The League of Gentlemen

Members

Jonathan Kent - vocals
Ronnie Cleave - lead guitar, vocals
Joel James - saxophone
Rod Thomas - rhythm guitar
Jeff Bentley - bass
Ray Steadman - drums

Formed in South London.
The League of Gentlemen were formed out of a previous group called The Icebreakers, which featured Ronnie Cleave, in the early 1960s.
Joel James had previously played in the US as part of Bobby Vee's backing band.
They backed visiting US acts like The Exciters, Roy C, Charlie and Inez Foxx, Don Covay and Lee Dorsey.
They made two trips to Germany to play the clubs there. In 1965 they played at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, seven night a week, often alternating with another UK group call The Pentad. In 1966 they played in both Dusseldorf and Frankfurt at clubs very popular with US servicemen on their way to Vietnam.

This group is not the one with Robert Fripp in. That one is here.

UK Singles

1965 Each Little Falling Tear/And I Do Now                                 Columbia DB 7666
   (Released 20 August 1965)
1966 How Can You Tell/How Do They Know                                Planet PLF 109
   (Released in February 1966)

1967 Nothing On/Hey Conductor                                                President PT167
   (Released on 3 Nov 1967 under the name The League)

The song 'Nothin On' was originally supposed to be the theme for an advertising campaign for perfume. The ad campaign never materialised, but the song was released anyway.

German Singles

1968 Nothing On/Hey Conductor                                              Columbia CR 23 780
   (Released May 1968)