The High Numbers is tagged as: The High Numbers was a short-lived alternate name used by The Who at the outset of their career. The name change occurred at the behest of music publicist Peter Meaden, who wanted to make them known as a mod band. “High numbers” was a reference to T-shirts with number designs, a coveted mod fashion item at the time. The band consisted of the same line-up as The Who: Roger Daltrey (vocals), Pete Townshend (guitar), John Entwistle (bass), and Keith Moon (drums). After their first single failed to chart, they reverted to The Who. Both sides of their only official single release, Zoot Suit / I’m the Face (released on major mod label Fontana in 1964), were works of plagiarism; respectively, “Zoot Suit” and “I’m the Face” were Meaden’s reworkings of “Misery” by The Dynamics, and “I Got Love If You Want It” by Slim Harpo. Both were well-known mod songs; by all accounts, angered mods were the primary cause the single’s failure. The band quickly broke off their association with Meaden, and would shortly earn the mods’ affection, and indeed became one of the most emblematic “mod” bands of all time. In 1974, The Who released the album Quadrophenia, their second rock opera, its lyrical... Read More About The High Numbers Biography...  Send The High Numbers ringtones to your cell
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