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Blogger "Retro Redux" Features The Buckinghams

Blogger Music Critic "Big Geez" featured the music of The Buckinghams today. "The British musical invasion of the Sixties changed the face of pop music, but not just in terms of the music itself. The songs from bands like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were tremendously popular, but a lot of American bands also adopted the look, complete with shaggy haircuts and English-style clothes. I've written before about one such band (Beau Brummels), but there were a lot of others going down that road as well, and some of them had a surprising amount of success. For a while, one of the most popular was the group known as the Buckinghams..." ..."In later years, original members Giammarese and Fortuna started up the group again to tour the Oldies circuit, and have done well keeping alive the music they made famous." Read the entire post at: http://blogcritics.org/music/article/retro-redux-chicagos-faux-british-buckinghams/