The Joystrings All alone

From the single All Alone (1965). British Christian band of the 60s. One of the first Christian beat bands, starting in 1964. If you want to know more about this band go to: If you enjoy Christian music from the 1960s you can find information on many groups and out of print albums at: Before Delirious and Mary Mary demonstrated that Christian music could make the UK charts, even before the era when California s converted hippies were making their Jesus music pop rock; a bunch of British Christian musicians were climbing the pop charts and appearing on national TV. The Joystrings were, for a blink in time s eye, a national phenomenon a group of Salvation Army cadets who in 1964 made the national pop charts, appeared in full uniform on the groovy Ready, Steady, Go TV programme and were besieged by bemused newspaper journalists intrigued at the idea of a religious group playing beat music.