I've been listening to LastFM since I got up this morning and they played Susan by the Buckinghams a couple of times already.I was thinking about all the great hits thase guys did and promptly ordered a greatest hits album from CDUniverse.I really liked the harmonies and arrangements of their song except Susan which ironically is my favourite song by them but I don't like the cacaphony near the end-They could've dropped that or changed it.I hope to do a cover of some of their songs when I get gigging again.Any more Buckinghams fans out there?

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Sure. I remember The Buckinghams. My favorite song was "Have Mercy on Me".

i dig the buckinghams

aren't they out on tour with the turtles and others in the "happy together" tour?

if anybody's seen them recently - how do they sound?

their first big hit
The Buckinghams - Kind Of A Drag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq1fpN1qWv8

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For whatever reason, they never resonated, here in this head.

The Buckinghams go back to my jr. high school years! I vividly remember "Hey Baby, They're Playing Our Song" at my first ever dance. They were from Chicago and started out as a blues band until they got signed. Then their producer and the label's A&R people gave them a makeover to appear more like a British Invasion band, hence the name Buckinghams. The "freakout" at the end of "Susan" was inserted to make the band sound more modern, more psychedelic. I believe it was the producer's idea and the band didn't like it.

All I have left is an old cassette . . . and nothing to play it on.

I got in touch with the Buckinghams yesterday on their website and facebook page and was listening to their new live remakes of all the old songs-they still sound as youthful and fresh as they did in the old days.

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I remember these guys from when I was a teen, had a bunch of their 45's actually and my favourite was mercy mercy me.

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Here you go, Steve......

http://www.amazon.com/Standing-Room-Onl ... 550&sr=1-3

Great compilation!



Arjay

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I still like to play their version of 'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy' and 'Don't You Care'. I used to think that they wrote Mercy, then later I found out otherwise.

http://www.fretplay.com/tabs/z/zawinul_ ... -tab.shtml

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Don't leave home without it!

i believe "mercy mercy mercy" was written by joe zawinul, who also was in weather report.

If you go to the Bucks website they have a list of all their songs and who wrote what.Sorry I don't have the link but you'll find it on their FB page.

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Thanks! Actually, the CD version of my cassette is on the same page on the lower left . . . with bonus tracks!

BTW - Here's The Buckinghams' website link http://www.thebuckinghams.com/

The former lead singer, Dennis Tufano, isn't with the band anymore. He's doing voice work in Hollywood and traveling the country doing a Bobby Darin tribute show or something like that. I hope the film work pays better than the oldies circuit.

I liked Don't You Care the best.

Great band out of Chicago that should of been around much longer than they were.