General Trivia thread (the more obscure the better)

[cyclingwriter2]

You sure you have this one right? Didn't the Beatles knock themselves off the top spot?

Should have specified it was the UK charts.

 

[Spartan Squad]

The Animals is my guess

 

[cyclingwriter2]

The Animals is my guess

not the Animals. More obscure, but they are in the RRHOF.

 

[garrow]

Dave Clark Five?

 

[micropolitan guy]

The DC5 is not obscure!

My WAG is the Hollies. A truly great group. Or Gerry and the Pacemakers, with "Ferry Cross the Mersey," released in late 1964 in the UK.

Love me some British Invasion pop music. Much of it still sounds great today.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

It is DC5.

 

[micropolitan guy]

It is DC5.

"Bits and Pieces" or "Glad All Over?"

The DC5 had a great "Wall of Sound" style, with Denny Payton's sax and Mike Smith on the organ. Totally different than the guitar-driven bands. Plus Manchester-based, rather than Liverpool or London.

I was a huge DC5 fan, when everyone else loved the Beatles.

 

[cyclingwriter2]

"Bits and Pieces" or "Glad All Over?"

The DC5 had a great "Wall of Sound" style, with Denny Payton's sax and Mike Smith on the organ. Totally different than the guitar-driven bands. Plus Manchester-based, rather than Liverpool or London.

I was a huge DC5 fan, when everyone else loved the Beatles.

It was Glad All Over.

I used obscure because I would say most people would pick The Rolling Stones as the next British group to hit. But the DC5 really had a great run.

My question came up after watching That Thing You Do. As I was watching, I vaguely remembered that when the movie came out, its promotional art had been done similar to the DC5's Having A Wild Weekend so I went looking for confirmation.

 

[Chef2]

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[Batman]

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Hawaii?

 

[Mr._Graybeard]

Continuing on the British Invasion: While the Stones didn't really break out in America until 1965, they were the first band to perform on Britain's long-running music show, "Top of the Pops." What song did the band play to open the show's premier on Jan. 1, 1964?

 

[tapintoamerica]

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