Musicians have always needed some sort of political platform from which to promote themselves , and before music videos became commonplace , the logical boulevard was prime meter television . Even if the premise was painfully clichà © d ( the Mosquitoes onGilligan ’s Island , anyone ? ) , it was a reciprocally good arrangement ; the episode was vouch to attract horde of teen viewers , and the band garnered valuable photograph . Here are seven instance .
1. Chad & Jeremy Invade U.S. TV
British duet Chad and Jeremy go for themselves as the U.K. version of the Everly Brothers , but had only circumscribed success in their homeland . However , their timing was perfect to make a splash in the U.S. , what with both the British Invasion and the tribe music craze being in full swing on these shore . C&J had a string of hits on the American charts and at one point were the default duo for any TV show requiring mop - top out vocaliser with a British emphasis . They come out onThe Dick Van Dyke Show , Batman , Laredo , and evenThe Patty Duke Show , as seen here :
2. Buffalo Springfield on Mannix?
Joe Mannixwas as tough as they came when it descend to hard - boiled private eyes , and he had a darned fine school principal of hair that never got tussle whether he was clocking a perp with his mean right-hand hooking or chase after after one in his customized Toronado convertible . In a 1967 episode of theMannixdetective serial titled " word of advice : hot Blueberries,“ Joe visited a counter - culture - case nightclub on the Sunset Strip in search of a runaway college coed . If you watch cautiously , through the smoky haze you may catch glimpses of Buffalo Springfield playing in the backdrop . That clip is unavailable online , so or else we invite you to relish Stephen Stills , Neil Young , et al performing on an episode ofThe Hollywood Palacelater that same year . note that the sea bass histrion is performing with his back to the audience . That ’s because he is a roadie fill in for bassist Bruce Palmer , who had recently been deported back to his native Canada after a drug bust .
3. The First Bewitched Appearance to Lack Magic
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were very successful ballad maker who also yearned to be pour down asterisk in their own right . They ’d try out to become penis of The Monkees , but or else of getting on - photographic camera role , they were engage to write hit songs for the Prefab Four . Boyce and Hart eventually did slay the Top 10 on their own in 1968 with " I Wonder What She ’s Doing Tonight . “ Two years afterwards , their star had faded and they stress to revive their career with an appearing onBewitchedthat only serve to emphasize two sad facts of life : fringed undershirt and cowboy hat ca n’t breed up goofy terpsichore move , and women should not set about to change by reversal horse cover into quag .
4. The Munsters dig on The Standells
The Standells are familiar to Boston Red Sox fans thanks to their murder " Dirty Water,“ which is played after every dwelling house triumph . We hate to bust anyone ’s house of cards , but the Standells are from California , not Massachusetts . Worse still , they did n’t even drop a line the song– their producer did . A yr before " Dirty Water" was released , The Standells played a instruction performance onThe Munsters , during which they play a version of The Beatles ' " I Want to Hold Your Hand" and another birdsong foretell " Come On and Ringo . “ ( Hardcore Standells fans have been searching for a copy of this tune perpetually , and it still has n’t turn up anywhere , not even on a bootleg.)Click here to see the carrying out .
5. The Seeds (and some Mothers-in-Law) inspire the Ramones
The Mothers - in - Lawwas a Desilu production that lasted two season in the late 1960s . The show centered around next - door neighbor whose adult children get hitched with each other and moved into the service department ( converted into an apartment ) behind their parents ' household . In one episode , the youngster adjudicate they want to manage a rock band called The Warts , but they want their parents ' fiscal help . " The Warts" were actually the proto - punk band The Seeds , who perform their garage classic " Pushin ' Too firmly . “ ( The lateJoey Ramonelater revealed that this song was what inspired him to become a singer and take form a band . )
6. Rock rocks the F Troop
How much influence did the then - novel genre of rock-and-roll and roll have overall on 1960s democratic refinement ? Enough so that bands turned up in the strangest billet , including post - Civil War America . An appearance by long - haired men bearing guitar was warrant to bring in rating , so a rabble group of musician called The Bedbugs popped up on an episode ofF Troop , act galvanising guitars on a stagecoach ( of course ) . Eagle - eyed viewers will note that two of the Bedbugs were Lowell George and Richie Hayward , who would subsequently make headway fame as founding members of Little Feat .
7. The Flintstones get Sly
The Beau Brummels were one of several successful band to go forth from the Bay Area during the mid-1960s . Listening to their strike " Laugh , Laugh" ( performed here onThe Flintstones ) , with its oh - so - mellowed Summer of Love ambiance , it ’s operose to believe that it was produced by Sly Stewart , who would afterwards go on to front the Casimir Funk / R&B groupSly and the Family Stone .
