What did I do Wrong | Manfred Mann Lyrics, Song Meanings, Videos, Full Albums & Bios What did I do Wrong / Manfred Mann Video From album: The Singles Plus The Singles Plus Manfred Mann was a British beat, rhythm and blues and pop band (with a strong jazz foundation) of the 1960s, named after their South African keyboardist, Manfred Mann, who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Manfred Mann were chart regulars in the 1960s, and the first south-of-England-based group to top the US Billboard Hot 100 during the 'British invasion' of the US music scene. Beginnings 1962—1963 The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers (as the band were originally called) were formed in London in December 1962 by keyboard player Manfred Mann and drummer/vibes player Mike Hugg.

Born out of the British blues boom then sweeping London's clubs (which also spawned such luminaries as The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds), the band were completed by Mike Vickers on lead guitar, Dave Richmond on bass, and Paul Jones fronting as lead vocalist and harmonica player. Gigging constantly throughout late 1962 and early 1963, the band soon attracted attention for their distinctive sound propelled by Mann's keyboards, Jones' soulful vocals and an occasional horn section. Manfred Mann's Cock-A-Hoop (1964) The group signed to HMV Records in March 1963 after a change of name to Manfred Mann (at the suggestion of their label's producer), and debuted in July of that year with the jazzy instrumental single "Why Should We Not?", which failed to chart, as did the follow up (with vocals this time), "Cock-A-Hoop" Early success 1964—1965 Groovin' with Manfred Mann EP (1964) In 1964 the group were asked to provide a new theme tune for the ITV pop music TV series Ready Steady Go!.

They responded with the energetic "5-4-3-2-1" which, with the help of weekly TV exposure, rose to No.5 in the UK charts. It was shortly after "5-4-3-2-1" was recorded that Richmond left the band, being replaced by Tom McGuinness - the first of many line-up changes. After a further self-penned hit ("Hubble Bubble (Toil And Trouble)") the band struck gold with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", a cover of a minor hit earlier that year by The Exciters. The track, which showcased Jones' powerful singing, reached the top of both the UK and US charts (The Exciters version had only charted #78 in the US). During 1965 the group continued to have hits with both self-penned and cover material, their sound increasingly moving away from the blues-based music of their early years to a highly successful pop-soul hybrid. Notably the group began to have success with interpretations of Bob Dylan songs, including "With God On Our Side" as a track on a best-selling EP.

The One In the Middle EP (1965) They also reached No.2 in the UK with the controversial "If You Gotta Go, Go Now", which was banned or edited by a number of TV and radio stations. Prior to this latter release, Paul Jones announced his intention to quit the band for a solo career once a replacement could be found. The Mike d'Abo years 1966—1969 Jones stayed with the band for one more year, during which time Mike Vickers was replaced by Jack Bruce of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (long enough to play bass on the band's second UK No.1 single "Pretty Flamingo"). Jones was eventually replaced by Mike d'Abo - among those on the shortlist was Rod Stewart - and this was one of the few occasions when a band has successfully swapped lead singers and remained at the top. Jack Bruce left to form Cream and was replaced by Klaus Voorman (a longtime Beatles associate), with McGuinness moving to guitar. To complete the changes, the group switched labels to Fontana Records.

With d'Abo as vocalist, the group pursued a softer acoustic pop sound, with a tinge of Dylanesque social comment and surrealism in the lyrics. Their first Fontana Records single was in fact a Dylan cover, "Just Like A Woman", and the group went on to score their biggest hit for two years with a cover of his "Mighty Quinn". Frustrated with the limitations and image of being seen purely as a hit singles band (their last two albums failed to chart), the group split in 1969. 1970s and on— Manfred Mann's Earth Band Mann went on to write advertising jingles after the group's demise, but still continued to work in the group format. Initially he formed Manfred Mann Chapter Three (with Mike Hugg), an experimental jazz rock band, described by Mann as an over reaction to the hit factory of the Manfred Mann group. This was, however, short lived and by 1971 they had disbanded and Mann had formed a new group, Manfred Mann's Earth Band. For further details, see Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

5-4-3-2-1 The Manfreds (1998) 1990s and on—The Manfreds In the 1990s, most of the original 1960s line-up reformed as The Manfreds, minus Manfred Mann himself (hence the name), playing most of the old 1960s hits and a few jazz instrumentals, sometimes with both Paul Jones and Mike d'Abo fronting the line-up. At the same time Jones and Tom McGuinness (McGuinness formed McGuinness Flint in 1970, but they disbanded in 1975) have been mainstays of The Blues Band (which they helped form in 1978). Length: PT3M48S Lyrics: What did I do Wrong Manfred Mann - iSnare Free Encyclopedia Manfred Mann This article is about the 1960s band. For the person, see Manfred Mann (musician) . For his follow-up 1970s band, see Manfred Mann Chapter Three . For his later band, see Manfred Mann's Earth Band .

Manfred Mann Tom McGuinness Manfred Mann were an English rock band of the 1960s, named after keyboardist, Manfred Mann , who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band . [1] The group had two different lead vocalists during their success, Paul Jones from 1962 to 1966, and Mike d'Abo from 1966 to 1969. Manfred Mann were regularly on the charts in the 1960s. Three of the band's most successful singles, " Do Wah Diddy Diddy ", " Pretty Flamingo " and " Mighty Quinn ", topped the UK Singles Chart . [2] They were the first south-of-England-based group to top the US Billboard Hot 100 during the British invasion . [2] Contents History Beginnings (1962–1963) The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers were formed in London [3] by keyboard player Manfred Mann and drummer/ vibes /piano player Mike Hugg , [1] who formed a house band in Clacton-on-Sea that also featured Graham Bond .

[4] Bringing a shared love of jazz to the British blues boom, then sweeping London's clubs (which also spawned Alexis Korner , the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds ), the band was completed by Mike Vickers on guitar, alto saxophone and flute, bassist Dave Richmond and Paul Jones as lead vocalist and harmonicist . [1] By this time they had changed their name to Manfred Mann & the Manfreds. Gigging throughout late 1962 and early 1963 the band soon attracted attention for their distinctive sound. After changing their name to Manfred Mann at the behest of their label's producer John Burgess, the group signed with His Master's Voice in March 1963 and began their recorded output that July with the slow, bluesy instrumental single "Why Should We Not?", which they performed on their first appearance on television on a New Year's Eve show. [5] It failed to chart, as did its follow-up (with vocals), "Cock-a-Hoop." [1] The overdubbed instrumental soloing on woodwinds, vibes, harmonica and second keyboard lent considerable weight to the group's sound and demonstrated the jazz-inspired technical prowess in which they took pride.

