Does anyone remember these British singers?

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4 minutes ago, BeauJangles said:

The Monterey Pop Festival of 1967, was an event to see and be seen. The Rolling Stones did not perform there, but member, Brian Jones was in attendance. He hung out with all the other musicians there and looked beautiful. The Animals also played a set there and Eric Burden composed a song of this experience.

Among those also performing.

The Mamas and the Papas

Janis Joplin and the Holding Company

The Byrds

 Otis Redding

Paul Butterfield Blues Band

The Jefferson Airplane

The Who

Ravi Shankar 

Country Joe and the Fish

The Grateful Dead

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

 

Here's Monterey.

 

1. Monterey

   The Animals

   The people came and listened
   Some of them came and played
   Others gave flowers away, yes they did
   Down in Monterey
   Down in Monterey
   Young gods smiled upon the crowd
   Their music being born of love
   Children danced night and day
   Religion was being born
   Down in Monterey

   The Byrds and the Airplane did fly
   Oh, Ravi Shankar's music made me cry
   The Who exploded into fire and light
   Hugh Masakela's music was black as night
   The Grateful Dead blew everybody's mind
   Jimi Hendrix baby, believe me, set the world on fire, yeah

   His Majesty, Prince (Brian) Jones, smiled as he moved among the crowd
   Ten thousand electric guitars were grooving real loud, yeah
   You want to find the truth in life
   Don't pass music by
   and you know I would not lie, no I would not lie,
   No, I would not lie
   Down in Monterey

   Three days of understanding of moving with one another
   Even the cops grooved with us
   Do you believe me, yeah?
   Down in Monterey
   I think that maybe I'm dreaming
   Monterey
   Down in monterey
   Did you hear what I said?

               

       Grace Slick - Janis Joplin             Brian Jones                      Jimi Hendrix

I remember I liked that song.  It got a lot of FM air play.

[BeauJangles]

12 minutes ago, Saved.One.by.Grace said:

I remember I liked that song.  It got a lot of FM air play.

Sky Pilot, the long version was a real favorite by The Animals. It was also one of their last big hits before Eric left the band and went solo. Spill the Wine, (Dig that girl) was his first. 

Edited June 20, 2020 by BeauJangles

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After the Animals, Eric Burdon sang funk songs with War before hiring his vocal talents elsewhere. Eric Burdon and War had a good sound, but the American band War did pretty good without him when he left.  I don't know why he left.

Edited June 20, 2020 by Saved.One.by.Grace

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5 hours ago, Saved.One.by.Grace said:

I don't know why he left.

There were some interpersonal problems within the group when the "swinging scene" of controversial celebrative substances became widely introduced among music circles in both the UK and United States. Eric mentioned half the group were still boozing it pretty heavily, while Eric and the others began experimenting with cannabis and hallucinogens. This was causing dissension between them and lines were drawn on either side. This eventually resulted with the breakup of a great band of talented guys in rocking rhythm & blues. 

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6 hours ago, Saved.One.by.Grace said:

After the Animals, Eric Burdon sang funk songs with War before hiring his vocal talents elsewhere.

Eric Burdon & War was R & B roots and back to the very heart of where many British bands got their inspiration in the first place. Even groups such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones had their beginnings in early American blues and Motown soul. Some of them like John Mayall Blues Breakers, and also Ten Years After, etc., remained true to the homage. Others developed their own sense of sound. The Brits loved American music and we Yanks loved the English rock. It was a great interchange was it not?  

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Eric Burdon also appeared on the PBS 60's Revival program with Herman's Hermits. Off the top of my head here on recall, these other artists and groups performed as well. 

Petula Clark

Lulu

Procol Harum

Steppenwolf 

John Sebastian - Lovin' Spoonful 

Roger McGuinn - The Byrds

Barry McGuire - The New Christy Minstrels - (Eve of Destruction)

Gerry and the Pacemakers

Gordon Waller - Peter and Gordon

Question Mark ? and the Mysterians 

Mitch Ryder - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels 

Paul Revere and the Raiders 

I may have forgotten a few but these were tremendous musicians and artists from both sides of the Atlantic. 

