The Applejacks

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The Applejacks was a British beat band that was one of the most successful English groups, especially in the mid- 1960s .

history

The group played together as a school band as early as 1960. In 1964 her first single was released . The school rector is said to have given them the choice of either music or school - they chose the former.

They had a full, appealing Liverpool sound that was somewhere between Gerry & the Pacemakers and Peter & Gordon . For their singles, they used songs that were written by well-known composers who had never put them on vinyl. So z. B. the John Lennon / Paul McCartney composition " Like Dreamers Do " or "I Go To Sleep" by Ray Davies .

The Applejacks stayed high in the UK charts throughout 1965, but were almost forgotten shortly thereafter. Her last single was released on CBS in early 1967 .

Members

  • Al Jackson
  • Mart Baggot
  • Megan Davies
  • Phil Cash
  • Gerry Freeman
  • Don Gould

Discography

Singles

Title A and B side (year of publication) - UK catalog number - Chart placement

  • Tell Me When / Baby Jane (1964) - Decca F11833 - UK # 7
  • Like Dreamers Do / Everybody Fell Down (1964) - Decca F11916 - UK # 20
  • Three Little Words (I Love You) / You're The One For Me (1965) - Decca F11981 - UK # 23
  • Chim Chim Cher-ee / It's Not A Game Anymore (1965) - Decca F12050
  • Bye Bye Girl / It's Not A Game Anymore (1965) - Decca F12106
  • I Go To Sleep / Make Up or Break Up (1965) - Decca F12216
  • I'm Through / We Gotta Get Together (1965) - Decca F 12301
  • You've Been Cheatin '/ Love Was In My Eyes (1967) - CBS 202605

LPs

  • The Applejacks (1965) - Decca LK 4635

"Tell Me When" / "Wishing Will Never Make It So" / "Over Suzanne" / "Hello Josephine" / "As a Matter Of Fact" / " Too Much Monkey Business " / "Memories of You" / "Ain't That Just Like Me "/" Kansas City "/" I Wonder "/" Three Little Words (I Love You) "/" Baby Jane "/" No Time "/" See If She Cares "/" What's the Matter Little Girl "/" What'd I Say "

Remarks

  1. ↑ Shaw, Greg (Ed.): The British Are Coming. From the childhood days of English rock music . From the American by Walle Bengs. Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1983, p. 109
  2. ^ Roberts, David: British Hit Singles & Albums . 19th edition, London: Guinness World Records Limited, 2006, p. 27
  3. ↑ The single was also released in Germany: Decca DL 25136
  4. ↑ Published in Germany with catalog number Decca DL 25179
  5. ^ Tilch, KD: Rock LPs 1955-1970. Vol. 1: AE . 3rd ext. Hamburg: Taurus Press, 1990, p. 42