[4] Early success (1964–1965) In 1964 the group was asked to provide a new theme tune for the ITV pop music television programme Ready Steady Go! . [3] They responded with "5-4-3-2-1" which, with the help of weekly television exposure, rose to No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart . [2] Shortly after "5-4-3-2-1" was recorded, Richmond left the band, [6] though he would record with them occasionally later. He was replaced by Jones' friend Tom McGuinness —the first of many changes. After a further self-penned hit, "Hubble Bubble (Toil And Trouble)," the band struck gold with " Do Wah Diddy Diddy ", a cover of the Exciters ' No. 78 Hot 100 hit earlier that year. [3] The track reached the top of each of the UK, Canadian, and US charts.

With the success of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" the sound of the group's singles moved away from the jazzy, blues-based music of their early years to a pop hybrid that continued to make hit singles from cover material. They hit No. 3 in the UK with another girl-group cover "Sha La La", [2] (originally by the Shirelles ) which also reached No. 12 in the US and Canada and followed with the sentimental "Come Tomorrow" (originally by Marie Knight ) but both were of a noticeably lighter texture than their earliest output. Meanwhile, "B" sides and four-song EPs showcased original material and instrumental solos. The group also returned to jazz and R&B themes on their albums: their first, 1964's The Five Faces of Manfred Mann , included standards such as " Smokestack Lightning " [3] while the second and last with this line-up, Mann Made , offered several self-composed instrumentals and a version of " Stormy Monday Blues " alongside novelties and pop ballads. With a cover of Maxine Brown 's " Oh No Not My Baby " began a phase of new depth and sophistication in the arrangements of their singles.

The group began its string of successes with Bob Dylan songs with a track on the best-selling EP The One in the Middle , " With God on Our Side ", next reaching No. 2 in the UK with " If You Gotta Go, Go Now ". [2] The EP's title track reached the British top ten singles, the last self-written song (by Jones) and the band's last R'n'B workout to do so. The run climaxed with a second UK No. 1 single, " Pretty Flamingo " produced by John Burgess . The group had managed an initial jazz/rhythm-and-blues fusion, then taken chart music in its stride but could not hope to cope with Paul Jones' projected solo career as singer and actor, and with Mike Vickers ' orchestral and instrumental ambitions. Jones intended to go solo once a replacement could be found but stayed with the band for another year, during which Mike Vickers left.

McGuinness moved to guitar, his original instrument, contributing the distinctive National Steel Guitar to "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" and "Pretty Flamingo", and was replaced on bass by Jack Bruce , who had been playing for the Graham Bond Organisation [2] for some time before a recent brief stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers . In his brief tenure before leaving to form Cream Bruce played on "Pretty Flamingo" and on the EP Instrumental Asylum ,(on which Jack Bruce and brass players Henry Lowther & Lyn Dobson were included in the group on the cover photo) which began the group's experiments with instrumental versions of chart songs. He was replaced by Klaus Voormann .

[3] The band changed record companies just after, although EMI quickly released an EP of earlier unissued 1963–66 era songs titled 'As Was' (a pun on their current 1966 new studio album title), a hits compilation; 'Mann Made Hits' (1966) which included one unissued instrumental track, an instrumental compilation LP; 'Soul of Mann' (1967) and most controversially used session players to complete the unfinished track; 'You Gave Me Somebody To Love' c/w 'Poison Ivy' (both sung by Paul Jones) which made No.36 in the UK singles chart upsetting the group, hence Tom McGuinness wry comment; 'Manfreds disown new single' on the sleeve of their next studio album for their new record label.

Mike d'Abo years (1966–1969) The band in 1966 Manfred Mann & The Beatgirls (Amsterdam, 1968) Jones was replaced by Mike d'Abo in July 1966, [7] and the group switched labels to Fontana Records , [7] where they were produced by Shel Talmy . [7] Their first Fontana single, Dylan's " Just Like a Woman ", released in July, scraped in the UK top ten, reaching number one in Sweden . Their annual long-player, As Is , followed in October, with increased studio technique sidelining jazz, soul and blues roots and centring on the group's strongest set of songs so far. [8] The next two singles "Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr James" and "Ha Ha Said The Clown" both reached the Top 5 . In December another EP set of instrumentals, Instrumental Assassination , was released. [9] This featured original member Dave Richmond on double bass, but not Mike d'Abo, suggesting the sessions dated from a little earlier in 1966.

An instrumental version of Tommy Roe 's " Sweet Pea " only reached No. 36 when issued as a single and the follow-up, Randy Newman 's "So Long, Dad", with its intricate keyboard arrangement, missed the top twenty altogether. Thus, 1967 was largely an unsuccessful year in the charts, besides 'Ha Ha Said The Clown' which reached the UK singles chart early in 1967. There was no album, as Mann and Hugg explored other avenues of their career, although their record company did compile the UK budget priced album; 'What A Mann' (Fontana SFL 13003), a predominantly instrumental set gathering together a few recent singles 'A' sides, 'B' sides, and instrumental EP tracks. The following year 1968 brought two albums, the Mann-Hugg soundtrack to the film Up the Junction in February, from which an edited title track coupled with the rare 'B' side 'Sleepy Hollow' was issued as an unsuccessful UK single; and Mighty Garvey! in July. They had a resounding success with " Mighty Quinn ", their third UK No. 1 and third hit Dylan song, [2] which also peaked at No.

3 in Canada and No. 10 in the US. In June 1968 the following single, John Simon 's " My Name is Jack ", was recalled when the US company Mercury Records complained about the phrase "Super Spade" in the lyrics , which referred to a Haight-Ashbury drug dealer. The release was delayed by a week until the offending name was re-recorded as "Superman"; [10] however, the UK hit single version retained the original lyric. Their December 1968 release, " Fox on the Run ", reached No. 5 in the UK. [1] The group split in 1969, while their final hit, "Ragamuffin Man", was in the Top 10. [2] Aftermath Mann and Hugg were already writing advertising jingles at the time of the group's demise but continued to work together in a group format [1] with Manfred Mann Chapter Three , an experimental jazz rock band described by Mann as an over-reaction to the hit factory of the Manfred Mann group.

[11] For a moment their musical worlds coincided: a TV cigar advertisement, a long track from Chapter Three's first album 'Travellin' Lady' and "A "B" Side", the flip of the old group's last single, all used the same riff. The new group was, however, short lived and by 1971 after a second album (and an unreleased possibly incomplete third) they had disbanded and Mann had formed a new group. The original line-up of this new group consisted of Mick Rogers ( guitar and vocals ), Manfred Mann ( organ , synthesizer and vocals), Colin Pattenden ( bass guitar ) and Chris Slade ( drums and vocals). In its very earliest stages, the band was simply billed as "Manfred Mann" and thus a continuation of the 1960s group. The quartet (as "Manfred Mann") released their first single, "Please Mrs. Henry", in 1971. Their second single, Randy Newman 's "Living Without You," was also released by "Manfred Mann" in Europe, but by "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" in the USA, where the track became a minor chart hit.

