Action
Canada
Formed: 1976
Died: 01 January 1981
Years Active: 60
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Mod, British Invasion, Psychedelic/Garage, Freakbeat, British Psychedelia, Psychedelic
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After the Beatles, the Action were the most impressive band signed to EMI by George Martin during the mid-'60s. That they never managed to chart a single in the space of two years with the label, even as lesser bands sold tens of thousands of records with seemingly no effort, is one of those great ironies of mid-'60s English rock & roll. The band started out in North London during 1963 as quartet called the Boys, and cut one single as a backing band for Sandra Barry before getting their own shot at immortality on the Pye label with a single "I...
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