Graham Gouldman never got his fair shake in the Sixties as far as I'm concerned. Manchester's tunesmnith cut 1 single with his band The Whirlwinds in 1964, 5 singles on three different labels with his band The Mockingbirds in 1965-1966 and two solo singles (one in '66 and another in '68). None of them were hits. Sad? Tragic? Yes because he'd of course graced the U.K. #1 slot several times when folks had hits with his songs (The Yardbird's version of "For Your Love" and The Hollie's "Bus Stop" to name a few). From the pen of Graham Gouldman:
The Downliner's Sect-The Cost Of Living
Herman's Hermits-Upstairs, Downstairs
-No Milk Today
-The London Look
-East West
-Oo She's Done It Again
-It's Nice To Be Out In The Morning
Sarah Jane-Listen People
Toni Basil-I'm 28
Normie Rowe-Going Home
The Hollies-Look Through Any Window
-Bus Stop
The Mindbenders-School Girl
-Uncle Joe The Ice Cream Man
Wayne Fontana-Pamela Pamela
-The Impossible Years
Jeff Beck-Tallyman
The Yardbirds-For Your Love
-Heart Full Of Soul
-Evil Hearted You
The St. Louis Union-Behind The Door
The Mockingbirds-I Never Should Have Kissed You
-That's How It's Gonna Stay
-I Can Feel We're Parting
-You Stole My Love
-Skit Skat
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Hiya,
Just found your blog a few days ago and have been happily bashing through it in my spare time. Sorry that I'm commenting so long after this was posted, but I was kinda surprised you wrote a nice piece on Graham Gouldman but didn't mention that he was a major part of the band 10cc.
The Yardbirds' "For Your Love", by the way, was THE ONE - the song that grabbed my pre-teen ears and made me start paying attention to that music stuff my older sibs were bringing home.
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