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Donovan - Sunshine Superman (1966)“Sunshine Superman” is one of my favorite Donovan tunes besides “Atlantis”, “Mellow Yellow” “Wear Your Love Like Heaven”.  It took me a while to decide which one to post...
Topics: British Invasion, Donovan, Donovan - Composer, Epic, Psychedelic Pop, Sixties, Sunshine Superman

Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me (1966)Well the lyrics are pretty macho but the voice singing the lyrics is very very romantic and that’s all I thought about or understood about this song when my paternal grandmother would play this on her...
Topics: British Invasion, Decca, Engelbert Humperdinck, Pop, Release Me (And Let Me Love Again), Sixties

Petula Clark - Downtown (1965)Britian’s child performer little Petula Sally Olwen Clark toured the UK (sometimes with fellow child performer Julie Andrews) becoming known as “Britain’s Shirley Temple.” She sang acted on radio,...
Topics: British Invasion, Downtown, Harry Belafonte, Petula Clark, Petula Clark/Harry Belafonte Controversy, Pop, Sixties, Tony Hatch

. Lulu - Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool For You Baby) (1969)Born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie in Glasglow, Scotland,  at age 15 Lulu belted out a raspy cover of The Isley Brother’s “Shout” that started her long and enduring...
Topics: Atco, British Invasion, Jim Doris, Oh Me Oh My, Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby), Sixties

Cilla Black - Anyone Who Had a Heart(1964)Liverpudlian Priscilla Maria Veronica White, renamed Cilla Black by her Svengali Brian Epstein, became one of the most beloved pop-rock performers and tv personalities in England. Musically she got better with...
Topics: British Invasion, Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Cilla Black, EMI, Pop, Sixties