British Rhythm'n'Blues : these scruffy louts ain't no nice

The Birds

Scotch, bourbon, cigarettes, Flamingo, YYYEEEAAAHHH, Bright Lights, Big Cities! 

That's what you got in London from 1962 to 1965, when British Rhythm'n'Blues struck hard. Thousands of kids howlin' their throat away, spiting furiously in their harmonica and blazing the strings of their guitars : the perfect son-in-laws!

Be proud to be English. Here are some of their best anthems :

Playlist :

1. You're On My Mind - The Birds (Decca - 1964)

2. Keep Me Covered - The Frays (Decca - 1965)

3. Bring It To Jerome - David John & The Mood (Parlophone - 1965)

4. Got My Feet On The Ground - The Kinks (Pye - 1965)

5. Fortune Teller - Tony Jackson with The Vibrations (Pye - 1965)

6. I'm Rowed Out - The Eyes (Mercury - 1965)

7. Anytime At All - The Fairies (Decca - 1964)

8. Oh Yeah! - The Others (Fontana - 1964)

9. Help Me - The Primitives (Pye - 1964)

10. Boom Boom - Blues By Five (Decca - 1964)

11. I'm A Hog For You - Erkey Grant & The Eerwigs (Pye - 1963)

12. Don't Gimme No Lip, Child - Dave Berry (Decca - 1964)

13. The Uncle Willie - Zoot Money's Big Roll Band (Decca - 1964)

14. I Got My Mojo Working - Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated (Decca - 1962)

15. I'm Leaving - The Mark Four (Decca - 1965)

16. You've Gotta Keep Her Underhand - The Big Three (Decca - 1964)

17. Out In The Street - The Who (Brunswick - 1965)

18. Talkin' Bout You - The Redcaps (Decca - 1963)

19. Leave My Kitten Alone - The Syndicats (unreleased - rec. 1965 for EMI)

20. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Paul's Disciples (Decca - 1965)

21. I Need Your Lovin' - Ronnie Jones with The Nightimers (Decca - 1964)

22. Rosalyn - The Pretty Things (Fontana - 1964)

23. Long Tall Shorty - Graham Bond Organization (Decca - 1964)

24. You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) - The Birds (Decca - 1964)

 The wonderful program of the legendary Ealing Club

The 100 Club's one ain't bad too, is it ?

Pick your favorite night

(I know, it's hard)

The Birds

(left to right) Ali McKenzie, Pete McDaniels, Kim Gardner, 

Tony Monro and Ronnie Wood reclining in the back seat

The Frays

David John & The Mood

David John & The Mood

2nd lineup

A historical footage of The Kinks performing Long Tall Sally

live at the Cavern Club

A wonderful documentary of The Kinks Iceland Tour of 1965

in Icelandic Newsreel

And the crowd went crazy sir

The Kinks performing "You Really Got Me" and

"Got Love If You Want It" live on the Beat Club in 1964

Tony Jackson with The Vibrations

The Eyes

The Fairies

The Others

The Primitives

Mal & The Primitives performing "Gimme Some Lovin'"

Blues By Five

John Lee Hooker performing "Boom Boom" live at the BBC

in the early sixties

Erkey Grant

Dave Berry

Zoot Money's Big Roll Band in front of the Flamingo

Zoot Money's Big Roll Band in action

If that doesn't rock you out of your socks, you're probably

not in the right place

A very young Mick Jagger singing with the 

Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated

Alexis Korner is sitting on the chair with the guitar 

in the middle ; the man with the harmonica is Cyril Davies

Charlie Watts, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Long John Baldry

and Graham Bond also belonged to the band

Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated

Cyril Davies' All Stars featuring Long John Baldry

and Carlo Little providing the fine back beat

performing live "I Got My Mojo Working" in 1963

The Mark Four

The Big Three

The Who faking "Out In The Streets" on A Whole Scene

Going On on January 5, 1966

The Redcaps

The Syndicats performing savage renditions of

"You Can't Judge A Book" and "Howlin' For My Baby"

live on the Beat Club on October 5, 1964

Ronnie Jones & The Nightimers

The Pretty Things

The Graham Bond Organization playing

"Hoochie Coochie Man" live at the 1965 

National Jazz and Blues Festival held on

August 7, 1965 in Surrey, UK

An early shot of The Birds, when they were still 

known as The Thunderbirds

The Beatles TV Cartoon episode 32

Movie of the week

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Harper (1966)

Jazz or go-go dancing, you chose

Paul Newman is getting hard times

Paul Newman is Harper
And Harper does it better

What a georgous Pamela Tiffin
That's a pretty cool pool in a pretty cool mansion