THE BACHELORS
Unlike the majority of top-selling rock and roll-inspired groups from Great Britain in the early- to mid-1960s, The Bachelors chose a more traditional pop approach, reviving ditties from decades gone by...and were successful at it for a good half-decade. When Decca Records' A&R director Dick Rowe said, "Stick to what I say...just record oldies," they complied; Rowe gave the same advice to The Rolling Stones, who replied with whatever crude Brit slang that could be easily interpreted as "No way!" On the other hand, Irish brothers Conleth "Con" Cluskey and Declan "Dec" Cluskey, along with pal John Stokes, had been brought up in a more traditional musical mindset (they'd begun as an instrumental harmonica act!) and such a setup seemed quite natural to them ... MORE ››