From 1972 forward "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" was the band name used on all releases by this group, and they are considered a separate band from Manfred Mann. In June 1983 Manfred Mann briefly reformed for an appearance at the Marquee Club in London, to help celebrate the club's 25th anniversary. [12] In the 1990s most of the original 1960s line-up reformed as the Manfreds , minus Manfred Mann himself (hence the name), playing most of the old 1960s hits and a few jazz instrumentals, sometimes with both Paul Jones and Mike d'Abo fronting the line-up. [3] McGuinness formed McGuinness Flint in 1970, scoring a few hits before they disbanded in 1975. Both Jones and McGuinness have been mainstays of the Blues Band , which they helped form in 1978.

[3] In 2009 the Manfreds ; Mike D'Abo , Mike Hugg , Paul Jones and Tom McGuinness joined Klaus Voormann performing a version of Mighty Quinn for his first solo collection A Sideman's Journey credited to "Voormann & Friends." Personnel Manfred Mann - Musician - Music database - Radio Swiss Jazz Manfred Mann From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Manfred Mann were an English rock band of the 1960s, named after keyboardist, Manfred Mann, who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band . [1] The group had two different lead vocalists during their success, Paul Jones from 1962 to 1966, and Mike d'Abo from 1966 to 1969. Manfred Mann were regularly on the charts in the 1960s. Three of the band's most successful singles, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Pretty Flamingo" and "Mighty Quinn", topped the UK Singles Chart.

[2] They were the first south-of-England-based group to top the US Billboard Hot 100 during the British invasion. [2] History Beginnings (1962–1963) The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers were formed in London [3] by keyboard player Manfred Mann and drummer/vibes/piano player Mike Hugg, [1] who formed a house band in Clacton-on-Sea that also featured Graham Bond. [4] Bringing a shared love of jazz to the British blues boom, then sweeping London's clubs (which also spawned Alexis Korner , the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds), the band was completed by Mike Vickers on guitar, alto saxophone and flute, bassist Dave Richmond and Paul Jones as lead vocalist and harmonicist. [1] By this time they had changed their name to Manfred Mann & the Manfreds. Gigging throughout late 1962 and early 1963 the band soon attracted attention for their distinctive sound.

After changing their name to Manfred Mann at the behest of their label's producer John Burgess, the group signed with His Master's Voice in March 1963 and began their recorded output that July with the slow, bluesy instrumental single "Why Should We Not?", which they performed on their first appearance on television on a New Year's Eve show. [5] It failed to chart, as did its follow-up (with vocals), "Cock-a-Hoop." [1] The overdubbed instrumental soloing on woodwinds, vibes, harmonica and second keyboard lent considerable weight to the group's sound and demonstrated the jazz-inspired technical prowess in which they took pride. [4] Early success (1964–1965) In 1964 the group was asked to provide a new theme tune for the ITV pop music television programme Ready Steady Go!. [3] They responded with "5-4-3-2-1" which, with the help of weekly television exposure, rose to No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart.

[2] Shortly after "5-4-3-2-1" was recorded, Richmond left the band, [6] though he would record with them occasionally later. He was replaced by Jones' friend Tom McGuinness —the first of many changes. After a further self-penned hit, "Hubble Bubble (Toil And Trouble)," the band struck gold with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", a cover of the Exciters' No. 78 Hot 100 hit earlier that year. [3] The track reached the top of each of the UK, Canadian, and US charts. With the success of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" the sound of the group's singles moved away from the jazzy, blues-based music of their early years to a pop hybrid that continued to make hit singles from cover material. They hit No. 3 in the UK with another girl-group cover "Sha La La", [2] (originally by the Shirelles ) which also reached No. 12 in the US and Canada and followed with the sentimental "Come Tomorrow" (originally by Marie Knight ) but both were of a noticeably lighter texture than their earliest output.

Meanwhile, "B" sides and four-song EPs showcased original material and instrumental solos. The group also returned to jazz and R&B themes on their albums: their first, 1964's The Five Faces of Manfred Mann, included standards such as "Smokestack Lightning" [3] while the second and last with this line-up, Mann Made, offered several self-composed instrumentals and a version of "Stormy Monday Blues" alongside novelties and pop ballads. With a cover of Maxine Brown's "Oh No Not My Baby" began a phase of new depth and sophistication in the arrangements of their singles. The group began its string of successes with Bob Dylan songs with a track on the best-selling EP The One in the Middle, "With God on Our Side", next reaching No. 2 in the UK with "If You Gotta Go, Go Now". [2] The EP's title track reached the British top ten singles, the last self-written song (by Jones) and the band's last R'n'B workout to do so. The run climaxed with a second UK No. 1 single, "Pretty Flamingo" produced by John Burgess.

The group had managed an initial jazz/rhythm-and-blues fusion, then taken chart music in its stride but could not hope to cope with Paul Jones' projected solo career as singer and actor, and with Mike Vickers' orchestral and instrumental ambitions. Jones intended to go solo once a replacement could be found but stayed with the band for another year, during which Mike Vickers left. McGuinness moved to guitar, his original instrument, contributing the distinctive National Steel Guitar to "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" and "Pretty Flamingo", and was replaced on bass by Jack Bruce , who had been playing for the Graham Bond Organisation [2] for some time before a recent brief stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. In his brief tenure before leaving to form Cream Bruce played on "Pretty Flamingo" and on the EP Instrumental Asylum,(on which Jack Bruce and brass players Henry Lowther & Lyn Dobson were included in the group on the cover photo) which began the group's experiments with instrumental versions of chart songs. He was replaced by Klaus Voormann .

[3] The band changed record companies just after, although EMI quickly released an EP of earlier unissued 1963–66 era songs titled 'As Was' (a pun on their current 1966 new studio album title), a hits compilation; 'Mann Made Hits' (1966) which included one unissued instrumental track, an instrumental compilation LP; 'Soul of Mann' (1967) and most controversially used session players to complete the unfinished track; 'You Gave Me Somebody To Love' c/w 'Poison Ivy' (both sung by Paul Jones) which made No.36 in the UK singles chart upsetting the group, hence Tom McGuinness wry comment; 'Manfreds disown new single' on the sleeve of their next studio album for their new record label. Mike d'Abo years (1966–1969) Jones was replaced by Mike d'Abo in July 1966, [7] and the group switched labels to Fontana Records , [7] where they were produced by Shel Talmy .

[7] Their first Fontana single, Dylan's "Just Like a Woman", released in July, scraped in the UK top ten, reaching number one in Sweden. Their annual long-player, As Is, followed in October, with increased studio technique sidelining jazz, soul and blues roots and centring on the group's strongest set of songs so far. [8] The next two singles "Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr James" and "Ha Ha Said The Clown" both reached the Top 5. In December another EP set of instrumentals, Instrumental Assassination, was released. [9] This featured original member Dave Richmond on double bass, but not Mike d'Abo, suggesting the sessions dated from a little earlier in 1966. An instrumental version of Tommy Roe's "Sweet Pea" only reached No. 36 when issued as a single and the follow-up, Randy Newman 's "So Long, Dad", with its intricate keyboard arrangement, missed the top twenty altogether. Thus, 1967 was largely an unsuccessful year in the charts, besides 'Ha Ha Said The Clown' which reached the UK singles chart early in 1967.

