Line #11 Music/ManfredMann


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The "classic" lineup. Left to right: Paul Jones, Tom [=McGuinness=], Mike Hugg, Manfred Mann, Mike Vickers.]]
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4	->''"Doo wah diddy-diddy, dum, diddy do!"''
5	-->'''"Doo Wah Diddy"'''
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7	'''Manfred Mann''' is a 1960s British band that was notably part of UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion. It was mostly led by keyboard player Manfred Mann and drummer-percussionist Mike Hugg -- two men who had originally began a group named the Mann-Hugg Blues Brothers in the late 1950s -- and they later recruited three other musicians to complete the group.
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9	Throughout their career, they managed to get seven Top 20 singles in the UK charts and a number one single in the US with "Doo Wah Diddy". After they disbanded in 1969, several spin-off groups formed under the same name, such as Manfred Mann (Chapter 3), Manfred Mann's Earth Band (best known for their #1 hit cover of Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Blinded by the Light"), and The Manfreds. These versions of the group evolved from the band's pop origins into {{Jazz}}, SpaceRock and ProgressiveRock.
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11	Well known hits include "Doo Wah Diddy", "Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)", "Pretty Flamingo", "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" and "Semi-Detatched Suburban Mr James".
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13	!!Past members
14	* Manfred Lubowitz (Manfred Mann) -- keyboards (1962–69)
15	* Mike Hugg -- drums, keyboard, vibraphone (1962–69)
16	* Dave Richmond -- bass (1962–64)
17	* Mike Vickers -- guitar, alto sax, flute (1962–65)
18	* Paul Jones -- vocals, harmonica (1962–66)
19	* Tom [=McGuinness=] -- guitar, bass (1964–69)
20	* [[Music/{{Cream}} Jack Bruce]] -- bass (1965–66) (died in 2014)
21	* Klaus Voormann -- bass (1966–69)
22	* Mike d'Abo -- vocals, keyboards (1966–69)
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24	!!"There she was, just a-tropin' down the street":
25	* CoverVersion: Quite a few, including their SignatureSong "Doo Wah Diddy" (originally by The Exciters) and a number of Music/BobDylan songs, including the hit "Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)".[[note]]Dylan originally recorded the song in 1967 as part of ''Music/TheBasementTapes'' sessions, but didn't officially release it until he put a live version on his 1970 album ''Music/SelfPortrait''. Manfred Mann's cover, a Top 10 single in 1968, was the first to reach the public.[[/note]] In TheSeventies, Manfred Mann's Earth Band covered several Music/BruceSpringsteen songs and had a hit with "Blinded by the Light". Their 1984 hit "Runner" was a cover of an Ian Thomas song.
26	* {{Mondegreen}}: Manfred Mann's Earth Band produced one of the most (in)famous examples with their famous cover of Music/BruceSpringsteen's "Blinded by the Light". Manfred, who took lead vocals on the song himself and sang the chorus, had an accent that caused him to twist the word "deuce", adding a significant "h" sound that made it sound like he was instead saying "douche". He was never able to get it right, so they kept it like that. Even Springsteen [[ActuallyPrettyFunny has joked about it]], once expressing amazement that they re-wrote the song to be about feminine hygeine products.
27	* MultinationalTeam: Manfred was born in UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica, but emigrated to England to escape UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra. Klaus Voorman is from UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}; Aside from his work with Manfred Mann, Voorman is best known for his long association with Music/TheBeatles, having befriended The Fab Four during their Hamburg days. (Most notably, he won a Grammy for designing the cover for ''Music/{{Revolver\|Beatles Album}}''.)
28	* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted}} when both Mike Vickers and Mike Hugg were in the band. And then Mike d'Abo joined a year after Vickers left...
29	* ProtestSong: Their cover of Music/BobDylan's anti-war song "With God On Our Side".
30	* SillyLoveSongs: "Doo Wah Diddy".

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