Tony Rivers & The Castaways
Tony Rivers & The Castaways
Top Songs
| 1 | Baby What You Want Me To Do | ||
| 2 | Turn Of The Century | ||
| 3 | A Girl Like You [Live, BBC Jimmy Young Show, May 1968] | ||
| 4 | Windy [Live, BBC Jimmy Young Show, May 1968] | ||
| 5 | When I Grow Up To Be A Man [Live, BBC Session] |
Albums
Jun 2010 • 11 songs
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Biography
Led by Tony Rivers, this group started out doing R&B-based material in the early '60s. Originally signed to EMI's Columbia label, they covered songs by Jackie Wilson in their early days, and had a special penchant for recording songs from American artists, regardless of the idiom. As the decade progressed, they moved into more of a pop and harmony based sound, recording songs like "She" and, in 1966, a single of their version of the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows." They jumped to Parlophone later that year, and then Immediate, where they stayed for one single, "Girl Don't Tell" b...