In 1967 the band signed to CBS Records with whom they recorded the follow up album “Odessey and Oracle” released the following year. In 1965 The Zombies released their debut album “Begin Here” which contained a mixture of original and classic R&B covers. With the US market embracing the band, they released their next single “Tell Her No” which peaked in the US charts at number six but failed to reach the top 40 in their homeland. In 1965 The Zombies made their debut US television appearance on the show Hullabaloo performing the hit single “She’s Not There” in front of an audience of screaming teenage girls, hysteria had definitely set in. It was their injection of jazz and Blunstone’s distinctive raspy vocals which made them stand out in the current trend of British rock music which was lapped up across the pond. Later that year it was released in the US and achieved similar success proving popular on many radio stations.įollowing in the footsteps of the British invasion, the band embarked on their first US trip as they promoted the new single release by playing up to seven performances a day. Here they released their first chart success with “She’s Not There” in 1964 which peaked in the charts at number 12. Early in their career the band were invited to play in a battle of the bands competition hosted by London Evening News which they went onto win, eventually scoring a record deal with Decca Records.
The original line up: Colin Blunstone (lead vocals), Rod Argent (organ), Paul Atkinson (guitar), Chris White (bass) and Hugh Grundy (drums) met at school and started playing locally at Rugby clubs in their hometown.
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