Saturday, December 4, 2010

The Newbeats: Better Watch Your Step (1965)


The Newbeats were a popular music vocal trio, best known for their 1964 hit, "Bread and Butter" on the Hickory label. It was the group's first hit, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Three more singles followed in 1964 and 1965. "Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" reached as high as number 12 that fall, but it was the trio's penultimate chart entry, although they remained with Hickory until 1972. Brief stints at Buddha and Playboy followed before The Newbeats dissolved in 1974. "Better Watch Your Step", recorded in 1965, unashamedly bore a similarity to "Bread and Butter" in an endeavour to repeat its success.

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