Music videos that feature Rics

[Dave W]

Thinking about it, Amen Corner were obviously aiming for a Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich sound at the time.

I've never heard of any of these before now. AFAIK they were unknown here.

[uwe]

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich were not known in the US, seriously?

[Dave W]

Nope. I thought you were talking about individual artists, not a group.

[gearHed289]

Thinking about it, Amen Corner were obviously aiming for a Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich sound at the time.

I've never heard of any of these before now. AFAIK they were unknown here.

Unknown to me as well.

[Dave W]

But I know about Dino, Desi and Billy.

In later life, Billy always used a Ric when playing DD&B songs.

[ilan]

There's a very strong Beatles influence in their choice of guitars (although what you hear are studio musicians, probably using other guitars). BTW Desi Jr. is 11 years old in this video.

[Dave W]

Billy was a studio musician, although maybe not yet back then.

[uwe]

Unknown to me as well.

I'm flabbergasted, never would have thought that a 60ies charts staple in Europe with millions of sales would be totally unknown in the US of A. Mind you, no one saw them as a serious band even in Europe, they were perceived as Monkees style good time/lightweight chart fodder, but still ... You live and learn.

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich were an English rock band active during the 1960s.[2] Formed in Salisbury in 1964, the band consisted of David John Harman (Dave Dee), Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies (Dozy), John Dymond (Beaky), Michael Wilson (Mick) and Ian Frederick Stephen Amey (Tich). Their novel name, zany stage act and lurid dress sense helped propel them to chart success with a string of hit singles penned by songwriters Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley including "Hold Tight!", "Bend It!" and "Zabadak!".[3] Over the course of the band's career, they played several different genres, including freakbeat,[1] mod[1] and pop.[1] Two of their single releases sold in excess of one million copies each, and they reached number one in the UK Singles Chart with the second of them, "The Legend of Xanadu".[4] Unlike many other British bands of the 1960s who were associated with the British invasion of the United States, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich had limited commercial US success. Since their original break-up in 1973, the band have reunited in various formations and a lineup featuring Dymond continues to perform today as "Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich".

In the US, the group failed to break out nationally, although they had regional successes, particularly in northeastern cities such as Cleveland, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany and Boston where both "Bend It" and "Hold Tight" gained considerable airplay and charted in the top ten on local radio stations. "Zabadak" gained extensive US airplay during the winter of 1967–68, climbing to the top ten in several major US markets including Los Angeles, but despite pockets of radio exposure, the band never gained mass airplay in America; "Zabadak" was the band's only single to chart in the national Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 52. This is at least partially a result of both the band's US labels, Fontana and Imperial Records, failing to secure them a US tour or TV appearances. Fontana set up just two appearances on national US TV programs. These were in July 1966 ("Hold Tight" on Where the Action Is) and Piccadilly Palace on 26 August 1967 (performing their then-current single "Okay"). Imperial scored none.

[morrow]

Most of the early Brit Invasion acts cleaned up when they arrived in North America. Heck , even Freddy and the Dreamers found fame.
First I've heard of Dave Dee and all ...

[uwe]

Really curious, I would have assumed that at least one or two of their novelty freak teenie bopper hits would have made their way across the Atlantic. They were kind of early Bubblegum. Never mind, the history of US pop would not have needed to be rewritten.

[gearHed289]

What I don't get is all this talk of them being English. They are clearly of Mexican descent...

[Dave W]

At least as Mexican as the Kingston Trio's Coplas.

[uwe]

What I don't get is all this talk of them being English. They are clearly of Mexican descent...

That was a particularly naff number.

We had a German version of DDDBM&T, The Lords from Berlin, I used to like them as a kid.

[ilan]

We had a German version of DDDBM&T, The Lords from Berlin, I used to like them as a kid.

Matching Playmobil haircuts!

[uwe]

True!