Cool British Singles Released in August 1966
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- Опубліковано 20 лют 2024
- Last month, we revisited some cool British singles released in July 1966. Now it's time to take a look at some great British singles released in August of that year. And August 1966 was a particularly excellent month for singles. Hope you enjoy it!
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AGREED!
Couldn’t agree more. They’re all interesting and intriguing.
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Absolutely!
Small Faces, what a band, with probably one of the best rock/soul singers ever,
Steve Marriott.
Bloody brilliant
I don't know if they didn't tour much or at all in the States. They should have been monsters here, I would think, but they remained little known.
@@christopher9152 Apparently, they were banned from the States because of a drug conviction that Ian MacGlagan had, although in this country, just as they were to embark on a U.S. tour with The Mamas And The Papas, and The Lovin' Spoonful, obviously hoping that being on a U.S. tour with two bands who were huge there, would have given them some promotion there. But they had to cancel, leaving the other two bands to fulfill the tour themselves.
No doubt
Agree, he was bursting with energy!
I was born early in the morning of August 11, 1966 in London. My father went out that afternoon with some friends and bought as many of the recent new singles and albums that were happening that day. I grew up listening to all of that amazing music. I still own all of those 45’s and albums.
I was early morning 27th August 66.
Revolver, a true gold mine for musicians.
And The She Trinity too.
An article from the late 90's once cheekily stated that if all post-1966 music were wiped out for whatever reason, then it could all be reconstructed by starting with a copy of Revolver.... 😄
Wonder why they called themselves "trinity", when there were usually any number of members BUT three? I remember seeing them once on TV with their first single He Fought The Law, but that's about all.
I've longed argued that 1966 was the pinnacle year in popular music.
I even liked the designs & several styles in just about every man manufactured object that existed in 1966 even to the present 2024 even if some "juveniles" consider that outdated.
Agreed....
Yesterday papers, love this channel!
It's fab and groovy for sure. And what music! Compare and contrast the dross in the charts now with the charts of yesteryear. Our culture's gone wrong in so many ways.
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An excellent month/year indeed. Beatles, Who and my favorite Small Faces ❤ Steve Marriott's soulful voice coming out of a tiny Cockney teenager. So sad that we in the US missed out on this great group.
I loved George Harrison's comment about Eleanor Rigby only appealing to Ray Davies types.
It's funny because that same month, Ray Davies reviewed "Revolver" track-by-track and when he got to "Eleanor Rigby", he struck back with "I bought a Haydn LP the other day and this sounds just like it. It's all sort of quartet stuff and it sounds like they're out to please music teachers in primary schools. I can imagine John saying: 'I'm going to write this for my old schoolmistress'. Still, it's very commercial." Yikes! No love lost between these bands, LOL.
@@spiritof6663 I didn't know about strife between the groups. I considered Harrison's comment to be perceptive and complimentary. It does sound like Davies.
@@TooLooze Absolutely--if you didn't know the background, Harrison's comment sounds pretty accurate. I was actually shocked Davies made fun of it like he did, since "Eleanor" was in the more "British" style of The Kinks' recent hits, you'd think he'd have loved it. Perhaps Ray was annoyed that they were pilfering his sound, LOL.
Agree. George’s comment made me laugh so hard I had to forward it to a Kinks loving friend.
@@TooLooze😂Hellllo! George's comment was meant to be a joke! George (and everybody else back then) was well aware of You Really Got Me! 😅You obviously weren't around back then, but I was!
Nice to be reminded of the all time great Steve Marriott!❤
1966 was a great year for garage rock in the US
And '65
Not US, it's USA
Was explaining to someone not long ago, that when I was a child, The Beatles were releasing movies, on the television (The Ed Sullivan Show) and on the radio all the time. They even had a cartoon on Saturday mornings.
They were so ubiquitous that it seemed to young pre-1970's me that they basically were the entirety of music.
Then you see how everybody else was covering their songs, sometimes even before they released them themselves...
No wonder.
Good point. It's not generally know that the Beatles racked up 1400 concerts/live appearances from 1962 to 1966. Brian worked their fingers to the bone.
