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Probably not too many remember The Breakaways. They recorded 2 of my all time favorite girl group songs...
That's How It Goes and He Doesn't Love Me Anymore.
They have that thundering Phil Spector sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnAXbmDb3PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seBUAJS4K1o
Glad you brought them up. I just discovered who the Breakaways were this year doing research for my Petula Clark scrapbook. They were on her early Warner Bros. records and the sound was perfect for the era.
I love the Breakaways. They were just as important to the UK scene as the [[Proto-) Sweet Inspirations and the Blossoms were in the US.
Their wailing banshee style wasn't for everyone but they were more versatile than some might think. My favourite of theirs may be a ballad penned by 50s rocker [[and father to Kim) Marty Wilde, "Your Kind of Love". Inexplicably, it was tucked away on the b-side to a version of "Danny Boy".
Here's their version of "I Can Hear Music"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faUbHhogXkM
The Breakaways aided Burt Bacharach in his first hit as a recording artist. "Trains and Boats and Planes" charted high for him in the UK, with the Breakaways as the featured vocalists, though they were only credited as "Chorus".
Here they are on television performing the follow up, pre-dating Dionne Warwick's version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlOkmGzvtyA
They also backed Dionne on her version of "You Can Have Him"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k66BkZ7lDoU
Here they are flanking Cilla Black [[with four additional singers in the back row) on a version of "So Fine".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Qe2lovnBk
Here's an article that traces their career:
http://spectropop.com/Breakaways/index.htm
Great information! Thanks, smallworld.Quote:
Originally Posted by smallworld
Thankyou Lakeside...I'm a big fan of girl/girl groups and I do like The Breakaways...Have you seen them perform ' That boy of mine'? clip is from Thank Your Lucky Stars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAsvjOnCZ9w
Thank you for sharing that soulpassion.Quote:
Originally Posted by soulpassion
I love the Breakaways so much,I just discovered who the Breakaways were this year doing research for my Petula Clark scrapbook. Records and the sound was perfect for the era.
I posted this back on Aug. 13.Quote:
Originally Posted by icustomboxes
>Glad you brought them up. I just discovered who the Breakaways were this year doing research for my Petula Clark scrapbook. They were on her early Warner Bros. records and the sound was perfect for the era.
<cue Twilight Zone music> :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by nathanj06
lol!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by sansradio
ha!!! Good one.
I am so old that I remember when they first formed by "breaking away" from the Vernons Girls.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4qWcwqCUOz...1600/front.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by 144man
I had forgotten about the Vernons Girls, which
spun out of a larger group of girl singers.
http://www.history-of-rock.com/vernon_girls.htm