Keyboardist Manfred Mann's eponymous band started out as part of the 1960s British invasion, combining jazz, blues, Brill Building pop, and the songs of Bob Dylan. In the '70s they added synths and Bruce Springsteen songs, and turned into the thinking man's prog-rock band. The common thread in both incarnations: fantastic musicianship and a sense of humor.

Listen to Manfred Mann at Finetune.

• (2007)  Manfred Mann - Down The Road Apiece (Their EMI Recordings 1963-1966)
• (2005)  A's B's & EP's
• (2003)  The Best Of Manfred Mann
• (1996)  The Best of...
• (1996)  The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• (1994)  Chapter Two: The Best Of The Fontana Years

• Do Wah Diddy Diddy
• Blinded By The Light
• Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
• Spirit in the Night
• The Mighty Quinn

• The Dave Clark Five
• The Pretty Things
• The Animals
• The Kinks
• Them
• The Searchers
• Georgie Fame
• The Hollies
• Beau Brummels
• The Zombies
• The Troggs
• Rolling Stones
• The Spencer Davis Group
• Supertramp
• Steely Dan
• Toto
• Bob Dylan
• The Who
• The Move
• Bruce Springsteen

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• MrsDressup on 2007-09-29 18:58:04.937:
  MM had a few great instrumentals; Fritz the cat, Pluto the Dog, that really stuck in my mind as insightful, considered and polished.