Bern Elliott and the Fenmen

Members

Bern Elliott - vocals

Alan Judge - guitar

Wally Allen - guitar

Eric Wilmer - bass guitar

Jon Povey - drums

Formed in Erith (or Eltham), Kent in early 1961.
Ronnie Vaughan, a former singer, was their manager.

Played at the Star Club, Germany and other German clubs for a few months in 1961 and 1962. Signed to Decca in 1963.
The Fenmen split from Bern Elliott in May 1964. Elliott continued to record with a new group he formed called the Klan.
Wally Allen and Jon Povey joined the Pretty Things in 1968.

UK Singles

1963 Money/Nobody Told Me                                             Decca F 11770
1964 New Orleans/ Everybody Needs A Little Love           Decca F 11852

UK EPs

1964 Bern Elliott and the Fenmen                                       Decca DFE 8561

Known Gigs

17 Nov 1962 Margate, Dreamland Ballroom. With The Shipmates.

23 Nov 1963 Dunstable, California Ballroom, Bedfordshire. Supporting Gene Pitney. With Alan and the Diamonds, Unit 7, Rel Jason and the Blue Stars.

8 Jan1964 Salisbury, City Hall, Wiltshire. With The Dowlands and Pat Wayne and the Beachcombers.

11 Jan 1964 Dunstable, California Ballroom, Bedfordshire. With Rocking Henry and the Hayseeds and The Classmates.

22 Jan 1964 Birmingham, Town Hall. With The Searchers, The Hollies, The Fortunes and Screamin' Lord Sutch and his Savages.
6 Feb 1964 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. With Heinz, The Marauders and Vic and the TTs.
5 Mar 1964 Blackburn, Odeon Theatre, Lancashire. Supporting Eden Kane. With Mike Sarne, Jet Harris, The Rolling Stones, Mike Berry, The Hollies, Billie Davis, Don Spencer, Billy Boyle.
8 Apr 1964 Bristol, Corn Exchange.
15 May 1964 Bradford, Gaumont. Supporting Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins. With The Animals, Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes, The Other Two and Larry Burns (compere). This was Bern Elliott and the Fenmen's only appearance on this package tour, replacing The Swinging Blue Jeans.

[From this point Bern Elliott was probably using The Klan temporarily calling themselves The Fenmen to honour bookings.]

16 Nov 1964 Chelmsford, Odeon, Essex. Supporting Brenda Lee. With Manfred Mann, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Heinz, Marty Wilde, The Flee-Rekkers, John Barry Seven, Bobby Patrick Six.

15 Aug 1964 Dunstable, California Ballroom, Bedfordshire. 

9 Jan 1965 Dunstable, California Ballroom, Bedfordshire.

27 Jan 1965 Stevenage, Locarno Ballroom, Hertfordshire.