Thank You for your great work in bringing us these little known or forgotten tidbits of our past for the greatest era in music of all time that sadly will never be repeated ✌️🇺🇲🇬🇧
Outstanding episode! 🤙🔥🇬🇧
Cheers!
Loose Ends - Taxman, wow. There's always at least one record in these that I've never heard & blows me away 👏 I've been delving into The Tremeloes & The Hollies recently, going behind the hits, some great stuff that never gets heard.
Revolver is an amazing album.
That Taxman cover was awesome!
Yeah, I love that cover.
The power of The Beatles at that time was off the charts (so to speak). Seemed like everyone was covering their songs in hopes of riding on a small part of the Beatle train.
August '66, my 13th birthday and my bamitzva😂. I remember the whole month and what records I bought. Been waiting for you to feature this year and month. Thanks YP, you have one of the most well researched programs available available
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
WOW !! Living in the U.S. during this period, I was unaware of many of these groups. Thank you from a new subscriber. 🎶🙂
Never heard the Cliff Bennett version before, it's excellent, thanks for posting.
Well, Itchycoo Park made it to #16 on the Billboard Top 40 the next year.
@@philippedebasquette5341 I'll try to find it, I've only heard the small faces version. 👍
Wow-She Trinity captured the FUN of "Yellow Submarine" but the best cover of a song from Revolver was Ray Charles' haunting version of "Eleanor Rigby."
I agree Ray Charles version of Eleanor Rigby is the best cover of that song.
Stellar piece of music history as always! Thanks YP
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
In August 1966 I was living in Bumfuck, Minnesota, working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for $1.00 per hour at a pea viner. I didn't hear most of these singles but I did listen to the Yardbirds and The Beatles and The Stones. Life was good, especially on dates at the drive-in movies.
I'm always sad when your British Singles videos end.
I've started watching them with a pen and paper to write down songs and groups I want to look into.
To the contrary, I'm excited by discovering these bands/songs! A whole new world to discover! (what was old is new again)
Good stuff!! I hadn't realized how many songs by The Beatles had been covered by other groups so frequently back then.
Well done @YesterdaysPapers , you are really getting into your stride and have really surpassed yourself with this month. The line "I'm still not sure if this cover is complete crap or utter genius" is an absolute laugh out loud moment. More power to your elbow! (as we say in the UK)
Cheers!
In the United States, the only small faces song to register any sales was itchycoo park, which reached the top 20
Well you missed out On a great band , might have been a little to English for Americans ,
@@raymondbonington9355 Steve Marriott was one of the few British singers to sing with a British accent, like Ray Davies, and Peter Noone
@@michaelrochester48 Steve and ray both London accents, Peter noone definitely a Manchester one ,, being from London loved the small faces and kinks ,, don’t think many Americans would understand a word of faces lazy Sunday there last top 10 hit , 👍
Ooh, got a bit of trivia meself here... She Trinity featured Pauline Moran on bass, who later went on to play the supporting character 'Miss Lemon' in ITV's series 'Poirot'. 😉👍
I was listening to Dutch internet radio yesterday and All or Nothing came on...man it was so cool hearing it that way. It gave me a surge.
In 1966 I was 8 and had just moved to the States and I heard Elenor Rigby on the the radio and I was poleaxed..I listen to the orchestrated backing track from Anthology as well nowadays.
Thise other singles didnt chart but that doesn't make them any less cool!
Glad more people think you are the best channel on UA-cam cos that's what you are !👍
Thank you very much! "All or Nothing" is indeed a brilliant song, never get tired of listening to it.
@@YesterdaysPapers Nor do I. It was one of only three British number ones of that year to fail to dent the U.S. Top 10 but the only one that undeservedly missed.
Thanks YP Big Deep Purple fan Here Cheers !!
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Este es el mejor canal de música que haya visto jamás!!! Soy fanático de la musica británica de los 60as. Y no tengo más palabras para describir lo que me generan! Simplemente, gracias infinitas. Saludos desde Argentina! 🇦🇷🎸🎼✨✨❤❤🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Muchas gracias!
Hello from France. I wanted to thank you for the quality and accuracy of your videos on a truly exceptional period of music in Great Britain and which will have an enormous influence throughout the world.
Cheers.
