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The eclectic pop group Harper’s Bizarre was formed in Santa Cruz, CA, in 1963 by Ted Templeman (born Oct 24, 1944; Santa Cruz, CA) (vocals, drums, trumpet), Dickie Scoppettone (created July 5, 1945; Santa Cruz, CA) (acoustic guitar, vocals), Eddie Wayne (created Santa Cruz, CA) (acoustic guitar, vocals), and Dick …

Just about enough time that Sha Na Na was beginning to attract interest through the U.S. press mainly because an oldies revival music group, half a globe aside in Australia, Daddy Awesome was moving in a similar path on an extremely different path. These were structured by Ross Wilson (vocals, …

Between 1970 and 1973, Happy End explored the options of blending American folk singing with Japan melodies. Unlike a great many other rings of this period, Content End, led by Haroumi Hosono and Takashi Matsumoto, sang in Japanese, an extremely influential gesture within this anglophone-dominated period. Hosono later continued to …

Tommy Wayne & the Shondells — the reference to their name, even to a person who doesn’t really find out their music, evokes pictures of dances and the type of fun that rock and roll & move represented before it redefined itself on much more serious conditions. And between 1966 …

Greatest remembered today because the music group which offered Midge Ure his initial flavor of his upcoming superstardom, Slik — or Salvation, because they were then known — were shaped in Glasgow in 1970 by brothers Jim (electric guitar) and Kevin McGinlay (vocals). Originally much metal act trim within the …

Mostly well-known for being the very first band where Turkish rock star Cem Karaca showcased his talent, Apaslar is in fact the main rock & roll band to emerge from Turkey within the ’60s. Acquiring their name from the 1960 Shadows strike “Apache,” Apaslar was regarded as a straightforward spin-off, …

Prior to launching his initial album in 1999, Irish singer/songwriter Gavin Coyle earned several prestigious competitions in his indigenous country. Included in this will be the All-Ireland Performing Tournament, which he gained when he was simply 14 yrs . old, as well as the Derry Feisanna, that is among the …

The Rats are known by hardly any listeners, plus they most likely find out about them because Mick Ronson was an associate before playing on David Bowie’s highly influential early-’70s albums. Shaped in Hull, Britain, the very first edition of the group didn’t consist of Ronson, but do manage to …

When serious collectors compose lists of the very best shoulda-been-bigger bands from the ’60s, the Rationals tend to be among them. Appearing out of exactly the same Ann Arbor, MI picture that gave delivery towards the MC5 as well as the Stooges, the group’s forté was sort of garage-ish undertake …

Although they’re most remembered for including Don Williams within their lineup ahead of his ascension to solo country stardom, the Pozo-Seco Singers were a lot more oriented toward pop-folk than country music. The Tx threesome created in Corpus Christi, TX, where Williams and Lofton Kline experienced a duo known as …