Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich

"See, at one time Pete Townsend was gonna quit The Who, and if he had, he'd have joined Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, in which case they would have become Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, Tich and Pete, which, if you ask me, he should have done."

-Jungle Julia

Thanks for the mp3, Ben! I was a bit off about these guys. I figured they were early-70's glitter rock contemporaries of Sweet, Slade, and The Bay City Rollers. Turns out they're vintage is Late British Invasion, and this song is from 1966, but either way, it's some great high-energy bubblegum with a little Link Wray guitar. I bet Joey Ramone owned this record.

Some of their other stuff has a weird pop-meets-exotica sound, like "Zabadak" and their only #1 hit, "Legend of Xanadu." But I like the rockin' tunes. Check this one out!

According to their Wikipedia page, "between 1965 and 1969, the group spent more weeks in the UK Singles Chart than The Beatles." And apparantly, they still tour!

Their best-of CD is available on Amazon.