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 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.