Monday, June 14, 2010

Unsung Heroes of the 60's Part One: Graham Gouldman

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 in the 60's (for brevity's sake I have only listed U.S. and U.K. releases):

The Downliner's Sect-The Cost Of  Living
The Ace Kefford Stand-For Your Love
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
                           -For Your Love
                           -Tallyman (live BBC)
                           -Listen People
Sarah Jane-Listen People
Toni Basil-I'm 28
Normie Rowe-Going Home
The Hollies-Look Through Any Window
                  -Bus Stop
                  -School Girl (Unreleased)
The Mindbenders-School Girl (LP version)
                           -Uncle Joe The Ice Cream Man
                           -Schoolgirl (45 version)
Wayne Fontana-Pamela Pamela
                           -The Impossible Years
Jeff Beck-Tallyman
The Yardbirds-For Your Love
                      -Heart Full Of Soul
                      -Evil Hearted You
                      -You Stole My Love (Unreleased)
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
The Chords Five-Some People
Gary Lewis And The Playboys-Heart Full Of Soul
Gene Pitney-Bus Stop
The Honey Jug-For Your Love
Ray Bentley-For Your Love
The Shindigs-Why Say Goodbye
                       -A Little While Back 
The Typhoons-For Your Love
Friday Brown-Getting Nowhere
The High Society-People Passing By




1 comment:

myeck said...

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.