THE BEATTLE-ETTES -"ONLY SEVENTEEN" (1964)

Mystery queens of Beat music!
No one knows who the Beattle-ettes were. They were one more answer record knocked off responding to the maelstrom of the Beatles' invasion of New York in 1964. (It was rushed out so fast, in fact, that they got the spelling of the boys' name wrong, with an extra 'T'!) But it is sure that they were produced by "Shadow" Morton just before his breakout success with the fabulous Shangri-La's. Because of this, and the definite New York moxie of the singers, many believe it might actually be the Shangs! This would be cool as all hell, of course, but no one knows for sure.
What we do know is this is a rockin' two minutes of punky Beat music that sticks in your head all day.

I always had a deep fondness for the Beatlemaniac girls. They were the cusp of the revolution. Many historians seem to regard them as only hormonal teens, while the boys are seen as the inspired legions conquering the future with guitars. I think this is crap. There were many, many girl bands just as inspired by the fab four, including the Liverbirds, les Beatlettes, die Sweetles, the Girls, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, the Luv'd Ones, Fanny, and everyone on the 9 CD "Girls In the Garage" series. So this video is a tribute to them; to their wonderful energy and what they made with it. Enjoy!

Check out my Herstory Of Rock on the Playlists page of my Channel:
http://youtube.com/funknroll

A great site about 60's women rockers to check out is:
http://www.myspace.com/girlgaragemayhem

Tym Stevens

Category:

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• Beattle-ettes
• Beatles
• Lennon
• McCartney
• Harrison
• Starr
• ShangriLas
• BeatMusic
• 60sRock

[funknroll]

More Beat, Mod, and Garage videos!: -THE BEATTLE-ETTES -"ONLY SEVENTEEN" (1964) -THE BOOTLES- "I'LL LET YOU HOLD MY HAND" (1964) -JACQUELINE TAIEB- "7:00 AM" (1966) -THE WHAT FOUR-"I'M GONNA DESTROY THAT BOY" (1966) -JEANNIE & THE BIG GUYS- "I WANT YOU" (1964) -TONI McCANN-"SATURDAY DATE" (1966) -PATTI'S GROOVE- "IT WON'T LAST LONG" (1966) -THE BIRDIES- "THE HUCKLEBUCK '65" (1965) -NIKKI & THE CORVETTES-"Girls Like Me/ Let's Go" (1980) -THE BROOD -"I Need You There/ I'll Put You Down" (1988)

[BeatleBangs1964]

Beatle influence is far reaching and knows no bounds!

[funknroll]

"Nothing is Beatle-proof!"

[BlackMonk66]

Mary Weiss says it's not the Shangri Las.

[funknroll]

Ah well, it's a fun fantasy. But we have all of the Shangri-La's great songs to enjoy, so who can complain? And Mary does the best dramatic monologues in Rock history!

[SomebodyGroovy68]

Funknroll, you have some awesome artistic talent in these videos. I hope you're making great money with it. Thanks for sharing!

[astralhed]

wow, this is really great !

never heard of them before

they are definitely a refreshing take on the Beatles

clever French girl teaching me American music, he he, merci ;)

[SteveCarras]

I have a downloaded CD Girls with Guitars and it has TONS of those groups..and both the name and tnhbe Beatles quotes are the ultimate!!!!!

[dubpsychosis88]

I wonder who they are, if they're still alive, what they look like :) Amazing!

[sirfinks]

"Girls in the Garage" boxed set. Tons of awesome stuff like this one!

[mauvetys]

Cool band ! :))

[SouthJerZSwagg]

where can i find this? i really love the song

[discowolf]

Oh my, does this bring back memories or what? Awsome, thanks for putting this vid on youtube!

[Buttons61]

Thanks for the vid and the info

fascinating

[lebleufleur]

buenisimo