The Pretty Things
Group
Pretty Things, The
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GB
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1963
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present
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11 tags
English rock band
Popular
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Title
Plays
- 1 The Good Mr. Square 531,402
- 2 She Was Tall, She Was High 133,766
- 3 Bracelets of Fingers 144,052
- 4 Don't Bring Me Down 103,611
- 5 S.F. Sorrow Is Born 139,568
- 6 The Letter 117,347
- 7 Baron Saturday 138,318
- 8 I See You 88,012
- 9 Private Sorrow 104,666
- 10 She's A Lover 114,145
Biography (lastfm)
The Pretty Things was an English rock band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent, with their name from Willie Dixon's 1955 song "Pretty Thing". They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues (and later, psychedelia) that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British 'invasion', particularly The Rolling Stones, and David Bowie whose first hero was Phil May (born 1944; died 2020). The band did their final tour in 2018. The Pretty Things was preceded by Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys which consisted of Dick Taylor Read more on Last.fm
Recordings
- [Announcer Outro] 0:18
- £.S.D 2:24
- (Blues For) Robert Johnson (Phil May, Frank Holland)
- 13, Chester Street 2:22
- 96 Tears
- [Announcer Break] 0:54
- £.S.D. (live at Rockpalast Christmas Special Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany 19th December, 1998) 3:51
- (Blues for) Robert Johnson 7:59
- [Programme Intro] 0:41
- A House in the Country 3:00
- A New Day 3:49
- £.S.D. (live at Rockpalast - Crossroads Harmonie, Bonn, Germany 19th October, 2007) 4:32
- A House in the Country 3:01
- A Thousand Ages From the Sun 2:29
- 13 Chester Street 2:20
- [Band Introduction] 0:36
- £.S.D. (live at Crossroads Blues & More Harmonie, Bonn, Germany 8th October, 2004) 4:47
- 13, Chester Street 3:07
- £.S.D. 2:25
- A House in the Country 2:56
Tags
british
british rhythm & blues
classic pop and rock
english
garage rock
pop rock
psychedelic pop
psychedelic rock
rock
rock opera
uk