
One of the oddest stories to come out of the 1960s pop music era had to be that of the Strangeloves, a group formed by three guys who'd been record producers and songwriters, but decided they wanted to get in on the action as performers. Of course, they weren't the first to do that, but what made their effort extra unusual was that they invented a completely phoney background for their group - one that included an Australian origin. The oddest thing is that it worked - at least for a while - because 19652s "I Want Candy" was a [...]