The Ivy League (band)

The Ivy League was a British pop band of the 1960s, which was founded in 1964 by the songwriting duo John Carter and Ken Lewis.

Band History

This had been the end of the 1950s the band " Carter - Lewis and the Southerners " established to the still Vivian Prince was (later in the domains of Pretty Things and Jeff Beck ) and Jimmy Page (later inter alia Yardbirds Led Zeppelin). Of this group, published from 1961 to 1963 a total of seven singles on the labels Ember, Piccadilly and Oriole. In November 1963, the group managed with the title Your Momma 's Out Of Town a hit.

John Carter was at that time already very successful as a songwriter for Brenda Lee, Herman 's Hermits, the Nashville Teens or PJ Proby.

End In 1964, John Carter and Ken Lewis " The Ivy League " and took the guitarist Perry Ford added, an experienced musician who had played in many Begleitbands and 1960 for Adam Faith, the hit single Someone Else's Baby had written.

The group called itself " The Ivy League " after their occurrence clothes ( striped jacket and dark gray trousers ) that is very similar to the former school suits of American college students.

Like the Rockin ' Berries had the Ivy League a preference for rich productions and falsetto vocals on the type of Four Freshmen or Four Seasons. They used only such material.

The group quickly came up with token -like ballads in the British and American charts, with partial three titles were present simultaneously in the British charts. Already her second single Funny How Love Can Be was a top 10 hit. Her biggest hit Tossin 'and Turnin ' ( 3rd place) was the cover version of a U.S. number - one hits by Bobby Lewis. This title was the only one who could be placed in the U.S. charts, it reached No. 83

The singer Tony Burrows (previously at the Kestrels, later in the domains Flower Pot Men, Edison Lighthouse or Brotherhood Of Man ) replaced the end of 1965 the retiring John Carter, at the same time, Neil Landon climbed at Ivy League.

Also in 1966, appeared in the summer of 1967 still plates of them, but by then had become the Flowerpot Men from Ivy League - also compiled by John Carter and Ken Lewis.

Discography

Singles

Listed are all published in the UK singles of the group. Information in the following order: year of publication, A-side / B - side (UK catalog number ), UK # = Placement in the British charts, U.S. # = rankings on the U.S. Billboard charts

EPs

Albums

After the dissolution of the group still appeared numerous samplers, eg