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Paul Arnold - guitar/vocals (born Paul Friswell)

Laurie Mason - piano/vocals

Peter Bartholomew - guitar/vocals

Terry Widlake - bass

David Walsh - drums






The Overlanders were a folk trio signed by producer Tony Hatch to Pye Records in 1963. They were perhaps too wholesome for the British market and better suited to mid-sixties America.

Their line-up consisted of Paul Arnold, Laurie Mason and Peter Bartholomew who were later augmented by the rhythm section of Widlake and Welsh.

The Overlanders played an uncomfortable mixture of folk and beat music and, despite reaching No. 1 with their version of The Beatles song "Michelle", they never really caught on in Britain.

Arnold left and was replaced by Ian Griffiths in late '66.

 

Singles

1963

Summer Skies And Golden Sands/Call Of The Wild

Pye 7N 15544

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 Oct '63

Movin'/Rainbow

Pye 7N 15568

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Mar '64

Yesterday's Gone/Gone The Rainbow

Pye 7N 15619

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Aug '64

Sing A Song Of Sadness/Don't It Make You Feel Good

Pye 7N 15678

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Oct '64

If I Gave You/I Wonder Why

Pye 7N 15712

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Nov '64

The Leaves Are Falling/Delia's Gone

Pye 7N 15719

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Mar '65

Along Came Jones/Walking The Soles Off My Shoes

Pye 7N 15804

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Jun '65

Freight Train/Take The Bucket To The Well

Pye 7N 15883

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Oct '65

Room Enough For You And Me/January

Pye 7N 15967

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Dec '65

Michelle/Cradle Of Love

Pye 7N 17034

UK#1

Mar '66

My Life/The Girl From Indiana

Pye 7N 17068

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Aug '66

Go Where You Wanna Go/Don't Let It Happen Again

Pye 7N 17159

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E.P.

Apr '66

Michelle - Michelle/The Leaves Are Falling/Summer Skies And Golden Sands/Room Enough For You And Me

Pye NEP 24245

 

L.P.

Feb '66

Michelle - Michelle/Call Of The Wild/The Leaves Are Falling/Freight Train/Gone The Rainbow/Summer Skies And Golden Sands/Don't It Make You Feel Good/January/Take The Bucket To The Well/Walking The Soles Off My Shoes/Room Enough For You And Me/Yesterday's Gone

Pye NPL 18138
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