to speculators out there note the date of the release of this song then consider mungo jerrys releases of this style of music came a few years after this you will realise then that mungo-jerry were more likely influenced by this style of music the mixtures took to the uk . sorry to say this but the uk copied an oz innovation
i think the jug band thing was english and imported into aussie remember mungo jerry ? I know this is bad but so are the clothes !!! and to think I used to dress like this oh my god!!!!
o speculators out there note the date of the release of this song then consider mungo jerrys releases of this style of music came a few years after this you will realise then that mungo-jerry were more likely influenced by this style of music the mixtures took to the uk . sorry to say this but the uk copied an oz innovation
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The popularity of this song may have had something to do with timing. The movie Bonnie and Clyde, set in the 1920s, was a big hit around that time. Hence the interest in this style of music.
@hebneh - My father, who knew Kevin Smith (Cherokees' lead singer), has strong views on this subject and as he has never quite mastered the whole "computer thing", he wants me to pass on that you're "mad" for thinking this has anything to do with "Winchester Cathedral". It's obvious, my father says, that's it's merely a rocking version of the Cab Calloway original.
@walkerCPT My father (see earlier comment), says with some authority, that Cab Calloway's version was "boring" and this version was far better. He may have also added that you had "no idea" about music. Please don't take it personally though as he tends to get quite fired up at times.
@Roisterer I'm sorry but the fact that your father knew the lead singer makes his opinion biased. Cab Calloway was more than a singer, he was an entertainer so I doubt his version was "boring". He made the crowd participate along with him for crying out loud. Plus the fact that Cab Calloway's version is the original (recorded in 1931) makes it priceless.
Yes, Aussie had such big line up of great rockers back over the years...Axiom, Gerry humphries and the loved ones, Real Life, Zoot and stacks more ....
Wow! Cab Calloway's version from The Blues Brothers movie is the only other version of this song that I heard,but this version is quite good,too! This version by The Cherokees has a quite Dixieland Jazz sound to it,in my opinion.
I have a suspicion that this song was possibly inspired by "Winchester Cathedral" by the New Vaudeville Band. I don't know for sure that it was released first, but it was an international hit (well, it was in the USA as well as Britain), and its intentional faux old-time sound did bring out some other mild imitations.
This song was originally recorded by Cab Calloway in1931 so it has nothing to do with 'Winchester Cathedral'. The Cherokees version is sort of a a jug band version that has it's own quaint appeal.
@hebneh - My father, who knew Kevin Smith (Cherokees' lead singer), has strong views on this subject and as he has never quite mastered the whole "computer thing", he wants me to pass on that you're "mad" for thinking this has anything to do with "Winchester Cathedral". It's obvious, my father says, that's it's merely a rocking version of the Cab Calloway original.
@hebneh@hebneh - My father, who knew Kevin Smith (Cherokees' lead singer), has strong views on this subject and as he has never quite mastered the whole "computer thing", he wants me to pass on that you're "mad" for thinking this has anything to do with "Winchester Cathedral". It's obvious, my father says, that's it's merely a rocking version of the Cab Calloway original.
Great song.I can remember it being played on the radio when I lived in Kalgoorlie growing up........Is it my imagination or does the leader singer share a close resemblance to Scott Bao???......lol..
I remember the drummer, Peter Buildney (unsure on last name spelling). He was a nearby neighbor/acquaintence of mine in Mitcham, Vic. many years ago. He practiced for years - he was good.
Oh my god .. I actually remember seeing this clip on TV, on the famous "Uptight" show, with that inimitable host Ross D. Wiley (didn't he do a schlock single himself, called "The Star" ? - uggh !). This Cherokees song, to me, is a genuine stand-out classic out of halls of 60s Aussie rock music. Ahh,
those on-stage costumes .. ohh soo 60s .. and the lead singer - he even MOVES like Johnny Farnham did in his very early days (circa "Sadie"). Great clip & song - thanks so much, glenlyons98.
