Just Like Us!, released in early 1966, was a landmark record, filled with great songs and even better performances, and earned a gold record award.
The bandmembers had gone through a visual metamorphosis, adding Revolutionary War-style outfits to their look, and they stood out for playing straight-ahead rock & roll and having fun doing it. 'Steppin' Out' coincided with the group's debut on the new Dick Clark afternoon music showcase Where the Action Is, which went on the air on June 27, 1965.
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Mark Lindsay sounded the way every male teen 14 through 17 pictured himself looking and acting at the age of 21, free and ready to say what he felt like and make it stick. And they suddenly sounded punk - like cool (yet frustrated) suburban white teenagers, which was the audience they were aiming for. Their new sound debuted with the single 'Steppin' Out,' a Revere-Lindsay original that was released during the summer of 1965.
He got them to create music that was a mix of fast-paced, guitar-and-vocal-dominated Beach Boys-style rock & roll, and also the more intense and intimidating brand of R&B produced by the Rolling Stones.
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Their next big break came in 1965 when their producer, Terry Melcher, suggested that they update their sound. The song 'Louie, Louie,' which they'd picked up from their rivals the Kingsmen, got them a local release that was picked up by Columbia Records, which not only released it nationally but signed Paul Revere & the Raiders to a contract.
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