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Duo Rock 'n' Roll Anglais composé de Ricky Brook né le
24 Octobre 1940 à Winchester (Hampshire) et de Geoffrey Brook né le 12 Avril 1943 à
Winchester (Hampshire).
For about
five years, from 1958 through 1963, Ricky Brook (born on October 24, 1940) and
Geoffrey Brook (born on April 12, 1943) bidded fair to become England's answer
to the Everly Brothers. The two brothers,
who deliberately cultivated nearly identical appearances on stage despite the
nearly three years' difference in their ages, began performing skiffle together
in 1956, amid the boom for that uniquely British amalgam of folk, blues, jazz,
and rock & roll. After winning a talent competition, they chose to turn
professional and developed a sound very similar to that of
the Everly Brothers, who were just
emerging as stars at the time — they were also probably influenced to some
extent by the Kalin Twins (themselves
similar to the Everly Brothers) and
their single "When." In 1960, they were signed to the Top Rank label and
attracted attention with their cover of the Brothers Four hit "Greenfields,"
which became an Italian hit. Their subsequent singles included
the Everly Brothers-related pairing "Please
Help Me I'm Falling" b/w "When Will I Be Loved?" which failed to chart. In 1961,
the Brook Brothers jumped to Pye Records and were assigned to producer Tony
Hatch, and their second single for the label, "Warpaint," became a British Top
20 hit. They subsequently recorded a self-titled LP (containing their covers of
"Hello Mary Lou" and "The Trolley Song," among other rock & roll and non-rock &
roll standards), and toured with Cliff
Richard and Bobby Rydell, thus
enhancing their status and exposure in England, though, like virtually every
other British act of the era, they never made an impact in America. The Brook
Brothers enjoyed lesser hits with "Ain't Gonna Wash for a Week," "He's Old
Enough to Know Better," "Welcome Home Baby," and "Trouble Is My Middle Name."
The duo managed a lively appearance in Richard Lester's debut feature film, the
scintillating jukebox movie It's Trad, Dad (also known as Ring-A-Ding
Rhythm), miming in an elaborately shot and edited performance of the song
"Double Trouble." By that time, in mid-1963, the beat boom out of Liverpool,
spearheaded by the Beatles, was dominating the charts and the Brook Brothers
seemed more suited to the cabaret circuit. They'd disappeared from view by 1965,
leaving behind some fond memories for homegrown British audiences. At the end of
the '90s, Castle Music put together a double-CD compilation of the Brook
Brothers' complete Pye label recordings, including outtakes and rarities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brook_Brothers
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll
WARPAINT
(1961)
AIN'T
GONNA WASH FOR A WEEK (1961)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 1960 | SP TOP RANK JAR349 (UK) | . | Green Fields / How Will It End |
| 1960 | SP TOP RANK JAR409 (UK) | . | Please Help Me, I'm Falling / When Will I Be Loved |
| 1960 | SP PYE 7N15298 (UK) | . | Say The Word / Everything But Love |
| 1961 | SP PYE 7N15333 (UK) | . |
Warpaint
 / Sometimes |
| 1961 | SP PYE 7N15352 (UK) | . | Little Bitty Heart / Tell Her |
| 1961 | SP PYE 7N15369 (UK) | . |
Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week
/ One Last Kiss |
| 1961 | SP PYE 7N15387 (UK) | . | Married / Love Girls |
| 1961 | EP PYE NEP 24140 (UK) |
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BROOK BROTHERS HIT PARADE - Say The Word /
Everything But Love /
Warpaint
/ Sometimes |
| 1961 | EP PYE NEP 24148 (UK) |
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BROOK BROTHERS HIT PARADE VOL. 2 - Little Bitty
Heart / One Last Kiss / Tell Her /
Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week
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| 1961 | EP VOGUE PNV 24080 (F) |
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Warpaint
/ Sometimes / Little Bitty Heart / Tell
Her |
| 1961 | EP VOGUE PNV 24085 (F) |
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Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week / I Wanna Love My Life Away / I'm In Love Again / Like Making Love |
| 1962 | SP PYE 7N15409 (UK) | . |
He's Old Enough To Know Better
/ Win Or Lose |
| 1962 | SP PYE 7N15415 (UK) | . | Too Scared / Tell Tale |
| 1962 | SP PYE 7N15441 (UK) | . | Just Another Fool / Double Trouble |
| 1962 | SP PYE 7N15453 (UK) | . | Welcome Home Baby / So Long |
| 1962 | SP PYE 7N15463 (UK) | . | I Can't Make Up My Mind / Town Girl |
| 1962 | EP PYE NEP 24155 (UK) |
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THE BROOK BROTHERS - The Trolley Song / Look For A Star / Half As Much / I Wanna Love My Life Away |
| 1963 | SP PYE 7N15498 (UK) | . | Trouble Is My Middle Name / Let The Good Times Roll |
| 1963 | SP PYE 7N15527 (UK) | . | I'm Not Jimmy / Side By Side |
| 1963 | SP PYE 7N15570 (UK) | . | Crossroads / Whistle To The Wind |
| 1964 | SP DECCA F11868 (UK) | . | Once In A While / Poor Poor Man |
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Albums
| 1961 | LP 12" PYE ? (UK) |
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BROOK BROTHERS - The Trolley Song / Little Devil / That's The Way It Goes / Please Help Me I'm Falling / I Wanna Love My Life Away / Little Bitty Heart / I'm In Love Again / Hello Mary Lou / I Love Girls / Look For A Star / Like Making Love / Half As Much / Honey Cause I Love You / Your Cheating Heart / Tell Her / Warpaint | ||
| 1990 | CD RR 4096-WZ (UK) |
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BROOK BROTHERS - The Trolley Song / Little Devil / That's The Way It Goes / Please Help Me I'm Falling / I Wanna Love My Life Away / Little Bitty Heart / I'm In Love Again / Hello Mary Lou / I Love Girls / Look For A Star / Like Making Love / Half As Much / Honey Cause I Love You / Your Cheating Heart / Tell Her / Warpaint / Bonus : Ain't Gonna Wash For A Week / He's Old Enough To Know Better | ||
| 09/2002 | 2 CD CASTLE MUSIC 72210 (UK) |
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WARPAINT - THE PYE ANTHOLOGY :
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© Rocky Productions 15/10/2011