There was no album, as Mann and Hugg explored other avenues of their career, although their record company did compile the UK budget priced album; 'What A Mann' (Fontana SFL 13003), a predominantly instrumental set gathering together a few recent singles 'A' sides, 'B' sides, and instrumental EP tracks. The following year 1968 brought two albums, the Mann-Hugg soundtrack to the film Up the Junction in February, from which an edited title track coupled with the rare 'B' side 'Sleepy Hollow' was issued as an unsuccessful UK single; and Mighty Garvey! in July. They had a resounding success with "Mighty Quinn", their third UK No. 1 and third hit Dylan song, [2] which also peaked at No. 3 in Canada and No. 10 in the US. In June 1968 the following single, John Simon's "My Name is Jack", was recalled when the US company Mercury Records complained about the phrase "Super Spade" in the lyrics, which referred to a Haight-Ashbury drug dealer.

The release was delayed by a week until the offending name was re-recorded as "Superman"; [10] however, the UK hit single version retained the original lyric. Their December 1968 release, "Fox on the Run", reached No. 5 in the UK. [1] The group split in 1969, while their final hit, "Ragamuffin Man", was in the Top 10. [2] Aftermath Mann and Hugg were already writing advertising jingles at the time of the group's demise but continued to work together in a group format [1] with Manfred Mann Chapter Three , an experimental jazz rock band described by Mann as an over-reaction to the hit factory of the Manfred Mann group. [11] For a moment their musical worlds coincided: a TV cigar advertisement, a long track from Chapter Three's first album 'Travellin' Lady' and "A "B" Side", the flip of the old group's last single, all used the same riff.

The new group was, however, short lived and by 1971 after a second album (and an unreleased possibly incomplete third) they had disbanded and Mann had formed a new group. The original line-up of this new group consisted of Mick Rogers (guitar and vocals), Manfred Mann (organ, synthesizer and vocals), Colin Pattenden (bass guitar) and Chris Slade (drums and vocals). In its very earliest stages, the band was simply billed as "Manfred Mann" and thus a continuation of the 1960s group. The quartet (as "Manfred Mann") released their first single, "Please Mrs. Henry", in 1971. Their second single, Randy Newman 's "Living Without You," was also released by "Manfred Mann" in Europe, but by "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" in the USA, where the track became a minor chart hit. From 1972 forward "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" was the band name used on all releases by this group, and they are considered a separate band from Manfred Mann.

In June 1983 Manfred Mann briefly reformed for an appearance at the Marquee Club in London, to help celebrate the club's 25th anniversary. [12] In the 1990s most of the original 1960s line-up reformed as the Manfreds , minus Manfred Mann himself (hence the name), playing most of the old 1960s hits and a few jazz instrumentals, sometimes with both Paul Jones and Mike d'Abo fronting the line-up. [3] McGuinness formed McGuinness Flint in 1970, scoring a few hits before they disbanded in 1975. Both Jones and McGuinness have been mainstays of the Blues Band , which they helped form in 1978.

[3] In 2009 the Manfreds ; Mike D'Abo, Mike Hugg, Paul Jones and Tom McGuinness joined Klaus Voormann performing a version of Mighty Quinn for his first solo collection A Sideman's Journey credited to "Voormann & Friends." Personnel Mike Hugg & Manfred Mann - First thoughts about Mike Hugg & Manfred Mann Mike Hugg (born Michael John Hugg, 11 August 1942, Gosport, Hampshire) is a musician (drums, vibraphone, vocals, keyboards, songwriter) who achieved fame as a founding member of the 1960s group Manfred Mann. Manfred Mann was a British beat, rhythm and blues and pop band (with a strong jazz foundation) of the 1960s, named after their South African keyboardist, Manfred Mann, who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

5.0/5 Mike Hugg Manfred Mann Paul Jones James Taylor Otis Redding Al Jarreau Paul Mccartney Paul Kantner Mark Stein Special Agent Jefferson Starship Good Lovin Del Shannon Vince Edwards Ben Casey Vanilla Fudge Linda Eastman 12 Mar 2013 01:55 Today in history in 1960's: March 11: Born: Mike Hugg, Manfred Mann (1940) Mark Stein , Vanilla Fudge (1947) Events: Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" (1968) Vince Edwards actor ( Ben Casey ), dies of cancer at 67 (1996) March 12: Born: Barbara Feldon Pittsburgh PA, actress (Agent 99-Get Smart) (1939) Al Jarreau (1940) Paul Kantner , Jefferson Starship (1942) James Taylor , singer (1948) Jon Provost actor (Timmy-Lassie) (1950) Events: "Runaway," Del Shannon 's first hit, makes the charts

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(1961) " Good Lovin " by The Rascals charts. (1966) Paul Mccartney and Linda Eastman wed. (1969) The 60s had its own special places to enjoy our high calorie, high fat meals. They became part of our daily routine especially during the summer. We cruised to these places as part of our weekly or nightly cruisin' activities. These meals were high in fat and calories and we didn't have the obesity problem that we see today. People weren't on diet programs like The Medifast Plan ... 28 Jan 2013 23:46 Mike Hugg is like the most underatted songwriter I've ever come across. Manfred Mann Chapter 3. Get on their first record kids. 30 Nov 2012 15:20 WEEKEND AT FAIRFIELD 01/12/12...

THE MANFREDS - 8pm Original Manfred Mann members Paul Jones , Mike Hugg and Tom McGuinness and former member Mike d'Abo, are joined by Rob Townsend, Marcus Cliffe and Simon Currie as the exciting new line-up of The Manfreds, featuring BOTH lead singers from the 1960s band. 10 Aug 2012 18:37 It was Mike Hugg (Manfred Mann) and his session band... *Not* Hendrix ;) Who passed it to band Highly Likely who charted it. 10 Aug 2012 18:36 It's Mike Hugg singing - that's why it sounds so much like late 60s "Manfred Mann". Because, to a large extent, it is.

07 Aug 2012 16:08 Manffred Mann in the piano; Mike Hugg in drums; Mike Vickers in the guittar; Dave Richmond in bass and Paul Jones singing Manfred Mann: Music Downloads, Album Info & More – artistxite.com Manfred Mann Show me Biography Manfred Mann were an English rock band of the 1960s, named after keyboardist, Manfred Mann , who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Manfred Mann were regularly on the charts in the 1960s, and the first south-of-England-based group to top the US Billboard Hot 100 during the British invasion. Three of the band's most successful singles, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Pretty Flamingo" and "Mighty Quinn", topped the UK Singles Chart. The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers were formed in London by keyboard player Manfred Mann and drummer/vibes/piano player Mike Hugg, who formed a house band in Clacton-on-Sea that also featured Graham Bond .

