Dene Wayne and the Exiles

On stage at the Hit Club in the Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg.

 

 

Members

Dene Wayne - vocals

Pete Houston - bass guitar

Ken Lockwood - lead guitar

Keith Billington - drums

Thank you Pete Houston for letting me use these photos.

Formed in Crewe, Cheshire.

Went to Germany for two months in 1964.

Played in Hamburg, Germany in May 1964. Also played in Dortmund, Bremen, Munster, Osnabruck and Hamm, Germany.

Also played in Venlo in Holland during their German tour in June 1964.

By the end of November 1964 they changed their name to The Magic Moments.

Known Gigs

17 Nov 1963 Crewe, Town Hall. Supporting The Hollies.

23 Nov 1963 Crewe, Majestic Ballroom, High Street. Supporting Craig Douglas with The Rikki Allen Combo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24 Nov 1963 Crewe, Town Hall. Supporting The Undertakers.

7 Dec 1963 Crewe, Majestic Ballroom, High Street. Supporting Mike Sarne and the Innocents.

8 Dec 1963 Crewe, Town Hall. Supporting Tony Meehan and His Combo.

22 Dec 1963 Crewe, Town Hall. Supporting Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders.

24 Dec 1963 Crewe, Majestic Ballroom, High Street. Supporting Cliff Adams and the Twilights. With Gerry Levene and the Avengers, and Gary B Goode and the Hotrods.

28 Feb 1964 Crewe, St. Barnabas Church Hall. With Dave Venus and the Rockets.

15 Mar 1964 Crewe, Town Hall.

15 May 1964 Hamburg, Hit Club, Germany. With Danny Burns and the Phantoms.

4 Jul 1964 Crewe, Majestic Ballroom. With Pat Wayne and the Beachcombers, and Gary B Good and the Hotrods.

18 Jul 1964 Crewe, Majestic Ballroom. Supporting The Cockneys.

24 Nov 1964 Gorleston, Floral Hall. Billed as The Sensational Magic Moments.

5 Feb 1966 Nantwich, Civic Hall. With Phil Ryan and the Crescents.

6 Feb 1966 Crewe, Topteens Club, Town Hall. With The Pacifics.

1 Jul 1968 Chester, Quaintways. With Jimmy Cliff with Wynder K. Frog, and The Pattern People.

10 Aug 1968 Warmington Grange Country Club, Cheshire. With The Roy Rich Trio, and Paul Donnar.

A poster from the Hit Club in Hamburg, Germany. The Liverpool Sound, although neither Dene Wayne and the Exiles nor Danny Burns and the Phantoms (not Dany Bird) were from Liverpool.