re: GARAGE
BANDS VOTING:
Yowzah, yowzah, yowzah!!!
What a turn out!!!
You guys literally jammed my
mailbox full of ballots yesterday. (In fact, if anybody received a "mailbox
full" message bounce-back, try again today, as we processed literally HUNDREDS
of these last night!)
How extensive was the
voting??? Well, we better than DOUBLED our vote tally in less than 24 hours ...
so thank you, thank you, thank you for all the support. (Seems like most of you
guys are really enjoying this latest Forgotten Hits Poll.) It was great to hear
from some of you who we haven't heard from in awhile ... as well as many
first-time respondents.
What's the latest?
Well,
the current leaders (? and the Mysterians, The Shadows Of Knight, The Standells
and The Kingsmen) certainly held there own ... but there were also HUGE
leaps-and-bounds advancements for some of the other artists on the list, a
couple of whom doubled and/or TRIPLED their previous vote count. (Particular
props go out to Paul Revere and the Raiders, Tommy James and the Shondells, The
New Colony Six and The Beau Brummels, who saw their vote totals skyrocket
yesterday! Also making large gains were The Bobby Fuller Four, The Sir Douglas
Quintet, The Electric Prunes, The Buckinghams and Sam the Sham and the
Pharoahs.)
Right now, it's ANYBODY's
game ... and we'll continue to tally your votes through June 1st ... so if you
haven't voted yet, get those ballots in now!!!
We can't possibly run all of
the hundreds of responses we received yesterday ... but here are a few that
stood out (or tickled my fancy for one reason or another) ...
10 – Nazz
9 –
Chartbusters
8 – ? &
Mysterians
7 –
Sonics
6 –
Seeds
5 – Shadows of
Knight
4 –
Them
3 – NC6
2 –
NC6
1 –
NC6
Admittedly somewhat biased
opinion, Kent, but as you suggested, it’s the Chicago way!
Ray Graffia, Jr. / The New
Colony Six
1. Sonics
2. Standells
3. Robbs
4. New Colony Six
5. ? and the Mysterians
6. Count Five
7. Music Machine
8. Seeds
9. Troggs
10. Cryan Shames
When will the group and song lists be
available? I would like to count them down during the month of
June.
Phil Nee - WRCO
We can make that happen. I'm most likely
going to forego the individual songs ... all of the focus is back on the artists
now, which was always the original intention. Certainly when counting down The
Top 20, you can feature a song ... or two ... or three ... by each artist to
make the list. (Assuming, of course, that they HAD at least three hits!!! Some
of these groups are barely One Hit Wonders!!!)
Stay tuned to Forgotten Hits for more
information regarding Phil's special Top 20 Countdown. Who knows ... WE might
even stop by to say "hello", too! (kk)
Just saw you are wrapping up
the "Garage Band" voting -- did not see the Beach Boys making the 'final cut.'
Did you ever get my e-mail re: the BB's and my 'garage band'
nominations?
After reviewing your
finalists, it dawned on me that I'd also booked The 13th Floor Elevators. Good
'garage band,' for sure.
Fred Vail
Yep, sure did ... and we ran it awhile
back ... but the truth is not too many people out there are going to consider
The Beach Boys a "garage band", regardless of where and/or how they started.
Now if we were running a favorite surf band or hot rod band, that'd be a
different story ... but the reality is that the ONLY vote they got was YOURS!!!
(kk)
NOTE: As mentioned previously, a "garage band" is more of a "genre" of music than anything else. Let's face it ... other than maybe The Monkees (who learned their craft on a television sound stage and/or recording studio) virtually EVERY group started out in the basement or the garage. But it's a certain "sound" we're talking about here ... a primitive beat ... a "less than perfect" result that made up for in spirit and enthusiasm a hundred fold whatever it may have been lacking in musical execution. And let me tell you, from what I've seen, the readers have gotten it right this time ... I believe everybody will be quite pleased with the final Top 20 results! (kk)
Kent,
I think CROW should have made the list as
well.
