Quick! Name this rock star from the 60's!

[hippywife]

He was the lead singer of a group who pushed the Beatles out of the number one spot 3 times.

[IChing]

1. Herman? of Herman's Hermits?

But it doesn't look like him

Chad ? of Chad and Jeremy

Great Britain charts or American charts?

[hippywife]

2. I don't know!

A friend's son sent this to her so I'm helping her out. It's not Roger McGuinn. I already checked pics of him.

[El Fuego]

5. That would be Peter Noone!

I don't think there was a Herman in Herman's Hermits.

[IChing]

6. Yes, you are right , she said quick couldn't think of his name.

"I'm henry the eighth I am "

knocked the beatles off the british charts but not the american charts

I don't know if the Lovin Spoonful did three times.

[skygazer]

3. John Sebastian?

Just a guess...

[tigereye]

4. looks like John Sebastian to me, too

[hippywife]

7. You may be right!

LEt me check that out and I appreciate all the responses!

[Bossy Monkey]

8. I was all set to say "Google is your friend" but it isn't

Some random Internet person here http://music.mylounge.com/printthread.php?t=187559&pp=40
says these are the songs that knocked the Beatles out of #1:
"Hello Dolly" by Louis Armstrong
"Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups
"Everybody Loves Somebody" by Dean Martin
"Downtown" *and* "My Love" by Petula Clark
"Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire
"Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra
"Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
"Judy in Disguise" by John Fred and His Playboy Band
"Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet" by Henry Mancini
but he doesn't specify US or UK charts either. I'm assuming that he meant US and the person sending you the email meant UK and that the earlier suggestion of Chad & Jeremy is probably the correct one.

Edit: Chad of Chad & Jeremy looks a great deal like that, though you have to scroll halfway down the page to find a clear caption: http://www.chadandjeremy.net/cj/obligatory.htm

Editedit: Unfortunately, Chad & Jeremy never had any #1 hits anywhere. Maybe Peter & Gordon?:D

Editeditedit: Nobody knocked the Beatles out of #1 three times either in the UK or the US
UK charts: http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php?show=2
I found the US charts and found that the list above headed by Hello Dolly was accurate; I can't find the list again and I'm rather tired of the search. Somebody's pulling somebody's chain.

[hippywife]

9. Thanks for looking.

It is very difficult to find. I thought it would be easier, too. I've also pretty much decided that it's not John Sebastian, either, based on the nose.

[wildhorses]

10. what about Dave Clark Five?

dunno what the guy's name is though:shrug:


would it be stoopid to say Dave Clark:P

[TheCentepedeShoes]

11. No, same thing I was going to say n/t

[wildhorses]

12. GMTA

;):hi:

[hippywife]

15. From what I can find,

the lead singer of the Dave Clark Five was Mike Smith and it isn't him either.

[Ptah]

13. Ooh - ooh, I know he was in Oasis. n/t

[hippywife]

14. Now why did I just know

that someone was going to say that? :hi:

[WCGreen]

16. Fankie Valie and the Four Seasons...

[hippywife]

18. Nope. Not him either.

I'm getting totally stumped!

[Burma Jones]

17. Wow, Diana Ross sure has changed

I have no clue ........

[WCGreen]

19. It's Fucking Peter Tork from the Monkees....

[hippywife]

20. Nope. Maddening isn't it?

I've looked at pics of everyone I can think of. John Sebastian comes closest of anyone but I don't think it's him.

[WCGreen]

22. The Spoonful realy only had two possibly three Number one

hits...

What about the Mamas and the Papas

[hippywife]

23. I'm ready to give up.

John is dead and that ain't Denny.

I've checked out every "band" (within reasonable possibility) on this list and I can't come up with it.

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_artists60s.html

[hippywife]

24. Okay! I figured it out, I think!

It's Gary Puckett!

http://www.garypuckettmusic.com/photo.htm

[ornotna]

21. Mike Love

Of the Beach Boys. :shrug:

[wildhorses]

25. the face is SOOO familiar...this is maddening!!!

who the fuck is it???

[hippywife]

26. See up thread.

It's Gary Puckett! That about drove me nuts!

[masshole]

27. but the question was wrong then

I agree, i thinks it's Gary Puckett, but The Union Gap only had one #1 song in the sixties, "Young Girl".
This site lists every #1 in the UK and US through the 60's, month by month.
http://www.alienwebshop.com/~david/charts/60s.htm

[hippywife]

30. Apparently

the person who posed the question, or riddle in this case, got some wrong facts.

[mark414]

28. i think you are right that that is gary puckett

but he and the union gap only had one number one hit, and that was in the UK

so either someone asking the question doesn't know their music history or they sent the wrong picture...who knows :shrug:

[hippywife]

29. I think you may be right

about how the question was posed. But then it got sent to me. I didn't make up the details. Oh, well. At least the mystery is solved. It was driving me crazy!

[wildhorses]

31. OMG!!! that is Gary Puckett?? i feel so fucking old

i think i will cry now:cry:

[IChing]

32. It is I think also, but three #1s?

He was so pop back then wasn't he?

[wildhorses]

33. yep!! its him. this might be of some help:

http://www.garypuckettmusic.com/bio.htm

[hippywife]

34. I agree!

I was thinking more along the lines of mainstream rock but back in the days of AM radio when I was listening to him, this was classified as rock, I suppose.

[hippywife]

35. You want to feel really old?

Check out Dan Fogelberg these days!

[WCGreen]

36. Dan Folgerberg...

Screw that....

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap...

Didn;t they sing Young Girl

[hippywife]

37. Yep. And Lady Willpower.

Among others. I remember listening to their 45's when I was a kid.

[WCGreen]

38. Lady Willpower....

Oh yea, A song about a drug addict....

[wildhorses]

39. yes, and this girl is a woman now

and keep the customer satisfied

I don't know if those are the three they are referring to in the question:shrug:

[IChing]

40. Sucky pop songs back then.

Never liked the group.

[wildhorses]

41. I was such a bubble-gum popping teeny bopper...

i loved it all...i loved loved loved the 60's in all its glorious wackiness...ALL OF IT

except you know ...that fucking war...it sucked

[hippywife]

42. I always liked them.

Still do now that I have the songs playing as earworms in my head.

[Frank Cannon]

43. It's Gary Puckett. My dad went to high school with him.

He was in the high school choir, and he had a great voice. (Puckett, not my dad.)