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The Throb were an R&B-based garage rock band from Sydney, Australia, who were active in the mid-1960s. Despite their short tenure, they achieved a brief moment of success, scoring a major hit in Australia with a cover version of "Fortune Teller", originally recorded by Benny Spellman, and which had previously been covered by The ...
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Band: The Throb (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)Record: The Fortune Teller / Believe In Me (7")Label: Parlophone (A8191)Date: March 1966Written by: Jo...
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The Throb formed in Sydney in 1965 with the line up of John Bell on lead vocals and rhythm guitar; Denny Burgess on bass guitar and vocals (ex-Mystery Men); Peter Figures on drums (ex-Geoff Doyle and The Resonettes, The No Names); and Marty Van Wynk on lead guitar (ex-Geoff Doyle and The Resonettes, The No Names).
Figures and Van Wynk had worked together in The Resonettes in the early 1960s as a surf instrumental band. When they signed with Polydor Records in 1964 they changed the band's name to The No Names and issued two beat music singles, "She Is Mine" and "Charlie Brown" (a cover version of The Coasters hit). By December 1965 The No Names had changed to The Throb as a R&B and rock band.
The Throb signed with Albert Productions and label owner, Ted Albert, recommended a cover version of "Fortune Teller" as their debut single. In February 1966 it was issued by EMI/Parlophone and soon charted at No. 4 in Sydney and No. 2 in Melbourne. It also charted at No. 4 in Adelaide and was a number-one hit in Brisbane. According to the Australian Chart Book 1940–1969 (2005) this equates to a national chart position of No. 4. The group had become a "hot live draw on the discotheque circuit".
The band reworked an English folk song, "Black is the Colour of My True Love's Hair", as a "mournful, demonic" tune, which was released as their second single. It reached the top 40 in Sydney but did not chart in other capital cities. Van Wynk left to join The Soul Agents while The Throb continued as a three-piece until October. At that time Burgess left to form his own group, Honeybunch. Bell and Figures recruited Bob Daisley on bass guitar (ex-Dennis Williams and the Delawares, Gino Affair) and Paul Wylde on organ and piano. The Throb disbanded in January 1967 when Figures joined The Square Circle.
Singles
•"Fortune Teller" (1966) AUS No. 4 •"Black is the Colour of My True Love's Hair" AUS No. 42
Australian Modbeat group. Sydney, Australia 1965-1967 consisting of John Bell (17) (vocals, guitar, harmonica) Denny Burgess (bass, vocals) Peter Figures (drums) Martin Van Wyk (lead guitar). The Throb are mostly famous for their better-than-the- Stones cover version of "Fortune Teller".
From obscure origins as a Sydney-based surf-instrumental band, The Throb emerged in 1965 and briefly shot to national prominence. Despite its short tenure, the group left no doubt about its punkish potential and they have been immortalised on record by two superb singles, their snarling "garage-punk" version of "Fortune Teller", which smashed ...
