The Birdwatchers were an American

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 garage rock

Garage rock

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 and pop

Pop music

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 band

Musical ensemble

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, active in the 1960s in the Tampa, Florida

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 area. The band dabbled with an Everly Brothers sound in their early career (1964), releasing a cover version

Cover version

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 of "Wake Up Little Susie

Wake Up Little Susie

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" on Tara, a local Florida based record label

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During 1966 and 1967, the band released five singles

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 on the Mala

Mala Records

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 and Laurie

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 labels, in addition to local releases on the Tara, Marlin and Scott labels. Most of these featured the vocals of Sammy Hall.

Despite national TV exposure on teen shows such as, Where The Action Is

Where the Action Is

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, the highest placing the band ever made it on the charts

Record chart

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 was #125 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Charts in September 1966, with "I'm Gonna Love you Anyway." As evidence of their local popularity, another of their records ("Girl I Got News for You") made Billboard's Regional Breakout Charts for Miami, peaking at #3 locally in April 1966.