Them
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Biography
Though their career was brief, the Irish rock/R&B band Them recorded some enduring, classic singles and will forever be remembered as the band that launched the career of singer Van Morrison. Though the band had more than its share of turnover, the original line-up of Morrison, keyboardist Eric Wrixon, and the trio of Billy Harrison, Alan Henderson, and Ronnie Millings who had been in a band called The Gamblers, started playing in Belfast in 1964. They became regulars at the Maritime Hotel, performing a mix of covers and original songs written by Morrison, whose passionate performances got the band signed to Decca in just a few months. Before the end of the year they had their first top 10 hit, âBaby, Please Donât Goâ and in 1965 they enjoyed their greatest chart success with âHere Comes the Nightâ, a Number 2 hit in the UK that gave them their biggest U.S. hit when it climbed to Number 24. Later that year they scored their final U.S. top 40 hit with âMystic Eyesâ. Frustrated with the band and the music business, Morrison left in 1966 for a solo career, and there were a smattering of singles released under the Them name, without Morrison, until 1972. Over the years their song âGloriaâ, originally released as the B side to âBaby Please Donât Goâ, became one of the iconic rock and roll recordings, often showing up on lists of the greatest songs of all time and receiving the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Here Comes the Night
- Gloria
- Stormy Monday Blues
- I Put a Spell on You
- Friday's Child
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Bright Lights, Big City
- The Story of Them, Pt. 2
- She Put a Hex on You
- Time out for Time In
- Waltz of the Flies
- Bent over You
- We've All Agreed to Help
- Black Widow Spider
- Just One Conception
- Market Place
- The Moth
- Young Woman
- Walking in the Queen's Garden
- The Gorilla by Them
- I Happen to Love You
- Philosophy
- Square Room
- Dirty Old Man
