[1] Originally playing folk songs, the band found success hard to come by during the beat era and so converted to a more mainstream sound.
[2] In 1964, they had a regional hit in the Chicago area of the United States, and in Australia, with a cover of "Don't It Make You Feel Good", a song written and recorded by The Shadows in UK.
[2] Although they released twelve singles on the Pye record label between 1963 and 1966, the Overlanders' only British hit was a cover version of the Beatles' "Michelle", featuring arrangements by Tony Hatch.
[2] It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in January 1966 just a few weeks after it appeared on the Beatles' Rubber Soul album and beat off a rival recording by David and Jonathan, whose version was produced by George Martin.
[1] The original trio were: This line-up was augmented in concert by: Both Widlake and Russell came from "the Sherwoods" When Arnold left in late 1966 to pursue a solo career, he was replaced by Ian Griffiths.