Here's my vote for the Top Ten Garage
Bands.
... bdpoe (Orlando)
1. Tommy James and The
Shondells
2. Troggs
3. Human Beinz
4. Kingsmen
5. Sir Douglas Quintet
6. Swinging Medallions
7. Count Five.
8. Ides of March
9. Buckinghams
10. Five Americans
Believe it or not, Crow was never even
nominated! (See, you needed to respond sooner!!! Perhaps if others had seen
their name on the list, they would have voted for them, too!) Actually, they'd
be a GREAT selection! (kk)
Beautiful, Kent. I just updated my
site.
It's a really impressive list ... so I'm going to choose my Top 10 from it as well!
It's a really impressive list ... so I'm going to choose my Top 10 from it as well!
It's very difficult to narrow down
(it was brutal), but here's my final:
13th Floor Elevators
13th Floor Elevators
Bobby Fuller Four
Chocolate Watch Band
Gants
Leaves
Love
Paul
Revere and the Raiders
Seeds
Shadows Of Knight
Sonics
Paul Revere always claimed the band was a "garage band" and some of
their songs rock as hard as any "true garage band" so I had to include them.
The Kingsmen most likely need to be included, but since it was so hard to limit
it to 10 I instead voted for groups whose music I like
better.This is going to be interesting!
Mike Dugo
And this coming from a guy who knows a thing or two about '60's Garage
Bands. In fact, he runs the site 60sgaragebands.com ... and is not only
providing us with the bios of The Top 20 Favorites, but has also donated a few
garage band cd's as give-aways, too. Stay tuned for more details. (kk)
Man, narrowing this down to 10 was
tough! I especially hated deleting Terry Knight, The Outsiders, and The Gentrys.
And it's surprising Brownsville Station didn't make the list of choices. Can't
wait to see the final tabulations.
(My choices are in alphabetical order with equal weighting to each band)
Beau Brummels
Castaways
Cyrkle
Ides of March
McCoys
NC6
Shadows of Knight
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Swinging Medallions
Troggs
(My choices are in alphabetical order with equal weighting to each band)
Beau Brummels
Castaways
Cyrkle
Ides of March
McCoys
NC6
Shadows of Knight
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Swinging Medallions
Troggs
David Lewis
Sounds like
narrowing it down to only ten was troublesome for quite a few of you out there!
SO many great choices to choose from. And, believe it or not, Brownsville
Station was never even nominated either! (kk)
My top in this order:
Ides Of
March
Buckinghams
Beau Brummels
- plus they had a song on the Flintstones
Cyrkle
Tommy James and the
ShondellsBob Seger and the
Heard
Paul
Revere and the Raiders
Kingsmen
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Troggs
Debe
Welch
>>>The Beau Brummels had a song
on the Flintstones
Yes, but did they play it in
Barney's garage?!?!? (kk)
Hey Kent,
I'm in a dilemma. Do I vote for garage bands that had one-hit wonders and were never heard of again? Do I vote for bands that started out in the garage, but made it big later? Do I vote for a "garage" band that had it made-in-the-shade from the start? Do I vote for bands whose songs I really didn't care for? I would like to vote for some of the multi-hit makers, but I think I'll list the unsung heroes instead. I can only come up with five of them, from your list. In order, here they are : Bobby Fuller Four, Five By Five, Davie Allan and the Arrows, Ides of March, Knickerbockers. Thanks Kent!
- John LaPuzza
I'm in a dilemma. Do I vote for garage bands that had one-hit wonders and were never heard of again? Do I vote for bands that started out in the garage, but made it big later? Do I vote for a "garage" band that had it made-in-the-shade from the start? Do I vote for bands whose songs I really didn't care for? I would like to vote for some of the multi-hit makers, but I think I'll list the unsung heroes instead. I can only come up with five of them, from your list. In order, here they are : Bobby Fuller Four, Five By Five, Davie Allan and the Arrows, Ides of March, Knickerbockers. Thanks Kent!
