The Aerovons

Loads of bands imitated the Beatles in the 1960s; relatively few of them lived out their dreams by recording an album at Abbey Road. St. Louis teenagers the Aerovons got that chance when in 1967 they signed a deal with EMI Records and flew to England. After cutting a batch of very Beatleesque songs full of harmonies and hooks, they were cut loose by the label and broke up soon after. A couple of singles were released in 1969 but it took until 2003 for the album -- titled Resurrection -- to be officially released. The group's story was brought up to date on 2024's World of You: The Complete Recordings, a collection that gathered all their recordings made in the '60s, plus many made by the band's leader Tom Hartman in the following decades.