Bringing a shared love of jazz to the British blues boom, then sweeping London's clubs (which also spawned Alexis Korner , the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds ), the band was completed by Mike Vickers on guitar, alto saxophone and flute, bassist Dave Richmond and Paul Jones as lead vocalist and harmonicist. By this time they had changed their name to Manfred Mann & the Manfreds. Gigging throughout late 1962 and early 1963 the band soon attracted attention for their distinctive sound. After changing their name to Manfred Mann at the behest of their label's producer John Burgess, the group signed with His Master's Voice in March 1963 and began their recorded output that July with the slow, bluesy instrumental single "Why Should We Not?", which they performed on their first appearance on television on a New Year's Eve show. It failed to chart, as did its follow-up (with vocals), "Cock-a-Hoop." The overdubbed instrumental soloing on woodwinds, vibes, harmonica and second keyboard lent considerable weight to the group's sound and demonstrated the jazz-inspired technical prowess in which they took pride.

In 1964 the group was asked to provide a new theme tune for the ITV pop music television programme Ready Steady Go!. They responded with "5-4-3-2-1" which, with the help of weekly television exposure, rose to No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. Shortly after "5-4-3-2-1" was recorded, Richmond left the band, though he would record with them occasionally later. He was replaced by Jones' friend Tom McGuinness—the first of many changes. After a further self-penned hit, "Hubble Bubble (Toil And Trouble)," the band struck gold with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", a cover of the Exciters ' No. 78 Hot 100 hit earlier that year. The track reached the top of each of the UK, Canadian, and US charts. With the success of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" the sound of the group's singles moved away from the jazzy, blues-based music of their early years to a pop hybrid that continued to make hit singles from cover material. They hit No.

3 in the UK with another girl-group cover "Sha La La", (originally by the Shirelles ) which also reached No. 12 in the US and Canada and followed with the sentimental "Come Tomorrow" (originally by Marie Knight ) but both were of a noticeably lighter texture than their earliest output. Meanwhile, "B" sides and four-song EPs showcased original material and instrumental solos. The group also returned to jazz and R&B themes on their albums: their first, 1964's The Five Faces of Manfred Mann, included standards such as "Smokestack Lightning" while the second and last with this line-up, Mann Made, offered several self-composed instrumentals and a version of "Stormy Monday Blues" alongside novelties and pop ballads. With a cover of Maxine Brown 's "Oh No Not My Baby" began a phase of new depth and sophistication in the arrangements of their singles. The group began its string of successes with Bob Dylan songs with a track on the best-selling EP The One in the Middle, "With God on Our Side", next reaching No. 2 in the UK with "If You Gotta Go, Go Now".

The EP's title track reached the British top ten singles, the last self-written song (by Jones) and the band's last R'n'B workout to do so. The run climaxed with a second UK No. 1 single, "Pretty Flamingo" produced by John Burgess. The group had managed an initial jazz/rhythm-and-blues fusion, then taken chart music in its stride but could not hope to cope with Paul Jones' projected solo career as singer and actor, and with Mike Vickers ' orchestral and instrumental ambitions. Jones intended to go solo once a replacement could be found but stayed with the band for another year, during which Mike Vickers left. McGuinness moved to guitar, his original instrument, contributing the distinctive National Steel Guitar to "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" and "Pretty Flamingo", and was replaced on bass by Jack Bruce , who had been playing for the Graham Bond Organisation for some time before a recent brief stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.

In his brief tenure before leaving to form Cream Bruce played on "Pretty Flamingo" and on the EP Instrumental Asylum,(on which Jack Bruce and brass players Henry Lowther & Lyn Dobson were included in the group on the cover photo) which began the group's experiments with instrumental versions of chart songs. He was replaced by Klaus Voormann. The band changed record companies just after, although EMI quickly released an EP of earlier unissued 1963–66 era songs titled 'As Was' (a pun on their current 1966 new studio album title), a hits compilation; 'Mann Made Hits' (1966) which included one unissued instrumental track, an instrumental compilation LP; 'Soul of Mann' (1967) and most controversially used session players to complete the unfinished track; 'You Gave Me Somebody To Love' c/w 'Poison Ivy' (both sung by Paul Jones) which made No.36 in the UK singles chart upsetting the group, hence Tom McGuinness wry comment; 'Manfreds disown new single' on the sleeve of their next studio album for their new record label.

Jones was replaced by Mike d'Abo in July 1966, and the group switched labels to Fontana Records, where they were produced by Shel Talmy. Their first Fontana single, Dylan's "Just Like a Woman", released in July, scraped in the UK top ten, reaching number one in Sweden. Their annual long-player, As Is, followed in October, with increased studio technique sidelining jazz, soul and blues roots and centring on the group's strongest set of songs so far. The next two singles "Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr James" and "Ha Ha Said The Clown" both reached the Top 5. In December another EP set of instrumentals, Instrumental Assassination, was released. This featured original member Dave Richmond on double bass, but not Mike d'Abo, suggesting the sessions dated from a little earlier in 1966. An instrumental version of Tommy Roe 's "Sweet Pea" only reached No. 36 when issued as a single and the follow-up, Randy Newman 's "So Long, Dad", with its intricate keyboard arrangement, missed the top twenty altogether.

Thus, 1967 was largely an unsuccessful year in the charts, besides 'Ha Ha Said The Clown' which reached the UK singles chart early in 1967. There was no album, as Mann and Hugg explored other avenues of their career, although their record company did compile the UK budget priced album; 'What A Mann' (Fontana SFL 13003), a predominantly instrumental set gathering together a few recent singles 'A' sides, 'B' sides, and instrumental EP tracks. The following year 1968 brought two albums, the Mann-Hugg soundtrack to the film Up the Junction in February, from which an edited title track coupled with the rare 'B' side 'Sleepy Hollow' was issued as an unsuccessful UK single; and Mighty Garvey! in July. They had a resounding success with "Mighty Quinn", their third UK No. 1 and third hit Dylan song, which also peaked at No. 3 in Canada and No. 10 in the US.

In June 1968 the following single, John Simon 's "My Name is Jack", was recalled when the US company Mercury Records complained about the phrase "Super Spade" in the lyrics, which referred to a Haight-Ashbury drug dealer. The release was delayed by a week until the offending name was re-recorded as "Superman"; however, the UK hit single version retained the original lyric. Their December 1968 release, "Fox on the Run", reached No. 5 in the UK. The group split in 1969, while their final hit, "Ragamuffin Man", was in the Top 10. Mann and Hugg were already writing advertising jingles at the time of the group's demise but continued to work together in a group format with Manfred Mann Chapter Three, an experimental jazz rock band described by Mann as an over-reaction to the hit factory of the Manfred Mann group. For a moment their musical worlds coincided: a TV cigar advertisement, a long track from Chapter Three's first album 'Travellin' Lady' and "A "B" Side", the flip of the old group's last single, all used the same riff.

