New Jersey. Entdeckt von Jerry Fuller, einem mäßig erfolgreichen Sänger und sehr erfolgreichen Schriftsteller (`Travellin' Man', `Young World', `Over You' und `Young Girl') und Produzenten (Union Gap und Ricky Nelson), wurden sie 1965 für Challenge verpflichtet. Bald zeigten sie ihr Können als Mimiker, als ihre Beatles-Pastiche "Lügen" im Winter 1965 in die Top 20 schoss. Ful-lers Produktion des Randell-B. Die Charles-Komposition war perfekt und klang eher nach den Beatles als nach den Beatles.

Eine Fortsetzung, "One Track Mind", schaffte es 1966 in die Top Fünfzig, aber dann kam das Scheitern und die Gruppe löste sich auf. Jimmy Walker ersetzte" kurz Bill Medley in The Righteous Brothers, bevor er eine Solokarriere auf Columbia versuchte, und Buddy Randell versuchte dasselbe an Uni und dann Paramount. Cutts Knight, ein schwarz/indianischer Abstammung, wurde 1945 in Fort Scott, Kansas, geboren. Er zog 1961 nach New York, wo seine eigenen Platten auf einer Reihe von Labels (Gulf, Shell, R.S.V.P.) seitdem von einer Vereinigung mit Jimi Hendrix überschattet werden. Jimit Knight's'intime Biographie' von Hendrix wurde 1974 veröffentlicht, wurde aber von Kritikern oder Fans nicht ohne Grund aufgenommen. Die beste Solo-Platte von Knight war `That's Why' am Golf, die 1961 unter den Hot Hun-dred sprudelte. Jimi Hendrix spielte und sang auf Tracks, von Curtis Knight and the Squires, hergestellt 1965 für R.S.V.P.

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