Never heard of them but now looking at other bands from colonies after seeing Ray Columbus......is the singer a puppet on strings ?? Even for animated singers, he's way up there !
Johnny Chester named this group after an icecream. A "cherokee" was vanilla & strawberry icecream , on a stick,covered in chocolate and nuts very similar to the Streets "gaytime".
Billy Dale the leader of the Cherokees Named the groupe,Johnny Chester was with me when i seen the name on an icecream poster in a milkbar in Bell St Preston,I named the Groupe and registered the name Cherokees
The origanal mebers were Billy dale Leader [Lead Guitar] Barrie King [Rhythme Guitar ] David Thompson[Bass] and Barrie Windley [Drumms]
He does look a little like Daryl, but he is in fact a guy called Leon,and he was a regular on Uptight doing record reviews and interviews. It's frustrating, as I can't remember his surname. I watched Uptight every Saturday morning. He would also do the occassional miming of someone elses song,as they did back then. In fact whenever I hear Mellow Yellow by Donovan, I still recall Molly Meldrum miming it on Kommotion!
Reminds me of the Kinks in their music-hall era.
dogkelp 1 month ago
Bloody hell, the singer looks like he's about 4 ft tall.
LethalLee1959 1 month ago
Great song, great band, great vid ..
colindominy 2 months ago
One of my fav songs from the 60's
kangaroonm 4 months ago
1968 the cherokees another great aussie band of the 60,s
rockawilliams2 9 months ago
performers back then had such talent!!!!! Great voices,and great instrumental,with no help computer wise!!!! Great memories of my teens!!!!!
lillianmary1 9 months ago
to speculators out there note the date of the release of this song then consider mungo jerrys releases of this style of music came a few years after this you will realise then that mungo-jerry were more likely influenced by this style of music the mixtures took to the uk . sorry to say this but the uk copied an oz innovation
eeTee97 11 months ago
I think I like this version better than Cab Calloway's.
Nostalgicjase 1 year ago
"I will Never Turn My Back on You" it's another hit of The Cherokees when I was a boy
jhidalgoarevalo 1 year ago
Seeing that video again after all these years, simply fantastic.
On Uptight too, with Ross D. Wylie, the forerunner of Countdown and Molly.
(won't mean a thing if you're not an Aussie)
It was because of Uptight and programmes like it that we ended up with the best Pub Rock scene any where in the world.
NedKLee 1 year ago
i think the jug band thing was english and imported into aussie remember mungo jerry ? I know this is bad but so are the clothes !!! and to think I used to dress like this oh my god!!!!
1551952 1 year ago
@1551952
o speculators out there note the date of the release of this song then consider mungo jerrys releases of this style of music came a few years after this you will realise then that mungo-jerry were more likely influenced by this style of music the mixtures took to the uk . sorry to say this but the uk copied an oz innovation
eeTee97 11 months ago
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
it is soooooooooooooooooooooooo bad !
TRIOLABPLUSONE 1 year ago
The popularity of this song may have had something to do with timing. The movie Bonnie and Clyde, set in the 1920s, was a big hit around that time. Hence the interest in this style of music.
Werribeesteve 1 year ago
The lead singer is a puppet, or he could be a flowerpot man!
SuperKnobrot 1 year ago
Fantastic.!!!!!!!!!! An Aussie band too !
fjbutch 1 year ago
I seem to recall that the jugband revival thing was partly driven by the popularity of the movie Bonnie and Clyde, but my memory might be failing me.
Werribeesteve 1 year ago
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@hebneh - My father, who knew Kevin Smith (Cherokees' lead singer), has strong views on this subject and as he has never quite mastered the whole "computer thing", he wants me to pass on that you're "mad" for thinking this has anything to do with "Winchester Cathedral". It's obvious, my father says, that's it's merely a rocking version of the Cab Calloway original.
