Freddie & the Dreamers

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Freddie & The Dreamers (1964)

Freddie & The Dreamers were a British beat band from the 1960s .

History of the band

Fred "Freddie" Garrity, a milkman full time, has played in several skiffle groups in Manchester since 1959, most recently with the Kingfishers , which in 1961 became Freddie and the Dreamers .

In October 1961, the group became known when she in a BBC - TV show occurred a tour of England had undertaken and the Hamburg " Top Ten Club had occurred."

At the end of 1962, after further appearances on television, the band received their first record deal with Columbia and in early May 1963 their first single, If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody , was released, with which they first hit the UK charts on May 18, 1963 made it to 3rd place. The group's success was short-lived: Although they had three top ten hits in Great Britain in 1963 and another with I Understand in 1964 , the group also had a number one hit in 1965 with I'm Telling You Now in the USA, but that marked the end of the group's success story in 1965. In the American charts they were represented with five titles between March 1965 and September, whereby they briefly achieved a popularity similar to the Beatles in the USA . Her self-designed dance Do the Freddie was particularly popular in the USA .

In addition to their music, they have also appeared in the US as actors in the films Seaside Swingers and Cuckoo Patrol . In Great Britain, the two singles released in 1965 only reached positions 26 and 44, respectively, and in 1966 three more singles were released, none of which were able to place in the charts. In October 1968, the group broke up and Garrity hosted the British children's television program Little Big Time , Garrity's re-establishment of the group with completely new musicians in 1976 probably only served to be able to perform at oldie concerts under the name Freddie and the Dreamers . Garrity, who last lived in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, died on May 19, 2006 while on vacation at the age of 69.

Members

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1963 Freddie And The Dreamers UK4 (26 weeks)
UK 		US19 (19 weeks)
US
Publication in US only in 1965
1965 I'm telling you now - US86 (10 weeks)
US
Do The Freddie - US85 (12 weeks)
US

Further LPs released in Great Britain

  • 1965: You Were Mad For Me
  • 1966: Freddie And The Dreamars In Disneyland
  • 1967: King Freddie And His Dreaming Knights

Further LPs released in the USA

  • 1966: Frantic Freddie
  • 1966: Fun Lovin 'Freddie

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1963 If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody UK3 (14 weeks)
UK 		-
I'm telling you now UK2 (11 weeks)
UK 		US1 (11 weeks)
US
Chart entry in US only in 1965
You were made for me UK3 (15 weeks)
UK 		US21 (7 weeks)
US
Chart entry in US only in 1965
1964 Over you UK13 (11 weeks)
UK 		-
I love you baby UK16 (8 weeks)
UK 		-
Just for you UK41 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
I Understand (Just How You Feel) UK5 (15 weeks)
UK 		US36 (9 weeks)
US
Chart entry in US only in 1965
1965 Do The Freddie - US18 (8 weeks)
US
A little you UK26 (5 weeks)
UK 		US48 (7 weeks)
US
Thou Shall Not Steal UK44 (3 weeks)
UK 		-

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frank Laufenberg, Ingrid Hake: Rock and Pop Lexicon. Vol. 1. Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf and Vienna 1994, p. 561.
  2. ↑ Dafydd Rees et al: 40 Years Of NME Charts. Boxtree Verlag, London 1992, p. 126.
  3. ↑ For more information on the title, see: Fred Bronson: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 171.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993. Record Research, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 1994, p. 230.
  5. ↑ Ken Barnes: Freddie And The Dreamers. In: Greg Shaw (ed.): The British are coming. From the childhood days of English rock music. German by Walle Bengs. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1983, p. 88.
  6. ^ Julia Edenhofer: The great oldie lexicon. Bastei-Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1991, p. 240 f.
  7. ^ Frank Laufenberg, Ingrid Hake: Rock and Pop Lexicon. Vol. 1. Econ Verlag, Düsseldorf and Vienna 1994, p. 562.
  8. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US

literature

  • Ken Barnes: Freddie And The Dreamers . In: Greg Shaw: The British are coming. From the childhood days of English rock music . Translated from the English by Walle Bengs. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1983, pp. 87-91.
  • Stambler, Irwin: The Encyclopedia Of Pop, Rock And Soul . 3rd revised edition, New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989, pp. 241f - ISBN 0-312-02573-4 .

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