Friday, 3 January 2025

The Victims



















Members
 
Rita Ludden - vocals
Eddie Gale - guitar
Peter Francis Barton - guitar
Paul Hitchmough - drums
 
Formed in Liverpool.
Recorded some acetates.

Tuesday, 24 December 2024

Heatwave



Formed in Merseyside.

Known Gigs

9 Sep 1966 Liverpool, The Peppermint Lounge, Fraser Street. With The Connoisseurs.



Heatwave




















Members

Peter Allat - lead vocals, percussion
John Fellows - bass guitar, vocals
Richard Steen - lead guitar, vocals
Terry Shea - rhythm guitar, vocals
Martin H. Samuel - drums, pyrotechnics

Formed in London in 1969.
Richard Steen was from Liverpool.
Martin H. Samuel had previously been in the German group Jigsaw Puzzle.
Played at The Cavern, Liverpool for a week in 1970.


UK Singles

1970 Sister Simon (Funny Man) / Rastus Ravel (Is A Mean Old Man)                                                       Penny Farthing PEN 738










Known Gigs




Monday, 23 December 2024

The Rebels

 

Members

Derek Brough - bass guitar
Roy Smith - rhythm guitar
Keith Hubbard - lead guitar
Chris Kenny - drums.

Kel Harrison - bass guitar
Roy David - drums

Formed in 1963.
Backed vocalist Ian Gregson, then later Ricky Gleason. Later still the Rebels backed J.J. who had been in the Hi-Lites.
Disbanded in 1967.
Keith Hubbard, Roy Smith and Chris Kenny reformed in 1970 with the addition of bass guitarist Ray Chapman, as the rock band Caliban. 
The Rebels and Caliban have bricks in the Cavern wall with Caliban performing on the Cavern's final night on 27th May 1973.

Not to be confused with The Rebels from the early 1960s with saxophone player Brian Jones.

Tuesday, 13 February 2024

Gay Shingleton




















Real Name: Gabrielle Shingleton
Born: 23 January 1945, Surrey, England, UK
Died: 12 June 2001, Waltham Forest, London, England, UK

A British singer who did not release any singles in the UK.
Briefly co-hosted the British television show 'Ready Steady Go' in 1964.
Later became an actress under the name Gay Singleton.


US Singles

1965 In My Time Of Sorrow/I Know You're Missing Her                                           Reprise 0385
   (Released June 1965. Written by Jimmy Page and Jackie De Shannon. Produced by Jimmy Page.)


Known Gigs

15 Oct 1964 London, Lakeside Scene, Welsh Harp. With The Birds, The Clique and Paul Raven.
22 Oct 1964 London, Lakeside Scene, Welsh Harp. With Zoot Money, The Clique and Paul Raven. 
29 Oct 1964 London, Lakeside Scene, Welsh Harp. With The Yardbirds, The Clique and Paul Raven. 
5 Nov 1964 London, Lakeside Scene, Welsh Harp. With The PoetsThe Clique and Paul Raven.
12 Nov 1964 London, Lakeside Scene, Welsh Harp. With The Bo Street Runners, The Clique and Paul Raven.
19 Nov 1964 London, Lakeside Scene, Welsh Harp. With Jimmy Reed, The Clique and Paul Raven.
26 Nov 1964 London, Lakeside Scene, Welsh Harp. With The Pretty ThingsThe Clique and Paul Raven.
3 Dec 1964 London, Lakeside Scene, Welsh Harp. With The Loose Ends, The Clique and Paul Raven.

1965

7 Jan 1965 London, Lakeside Scene, Welsh Harp. With Cops’n’Robbers, The Clique and Paul Raven. 
14 Jan 1965 London, Lakeside Scene, Welsh Harp. With Downliners Sect, The Clique and Paul Raven.
21 Jan 1965 London, Lakeside Scene, Welsh Harp. With 4+1, The Clique and Paul Raven.



Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Clique



Formed in Darwen, Bolton, Lancashire in 1964.
Disbanded in 1966.

Thursday, 13 July 2023

The Stormcats

 
 
Members
 
Stu Lane - lead guitar, vocals (Born: 1 August 1945, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire)
Keith Williams - rhythm guitar, vocals (Born: 13 February 1945, Huthwaite Village, Nottinghamshire)
Mick Hodgkinson - bass, saxophone, piano, vocals (Born: 17 September 1946, Rainsworth Village, Nottinghamshire - Died: 18 June 2007)
Ric Lee - drums (Born: Richard Lee, 20 October 1945, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)

The Stormcats formed in Rainworth, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1963.
When Ricky Storm (Geoff Bradbury) of Ricky Storm and the Stormcats left the group they carried performing as a four-piece called simply The Stormcats.
Changed their name to The Mansfields in September 1964 when they turned professional.
 

Known Gigs

2 May 1963 Blidworth, Scala Cinema, Nottinghamshire.
26 Jan 1964 Mansfield, Palais de Dance.
25 Mar 1964 Mansfield, Palais de Dance.
16 May 1964 Mansfield, The Nottingham Miners Annual Demonstration Open Air Concert, Berry Hill. With Ranne Star and the Aliens, and The Dalesmen Rhythm Group. Billed as The Stormcats Rhythm Group.

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