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The Mockingbirds
12+ albums
60sGarage RockpsychedelicPsychedelic Rockmod
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There are three bands by the name "The Mockingbirds:" 1) The Mockingbirds were formed by Graham Gouldman in late 1964, following the breakup of the earlier Whirlwinds. The lineup included two fellow members of that band, bassist Bernard Basso and guitarist Steve Jacobsen, plus drummer Kevin Godley from another recently disbanded Manchester group, the Sabres. The stage was set for perhaps Britain's greatest should-have-but-didn't band of the mid-'60s. Throughout that period, after all, Gouldman was writing some of the most successful and individual hits of the entire decade -- but not one of them brought the Mockingbirds success. Their bad luck commenced immediately. Signing to Columbia, the Mockingbirds announced their debut single would be "For Your Love," a song Gouldman wrote in the changing room of the men's clothing shop where he worked. Columbia, however, had other ideas; they rejected it in favor of another Gouldman original, taped on the same day, "That's How It's Gonna Stay." It bombed, even as the rejected song resurfaced on the same label, courtesy of the Yardbirds, after Gouldman hand-delivered it to the band in their dressing room at a London gig. A second Mockingbirds single, "I Can Feel We're Parting," went nowhere, even as the Yardbirds soared high with further Gouldman compositions "Heartful of Soul" and "Evil Hearted You." The Hollies scored with his "Look Through Any Window," but a Mockingbirds single for Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate label, "You Stole
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albums
Revelation A-Pop-A-Lypse
The Mod Scene
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond, Vol. 1
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Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond, Vol. 3
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Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond
The Beat Scene
The Mod Scene -CUT IN THE 60s-
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London Psychodelia Vol.2
What You On?
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60's Psychedelia
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964-1969
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire and Beyond 1964-1969