The Buckinghams

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The Buckinghams was an American rock group from the 1960s.

Act

The band was founded in Chicago / Illinois . In 1966 they got their first record deal with the small record company "USA Records", and their first single Kind Of A Drag became a number 1 hit in the USA .

Then the band switched to Columbia Records , a major label and got James William Guercio as songwriter and producer . In the course of a year from March 1967 to February 1968, the Buckinghams had four more Top 20 hits: Don't You Care reached number 6, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy number 5, Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song) number 12 and Susan reached number 11 in early 1968. Although Guercio had some experience and contacts as a member of Frank Zappa's band The Mothers (a forerunner of The Mothers of Invention, which later became known ), further success failed to materialize. Only her single Back In Love Again was able to reach number 57 in the pop charts in 1968.

The five albums released by the Buckinghams from 1967 to 1969 could all place themselves in the album charts, even if only in the lower regions. In 1967 Kind Of A Drag and Time And Changes reached chart positions, in 1968 Portraits and In One Ear And Gone Tomorrow , and in 1969 the sampler The Buckinghams' Greatest Hits .

The group disappeared into oblivion, later attempts at comeback were unsuccessful. In 1973 Dennis Tufano and Carl Giamarese recorded records as a duo. Martin Grebb founded the band The Fabulous Rhinestones .

Members

  • Dennis Tufano (born November 11, 1948 in Chicago), vocals
  • Dennis Miccoli (born November 2, 1947 in Chicago), keyboard
1967 replaced by Martin Grebb
  • Nicholas Fortune (born May 4, 1946 in Chicago), bass
  • Carl Giamarese (born August 21, 1947 in Chicago), guitar
  • Jon Jon Paulos (born March 31, 1948 in Chicago, † March 26, 1980 from an overdose ), drums

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1967 Kind of a drag US109 (8 weeks)
US
First published: April 1967
Time and charges US58 (23 weeks)
US
First published: August 1967
1968 Portraits US53 (16 weeks)
US
First published: March 1968
In One Ear and Gone Tomorrow US161 (5 weeks)
US
First published: October 1968
1969 Greatest hits US73 (12 weeks)
US
First published: July 1969

more publishments

  • 1975: Made In Chicago
  • 1985: A Matter Of Time
  • 1991: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy: A Collection
  • 1998: Terra Firma
  • 2006: Live and Well
  • 2007: Reaching Back
  • 2008: Standing Room Only
  • 2008: The Joy of Christmas
  • 2010: Up Close

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1966 Kind of a Drag
Kind Of A Drag 		US1 (13 weeks)
US
First published: December 1966
1967 Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Kind Of A Drag 		US41 (6 weeks)
US
First published: February 1967
Don't You Care
Time & Charges 		US6 (14 weeks)
US
First published: February 1967
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Time & Charges 		US5 (12 weeks)
US
First published: June 1967
Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)
Portraits 		US12 (10 weeks)
US
First published: August 1967
Susan
portraits 		US11 (12 weeks)
US
First published: November 1967
1968 Back In Love Again
In One Ear and Gone Tomorrow 		US57 (6 weeks)
US
First published: May 1968

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On this title see Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 217
  2. ↑ Placement in the US pop charts according to Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Ltd., 1994, p. 77
  3. ↑ For more information such as line-up, track list and catalog numbers see Tilch, KD: Rock LPs 1955-1970. Vol. 1: AE . 3rd ext. Hamburg: Taurus Press, 1990, p. 200
  4. ↑ a b Chart sources: US