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The Overlanders were a Britishmusic group active during the 1960s. They had a UK number one hit single with a cover ofthe Beatles song "Michelle".[1]
Originally playingfolk songs, the band found success hard to come by during thebeat era and so converted to a more mainstream sound.[2] In 1964, they had a regional hit in theChicago area of the United States, and in Australia, with a cover of "Don't It Make You Feel Good", a song written and recorded byThe Shadows in UK. That same year, their rendition ofChad Stuart's "Yesterday's Gone" received much airplay in the US and became a minor hit.[2]
Although they released twelve singles on thePye record label between 1963 and 1966, the Overlanders' only British hit was acover version ofthe Beatles' "Michelle", featuringarrangements byTony Hatch.[2] It reachednumber one in theUK Singles Chart in January 1966 just a few weeks after it appeared on the Beatles'Rubber Soul album and beat off a rival recording byDavid and Jonathan, whose version was produced byGeorge Martin.[3]
A collection of complete recordings, titledMichelle: The Pye Anthology, was released on CD byCastle Records in 2001.[1]
The original trio were:
This line-up was augmented in concert by:
Both Widlake and Russell came from "the Sherwoods"
When Arnold left in late 1966 to pursue a solo career, he was replaced by Ian Griffiths.[2] Widlake left in 1968, and was replaced byMike Wedgwood (born 19 May 1950, inDerby,Derbyshire).
Rick Wild kept the band touring, and are currently based inHuddersfield, West Yorkshire. Occasional bass and drum deputies are undertaken by Barry Kingsbeer (bass) and Wal Freeman (drums) of The Establishment from Nuneaton and Coventry.
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