The new group was, however, short lived and by 1971 after a second album (and an unreleased possibly incomplete third) they had disbanded and Mann had formed a new group. The original line-up of this new group consisted of Mick Rogers (guitar and vocals), Manfred Mann (organ, synthesizer and vocals), Colin Pattenden (bass guitar) and Chris Slade (drums and vocals). In its very earliest stages, the band was simply billed as "Manfred Mann" and thus a continuation of the 1960s group. The quartet (as "Manfred Mann") released their first single, "Please Mrs. Henry", in 1971. Their second single, Randy Newman 's "Living Without You," was also released by "Manfred Mann" in Europe, but by "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" in the USA, where the track became a minor chart hit. From 1972 forward "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" was the band name used on all releases by this group, and they are considered a separate band from Manfred Mann.

In June 1983 Manfred Mann briefly reformed for an appearance at the Marquee Club in London, to help celebrate the club's 25th anniversary. In the 1990s most of the original 1960s line-up reformed as the Manfreds, minus Manfred Mann himself (hence the name), playing most of the old 1960s hits and a few jazz instrumentals, sometimes with both Paul Jones and Mike d'Abo fronting the line-up. McGuinness formed McGuinness Flint in 1970, scoring a few hits before they disbanded in 1975. Both Jones and McGuinness have been mainstays of the Blues Band, which they helped form in 1978. In 2009 the Manfreds; Mike D'Abo, Mike Hugg, Paul Jones and Tom McGuinness joined Klaus Voormann performing a version of Mighty Quinn for his first solo collection A Sideman's Journey credited to "Voormann & Friends." Note: Only the most important role is mentioned; most of the members played many instruments.

Timeline $1.09 Aug 13, 2007 Manfred Mann: Music Downloads, Album Info & More – artistxite.co.uk Show me Biography Manfred Mann were an English rock band of the 1960s, named after keyboardist, Manfred Mann , who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Manfred Mann were regularly on the charts in the 1960s, and the first south-of-England-based group to top the US Billboard Hot 100 during the British invasion. Three of the band's most successful singles, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Pretty Flamingo" and "Mighty Quinn", topped the UK Singles Chart. The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers were formed in London by keyboard player Manfred Mann and drummer/vibes/piano player Mike Hugg, who formed a house band in Clacton-on-Sea that also featured Graham Bond .

Bringing a shared love of jazz to the British blues boom, then sweeping London's clubs (which also spawned Alexis Korner , the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds ), the band was completed by Mike Vickers on guitar, alto saxophone and flute, bassist Dave Richmond and Paul Jones as lead vocalist and harmonicist. By this time they had changed their name to Manfred Mann & the Manfreds. Gigging throughout late 1962 and early 1963 the band soon attracted attention for their distinctive sound. After changing their name to Manfred Mann at the behest of their label's producer John Burgess, the group signed with His Master's Voice in March 1963 and began their recorded output that July with the slow, bluesy instrumental single "Why Should We Not?", which they performed on their first appearance on television on a New Year's Eve show. It failed to chart, as did its follow-up (with vocals), "Cock-a-Hoop." The overdubbed instrumental soloing on woodwinds, vibes, harmonica and second keyboard lent considerable weight to the group's sound and demonstrated the jazz-inspired technical prowess in which they took pride.

In 1964 the group was asked to provide a new theme tune for the ITV pop music television programme Ready Steady Go!. They responded with "5-4-3-2-1" which, with the help of weekly television exposure, rose to No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. Shortly after "5-4-3-2-1" was recorded, Richmond left the band, though he would record with them occasionally later. He was replaced by Jones' friend Tom McGuinness—the first of many changes. After a further self-penned hit, "Hubble Bubble (Toil And Trouble)," the band struck gold with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", a cover of the Exciters ' No. 78 Hot 100 hit earlier that year. The track reached the top of each of the UK, Canadian, and US charts. With the success of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" the sound of the group's singles moved away from the jazzy, blues-based music of their early years to a pop hybrid that continued to make hit singles from cover material. They hit No.

3 in the UK with another girl-group cover "Sha La La", (originally by the Shirelles ) which also reached No. 12 in the US and Canada and followed with the sentimental "Come Tomorrow" (originally by Marie Knight ) but both were of a noticeably lighter texture than their earliest output. Meanwhile, "B" sides and four-song EPs showcased original material and instrumental solos. The group also returned to jazz and R&B themes on their albums: their first, 1964's The Five Faces of Manfred Mann, included standards such as "Smokestack Lightning" while the second and last with this line-up, Mann Made, offered several self-composed instrumentals and a version of "Stormy Monday Blues" alongside novelties and pop ballads. With a cover of Maxine Brown 's "Oh No Not My Baby" began a phase of new depth and sophistication in the arrangements of their singles. The group began its string of successes with Bob Dylan songs with a track on the best-selling EP The One in the Middle, "With God on Our Side", next reaching No. 2 in the UK with "If You Gotta Go, Go Now".

The EP's title track reached the British top ten singles, the last self-written song (by Jones) and the band's last R'n'B workout to do so. The run climaxed with a second UK No. 1 single, "Pretty Flamingo" produced by John Burgess. The group had managed an initial jazz/rhythm-and-blues fusion, then taken chart music in its stride but could not hope to cope with Paul Jones' projected solo career as singer and actor, and with Mike Vickers ' orchestral and instrumental ambitions. Jones intended to go solo once a replacement could be found but stayed with the band for another year, during which Mike Vickers left. McGuinness moved to guitar, his original instrument, contributing the distinctive National Steel Guitar to "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" and "Pretty Flamingo", and was replaced on bass by Jack Bruce , who had been playing for the Graham Bond Organisation for some time before a recent brief stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers.

In his brief tenure before leaving to form Cream Bruce played on "Pretty Flamingo" and on the EP Instrumental Asylum,(on which Jack Bruce and brass players Henry Lowther & Lyn Dobson were included in the group on the cover photo) which began the group's experiments with instrumental versions of chart songs. He was replaced by Klaus Voormann. The band changed record companies just after, although EMI quickly released an EP of earlier unissued 1963–66 era songs titled 'As Was' (a pun on their current 1966 new studio album title), a hits compilation; 'Mann Made Hits' (1966) which included one unissued instrumental track, an instrumental compilation LP; 'Soul of Mann' (1967) and most controversially used session players to complete the unfinished track; 'You Gave Me Somebody To Love' c/w 'Poison Ivy' (both sung by Paul Jones) which made No.36 in the UK singles chart upsetting the group, hence Tom McGuinness wry comment; 'Manfreds disown new single' on the sleeve of their next studio album for their new record label.

Jones was replaced by Mike d'Abo in July 1966, and the group switched labels to Fontana Records, where they were produced by Shel Talmy. Their first Fontana single, Dylan's "Just Like a Woman", released in July, scraped in the UK top ten, reaching number one in Sweden. Their annual long-player, As Is, followed in October, with increased studio technique sidelining jazz, soul and blues roots and centring on the group's strongest set of songs so far. The next two singles "Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr James" and "Ha Ha Said The Clown" both reached the Top 5. In December another EP set of instrumentals, Instrumental Assassination, was released. This featured original member Dave Richmond on double bass, but not Mike d'Abo, suggesting the sessions dated from a little earlier in 1966. An instrumental version of Tommy Roe 's "Sweet Pea" only reached No. 36 when issued as a single and the follow-up, Randy Newman 's "So Long, Dad", with its intricate keyboard arrangement, missed the top twenty altogether.

