laudi

5y

they didn't sound like they were ripping off the blues, gospel, or any black music. They sounded like a couple of folk/country singers

Elric

5y

Accurate they even had the best Little Richard cover ever, absolute whiteness intact

laudi

5y

one could argue that them, Elvis and Buddy Holly paved the way for how every pop and rock act in the early '60s sounded. then of course Dylan changed everything.

Elric

5y

Beach Boys, Zombies, Beatles, Hollies and the Kinks in a way carried on the cutesy pop rock tradition through the Bob era. American bands generally skewed harder.

laudi

5y

American bands? u mean "surf rock", Eddie, and Ricky?

SHAQUILLE

5y

Lusty negro attitudes with cute white kid smiles