- John LaPuzza
Kent ...
My thinking was that I wanted to vote for groups that I liked, who
had more than one Hit. Starting with best at #1:
1 = Tommy James & Shondells
2 = Buckinghams
3 = Paul Revere & Raiders
4 = Sam The Sham & Pharaohs
5 = Sir Douglas Quintet
6 = Bobby Fuller Four
7 = Beau Brummels
8 = McCoys
Frank B.
2 = Buckinghams
3 = Paul Revere & Raiders
4 = Sam The Sham & Pharaohs
5 = Sir Douglas Quintet
6 = Bobby Fuller Four
7 = Beau Brummels
8 = McCoys
Frank B.
1. Paul Revere and the
Raiders
2. Sir Douglas Quintet
3. Knickerbockers
4. Buckinghams
5. Cyrkle
6. Beau
Brummels
7.
Them
8. Five Americans
9. Music Machine
10. Trashmen
Most of these weren't
garage bands in the classic sense ...
but from your list these are my
favorites.
Al Kooper
My top 10 in no specific order (really hard to pick just 10,
tho)
Steve
Bobby Fuller Four
Kingsmen
Nashville
Teens
Outsiders
Paul Revere and the
Raiders
Seeds
Sir Douglas Quintet
Syndicate of Sound
Them
Tommy
James and the Shondells
and lets not
forget The Royal Knights, coming in strong at
#11
Can a band wearing shark-skin suits REALLY be considered a "garage band"?!?!? j/k ... Thanks, Steve ... great to hear from you ... long time! (kk)
1. Tommy James and the
Shondells
2. Paul Revere and the
Raiders
3. Buckinghams
4 . New Colony Six
5. ? and the Mysterians
6. Cryan Shames
7. Ides of March
8. The Troggs
9. Strawberry Alarm Clock
10. Fifth Estate
I would say in that order ... but the
truth is, the first three for me ... are a tie.
Thanks ...
Stacee
Here's my list of garage band
favorites, random order ...
1. New Colony Six
2. Seeds
3. Standells
4. Strawberry Alarm Clock
5. ? & the Mysterians
6. Blues Magoos
7. Electric Prunes
8. Peanut Butter
Conspiracy
9. Buckinghams
10. Bobby Fuller Four
Thanks for putting this
together!
Dann
Isbell
Best First:
Bobby Fuller Four
Davie Allan / Arrows
Sir Douglas Quintet
Tommy James Shondels
Troggs
Paul Revere
Five Americans
Robbs
Love
Sam The Sham
Great contest!
Bobby Fuller Four
Davie Allan / Arrows
Sir Douglas Quintet
Tommy James Shondels
Troggs
Paul Revere
Five Americans
Robbs
Love
Sam The Sham
Great contest!
Vic Gerard
Hi Kent,
My favorite garage bands – from your list – ranked in order of
favorability:
1.
Love
2.
Sir Douglas Quintet
3. Paul Revere and the
Raiders
4. Buckinghams
5. Sam
The Sham and the Pharaohs
6. Tommy James and the Shondells
7. Knickerbockers
8. Bobby Fuller
Four
9.
Outsiders
10. Strawberry Alarm Clock
Best wishes and thanks for the hard work on our
behalf,
Mike Edwards
Kent,
I really never
considered picking my top fave garage bands, as I had just listed songs that
were garage type before. I doubt my list would look like this, but from the
entries you gave me, here's what I choose. It was hard to cut these down to 10,
but I threw out most of the artists that would have been in if not for their
recording more pop-like records later on. Only the NC6 sneak in here as not
being basically ALL garage music for the most part. It really made it hard to
keep PR&R's out, but their later stuff eventually took them out. Wondering
what YOUR and Mike's ten from your group look like?