Thus, 1967 was largely an unsuccessful year in the charts, besides 'Ha Ha Said The Clown' which reached the UK singles chart early in 1967. There was no album, as Mann and Hugg explored other avenues of their career, although their record company did compile the UK budget priced album; 'What A Mann' (Fontana SFL 13003), a predominantly instrumental set gathering together a few recent singles 'A' sides, 'B' sides, and instrumental EP tracks. The following year 1968 brought two albums, the Mann-Hugg soundtrack to the film Up the Junction in February, from which an edited title track coupled with the rare 'B' side 'Sleepy Hollow' was issued as an unsuccessful UK single; and Mighty Garvey! in July. They had a resounding success with "Mighty Quinn", their third UK No. 1 and third hit Dylan song, which also peaked at No. 3 in Canada and No. 10 in the US.

In June 1968 the following single, John Simon 's "My Name is Jack", was recalled when the US company Mercury Records complained about the phrase "Super Spade" in the lyrics, which referred to a Haight-Ashbury drug dealer. The release was delayed by a week until the offending name was re-recorded as "Superman"; however, the UK hit single version retained the original lyric. Their December 1968 release, "Fox on the Run", reached No. 5 in the UK. The group split in 1969, while their final hit, "Ragamuffin Man", was in the Top 10. Mann and Hugg were already writing advertising jingles at the time of the group's demise but continued to work together in a group format with Manfred Mann Chapter Three, an experimental jazz rock band described by Mann as an over-reaction to the hit factory of the Manfred Mann group. For a moment their musical worlds coincided: a TV cigar advertisement, a long track from Chapter Three's first album 'Travellin' Lady' and "A "B" Side", the flip of the old group's last single, all used the same riff.

The new group was, however, short lived and by 1971 after a second album (and an unreleased possibly incomplete third) they had disbanded and Mann had formed a new group. The original line-up of this new group consisted of Mick Rogers (guitar and vocals), Manfred Mann (organ, synthesizer and vocals), Colin Pattenden (bass guitar) and Chris Slade (drums and vocals). In its very earliest stages, the band was simply billed as "Manfred Mann" and thus a continuation of the 1960s group. The quartet (as "Manfred Mann") released their first single, "Please Mrs. Henry", in 1971. Their second single, Randy Newman 's "Living Without You," was also released by "Manfred Mann" in Europe, but by "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" in the USA, where the track became a minor chart hit. From 1972 forward "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" was the band name used on all releases by this group, and they are considered a separate band from Manfred Mann.

In June 1983 Manfred Mann briefly reformed for an appearance at the Marquee Club in London, to help celebrate the club's 25th anniversary. In the 1990s most of the original 1960s line-up reformed as the Manfreds, minus Manfred Mann himself (hence the name), playing most of the old 1960s hits and a few jazz instrumentals, sometimes with both Paul Jones and Mike d'Abo fronting the line-up. McGuinness formed McGuinness Flint in 1970, scoring a few hits before they disbanded in 1975. Both Jones and McGuinness have been mainstays of the Blues Band, which they helped form in 1978. In 2009 the Manfreds; Mike D'Abo, Mike Hugg, Paul Jones and Tom McGuinness joined Klaus Voormann performing a version of Mighty Quinn for his first solo collection A Sideman's Journey credited to "Voormann & Friends." Note: Only the most important role is mentioned; most of the members played many instruments.

Timeline £4.49 Jul 28, 2015 Manfred Mann - Memorabilia UK Manfred Mann Buy Description: Five original 1966 autograph book pages, clearly signed in ballpoints by six members of the group ; Manfred Mann / Paul Jones (left 1966) / Mike Hugg / Mike D'Abo (joined 1966 on keyboards) / Tom McGuinness and Klaus Voorman (who joined on bass in 1966). Suitable for mounting and display. Certification: AFTAL Dealer No13 and UACC RD Memorabilia UK COA. Size: 11x9cm Sized Autograph Book Pages. Condition: Buy Description: A quirky original circa 1960s Garage Petrol Receipt, clearly signed on the reverse in ballpoints by all five group members ; Manfred Mann / Paul Jones / Tom McGuinness / Mike Hugg and Mike Vickers. Suitable for mounting and display. Certification: Receipt is for Blue Star Garages Highgate London. AFTAL Dealer No13 and UACC RD Memorabilia UK COA. Size: 13x10cm sized Receipt. Condition: Average.

View Image. There are paper remnants on reverse from previous mounting onto an autograph book page. Buy Description: A pair of original (circa 1965) autograph book pages, clearly signed in ballpoints by all five group members ; Manfred Mann / Paul Jones / Tom McGuinness / Mike Hugg and Mike Vickers. ADDITIONALLY also by two group musicians (Henry Lowther Trumpet & Lyn Dobson Sax). Suitable for mounting and display. Certification: From a superb collection of 1960s autograph books all obtained by June Gill of Codnor Derbyshire containing many music notables of the period. Some are dedicated to her and include signing notes. Many autographs appear to have been collected at the popular Larry Parnes All Star Shows of the time. AFTAL Dealer No13 and UACC RD Memorabilia UK COA. Size: Manfred Mann | Rock Music Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit The Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers were formed in London [3 ] by keyboard player Manfred Mann and drummer / vibes /piano player Mike Hugg , [1 ] who formed a house band in Clacton-on-Sea that also featured Graham Bond .

[4 ] Bringing a shared love of jazz to the British blues boom, then sweeping London's clubs (which also spawned Alexis Korner , the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds ), the band was completed by Mike Vickers on guitar , alto saxophone and flute , bassist Dave Richmond and Paul Jones as lead vocalist and harmonicist . [1 ] By this time they had changed their name to Manfred Mann & the Manfreds. Gigging throughout late 1962 and early 1963 the band soon attracted attention for their distinctive sound. After changing their name to Manfred Mann at the behest of their label's producer John Burgess, the group signed with His Master's Voice in March 1963 and began their recorded output that July with the slow, bluesy instrumental single "Why Should We Not?", which they performed on their first appearance on television on a New Year's Eve show. [5 ] It failed to chart, as did its follow-up (with vocals), "Cock-a-Hoop." [1 ] The overdubbed instrumental soloing on woodwinds, vibes, harmonica and second keyboard lent considerable weight to the group's sound and demonstrated the jazz-inspired technical prowess in which they took pride.

