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The Beatles’ biggest rivals at the beginning of the British Invasion was the Dave Clark Five. Their first hit, “Glad All Over,” appeared on the U.S. charts in the spring of 1964. In 2008, the band was  inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. The “Glad All Over” album was released on Epic Records in 1964 with two different covers. Copies showing the band with their instruments are worth up to $30.00, but covers featuring the band with no instruments is worth up to $125.00 today.

“Magical Mystery Tour” by the Beatles included the soundtrack songs from the movie of the same name plus the 1967 Beatles singles, “Penny Lane,” “Baby, You’re A Rich Man,” and “All You Need Is Love.” The “All You Need Is Love” 45 on Capitol Records can sell for $150.00 with its picture sleeve. The album was a critical and commercial hit and a Grammy-nominated # 1 album. An original 1967 copy with gatefold cover, released on Capitol Records, is worth up to $750.00 today.

“Elvis Gold Records-Vol.2″ is also known as “50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong.” The fact that it not only went gold but also platinum reinforces those words. The cover features several images of Elvis in his famous gold suit made especially for him by Nudie’s of Hollywood. An original copy of the album, released by RCA in 1959, is worth up to $400.00 today.

Barbara Pitman stands out in Rock N Roll history as one of the few female singers in the fifties to record at Sun Studios, which was dominated my male stars like Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. Due to little promotion, her records are not well known. Her recording career was over by 1960. So she split for California and can be seen in several motorcycle movies. An original copy of her 1956 single “I Need A Man,” released on Sun, is worth up to $600.00 today.

When the Archies hit big with “Sugar Sugar” in 1969, which is worth no more than $10.00, Calendar Records had to put a real band together to go out on tour. The same happened when Ronny & The Daytonas scored with “Little G.T.O.” They were session musicians. A completely different group was put together for public appearances. The 1964 album, “G.T.O.,” released on Mala Records, is worth up to $100.00 today. The group later recorded as the Hombres and had a hit with “Let It All Hang Out.”

Out of Hoboken, New Jersey came American music’s first superstar, Frank Sinatra. From crooner to swing-singer his career lasted fifty years. After singing with the Harry James Band and two years with Tommy Dorsey, Ol’ Blue Eyes started out on his own and the rest is history. His first album, “The Voice of Sinatra,” released by Columbia Records in 1948, is worth up to $100.00 today. His first record came in 1939 when he sang with the Harry James Band. ”From the Bottom of My Heart,” released on Brunswick, can sell for $1500.00 today.

Gladys Knight & the Pips have been together since 1952. They were performing on the road with Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson before Gladys was thirteen. Among their numerous hits over the years are “Neither One of Us” (wants to be the first to say goodbye) and “Midnight Train to Georgia.” Their first hit came in 1961 before Gladys got top billing. “Every Beat of My Heart” was released on three different labels. On Vee Jay and Fury Records, the single is worth nor more than $25.00. But on Huntom Records, where it lists the artists only as the Pips, the value jumps up to $800.00.

One of the longest lasting legends of the Rock N Roll era is Neil Sedaka with hits like “Oh Carol,” “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen,” and the monster hit, “Breaking up Is Hard to Do,” which is worth up to $50.00 with picture sleeve.” Sedaka also wrote hits for others like “Stupid Cupid” and “Where the Boys Are” for Connie Francis. His first album “Neil Sedaka,” released on RCA in stereo in 1959, is worth up to $100.00 today.

Dennis Edwards was a member of Motown’s super group, the Temptations. Not as well-known as David Ruffin or Eddie Kendricks, Edwards replaced Ruffin as lead singer in 1968. He can be heard on “Cloud Nine,” which can now sell for $40.00, and “Papa Was A Rolling Stone.” In 1966, Dennis Edwards recorded a single called “I Didn’t Have To” with “Johnnie on the Spot” on the flip side. Released on International Soulsville Records, the 45 is worth up to a whopping $4,000.00 today.

Josie and the Pussycats was an animated Saturday morning TV show which ran on CBS in the 1970-1971 season, and in later years as re-runs on both NBC and ABC. To capitalize on the popularity of the series a real girl-group was put together. Among them was a future Charlie’s Angel, Chery Ladd. Playing drums was the drummer for Elvis, Ronnie Lott. The Josie and the Pussycats album, released on Capitol Records in 1970, is worth up to $150.00 today.