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The Olympics is the name for at least two artists:
1) A Danish pop-band formed in 2008 and consisting of Jonas Delfs on electronics, Robert Fabrin on drums, Niklas Frost Iversen on vocals and guitar, Jonatan Lykke-Olesen on bass and Kasper Ejlerskov Leonhardt on guitar.
The band has so far released:
Adventure Pop (EP)
Bollywood (Single)
Fires and Rivers (Single)
Mother (Album)
2) A doo-wop group formed in 1957 by lead singer Walter Ward. The group included Eddie Lewis (tenor), Charles Fizer (tenor), Walter Hammond (baritone) and Melvin King (bass) and except for Lewis were friends in a Los Angeles, California high school. Their first record was credited to Walter Ward and the Challengers (“I Can Tell” on Melatone).
After the name change, they recorded “Western Movies” (Demon Records) in the summer of 1958. Co-written by Fred Smith and Cliff Goldsmith, “Western Movies” made it to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song reflected the nation’s preoccupation with western themed movies and television programs. It told the story of a man who lost his girl to TV westerns, and it included doo-wop harmonies as well as background gunshots and ricochet sound effects.
In 1960 the group recorded “(Baby) Hully Gully,” which initiated the hully gully dance craze. “Big Boy Pete,” which the group also released in 1960, served as inspiration for The Kingsmen’s “Jolly Green Giant.”
1) A Danish pop-band formed in 2008 and consisting of Jonas Delfs on electronics, Robert Fabrin on drums, Niklas Frost Iversen on vocals and guitar, Jonatan Lykke-Olesen on bass and Kasper Ejlerskov Leonhardt on guitar.
The band has so far released:
Adventure Pop (EP)
Bollywood (Single)
Fires and Rivers (Single)
Mother (Album)
2) A doo-wop group formed in 1957 by lead singer Walter Ward. The group included Eddie Lewis (tenor), Charles Fizer (tenor), Walter Hammond (baritone) and Melvin King (bass) and except for Lewis were friends in a Los Angeles, California high school. Their first record was credited to Walter Ward and the Challengers (“I Can Tell” on Melatone).
After the name change, they recorded “Western Movies” (Demon Records) in the summer of 1958. Co-written by Fred Smith and Cliff Goldsmith, “Western Movies” made it to #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song reflected the nation’s preoccupation with western themed movies and television programs. It told the story of a man who lost his girl to TV westerns, and it included doo-wop harmonies as well as background gunshots and ricochet sound effects.
In 1960 the group recorded “(Baby) Hully Gully,” which initiated the hully gully dance craze. “Big Boy Pete,” which the group also released in 1960, served as inspiration for The Kingsmen’s “Jolly Green Giant.”
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MoiCapriceJunky
the Danish band is outstanding.
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Kali0str0
Western movies is great!))My baby loves it =D
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Sonofthe60s
"Mine Exclusively" - still a great dance song. Love it!
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yay michael phelps!
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