34. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

 

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A no nonsense pop band from Wiltshire, England who churned out a sizeable number of UK hits between 1965 & 1969.

 

ALL MUSIC GUIDE BIOGRAPHY

 

Key Compiliations: The Very Best Of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (2008)

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Career Defining Song:

The Legend Of Xanadu (1968 UK#1)

Some Other Key Songs:

 

Hold Tight! (1965 UK#4)

 

Bend It (1966 UK#2)

 

Zabadak (1967 UK#3)

 

Last Night In Soho (1968 UK#8)

 

Were any of you fans of the quirky, yet entertaining quintet?

 

 

I really liked DDDBM&T, I thought their songs were good catchy pop songs for the mid 60's. Loved Xanadu and Hold tight especially.

as you may have noticed, they score pretty highly in my favs listings with xanadou being at the top of 1968.

 

imho they were our best 'pop' group from the 60's (ok im defining pop here as 'pop' and not as the blanket definition that would include all the serious pop groups of the time)

 

great quirky melodic tracks which oddly lost them their direction after their biggest hit 'xanadou'. reckon 'hold tight' from 66 was one of the first 'heavy' tracks and was possibly influencial on the yet to be born heavy metal leaders like purple/sabbath.