Not that kind of duke

Today's band was formed in the mid 1960s in the Chicago area and included as its lead singer the young Ted Nugent, they released several albums, but are best remembered for 1968's "The Journey To The Center Of The Mind".

So here they are The Amboy Dukes.

They're not from Springfield, or Buffalo.

Today's band Formed in April of 1966, featured many talented musicians and had a bumpy 25 month lifespan, but they made it worth all our whiles For What It's Worth. This video is from their performance on The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour.


So without further ado, here is the Buffalo Springwhich with For What It's Worth!

The British aren't coming

Today I present to you in COLOR, Paul Revere & the Raiders and their smash hit about NOT doing drugs, KICKS!

They gather no moss

Here it is! Today's video featuring the fabulous Rolling Stones! The Rolling stones formed in London in April 1962, ahead of the onslaught of Beatles clones, and were well established by the mid 60s when the British Invasion was in full effect.

So without further ado, here it is, 19th Nervious Breakdown!

Vaudeville meets Hollywood

...Palace that is.

Today's song and video feature the famed but easily forgotten New Vaudeville band which formed in 1966, and had a single big hit with the song Winchester Cathedral. The video also includes at the start the band's next biggest hit, "Peek-a-boo" with some hillarious speech bubbles throughout.

Enjoy

Happy Earth Day!

We really do need to live together.


Today's song come from the classic Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Here it is, Share The Land.

It's not those guys

Today's video features the singular hit from Them, the band that Van Morrison first hit it big with, before he charmed us with a story about his Brown Eyed Girl. Them started in Belfast in Northern Ireland in April of 1964.

So without further ado, here is today's video, G.L.O.R.I.A. from a French TV show.

Not just a Wild Thing

Today's selection is a woderful song from the Troggs. The Troggs formed in 1964, and had several hits including Wild Thing (Promotional Video), With a Girl Like You (Promotional Video), and Love Is All Around, the song and promotional video of the day (this was a very difficult choice, because all three of these songs are amazing).

Not the living dead

Today's song/video comes from the classic 60s band The Zombies.
The Zombies' was a band from England that formed in 1961 and scored several US hits including She's not there, Time of the Season, and today's song, Tell Her No.

You might think that they're British

With today's blog post I bring to you one of the lesser hits from The Beau Brummels. The Beau Brummels formed in 1964 in San Francisco, and were one of the major bands of the early post-British Invasion era, leading many to believe that they were in fact part of it though they were in fact from the United States. The Band scored two major hits, with Laugh, Laugh and Just A Little, and never again achived this success, but continued through many lane-up changes until finally parting ways in 1968.

For your viewing pleasure I present to you, Don't Talk To Strangers from their appearance on Hullabaloo September 27, 1965:

If anyone has a song that they think deserves to be an upcomming song on the blog, let me know in the comments, and thanks for reading! :-)

The Left Banke is higher than the right

Today's band formed at the height of 60s rock in 1965, and made a niche for themselves in the Baroque Pop scene. Their first album Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina featured the bands only two major hits. The first of these two songs is today's video, the eerie "Walk Away Renée" released in 1966.

...and here they are, THE LEFT BANKE!!!!

For anyone interested in it, here is their other hit, Pretty Ballerina:

5-4-3-2-1

A classic by the band that is probably best remembered for their hit song Do wah diddy, I present to you 5-4-3-2-1 by Manfred Mann!! This clip appears to be from Shindig!, but I"m not really sure.

Manfred Mann was a British beat band in the early and mid 60s named after their keyboardist. They created this song(which rose to #5 in the U.K.) as a new theme song for ITV's Ready, Steady, GO! in 1964.


Manfred Mann's 5-4-3-2-1 as the opening for Ready Steady GO!




Manfred Mann at Wikipedia

The Music Television of the '60s

Here are the logos from these classic TV shows, as well as links to more information about each.

Hullabaloo!

Shindig!

Shivaree!

Where The Action Is!

The first post

Here it is folks, the first post to cristen the "Phillip's Songs" Blog. Each week(assuming that I remember) I will post one of my favorite music-related videos on this Blog. This will mostly mean old TV appearences of 60s groups(but others also like Tears For Fears) from old TV Shows such as Hullabaloo, Shindig, Shivaree, Where The Action Is, The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour, Top Of The Pops, Beat Club, and other clips from Local (and syndicated) American TV shows. Also these post will (ideally) include a short bio of the artist, a story related to the song, or at the very least a link to Wikipedia(this could include the former(s), but will include the later).

So without further ado, here is the first video to cristen the channel(after much internal debate):

It's the Hollies on SHINDIG! in 1965 playing "I'm Alive"
along with their most recogniseable song(at least at the time) "Just One Look", a cover of a song by Doris Troy.


Also, the Shindig! Dancers(Shindancers?) do some very 60s dancing throughout.

Also, I reserve the right to post much more often than once a week if I feel like I must share a new video that I've found.