[4 ] Early success (1964–1965)[ edit ] Edit In 1964 the group was asked to provide a new theme tune for the ITV pop music television programme Ready Steady Go! . [3 ] They responded with "5-4-3-2-1" which, with the help of weekly television exposure, rose to No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart . [2 ] Shortly after "5-4-3-2-1" was recorded, Richmond left the band, [6 ] though he would record with them occasionally later. He was replaced by Jones' friend Tom McGuinness —the first of many changes. After a further self-penned hit, "Hubble Bubble (Toil And Trouble)," the band struck gold with " Do Wah Diddy Diddy ", a cover of the Exciters ' minor hit earlier that year. [3 ] The track reached the top of each of the UK, Canadian and U.S. charts (The Exciters' version had only charted No. 78 in the US).

With the success of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" the sound of the group's singles moved away from the jazzy, blues-based music of their early years to a pop hybrid that continued to make hit singles from cover material. They hit No. 3 in the UK with another girl-group cover "Sha La La", [2 ] (originally by the Shirelles ) which also reached No. 12 in the U.S. and Canada and followed with the sentimental "Come Tomorrow" but both were of a noticeably lighter texture than their earliest output. Meanwhile "B" sides and four-song EPs showcased original material and instrumental solos. The group also returned to jazz and R&B themes on their albums: their first, 1964's The Five Faces of Manfred Mann , included standards such as " Smokestack Lightning " [3 ] while the second and last with this line-up, Mann Made , offered several self-composed instrumentals and a version of " Stormy Monday Blues " alongside novelties and pop ballads. With a cover of Maxine Brown 's " Oh No Not My Baby " began a phase of new depth and sophistication in the arrangements of their singles.

The group began its string of successes with Bob Dylan songs with a track on the best-selling EP The One in the Middle , " With God on Our Side ", next reaching No. 2 in the UK with " If You Gotta Go, Go Now ". [2 ] The EP's title track reached the British top ten singles, the last self-written song (by Jones) and the band's last R'n'B workout to do so. The run climaxed with a second UK No. 1 single, " Pretty Flamingo ". The group had managed an initial jazz/rhythm-and-blues fusion, then taken chart music in its stride but could not hope to cope with Paul Jones' projected solo career as singer and actor, and with Mike Vickers ' orchestral and instrumental ambitions. Jones intended to go solo once a replacement could be found but stayed with the band for another year, during which Mike Vickers left.

McGuinness moved to guitar, his original instrument, contributing the distinctive National Steel Guitar to "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" and "Pretty Flamingo", and was replaced on bass by Jack Bruce , who had been playing for the Graham Bond Organisation [2 ] for some time before a recent brief stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers . In his brief tenure before leaving to form Cream Bruce played on "Pretty Flamingo" and on the EP Instrumental Asylum ,(on which Jack Bruce and brass players Henry Lowther & Lyn Dobson were included in the group on the cover photo) which began the group's experiments with instrumental versions of chart songs. He was replaced by Klaus Voormann .

[3 ] The band changed record companies just after, although EMI quickly released an EP of earlier unissued 1963-66 era songs titled 'As Was' (a pun on their current 1966 new studio album title), a hits compilation; 'Mann Made Hits' (1966) which included one unissued instrumental track, an instrumental compilation LP; 'Soul of Mann' (1967) and most controversially used session players to complete the unfinished track; 'You Gave Me Somebody To Love' c/w 'Poison Ivy' (both sung by Paul Jones) which made No.36 in the UK singles chart upsetting the group, hence Tom McGuinness wry comment; 'Manfreds disown new single' on the sleeve of their next studio album for their new record label. The Mike d'Abo years (1966–1969)[ edit ] [1] [2] The band in 1966 Jones was replaced by Mike d'Abo in July 1966, [7 ] and the group switched labels to Fontana Records , [7 ] where they were produced by Shel Talmy .

[7 ] Their first Fontana single, Dylan's " Just Like a Woman ", released in July, scraped in the UK top ten, reaching number one in Sweden . Their annual long-player, As Is , followed in October, with increased studio technique sidelining jazz, soul and blues roots and centering on the group's strongest set of songs so far. [8 ] The next two singles "Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr James" and "Ha Ha Said The Clown" both reached the Top 5 . In December another EP set of instrumentals, Instrumental Assassination , was released [9 ] which featured original member Dave Richmond on double bass, but not Mike d'Abo suggesting the sessions dated from a little earlier in 1966, but an instrumental version of Tommy Roe 's "Sweet Pea" only reached No.

36 when issued as a single and the follow-up, Randy Newman 's "So Long, Dad", with its intricate keyboard arrangement, missed the top twenty altogether, making 1967 largely an unsuccessful year in the charts (besides 'Ha Ha Said The Clown' which reached the UK singles chart early in 1967) with no album as Mann and Hugg explored other avenues of their career, although their record company did compile the UK budget priced album; 'What A Mann' (Fontana SFL 13003) a predominantly instrumental set gathering together a few recent singles 'A' sides, 'B' sides, and instrumental EP tracks circa 1966-67. 1968 brought two albums, the Mann-Hugg soundtrack to the film Up the Junction in February, from which an edited title track c/w the rare 'B' side 'Sleepy Hollow' was issued as an unsuccessful UK single, and Mighty Garvey! in July. They had a resounding success with " Mighty Quinn ", their third UK No. 1 and third hit Dylan song, [2 ] which also peaked at No. 3 in Canada and No. 10 in the USA.

In June 1968 the following single, John Simon 's "My Name Is Jack", was recalled when the U.S. company Mercury Records complained about the phrase "Super Spade" in the lyrics , which referred to a Haight-Ashbury drug dealer. The release was delayed by a week until the offending name was re-recorded as "Superman"., [10 ] the UK hit single version retained the original lyric however. Their December 1968 release " Fox on the Run " reached No. 5 in the UK. [1 ] The group split in 1969, while their final hit, "Ragamuffin Man", was in the Top 10. [2 ] Edit Mann and Hugg were already writing advertising jingles at the group's demise but continued to work together in a group format [1 ] with Manfred Mann Chapter Three , an experimental jazz rock band described by Mann as an over-reaction to the hit factory of the Manfred Mann group.

[11 ] For a moment their musical worlds coincided: a TV cigar advertisement, a long track from Chapter Three's first album 'Travellin' Lady' and "A "B" Side", the flip of the old group's last single, all used the same riff. The new group was, however, short lived and by 1971 after a second album (and an unreleased possibly incomplete third) they had disbanded and Mann had formed Manfred Mann's Earth Band. [1 ] In June 1983 Manfred Mann briefly reformed for an appearance at the Marquee Club in London, to help celebrate the club's 25th anniversary. [12 ] In the 1990s most of the original 1960s line-up reformed as the Manfreds , minus Manfred Mann himself (hence the name), playing most of the old 1960s hits and a few jazz instrumentals, sometimes with both Paul Jones and Mike d'Abo fronting the line-up. [3 ] McGuinness formed McGuinness Flint in 1970, scoring a few hits before they disbanded in 1975.

Both Jones and McGuinness have been mainstays of the Blues Band , which they helped form in 1978. [3 ]

Question: Which group, named after its keyboardist, had its first hit record when the members included Mike Hugg, Mike Vickers, Tom McGuinness and Paul Jones?
Answer: Manfred Mann