Eric Burdon sang House of the Rising Sun, of course. In the lyrics, he did some improvising about the Lord Jesus forgiving all his sins. Wow! Now that was making quite a statement there. Even then you can see Eric was giving thought to some spiritual matters. Seeing that Jim McGuinn and Barry McGuire are both born again Christians, perhaps the three of them got into bit of fellowshipping behind stage. 

So here's Sky Pilot, by The Animals

1. Sky Pilot 

   The Animals

   He blesses the boys as they stand in line
   The smell of gun grease
   and the bayonets they shine
   He's there to help them all that he can
   To make them feel wanted he's a good holy man
   Sky pilot,
   Sky pilot,
   How high can you fly?
   You'll never, never, never reach the sky.

   He smiles at the young soldiers
   Tells them it's all right
   He knows of their fear in the forthcoming fight
   Soon there'll be blood and many will die
   Mothers and fathers back home they will cry
   Sky pilot,
   Sky pilot,
   How high can you fly?
   You'll never, never, never reach the sky.

   He mumbles a prayer and it ends with a smile
   The order is given
   They move down the line
   But he'll stay behind and he'll meditate
   But it won't stop the bleeding or ease the hate

   As the young men move out into the battle zone
   He feels good, with God you're never alone
   He feels tired and he lays on his bed
   Hopes the men will find courage
   in the words that he said
   Sky pilot,
   Sky pilot,
   How high can you fly?
   You'll never, never, never reach the sky.

   You're soldiers of God, you must understand
   The fate of your country is in your young hands
   May God give you strength
   Do your job real well
   If it all was worth it
   Only time it will tell

   In the morning they return
   With tears in their eyes
   The stench of death drifts up to the skies
   A soldier so ill looks at the sky pilot
   Remembers the words
   "Thou shalt not kill."
   Sky pilot,
   Sky pilot,
   How high can you fly?
   You'll never, never, never reach the sky.

Edited June 21, 2020 by BeauJangles

[BeauJangles]

1. Spill the Wine

   War, Eric Burdon

   I was once out strolling
   One very hot summer's day
   When I thought I'd lay myself down to rest
   In a big field of tall grass
   I lay there in the sun
   And felt it caressing my face
   As I fell asleep and dreamed

   I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie
   And that I was the star of the movie
   This really blew my mind
   The fact that me, an overfed long-haired, leaping gnome
   Should be the star of a Hollywood movie

   But there I was
   I was taken to a place
   The Hall of the Mountain King
   I stood high up on a mountaintop
   Naked to the world
   In front of
   Every kind of girl
   There was long ones, tall ones, short ones, brown ones
   Black ones, round ones, big ones
   Crazy ones

   Out of the middle
   Came a lady
   She whispered in my ear
   Something crazy
   She said

   Spill the wine, dig that girl
   Spill the wine, take that pearl
   Spill the wine, dig that girl
   Spill the wine, take that pearl

   I could feel hot flames of fire roaring at my back
   As she disappeared
   But soon she returned
   In her hand was a bottle of wine
   In the other, a glass
   She poured some of the wine from the bottle into the glass
   And raised it to her lips
   And just before she drunk it
   She said

   Take the wine, take that pearl
   Spill the wine, take that pearl
   Take the wine, take that pearl
   Spill the wine, take that pearl
   Take that pearl, yeah!
   It's all good
   Oh, you got to do it
   Spill that wine, spill that wine

   Spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine
   Take that pearl

   

    Eric Burdon ~ Spill the Wine

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I just enjoyed one of those cheesy 60's beach movies, but this one was sans Frankie and Annette. There was one previous to this also both of which were aired on the Turner Classics Movies channel. Of course, with Avalon and Funicello. This was after the Mouseketeers and before the Skippy peanut butter commercials. 

Anyway, in this beach movie several popular rock and pop bands appeared, as they are sometimes known to do. At the nightclub where all the surf kids do their go-go dancing, out steps Eric Burdon and the Animals. Eric and the boys sang this popular Animals song, We Gotta Get Out of This Place.   

