Disco Through Mists Of Time
Dance Your Life Away
Wind back to being a teenager going to monthly (sometime more frequent) local disco nights named 762 and 763 being the dialing code for phone numbers.
Neighbouring town halls used to set up for teenagers to let their hair down, how lucky we were, a couple of generous folk in the community arranged a safe haven where meet ups could happen on a Saturday night.
Requirement was to pay a small price, stamped your arm to enter and exit, be of the age ranging between 13 and 18, high school age in our country at the time. Only cold drinks allowed to be purchased within the hall at the time is where most money was made I assume.
Most times live bands were arranged who played music of the time, or slightly early years that was great dance music, how many do you remember? If you never heard of these groups some might enjoy tuning into some 'young songs', heat throbs your parents or grandparents chased after....
The Troggs
Reg Presley (lead vocals) and Ronnie Bond (drums) were childhood friends and in the early 1960s formed an R&B band in their home town of Andover. In 1964 they were joined by Pete Staples (bass) and Chris Britton (guitar) and became the Troggs. The Troggs
Tune I am going to put up today is Wild Thing written American songwriter Chip Taylor made popular by the Troggs AKA The Troglodytes
The Troggs- Wild Thing
Herman's Hermits
From memory going back to early 1970s when old enough to go out, young enough to be chaperoned by a brother we did have some great times. Bands played recognizable dance music for everyone to join in dancing the night away (well till midnight).
Herman's Hermits was formed from two different local bands. Keith Hopwood (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Karl Green (lead guitar, backing vocals), Alan Wrigley (bass), Steve Titterington (drums) and Peter Noone (lead vocals) came from the Heartbeats where Hopwood had replaced rhythm guitarist Alan Chadwick. The second-youngest member of a young group (four months older than Karl Green who was originally in the Balmains), 15-year-old Noone was already an experienced actor on the popular British TV soap opera Coronation Street. Derek "Lek" Leckenby (lead guitar) and Barry Whitwam (drums) (born Jan Barry Whitwam) joined later from another local group, the Wailers. Whitwam replaced Titterington on drums, Green switched to bass guitar (replacing Wrigley) and Leckenby took over for Green as lead guitarist. Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits "Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter"
The Monkees
Not sure if these were songs bands legally were allowed to play live after a couple of years, no patent rights on them that I know of, it was all about entertainment.
The Monkees were an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. The band consisted of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork. Spurred by the success of the television show of the same name, the Monkees were one of the most successful bands of the 1960s. The Monkees
The Monkees - Daydream Believer
Share bands you remember from the early years, perhaps not original but the songs... (We always were a good few years behind USA and UK enjoyed what we had on the stage at the time.)
This music post was inspired by the Three Tune Tuesday #TTT concept by @ablaze.
All source links as given throughout content. First photo some magic mist off the sea, we all need moments.
Thought for Today: "If you can walk, you can dance; If you can talk, you can sing." - African Proverb
I once saw Hermans Hermits in pantomime in Chester,
Would have been great to see more live groups of the time down here, too far alas!
Awesome you got to see one mentioned here live.
In the mysts of time I recall he took my kid brother up on stage with him, why I dont know audience participation I guess.
Siblings tend to do these things, little sister went on stage at hypnotist show, I laughed myself silly, she thought she was being clever....
Ooops!
Big oops, now scared of the buggers....
Ah, getting the arm stamped. I used to love seeing the fading mark the next day!
Rubber stamp was 762 or 763, always kept it simple those day. Made sure it was washed off by Monday morning for school.... 🙃or get targeted by teachers!
Yeah, we were the same. Although often it was an ink marker and a cross or something on the hand and it was much harder to get off by Monday!!
Remove a bit of skin, but scrub baby scrub.....
Lol 😀
What a beautiful time, dear friend @joanstewart, I think that everyone who is more or less our age has lived these beautiful memories, regardless of where in the world they live.
What a beautiful selection, the first look is great, I appreciate that you have shared these beautiful musical selection
Have a wonderful night
We have a lot to be grateful for growing up when we did, so many experiences now long forgotten by most.
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Songs I remember from Hermans Hermits and the Monkees. A lot of dances available when I was a teenager. I don’t know what’s going on these days as most are playing games on their phone,
Good days, we really got out and enjoyed time together, youth today lose out on living it up like we did. No computer gaming can replace what we had!
Those were the days, Joan. Internet and computers sure have changed society and the way we interact with each other. I do enjoy the messaging and some texting though. 😆
Convenience of keeping contact is wonderful, being lost in a screen all day a killer. Still prefer the way we grew up in all honesty.