There is one band whose individual musical accomplishments have over the years gone from strength to strength, and yet who can encapsulate and keep alive the golden age of British popular music, then it has to be The Manfreds. With their early roots in jazz and R & B, the calibre of these performers was always higher than their acquired pop status might indicate, but they still certainly knew how to produce a hit or six - in fact 15 UK Top 20 singles, 3 of them number ones (the shortest duration being 11 weeks). And after The Beatles and The Animals, they were the third band in the history of English rock to reach a number one position in America .

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