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The Left Banke is tagged as: baroque pop, 60s, psychedelic, pop, rock

The Left Banke was an American 1960s pop-music group which produced the two hit singles of “Walk Away Renee” and “Pretty Ballerina”. Often utilizing so-called baroque pop string arrangements, the band’s music was an imaginative response to the work of The Beatles, The Zombies, and other british invasion groups of the era. The band was short-lived, but it had a major influence among many later American groups.
The group was formed in 1965 and consisted of keyboardist/songwriter Michael Brown, guitarist Jeff Winfield (later replaced by Rick Brand), bassist Tom Finn, drummer George Cameron and singer Steve Martin (aka Steve Martin Caro). Brown’s father, Harry Lookofsky, a well-known session violinist, ran a studio in New York and took an interest in the band’s music, acting as producer, manager, and publisher. Brown’s song “Walk Away Renee” was sold to Smash, a subsidiary of Mercury Records, and became a hit in late 1966. “Pretty Ballerina,” also written by Brown, charted in early 1967, and the Left Banke released an LP entitled, appropriately enough, Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina.|At this point, tension between Brown and the rest of the group began to surface, as Brown recorded a single, “And Sudden...
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Top 10 The Left Banke Songs
Walk Away Renee
Pretty Ballerina
I've Got Something On My Mind
She May Call You Up Tonight
I Haven't Got The Nerve
Barterers And Their Wives
Let Go Of You Girl
Evening Gown
Shadows Breaking Over My Head
Lazy Day
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Top 10 The Left Banke Albums
There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966-1969
There's Gonna Be A Storm - The Complete Recordings 1966-1969
Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina
Too
Strangers On A Train
Walk Away Renee Complete Edition
There's Gonna Be A Storm - The Complete Recordings 1966-196
Leftbankeisms, Volume 1
Pretty Ballerina / Lazy Day
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