Manfred Mann

Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann
	Manfred Mann in 1968 (L–R): Klaus Voormann, Tom McGuinness, Mike d'Abo, Manfred Mann and Mike Hugg
Background information
Also known as	Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers
Origin	London, England
Genres	Blues rock; R&B; pop; beat; psychedelia;
Years active	1962–1969
Labels	HMV; EMI; Capitol; Ascot (US); Fontana; Mercury (US);
Spinoffs	Manfred Mann Chapter Three; Manfred Mann's Earth Band; The Blues Band; The Manfreds; McGuinness Flint;
Past members	Manfred Mann; Mike Hugg; Paul Jones; Mike Vickers; Dave Richmond; Tom McGuinness; Jack Bruce; Mike d'Abo; Klaus Voormann;

Manfred Mann were an English rock band formed in London in 1962. They were named after their keyboardist Manfred Mann, who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band.^[4] The group had two lead vocalists: Paul Jones from 1962 to 1966 and Mike d'Abo from 1966 to 1969. Other members of various group line-ups were Mike Hugg, Mike Vickers, Dave Richmond, Tom McGuinness, Jack Bruce (later of Cream) and Klaus Voormann.

Prominent in the Swinging London scene of the 1960s, the group regularly appeared in the UK Singles Chart.^[5]^[6] Their breakthrough hit "5-4-3-2-1" (1964) was the theme tune for the ITV pop music show Ready Steady Go!.^[7] The band achieved a UK and US No. 1 hit with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (1964),^[6] which made them the first southern-England band to top the US charts during the British Invasion. The group scored two more UK No. 1 singles with "Pretty Flamingo" (1966) and "Mighty Quinn" (1968).^[6]

^ "The Foote Files: Manfred Mann". CBS News. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2023. Manfred Mann was a British blues/rock quintet formed in England in the late 1950s.
^ ^a ^b Eder, Bruce. "Manfred Mann Biography by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 March 2023. An R&B band that only played pop to get on the charts
^ ^a ^b Petridis, Alexis (14 October 2021). "60s hitmakers Manfred Mann: 'I've sung this 10,000 times and never liked it!'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2023. it is perfect evidence of how different Manfred Mann was from their contemporaries in what was then called the beat boom. [...] In fact, it's impressive how deftly Manfred Mann navigated the ever changing landscape of late-60s pop, releasing singles that hinted at a variety of trends – psychedelia, Kinks-y social satire, post-flower-power rootsiness
^ Cite error: The named reference The Great Rock Discography was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "The story of pop: Episode 12: England Swings". BBC. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference British Hit Singles & Albums was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Roberts, David (1998). Guinness Rockopedia (first ed.). London: Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 258. ISBN 0-85112-072-5.