The Buggs were a short-lived tribute band

Tribute band

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 of the mid-1960s, inspired by The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 craze.

The Buggs' only album, The Beetle Beat, released in March 1964, consisted of covers of Beatles songs ("I Want To Hold Your Hand

I Want to Hold Your Hand

"I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded in October 1963, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track equipment....

", "She Loves You

She Loves You

"She Loves You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an idea by McCartney, originally recorded by The Beatles for release as a single in 1963. The single set and surpassed several records in the United Kingdom charts, and set a record in the United States by being one of the...

") with some humorous originals ("Big Ben Hop" {"Sassy Sue"}, "Liverpool Drag" {"Why Won't You Leave That Man?"}, "Teddy Boy

Teddy Boy

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 Stomp" {"I'll Never Leave You"}, "Mersey

Mersey

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 Mercy" {"You Got Me Bugged"}, "Swingin' Thames" {"That's For Sure"}, "London Town Swing" {"Why Can't You Love the Boy Who Loves You"}), and a cover version of "Just One Look

Just One Look (song)

"Just One Look" was a hit single co-written and sung by American R&B singer Doris Troy in 1963. The song peaked at #10 in the U.S. singles charts.Details vary as to how the single came to be released on Atlantic Records...

" (as "Soho

Soho

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 Mash").

Despite the cover displaying "The original Liverpool

Liverpool

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 sound", and claiming to have been "Recorded in England," The Buggs hailed from Omaha

Omaha, Nebraska

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, Nebraska

Nebraska

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, and the album was actually recorded at Kay Bank Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minnesota

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.

A later re-release of the album was titled Meet The Buggs and featured the band in the same pose as on the cover of Meet The Beatles (the then-current American title for the album now called With The Beatles

With the Beatles

With The Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock group The Beatles. It was released on 22 November 1963 on Parlophone, and was recorded four months after the band's debut Please Please Me...

).

Discography

• The Beetle Beat (1964, Coronet Records (UK/US), CX/CXS-212 (LP
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Compilations

• Better Than The Beatles: 26 Tunes That Failed to Oust the Fab Four From The Charts (Knight (LP))

single: "The Buggs verses Beatles" (Parody)