The cover of "Taxman" was unbelievable. Going to check out the Cliff Bennett cover. I already listened to that four seconds as many times.
Yeah, that cover of "Taxman" is very good.
This is fantastic!!!!!! I was born in Aug 1966 ... what a GREAT MONTH 🙂 ... ha ha ha ha .... this music is just so brilliant!!
I always forget to mention how cool the name to your channel is. I know where you got it from, but that makes it even cooler. Very cool stuff. I was born in 82, so I missed the 60s, but feel nostalgic about the 60s and 1920s for some reason.
Fantastic stuff. You can actually hear pop becoming rock, but in a peculiarly British way that sought to preserve the Merseybeat sound while at the same time straining at the leash to turn it into something new. Penny Valentine's review of the Sorrows' single was especially amusing, because the elements she took exception to were exactly what you might expect from a very early iteration of proto-metal.
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Been waiting for it to arrive!
Great stuff as always, Thanks!
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What a song to begin with...an absolute gem,and it's my Nr.1 song on my Nano Ipod playlist for my daily run.....makes me feel like a teenager again......everytime....thanks so much
Love The Game although they didn’t release much. Ray Charsley was brought in by the band to replace Terry Boyes after their first single, mainly for his mod look, and sang lead on Gonna Get Me Someone, as well as Gotta Wait. He departed shortly afterwards although with him they appeared live on Ready, Steady, Go. Then they recorded the fabulously ominous Help Me, Mummy’s Gone, a real heavy freakbeat/psych classic. I interviewed Ray a few years back and he has never spoken to his former band mates since.
Well, The Game were a fine band in Kenny Lynch’s orbit but their 1st single was actually “But I Do”/“Gotta Keep On Moving Baby” issued in July of 1965 on Pye 7N 15889. The disc may have fared better if the tougher sounding B was the plug side.
Fantastic selection yet again - that Bunch of Fives song is a belter!
Thank you so much for turning all of us (fortunate enough to discover your channel) on to a lot of quality rarities from this period in the UK! ! ! (I was 10 in '66, living in a small, remote town - totally no idea about these songs)
I was 18 then, brilliant time to be a teenager. At 75 i still love my music, heavy metal mostly, but still return to 60s music to remember the best music ever ❤
This is a great channel on you tube,being an avid record collector of obscure singles from the 60's you give me more artists to look for to add to my collection thank you
Every month I discover new bands and sounds, without a doubt music generates new sensations.
Excellent video, I look forward to the next chapters, greetings :)
Just fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing these memories.
Many thanks for the look back. Great memories here.
Episodes like this one remind us of how important the Beatles were to music, and how they were seen in that day. I can't think of any other artists who had multiple bands doing covers of multiple hits from a single album, especially released at the same time as the album. Bands didn't even wait to see if the song would be well received before they were covering it. Amazing.
There was another band who had multiple bands doing covers of one our their albums: the Rolling Stones. Several tracks from "Aftermath" were covered by several different bands in 1966. At least 15 singles from mid-1966 were covers of tracks from "Aftermath".
@@YesterdaysPapers Of course the Rolling Stones were covered a lot, and even wrote records for other bands.
I guess I'm speaking intuitionally and without data, but it seems much less than the frequency of coverage of Beatles songs.
I don't wish to take anything away from the Rolling Stones. Legends in their time, and for such a long time.
But they weren't the Beatles.
George Harrison, an unassuming chap, had the snarkiest wit of the Beatles. “Yellow Submarine will appeal to old-age pensioners… Eleanor Rigby will probably only appeal to Ray Davies - types.” Score one for George!
Yeah, his comment is great.
@@YesterdaysPapers I’m assuming George’s snark came after Ray Davies’s less than flattering review of Revolver?
@@boomtownrat5106 Yep, it's from the interview in which he was asked to respond to Ray's review. I think that, just like Ray Davies, George also thought that Yellow Submarine was "a load of rubbish".
@YesterdaysPapers Didn't Harrison literally say "I like them both", referring to both sides of that single? I take it you really can't stand "Yellow Submarine", LOL. You're not alone, but I think it's brilliant. Also, why would Harrison say ER was for "Ray Davies types" if he was responding to Ray's review of the song, where it was clear Ray was taking potshots and implying the song was *not* his type?
