Motown Treasures

Another instantly recognisable group is The Chiffons.

My memory must be faulty because I thought this stomping track had been a UK chart hit but it is absent from my old copy of British Hit Singles & Albums.



SWI

You guys are bringing back some great girl group memories. Of all the ones mentioned so far, I love Last Minute Miracle and Stop Look and Listen. To add a few more to the mix, how about the Dixie Cups' You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me, the Shangri-las" Right Now and Not Later, and the Ronettes' You Came You Saw You Conquered.

All these songs have something in common.........their groups had major chart hits but these songs we are mentioning were either much lesser hits or no hits at all. So just like with our Motown ladies, you just never know what is going to take off and zoom to the top of the charts and what equal or better song will just not cut it for whatever reason.

This time the Toys, a song I had long forgotten about. Apart from 'A Lover's Concerto' and 'Attack!' they had very little success.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Toys

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lover's_Concerto

THE TOYS - THIS NIGHT (SHIVAREE TV SHOW 1965)

It sounded like Billy Stewart was about to launch into "Summertime" at the end of that video John!!

My favourite Toys tune would have to be "Can't Get Enough Of You Baby", a song which was also recorded by ? & The Mysterions of "96 Tears" fame …



Roger

Baby Toys and Happy Birthday Broken Heart was a great A and B side.