Rezny@gmail.com
06-11-2010, 08:21 PM
To have a number one hit?HINT:It WASN'T The Beatles,The Rolling Stones,or ,any of the OTHER mid 1960's "British Invasion" acts,and was an instrumental called "Telstar".Degree of Dificulty-very hard.
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View Full Version : What was the very FIRST British act Rezny@gmail.com 06-11-2010, 08:21 PM To have a number one hit?HINT:It WASN'T The Beatles,The Rolling Stones,or ,any of the OTHER mid 1960's "British Invasion" acts,and was an instrumental called "Telstar".Degree of Dificulty-very hard. Rezny@gmail.com 06-11-2010, 08:22 PM Oops!I MEANT have a Number One hit in the U.S.? Zoneboy 06-11-2010, 08:41 PM The Tornados ABlairican Pie 06-11-2010, 08:42 PM It was The Tornadoes, in 1962. MickeyMac 06-12-2010, 02:02 PM Nope The first number one song by a British performer was Acker Bilk with "Stranger On The Shore" in the summer of 1962. Zoneboy 06-12-2010, 02:41 PM Nope The first number one song by a British performer was Acker Bilk with "Stranger On The Shore" in the summer of 1962. Looks like you're right, The Tornados were the first British band to hit #1 on the U.S. charts Mystery Man 06-12-2010, 03:48 PM Being a huge Joe Meek fan, I own this on vinyl. And according to Wiki, it is the first British single to have hit number on the US charts. |