David John & The Mood

Though they only released a handful of singles in the mid-'60s, David John & the Mood's brash version of British R&B made them cult favorites in the decades that followed. Those singles -- 1964's "Pretty Thing" and 1965's "Bring It to Jerome" and "Diggin' for Gold" -- were equally defined by John's piercing, raspy tenor and the band's raw attack, which was inspired by American heroes like Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed and shaped by producers like Shel Talmy and Joe Meek. While they didn't have much commercial success during their lifespan (and their management woes didn't help), t...