1313 Mockingbird Lane 1313 Mockingbird Lane 1313 Mockingbird Lane is an American garage rock band whose name was inspired by "The Munsters<nowiki>'</nowiki>" (television show) mansion address. The group formed in the late 1980s in Albany, New York, touring extensively, and releasing at least nine different 45 rpm records, LP records, and CD recordings. The band had a full-page narrative dedicated to them in Timothy Gassen's book "The Knights of Fuzz", about the garage rock and psychedelic music phenomenon of 1980-1995. Of thousands of bands covered in the book, Gassen listed 1313 Mockingbird Lane on his "all time Hot 100" list, which also included
Mockingbird (Inez & Charlie Foxx song) Blackwell of Island Records company heard "Mockingbird" playing in a record store in Kingston, Jamaica and flew to New York City to negotiate the track's UK release; resultantly Island Records leased the Sue brand for UK distribution in order to vend the American company's output in the UK, beginning with "Mockingbird" in December 1963. However "Mockingbird" would not become a UK success until its 1969 re-issue when it scored #33. The song was covered by Dusty Springfield for her 1964 album "A Girl Called Dusty"; Springfield sang both parts of the track. "Mockingbird" was also recorded by Aretha Franklin for