Editing Garage rock (section)

===Height of success and airplay===
[[File:Count Five.png|thumb|[[Count Five]] in 1966]]

In the wake of the British Invasion, garage rock experienced a boom in popularity.  With thousands of garage bands active in the US and Canada, hundreds produced regional hits during the period,{{sfnm|1a1=Bogdanov|1a2=Woodstra|1a3=Erlewine|1y=2002|1p=3|2a1=Szatmary|2y=2013|2p=134}} often receiving airplay on local [[AM radio]] stations.{{sfn|Markesich|2012|p=28}}  Several acts gained wider exposure just long enough to have one or occasionally more national hits in an era rife with "[[One-Hit Wonder|one-hit wonder]]s".{{sfnm|1a1=Markesich|1y=2012|1p=21|2a1=Simmons|2y=2015}} In 1965, [[the Beau Brummels]] broke into the national charts with "[[Laugh, Laugh]]", followed by "[[Just a Little (The Beau Brummels song)|Just a Little]]".{{sfn|Palao|1998|pp=54–55}}  According to Richie Unterberger, they were perhaps the first American group to pose a successful response to the British Invasion.<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|title=The Beau Brummels|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-beau-brummels-mn0000135032/biography|access-date=June 9, 2017|archive-date=May 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512155637/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-beau-brummels-mn0000135032/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> That year, [[Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs]]' "[[Wooly Bully]]" went to No.&nbsp;2, and they followed it up a year later with another No.&nbsp;2 hit, "Little Red Riding Hood".{{sfnm|1a1=Stax|1y=1998|1pp=77–78|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2p=21, 230}}  Also in 1965, [[the Castaways]] almost reached ''[[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard]]''{{'s}} top ten with "[[Liar, Liar (The Castaways song)|Liar, Liar]]", which was later included on the 1972 ''Nuggets'' compilation.{{sfnm|1a1=Stax|1y=1998|1p=37|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2p=21}}  Featuring a lead vocal by [[Rick Derringer]], "[[Hang On Sloopy]]" became a No. 1 hit for Indiana's [[the McCoys]],<ref name="McCoys (Unterberger)">{{cite web |last1=Unterberger |first1=Richie |title=The McCoys |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mccoys-mn0000890799/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=July 31, 2020 |archive-date=March 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319101436/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mccoys-mn0000890799/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> topping the ''Billboard'' charts in October 1965.<ref name="McCoys (Mastropolo)">{{cite web |last1=Mastropolo |first1=Frank |title=How the McCoys' Hit the Top of the Charts With 'Hang on Sloopy' |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-mccoys-hang-on-sloopy/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=July 31, 2020 |date=October 2, 2015 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908034731/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-mccoys-hang-on-sloopy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They were immediately signed to [[Bang Records]] and followed up with another hit in 1966, a cover of "[[Fever (Little Willie John song)|Fever]]", originally recorded by [[Little Willie John]].<ref name="McCoys (Unterberger)"/>

It is generally agreed that the garage rock boom peaked around 1966.{{sfnm|1a1=Markesich|1y=2012|1p=23|2a1=Shaw|2y=1998|2p=20}}  That April, [[The Outsiders (American band)|the Outsiders]] from [[Cleveland]] hit  No.&nbsp;5 with "[[Time Won't Let Me]]",{{sfn|Stax|1998|p=52}} which was later covered by acts such as [[Iggy Pop]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|title=Iggy Pop - Party|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/party-mw0000067294|access-date=June 17, 2017|archive-date=July 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714070453/http://www.allmusic.com/album/party-mw0000067294|url-status=live}}</ref> In July, [[the Standells]] from Los Angeles almost made it into the US top ten with "[[Dirty Water]]",{{sfn|Stax|1998|p=31}} a song now often associated with Boston.{{sfn|Greene|2013}} "[[Psychotic Reaction]]" by [[the Count Five]] went to No.&nbsp;5 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Hot 100 and was later memorialized by Lester Bangs in his 1971 piece "Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung".{{sfnm|1a1=Stax|1y=1998|1pp=38–39|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2p=23}}

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"[[96 Tears]]" (1966) by [[Question Mark and the Mysterians]], from Saginaw, Michigan, became a No.&nbsp;1 hit in the US.{{sfn|Dimery|2010|p=184}}  The song's organ riffs and theme of teenage heartbreak have been mentioned as a landmark recording of the garage rock era and recognized for influencing the works of acts as diverse as [[the B-52's]], [[the Cramps]], and [[Bruce Springsteen]].{{sfnm|1a1=Dimery|1y=2010|1p=184|2a1=Avant-Mier|2y=2010|2p=102}} Two months later, [[the Music Machine]] reached the top 20 with fuzz guitar-driven "[[Talk Talk (The Music Machine song)|Talk Talk]]",{{sfnm|1a1=Stax|1y=1998|1pp=45–46|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2p=32}} whose sound and image that helped pave the way for later acts such as [[the Ramones]].{{sfn|Aaron|2013|p=62}}  [[The Syndicate of Sound]]'s "[[Little Girl (Syndicate of Sound song)|Little Girl]]", which featured a cocksure half-spoken lead vocal set over chiming 12-string guitar chords, reached No.&nbsp;8 on the ''Billboard'' charts{{sfnm|1a1=Stax|1y=1998|1p=60|2a1=Markesich|2y=2012|2p=23}} and was later covered by acts such as [[the Dead Boys]], [[the Banned]], and [[the Chesterfield Kings]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Planer|first=Lindsay|title=The Syndicate of Sound: Little Girl (Review)|website=AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/little-girl-mt0054408242|access-date=June 12, 2020|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612200648/https://www.allmusic.com/song/little-girl-mt0054408242|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1965, a Pittsburgh disc jockey discovered "[[Hanky Panky (The Raindrops song)|Hanky Panky]]", a 1964 song by a since-defunct group, the Shondells; the song's belated success revived the career of [[Tommy James]], who assembled a new group under the name Tommy James and the Shondells{{sfn|Markesich|2012|p=23}}  and produced 12 more top-40 singles.{{sfn|Shuker|2005|p=75}}  In 1967, [[Strawberry Alarm Clock]] emerged from the garage outfit Thee Sixpence and had a No.&nbsp;1 hit in 1967 with psychedelic "[[Incense and Peppermints (album)|Incense and Peppermints]]".{{sfn|Stax|1998|p=50}}