I thought it sounded remarkably like the Beinz, (or even the Beingz!) lead singer, and if you compare the guitar playing on both, they are pretty close.

But is it them?

And if it is, did they record this for Gateway as a possible follow-up to "Gloria", or did they simply use the Gateway studio to do it as a demo for Capitol?

Surprising that Gateway did not try and rush it out when Capitol's version started hitting the charts.

Or perhaps there was no point, because it really was the Mammals anyway.

But then who were/are the Mammals?

I have to admit I have never heard of them before this.

Or is the name some private joke by somebody at Gateway unable to legally release the version they had by the Human Beinz, and so releasing it as The Mammals.

You know - Mammals - Humans. Humans - Mammals?

(Ah those wonderful mysteries, which drive us all mad.

Well they drive me mad anyway!

Oh and the answer to the name quiz was Buddy Holley.

The tpyist left out the E and so everyone got to know him as Holly.

The only place I ever saw it correct after 1957 was on his gravestone, and also on some early copies of the Chirping Crickets LP where they referred to "lead vocalist Buddy Holley, from Bullock, Texas".

Back in 1957, I spent hours on end trying to find Bullock Texas on a school map of the USA, before realising that they probably meant Lubbock!

Still, Holly looks better than Holley, and Bullock sounds more authentically Texan than Lubbock, so perhaps thet had a point!

Proves one thing though....a lot of fiction has appeared on album liner notes over the years!

• RE: '60's TRIVIA - Who Is It? - John 02/01/2008 11:43:36 EST (0)