The Marketts

The Marketts

The Marketts were an American instrumental pop group, formed in Hollywood, California. They are best known for their 1963 million-seller, "Out of Limits".

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Biography

The Marketts' line-up constantly changed, being made up of various session musicians from the Los Angeles area. The group's direction was spearheaded by producer Joe Saraceno, although Saraceno did not arrange or play on any of the group's material.[1] They are best remembered for their surf rock hits, though not all of their material has this sound; Saraceno took the group's style in whatever direction he thought would catch the record-buying public's ear. In the U.S., the group had three Top 40 hits and had two popular albums. The Marketts surfer sound was actually members of The Wrecking Crew in disguise.[citation needed] In the rockumentary The Wrecking Crew, Saraceno admitted that Surfer Stomp was done by the Crew, and it wasn't after it hit big, that he assembled The Marketts from kids off the street.

In January 1962, the British music magazine NME noted that "Surfer's Stomp" was doing well stateside.[2] The Marketts' biggest hit was originally entitled "Outer Limits", named after the television program of the same name; however, Rod Serling sued the Marketts for quoting the 4 note motif from the show "Twilight Show" without his approval, which resulted in the change of the title was to "Out of Limits". (Source: "Dick Clarke's 25 Years of Rock and Roll".) It reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1964. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[3] Its rhythm is similar to the theme of The Twilight Zone.[says who?] The band name was used as late as 1977 for further releases, though their last hit came in 1966.

Discography

Albums

  • Surfer's Stomp (Liberty Records, 1962)
  • Marketts Take to Wheels (Warner Bros. Records, 1963)
  • The Surfing Scene (Liberty, 1963)
  • Out of Limits! (Warner, 1964) U.S. #37[4]
  • The Batman Theme (Warner, 1966) U.S. #82[4] (1. "Batman Theme" 2. "Bat Cave" 3. "Robin the Boy Wonder" 4. "Bat Signal" 5. "Batmobile" 6. "The Joker" 7. "The Penguin" 8. "The Bat" 9. "Dr. Death" 10. "The Riddler" 11. "Bat Cape" 12. "The Cat Woman")
  • Sun Power (World Pacific, 1967)
  • AM, FM, Etc. (Mercury Records, 1973) Stereo SRM 1-679 (featured new versions of "Balboa Blue" and "Surfer's Stomp" and a cover of the Mystery Movie theme)
  • Tryin' to Get That Feeling (Arista Records, 1975)

Singles

  • "Balboa Blue" (1962) U.S. #48[5]
  • "Surfer's Stomp" (1962) U.S. #31
  • "Out of Limits" (1964) U.S. #3
  • "Vanishing Point" (1964) U.S. #90
  • "Batman Theme" (Neal Hefti) / "Ritchie's Theme" (produced by Dick Glasser, WB 5696, 1966) U.S. #17

See also

Ernie Freeman

References

  1. ^ Richie Unterberger, The Marketts at Allmusic
  2. ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 102. CN 5585. 
  3. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 163. ISBN 0-214-20512-6. 
  4. ^ a b Billboard, Allmusic.com
  5. ^ Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com. Passim.

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