BORN IN THE 60's.....Walker Brothers

 

     They weren’t British, they weren’t brothers and their real names weren’t Walker, but Californians Scott Engel, John Maus and Gary Leeds were briefly huge stars in England, and small ones in their native USA, at the peak of the British Invasion.

     In March 1965 their first single – Pretty Girls Everywhere – emerged on the Philips label. The record flopped, but in June, Love Her (a Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil number) put The Walker Brothers into the Top Twenty for the first time.

     The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore repeated the feat the following year, and the group also had UK hits with My Ship Is Coming In, (Baby) You Don’t Have To Tell Me, Another Tear Falls and others.

     While The Walker Brothers looked the part of British Invaders with their shaggy mop tops, they were in fact far more pop than rock – and they didn’t play on most of their records.

     In April 1967, some months after a comparative flop with Stay With Me Baby, the Walkers played what proved to be their last British gig – at the Granada, Tooting. Scott then stated his intention of leaving, claiming that he couldn’t take the pressure anymore.

     The Walker Brothers reunited for a while in 1975, which produced a final British hit (No Regrets) but generally disappointing music.

Best Of...

Universal Music,2008

CD1.....https://www.sendspace.com/file/ty8i6rwl

CD2.....https://www.sendspace.com/file/1mpgl97t