@@spiritof6663 I think he was being ironic.
“Good day sunshine” became a top 10 hit in the United States on its own in 1976 when they started re-releasing Beatles music as compilations like the rock ‘n’ roll music album
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Love 1966 and the Trems What A State I'm In. Rick Westwood on a Maestro Fuzztone!
Fantastic stuff! Already looking forward to the next edition!
It wasn’t just Motown for R&B… although Wilson Pickett and Sam and Dave recorded for various labels, they also recorded at Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee .
Thanks for the trip, man, of unforgettable hits and those that were not. As an American teen in the 60s, all I know is the Beatles came first and everything else came after. And man, did it ever.
I look forward to every new vid you create. I lived through this era and your vids are pure magic.
Thanks so much for posting. Good time for you
great stuff, plenty to look up and listen to in full there
Fantastic as always!
Another great YP instalment! Love, and always look forward to, your videos - informative and entertaining. Best wishes from Terry, Australia.
Cheers!
This was absolutely fantastic. A new subscriber. Thanks for the music
love your channel,specially the gorgeous sound in every one of the vids.congrats and thanks mr.yesserday papers.
Small Faces one of the best bands ever to come out of the UK, shame they never cracked the USA.
I love that cover of Taxman - Revolver is my fave Beatle lp.
Old Bowie never gave up throughout the 60s despite achieving next to no success until Space Oddity - just as well he persevered!
All in all a cosmic trip back to the month and year of me birth - cheers! 😎✌️🎸
Cheers!
They had Itchycoo Park that charted in the U.S.
I love you, one of my fav rolling stone song is yesterday papers and now my fav yt channel is called the same ❤
Another brilliant edition. Wonderful stuff! 🤗
Thanks!
Excellent episode. Love that groovy version of TAXMAN by the Loose Ends, new to me that one is!
A deliciously long episode full of spectacular footage! And the songs? Really massive! "All Or Nothing"... What a lot of work you put into it again YP! I enjoyed the history of some Deep Purple members. The Koobas is definitely a band to look into, a whopper of a band! Now I don't use the word underrated easily but with regard to the Artwoods it is correct I think. This band is hardly known here in the Netherlands, but that could also be just me 😁. Your videos make sure these 'forgotten' bands get a life again. The Bunch Of Fives? Never heard of them! Until now! Greetings EJ
Cheers Edwin! Yeah, the Koobas released some really good singles. Apart from the single featured on this episode, they had a single called "Barricades" in 1968 which is also killer-
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I turned 17 in July of 1966 and that year to me was the apex of Pop/Rock. There were so many great songs and groups that it was amazing. In America, we didn't hear some of the groups mentioned here which is a shame since there was some great stuff there. Thanks for posting this.
So many great British bands. In the States the Small Faces , Spencer Davis Group and Tremeloes were still completely unknown and would have to wait til next year. Even the Who were essentially unknown since the failure of My Generation (due, I think, to conservative program directors not letting it on their playlists). Their first true American hit would be the atypical Happy Jack in the Spring of '67.
Genius: Sorrows, She Trinity [Climb that Tree!!], Loose Ends, Cliff Bennett … and of course the more famous bands. Thanks for another great episode!
Ah the nostalgia from a trip down memory lane! I was 16 and enjoying some of the best years of my life. We had no money but we had Pirate radio playing pop music 24/7 which paved the way for what everyone takes for granted today with radio.
In regards to your latter sentence, same here.
I recall the Beatles appealing across the board , so we kids , our parents , and grandparents could all listen to , and enjoy them . Then came ' Magical Mystery Tour ' and the world was just different ✌️☮️
Absolutely exceptional article featuring the ‘Freak Beat’ scene. I discovered some bands and tunes I was unaware of. Excellent commentary. This compilation shows some great live footage, and really cool bands transitioning from beat music to early psychedelia. Always loved Cliff Bennett’s version of ‘Got to Get You into my Life’, but didn’t know it was produced by Paul, wanting a more soulful sound. Great B sides with early Brit Pop gritty guitars and a rogue’s gallery of future rock gods.
great work top class
That was fun!, once again, superior content!
