1960′s Rock Stars The Rolling Stones Procol Harum Jimi Hendrix Traffic Beach Boys Mister Softee Trading Cards

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This 1960’s pop star trading card set, issued by ice cream retailer Mister Softee, features many legendary bands, such as The Beatles, seen holding the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band album; Rolling Stones, including the late Brian Jones; Procol Harum, best remembered for their timeless classic Whiter Shade of Pale; and Traffic, founded by the multi talented Stevie Winwood. This set also includes The Flowerpot Men, who scored chart success with their single Let's Go To San Francisco. One card also features a band whose name is derived from those of the band members: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich. At their peak, they even spent more weeks in the UK singles chart than the Beatles.

British female singers from the swinging sixties are well represented in this set, including international superstar Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw with her shoes swung over her shoulder, the loud mouthed Glaswegian pop star Lulu and Cilla Black, who went from a singing icon to one of British televisions highest paid presenters.

This set also includes a number of American superstars, including Jimi Hendrix, considered by many to be the greatest electric guitarist in the world; John and Scott from the Walker Brothers; the singer-song writer Gene Pitney; the all American Beach Boys group and a card devoted to each of the members of the Monkees, who had their own television show.

Also featured is the perennial favourite Tom Jones; the multi talented Georgie Fame; folk singer Donovan and Engelbert Humperdinck, whose career changed for the better when he changed his name. This set devotes two cards to stars that bravely left popular groups and opted for solo careers: Alan Price, a talented musician who split from the Animals and Paul Jones, who was originally from the chart topping band Manfred Mann.

Mister Softee, Lord Neilson's Star Cards, 1968 (24 cards)

Includes:Jimi Hendrix, Gene Pitney, Procol Harum, Micky Dolenz, Sandie Shaw, Beach Boys, The Beatles, Paul Jones, Tom Jones, John Walker, Scott Walker, The Rolling Stones, Lulu, Traffic, Alan Price, Engelbert Humperdinck, Georgie Fame, Dusty Springfield, Donovan, Davy Jones, Cilla Black, The Flowerpot Men, Mike Nesmith

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1960's Rock Stars, Pop Stars & Ice Cream Vans: The Kinks, Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones Mister Softee Trading Cards

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One particular ice cream franchise, Mister Softee, didn’t just hand out confectionary and ice cream from their vans. They also issued many series of trading cards, especially on rock stars and pop stars of the 1960s and 1970s

The card set pictured above is called “Lord Neilson’s Star Cards” and consists of 12 cards. I believe that the music newspaper “Record Mirror” helped contribute to the descriptions on the backs of the cards, and perhaps the pictures too.

The Kinks are featured on one of the cards. Although perhaps not the most commercially successful of bands from the British Invasion era, they were incredibly important and influential. Dave Davies was the first musician to popularize the power chord in the band’s first commercially successful single, “You Really Got Me”. This played a crucial role in the early development of the hard rock and punk rock genres. Dave Davies achieved his distorted guitar riff with a cone, but not an ice cream cone, by modifying the speaker cone on his Elpico amplifier. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes Ray Davies, his brother, as “Rock’s most literate, witty and insightful songwriter”.

This set also includes the Beach Boys, rising to fame with their tight harmonies and Brian Wilson’s knack for creating timeless hit singles. They even rivalled the Beatles at one point.

One important thing to note, is that this is the only Mister Softee card set I know of to feature an all black group, The Supremes. The choice of words in the description on the back isn’t very politically correct.

Alan Price, the organ playing wizard that gave The Animals its distinctive sound makes an appearance on card no. 12 along with the singer Chris Farlowe, who didn’t achieve the success he deserved.

This set also includes music legends such as Cliff Richard, Tom Jones, The Rolling Stones, Lulu, Manfred Mann, Georgie Fame, The Walker Brothers and a pop group with a name combining the nicknames of all the band members: Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky, Mick and Tich.

Mister Softee, Lord Neilson’s Star Cards (12 Cards), 1967

Includes:The Beach Boys, The Supremes, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Tom Jones, The Kinks, Manfred Mann, Julie Felix and Georgie Fame, Lulu, The Rolling Stones, The Walker Brothers, Alan Price and Chris Farlowe; Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich

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