1. Kingsmen
2. Trashmen
3. Bob Seger and the Heard
4. Shadows Of Knight
5. Seeds
6. Standells
7. Sir Douglas Quintet
8. McCoys
9. Richard and the Young Lions
10. New Colony Six
BTW, the often heard Farmer John remake sucks. Riviera's "Somebody New" was a groovy song, I agree. They were in my final cuts above, too. Heck, just having "Hanky Panky" on their LP before TJ made it a hit was good point to make on their garage idea!
1. Kingsmen
2. Trashmen
3. Bob Seger and the Heard
4. Shadows Of Knight
5. Seeds
6. Standells
7. Sir Douglas Quintet
8. McCoys
9. Richard and the Young Lions
10. New Colony Six
BTW, the often heard Farmer John remake sucks. Riviera's "Somebody New" was a groovy song, I agree. They were in my final cuts above, too. Heck, just having "Hanky Panky" on their LP before TJ made it a hit was good point to make on their garage idea!
| Kent, Thanks for including me on your list! Davie Allanhttp://www.cdbaby.com/cd/davieallan4 |
Hey, you're there because the fans WANT you there!!! (And you've been racking up the points, too, I might add!)
kk
Great idea!
1 -
Cyrkle
2 - Cryan'
Shames
3 - Bobby Fuller
Four
4 - Dino, Desi and
Billy
5 - Buckinghams
6 - New Colony
Six
7 - Beau
Brummels
8 - Rivieras
9 - Tommy James and the
Shondells
10 - Shadows Of
Knight
Phil
TOP TEN GARAGE BANDS
This is a tough list to compile because so many
of these groups had it together ONCE and created a single first rate track (The
Swingin' Medallions, The Rivieras, The Seeds, The Human Beinz, ? & the
Mysterians, etc.) With that in mind, the ability to hit the mark more than
once had to affect my choices:
1) Paul Revere & the Raiders
2) Tommy James & the Shondells
3) The New Colony Six
4) The Buckinghams
5) The Cryan Shames
6) Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs
7) The Outsiders
8) The Bobby Fuller Four
9) The Five Americans
10) The Kingsmen
Plus another great band which should have been
on the list: Bill Deal & the Rhondells
Gary Theroux
Believe it or not, Bill Deal and the Rhondells
were never even nominated either! For a list of a few others that came up
short, check out our "Too Little, Too Late" segment!
(kk)
re: TOO
LITTLE, TOO LATE:
Hi, Kent,
I could have easily missed a
mention of the song that I most think of when garage bands are
discussed.
It's the Distant Cousins' "She Ain't
Lovin' You No More," which bubbled under the Hot 100 in 1966 but was a
good-sized hit in the Twin Cities.
Give a listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMo2P6odJI8
Don Effenberger
Not a bad song ... but you're too late ... the final
ballot has already gone out ... and any band that had earned less than 20 votes
was dropped from the list. We're not taking any new nominees ... but processing
your votes now to determine your Top 20 Favorites ... so stay tuned!!!
(kk)
Hi Kent,
I try to get over to Forgotten Hits every day, but you know what it's like. Has anyone voted for the Ugly Ducklings yet? I think 'She Ain't No Use To Me' (attached) would be a great contender.
Marie
I try to get over to Forgotten Hits every day, but you know what it's like. Has anyone voted for the Ugly Ducklings yet? I think 'She Ain't No Use To Me' (attached) would be a great contender.
Marie
I don't think they
were ever nominated either ... or if they were, they only had a vote or two ...
not enough to make the qualifying list. Sorry! (kk)
Any truth to the rumor that Somebody New
was actually sung by Bobby Whiteside and not the Rivieras? Sure SOUNDS like
Bobby Whiteside. Play it back to back with Say it Softly.
Allan
Seems to me we looked
into this several years ago and couldn't make any such connection ... but the
list is MUCH larger now ... so let's put it out there again to see if anybody
here locally can shed some light on this.
(kk)
