The song reached No. 1 in the United States and the United Kingdom.

In the 1960s, music was a cultural export. It actually all started the decade before. Blues music from the United States made it across the Atlantic Ocean and British kids started to mimic the songs.

In the 1960s, the British Invasion gave music fans a plethora of bands to meet, get to know and fall in love with. Many of those groups produced buzzy, electric guitar-based tune with big rhythms and ...

While the UK was having its moment in the spotlight during the 1960s, a rival act from the US were struggling to do the same in return.

Featuring the original multi-hit makers ‘Marmalade’ (UK first hit Lovin’ Things), platinum selling ‘Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich’ (the UK Singles Chart No 1 The Legend of Xanadu) and ‘The Tornadoes’ ...