Signed to the local Autumn label, the group released their second album, Volume 2, in August of 1965 an album that seemed to make good on the promises heard previously. In addition to songwriter/guitarist Ron Elliott, the band featured front man Sal Valentino, a singer blessed with a unique quivering voice that seemed ready-made for the top 10. Instead, they became one of the most under-appreciated as the 228 tracks featured here will attest to.
On paper everything seemed set to make The Beau Brummels one of the hottest bands of the 60s. Both singles made the US top 20, bother were written by bandmember Ron Elliott and both were produced by a young Sylvester Stewart (later Sly Stone).įew bands of the time started with such a powerful one-two punch, never to really bother the charts again and eventually disbanding by the end of the decade. Laugh Laugh emerged December of 1964 with Just A Little following a few months later. Hailing from the very un-English American West Coast, namely San Francisco, The Beau Brummels quickly took over the charts with their first two singles. Bands with names like The Buckinghams, The Byrds, The Royal Guardsmen and The Knickerbockers took on vaguely British names and hoped for the best. Yes, once The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan in on February 4 th, 1964, any aspiring rocker worth his salt was suddenly “English”. But as this 8-CD set reveals, there was much more to this band than their chart hits revealed. And they did just that with early Beatle-esque hits such as Laugh Laugh and Just A Little. The Beau Brummels were just one of many American bands attempting ride on the coat tails of The Beatles in 1964.
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