Roisterer 1 year ago
no no no no nooo thats not minnie the moocher the way cab sang it. what was wrong and everything had to be "rocked 'n rolled" in the 60s/70s?
every feeling created by the original piece is lost in this cover.
walkerCPT 2 years ago
@walkerCPT My father (see earlier comment), says with some authority, that Cab Calloway's version was "boring" and this version was far better. He may have also added that you had "no idea" about music. Please don't take it personally though as he tends to get quite fired up at times.
Roisterer 1 year ago
@Roisterer I'm sorry but the fact that your father knew the lead singer makes his opinion biased. Cab Calloway was more than a singer, he was an entertainer so I doubt his version was "boring". He made the crowd participate along with him for crying out loud. Plus the fact that Cab Calloway's version is the original (recorded in 1931) makes it priceless.
walkerCPT 1 year ago
I'm with you kuliang1. I thought that I was the only person in the world who loved this song. Yahooooooooooooo!
captainbugle 2 years ago
Just weird.
msteven515 2 years ago
Wow, turns out Aussies could rock all along?
ajerseykid 2 years ago
Yes, Aussie had such big line up of great rockers back over the years...Axiom, Gerry humphries and the loved ones, Real Life, Zoot and stacks more ....
fjbutch 2 years ago
Hi Max --- Mick Carter
michael14711 2 years ago
They all look so adorable!
anthemandrew 2 years ago
Fantastic song and video. I am 55 and loved it way back then. Love it more now.
How can i get it on "i tunes".
kuliang1 2 years ago 5
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captainbugle 2 years ago
what a beauty !!
fjbutch 2 years ago
Wow! Cab Calloway's version from The Blues Brothers movie is the only other version of this song that I heard,but this version is quite good,too! This version by The Cherokees has a quite Dixieland Jazz sound to it,in my opinion.
djminimoto 2 years ago
I seem to remeber them playing this at the Raffles Hotel in Perh WA
oracle1k 2 years ago
What year???........................
scootmanoeuvre 2 years ago
It was probalbly 1971 or 72. Were you there too?
oracle1k 2 years ago
Nah i was there in 76-78
scootmanoeuvre 2 years ago
1967
fjbutch 2 years ago
I have a suspicion that this song was possibly inspired by "Winchester Cathedral" by the New Vaudeville Band. I don't know for sure that it was released first, but it was an international hit (well, it was in the USA as well as Britain), and its intentional faux old-time sound did bring out some other mild imitations.
hebneh 2 years ago
This song was originally recorded by Cab Calloway in1931 so it has nothing to do with 'Winchester Cathedral'. The Cherokees version is sort of a a jug band version that has it's own quaint appeal.
glenlyons98 2 years ago 5
@glenlyons98 That doesn't mean they weren't inspired to do it after hearing "Winchester Cathedral".
tymime 1 year ago
@glenlyons98
The Original Version is from George Lewis. But Lewis called it Willie the Weeper!
okowango 1 year ago
@okowango actually, Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon, 1927, vaudville singer and composer
weiner66 3 months ago
@hebneh - My father, who knew Kevin Smith (Cherokees' lead singer), has strong views on this subject and as he has never quite mastered the whole "computer thing", he wants me to pass on that you're "mad" for thinking this has anything to do with "Winchester Cathedral". It's obvious, my father says, that's it's merely a rocking version of the Cab Calloway original.
Roisterer 1 year ago
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@hebneh @hebneh - My father, who knew Kevin Smith (Cherokees' lead singer), has strong views on this subject and as he has never quite mastered the whole "computer thing", he wants me to pass on that you're "mad" for thinking this has anything to do with "Winchester Cathedral". It's obvious, my father says, that's it's merely a rocking version of the Cab Calloway original.
Roisterer 1 year ago
Great song.I can remember it being played on the radio when I lived in Kalgoorlie growing up........Is it my imagination or does the leader singer share a close resemblance to Scott Bao???......lol..
