Hong Kong Boy band makes it to US charts in 1965

[adavidism]

whats the title of this song

[Greenhornet270]

I am so happy now

[MikeUrciolo]

The Society of Seven (formerly the Fabulous Echos) are still playing in Hawaii and Las Vegas. They have been at the Outrigger Hotel in Honolulu for something like 34 years. Tony (guitar) and Bert are still with the group.

[Khultan]

I'll be goddamn...I'm stunned today....the melody and rhythm is really catchy and savvy. This is a keeper. : )

[MrBilgey]

All the screaming? Paul MaCartney must have turned up!!

[87ylw]

Fabulous echoes - the majority 4 of the members were Filipinos, the rest 2 were Sri Lankan and scottish respectively.

[blanton1624]

First artist to sing Sukiyaki was Kyu Sakamoto in 1963. Released by Capitol Records in the US as Sukiyaki it topped the Billboard pop charts in the United States for three weeks in 1963 — to date the only song sung entirely in Japanese to do so.

[geeneyes61]

who was the first singer to sing Sukiyaki in the usa in 1960's in japanese to night is the first time i heard it in english

[blanton1624]

First artist to sing Sukiyaki was Kyu Sakamoto in 1963. Released by Capitol Records in the US as Sukiyaki it topped the Billboard pop charts in the United States for three weeks in 1963 — to date the only song sung entirely in Japanese to do so

[gasworks456]

England never got this band despite them topping Australia's chart for 8 weeks with 'Little bit of Soap". Why was England so insular to non

British/American bands.And why is it still so anti Eurovision and treat other countries music as a joke.I am ashamed.Try Earth and Fire from Holland for a musical feast !

[tsechunghim]

i totally agree with you. i live in Uk and love japanese music and i am a chinese. i remember the first time i told my schoolmate about japanese music, they only listen to it for five second and then start slacking off it. saying it sounds horrible and voice of worlds are wired. and the most annoying thing is, you can never buy any collection of japanese even american music from UK HMV!!! come on, uk, embrace the warmth of music not only your kind man !

[likecrazydaddy]

They aren't Filipinos. They are from the Dutch East Indies...

[bboyasist]

a quote from JoeWuSeattleWaUSA "I quickly learned that the boys were from Hong Kong, that four of the group members were Filipinos, the bass player was from Scotland, and their lead vocalist, Cliff Foenander, was from Ceylon. I recall wondering even then why this group, being from Hong Kong, had no Chinese bandmember."

[SoloPilot6]

In 1960, if you weren't in HK, you weren't in the Asian pop music industry -- you were just "in the province," the equivalent of a high-school garage band in the US.

[Zelley100]

Good tune that was on the flip side of the "Cry I Do" tune.

[syiu222]

Never heard of this song on the radio, this must have been issued before they hit it big in Hong Kong. do you know the name of the song?

[Zelley100]

It is "Candy", it was on the flip side of "Cry I Do"

by this "Fabulous Echoes" group!!!

[syiu222]

Thanks! Im a big fan of this fabulous groups, these are top rate musicans. Compare their songs like A Little Bit Of Soap, Mash Potato, even Baby Elephant Walk, or I Know, their versions beat the originals hands down. Please upload more B-sides and albums cuts if you can!

[rads1973]

Most of them are filipinos who became famous in Hongkong

[evsdad1404]

Cliff is/ was my uncle. It's great to see him when he was so young. Memories of family gatherings and him singing are flooding my mind...

[sharona666]

Nice video, but I wish the cameraman had shown a closeup of Cliff. He was such a little hottie!

[springrollz]

this is awesome. thanks

[jjared]

The drummer's cute

[Notyethendrix]

Jesus! Thank you for posting this

[sharona666]

Was Cliff Foenander on vocals?

[SNAHTRA]

Yep, that's Cliff. I saw him in Melbourne about eight years ago and just before he passed away from cancer. RIP.

[LindySlug]

The Fabulous Echoes

[Jon70]

good, its also a bit like the Association

[tiulaylomo]

now they are "Society Seven"

[yellbatman]

never herad of them

[sryaxiius]

thats pretty classic

[eddiemun88]

whoa..that's awesome

kinda weird that noone's heard of them

too bad there aren't any more decent bands from HK nowadays

[p0p0mama]

i so agree with you.

[veefan1963]

This is Shivaree, not Ed Sullivan.

Like the song, though! Kind of Searchers-esque.