I've been listening to Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds recently, which then got me taking a sidestep and digging out music by female artists from the same year (1965).
I've selected five pop picks - four solo, one band - with an accompanying TV appearance (in black and white naturally).
Sandie Shaw's performance of Long Live Love appears to be a rehearsal for Top Of The Pops, barefoot and bereft of any emotional response...and audience members! I love it.
No idea where Twinkle's version of Terry comes from, though it appears to be live on stage, rather than the studio. I first came to Terry via the cover version by Spell (Rose McDowall and Boyd Rice) in the early 1990s, though my proper introduction to Twinkle - like Sandie Shaw - was courtesy of The Smiths in the 1980s.
I had never heard of Goldie & The Gingerbreads until I acquired the superb compilation Love Hit Me! Decca Beat Girls 1962-1970 a few years ago. In 1963, they were the first all-female band to sign to a major label. Can't You Hear My Heartbeat gave the band their sole UK Top 30 single (#25) in March 1965. Lovely, though it seems very tame compared to the rest of today's company!
I'd also have said that I've never heard of Donna Loren either though, as well as being a singer, Donna also appeared (as 'Donna') in the movies Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach and Beach Blanket Bingo, as well as episodes of Batman and The Monkees, so I've unknowingly seen her countless times on screen before. This is her take on Shakin' All Over, backed by The Shindig Dancers. Groovy!
To end, as all things must, the wonderful Marianne Faithfull performing As Tears Go By on Top Of The Pops. Mesmerising.
Love it. I'm just about old enough to remember these girls from '65 and Sandie Shaw definitely stood out because of her aversion to shoes. I remember her better from her win in the Eurovision Song Contest though as by then I definitely was a lover of all pop music.
ReplyDeleteTwinkle appeared in Rol's Snapshots recently although I wouldn't have recognised her. Marianne really was quite something as you say.