Ohio-Indiana Garage Bands 1960s

Return of the Garage Bands, Part 1

Ohio-Indiana garage bands flourished in the mid-to-late-1960s. So did their gigs. The bands included The Us Too Group and the New Lime, which recorded regional hits for the Counterpart label out of Cincinnati.
     Other Cincy rock bands included the Tunesmen, Ivan and the Sabres, Salvation and His Army, the Pictorian Skiffels, the Heywoods, the Daybreakers, Sacred Mushroom, the Varmints, the Dingos, the Undecided, Soul, Inc., the Brothers Royal, the New Torquays, the Rastels, the Missing Links, the Virtues, the Beau Weegans, the Vice Lourdes, the Denems, the Offsets, and the S.O.S. The Intruders, the Livin' End, and the Cavaliers came out of Middletown, and the Chandells from Centerville.
     Gary and the Hornets, who recorded for Mercury's Smash label, came from Franklin, Ohio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Label Advertising of the 1950s

 

Intriguing record company advertising reached its zenith in the 1950s and 1960s, when the single reigned and labels purchased ads in Billboard, Cashbox, Record World, Record Business, Music Vendor, and other trade publications. Here are a few from the '50s. 


 

                                                        

        

     

 

 

 

 

  

     

  

 

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