Groovy 60s rock/pop: #12 "Here Comes My Baby" The Tremeloes (1967)

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This English beat group was nothing more than a cover band that began in 1958 as Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Buddy Holly and the Crickets were their influence. The Tremeloes are part of a quirky piece of musical history. Om 2962, Decca Records was debating between two groups and chose to sign the Tremeloes. The band Decca passed on: the Beatles. The Tremeloes were far more successful in their native UK than in the US where they only scored two hits. Their earliest hits were covers of “Twist and Shout” and “Do You Love Me.” Poole exited in 1966 prompting a revamped lineup. The group’s biggest hit was a cover of the Four Seasons’ “Silence is Golden” turning gold at Billboard #11. An album title track, “Here Comes My Baby” also went gold charting at #13 and was a cover of a Cat Stevens song. More pop than rock, the Tremeloes have never gone away undergoing numerous reunions and personnel changes.