Spazza40 3 years ago
he does aye!!
fjbutch 2 years ago
Just spotted technomax1's comment. Yeah - Peter Bilney. They also did a song called Oh Monah.
vbpirate2 3 years ago
I remember the drummer, Peter Buildney (unsure on last name spelling). He was a nearby neighbor/acquaintence of mine in Mitcham, Vic. many years ago. He practiced for years - he was good.
vbpirate2 3 years ago
Great video!
Kassandra1Kink 3 years ago
Oh my god .. I actually remember seeing this clip on TV, on the famous "Uptight" show, with that inimitable host Ross D. Wiley (didn't he do a schlock single himself, called "The Star" ? - uggh !). This Cherokees song, to me, is a genuine stand-out classic out of halls of 60s Aussie rock music. Ahh,
those on-stage costumes .. ohh soo 60s .. and the lead singer - he even MOVES like Johnny Farnham did in his very early days (circa "Sadie"). Great clip & song - thanks so much, glenlyons98.
colindominy 3 years ago
Never heard of them but now looking at other bands from colonies after seeing Ray Columbus......is the singer a puppet on strings ?? Even for animated singers, he's way up there !
alanvking 3 years ago
Anyboby know the lead singers name?
fjbutch 3 years ago
Kevin Smith.
SunshineValentine 3 years ago
thanks mate ..
fjbutch 3 years ago
scot baio
BigBishop1 2 years ago
Wrong bloke,,try Spazz40 cheers
fjbutch 2 years ago
just jokin
BigBishop1 2 years ago
cool bro
fjbutch 2 years ago
Been looking for this song for ''ages''thanks Glen...your a Jet...this is a beauty..
fjbutch 3 years ago
LOL this is my mums first husband kevin...
Trashaleigh8 3 years ago
my Dad was the drummer in this his group his name Peter Bilney for anyone who remembered them..daggy but cool i guess.
technomax1 3 years ago
great music - bring it back!!
maxwellgb 3 years ago
Johnny Chester named this group after an icecream. A "cherokee" was vanilla & strawberry icecream , on a stick,covered in chocolate and nuts very similar to the Streets "gaytime".
GeriatricDinosaur 3 years ago
Billy Dale the leader of the Cherokees Named the groupe,Johnny Chester was with me when i seen the name on an icecream poster in a milkbar in Bell St Preston,I named the Groupe and registered the name Cherokees
The origanal mebers were Billy dale Leader [Lead Guitar] Barrie King [Rhythme Guitar ] David Thompson[Bass] and Barrie Windley [Drumms]
Billy Dale Founder of the Cherokees
AussieCherokeeone 2 years ago
Thanks for the info.
GeriatricDinosaur 2 years ago
I KNOW THE SONG heidi-heidi-ho (Minnie the Moocher)from THE CRESHENDOES
kinkkinda 3 years ago
..i like this beat...
maid22 3 years ago
this rocks because its an extended version
also anything 60's is hilarious
Lardcaptain 3 years ago
wow seems so cheesy after just listening to Cab Calloway's version :O
2big 3 years ago 4
The guy dancing in this clip looks so much like Daryl Somers and considering The Cherokees were from Melbourne, it probably is.
TestCardFanatic 4 years ago
He does look a little like Daryl, but he is in fact a guy called Leon,and he was a regular on Uptight doing record reviews and interviews. It's frustrating, as I can't remember his surname. I watched Uptight every Saturday morning. He would also do the occassional miming of someone elses song,as they did back then. In fact whenever I hear Mellow Yellow by Donovan, I still recall Molly Meldrum miming it on Kommotion!
mpwb 3 years ago
I remember now!....the guy who looks like Daryl is Leon Kramer!
mpwb 3 years ago
Had this on record. Loved it. Great seeing them do it on tv. Thanks.
mcphert1 4 years ago