FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS
At some point Freddie and the Dreamers may have figured they'd be left behind, which would have made them one of, if not the, most popular mid-'60s U.K. acts to miss out on the charge across the Atlantic Ocean led by The Beatles. As it turned out, they joined the British Invasion nearly two years after Freddie's band had broken through at home, and the delay came with a bonus: "I'm Telling You Now," their biggest hit though not quite a chart-topper, enjoyed that extra "oomph" and made it to number one in the States. For Freddie Garrity it was a longer journey than most; he was 28 when that peak moment came, though publicists and the press depicted him as several years younger. Garrity grew up in Crumpsall, Manchester, about 50 miles inland ... MORE ››