Cheers Calvin!
I had a blast on this trip. Revolver was the Beatles' best LP to date at the time. Not one cover version matched the original. Deep Purples' members have quite the pedigrees. The Who's Rhythm section writes a song. Impressive. I guess it never occurred to Bill and Charlie. I have the US version of Revolver but I like the UK version better because it has three more songs. FYI that month the Beatles had their final tour and it was in the States. The last two concerts were in Los Angeles and San Francisco. I laughed when I heard George Harrison say "Ray Davies types." Pure George Harrison. He had it out for the Kinks. Some humor. As for that female band if any are still alive they now have pear-shaped figures and/or walk with canes and walkers. And finally, in Burbank, California Davy, Micky, Mike, and Peter were waiting in the wings.
America's response to such creativity was to put on a puppet show called The Monkees. Money first, money last, money in the middle. Your country is still like that.
Cheeers, Chris!
August 1966 - my 16th Birthday! What a time to remember - thanks for the memories, YP!
Cheers!
Thanks beatsinabar for making me feel young again! 😀
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also I enjoy the videos to be honest ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊
I TURNED 16 IN AUGUST 66, I have always said if I could go back that would be the year I would choose .Music, Girls, Booze and Motorbikes every young man's dreams!!!!
Wonderful channel that makes that era seem new. I find myself watching and waiting to hear “new” singles. I have been collecting for years but there is a lot out there I overlooked. For instance The Tremeloes B sides. I guess I could suggest a Beatles cover clip ( or Floyd, or Stones). You make me realize how much I don’t know. THANK YOU.
Thumbs up for mentioning The Shaggs.
FYI from a previous video:
The producer-songwriter team that produced "Romeo & Juliet" by Toby Twirl re-worked the song and arrangement to produce "Nothing But A Heartache" by The Flirtations. I could hear the similarities right away, and found someone who had the background on both singles, so it's solid info.
In 1966, the Beatles were head and shoulders over everyone else.
Big nod to Mrs Miller for being the inspiration for the Yellow Submarine cover
Eleanor Rigby certainly was a quantum leap for the Beatles. My 14 year old sister's crowd, all of whom affected to despise the way they'd seemingly stagnated in pop-laced mediocrity (and preferring US acts like the Spoonful, Byrds, et al) were suddenly forced to sit up and take notice. And George Melly has written that it " .... broke right through the conventions of the very best traditions of popular song" and added "It was with a sense of delighted awe .... that I heard for the first time Eleanor Rigby".
Amazing insight.
Thanks for these great series! It's really a pleasure big time!
Cheers!
YP never fails us. NEVER! Thanks for this. :)
Thanks for the trip back to august 66 where notably lays "I’m a Boy", a song incredibly fun to play. Many gems here though, a very shiny month.
I love this series! The release of ER/YS in the states had a massive effect on the Beatles' reputation here, because the older generation (who were younger then than I am now) started to take them very seriously. They finally realized the group could create more than wild love songs, and the string backing sounds helped a lot too. After this, people like Leonard Bernstein started mentioning them in his television music analyses. I'll be truly sorry when YP is done with this series!
Cheers Anna Maria! Yeah, I think Leonard Bernstein said he loved "Eleanor Rigby" and "Paint It Black".
Interesting that Paul, normally considered the more Beatle Beatle, produced what might have been seen snub to George Martin/EMI and Ringo...
At 10:42 is one of the coolest transitions I've seen on the channel: 11 turntables spinning~!...WOW. Where did THAT come from? And of course Pete Townsend playing that TRIPLE PICKUP Telecaster. If only we knew what happened to that one. Another great episode YP. All the best from Austin, Texas~!
Thank you very much! Cheers.
Cuanta sabiduría hay en tus videos...me facinan, te mando un abrazote desde Zacatecas México.
Excellente vidéo comme toujours. Je ne connaissais pas l'histoire autour de Got To Get You Into My Life. Merci!
Merci!
Born in August 66, thank you!
I've seen your channel before and love the " failed to chart" entries. Code for stinkers and there were lots.
17 years i was at that time.... remember the music till today! Specialy Dig afrything! David Bowie!!
Month I was born !
Well this is earlier than expected; I am excited though.