The Sorrows
One of the most overlooked bands of the British
Invasion, The Sorrows hailed from Coventry and functioned
as a very lean and mean R&B outfit.
Aided by pirate radio, their atmospheric single Take A
Heart almost made the Top 20 in 1965, but the failure of
their other six singles led to a fragmentation two years later.
With the rich, gritty vocals of Don Fardon (real name Donald
Maughn), taut raunchy guitars, and good material (both
self-penned and from outside writers), they rank as one of the
better British bands of their era, and certainly among the very
best never to achieve success of any kind in the US.
After their sole LP (also titled Take a Heart),
they issued a couple of impressive singles with psychedelic and
Dylanesque overtones, and relocated to Italy in the late '60s,
where they played out their string with material in a much more
progressive (and less distinctive) vein.
Singer Don Fardon had a Number Three solo hit in 1970
with the single Indian Reservation.
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