1. We Gotta Get Out of This Place

   The Animals, Eric Burdon

   In this dirty old part of the city
   Where the sun refused to shine
   People tell me there ain't no use in tryin'

   Now my girl you're so young and pretty
   And one thing I know is true
   You'll be dead before your time is due, I know

   Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'
   Watched his hair been turnin' grey
   He's been workin' and slavin' his life away
   Oh yes I know it

   (Yeah!) He's been workin' so hard
   (Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby
   (Yeah!) Every night and day
   (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

   We gotta get out of this place
   If it's the last thing we ever do
   We gotta get out of this place
   'cause girl, there's a better life for me and you

   Now my girl you're so young and pretty
   And one thing I know is true, yeah
   You'll be dead before your time is due, I know it

   Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'
   Watched his hair been turnin' grey, yeah
   He's been workin' and slavin' his life away
   I know he's been workin' so hard

   (Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby
   (Yeah!) Every day baby
   (Yeah!) Whoa!
   (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

   We gotta get out of this place
   If it's the last thing we ever do
   We gotta get out of this place
   Girl, there's a better life for me and you
   Somewhere baby, somehow I know it

   We gotta get out of this place
   If it's the last thing we ever do
   We gotta get out of this place
   Girl, there's a better life for me and you
   Believe me baby
   I know it baby
   You know it too

    

Eric Burdon & The Animals

Edited June 25, 2020 by BeauJangles

[BeauJangles]

Two English folk singing duos in the 1960's that were prominent on the Top 40 hit charts were Chad and Jeremy, plus Peter and Gordon. They remained the beautiful balladeers that they started out in the industry. This was proving to be rather difficult when pop, soul, and rock 'n' roll dominated the airwaves, but these guys hung in there with quality music. Peter Asher was Jane Asher's brother. 

Jane was a long time girlfriend of Paul McCartney. She was a lovely pretty girl and an actress on the British movie screen. I think a lot of people were disappointed they never wed, instead marrying American photographer, Linda Eastman. (Eastman/Kodak) John and Paul wrote this song, recorded it, and then gave it over to Peter and Gordon for making a hit. It surely was for them. Here's, A World Without Love. 

 

1. A World Without Love

   Peter and Gordon

   I don't care what they say
   I won't stay in a world without love

   Please lock me away
   And don't allow the day
   Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness
   I don't care what they say, I won't stay
   In a world without love

   Birds sing out of tune
   And rain clouds hide the moon
   I'm ok, here I stay with my loneliness
   I don't care what they say, I won't stay
   In a world without love

   So I wait, and in a while
   I will see my true love smile
   She may come, I know not when
   When she does, I'll lose
   So baby until then

   Lock me away
   And don't allow the day
   Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness
   I don't care what they say, I won't stay
   In a world without love

   (Please lock me away)
   (And don't allow the day)
   (Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness)
   I don't care what they say, I won't stay
   In a world without love

   So I wait, and in a while
   I will see my true love smile
   She may come, I know not when
   When she does, I'll lose
   So baby until then

   Lock me away
   And don't allow the day
   Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness
   I don't care what they say, I won't stay
   In a world without love

   I don't care what they say, I won't stay
   In a world without love (forget him)

   Songwriters: JOHN LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY
   © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

   

      Peter and Gordon

   A World Without Love

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And then there is Chad and Jeremy, as the other famed British folk duo who were equally popular in the UK and USA. Acoustic guitars and charming ballads with these minstrels of song. I recall they even did a guest appearance on the Patty Duke Show on one episode. Some of their most cherished hits included, Everyone's Gone to the Moon, Yesterday's Gone, A Summer Song, and Willow Weep For Me. Simply wonderful! 

 

1. A Summer Song

   Chad & Jeremy

   Trees swayin' in the summer breeze
   Showin' off their silver leaves
   As we walked by

   Soft kisses on a summer's day
   Laughing all our cares away
   Just you and I

   Sweet sleepy warmth of summer nights
   Gazing at the distant lights
   In the starry sky

   They say that all good things must end some day
   Autumn leaves must fall
   But don't you know that it hurts me so
   To say goodbye to you
   Wish you didn't have to go
   No, no, no, no

   And when the rain
   Beats against my windowpane
   I'll think of summer days again
   And dream of you

   They say that all good things must end some day
   Autumn leaves must fall
   But don't you know that it hurts me so
   To say goodbye to you
   Wish you didn't have to go
   No no no no

   And when the rain
   Beats against my windowpane
   I'll think of summer days again
   And dream of you
   And dream of you

   

    Chad & Jeremy