Sunday 26 September 2021

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Real Name: 
Born: Isle of Wight, UK
Solo Singer
 
Recorded for the Triumph label.
Reported by the Melody Maker, dated 6th August 1960, to be recording her first single on 18th August 1960.
Produced by Joe Meek after he left the Triumph label.

UK Singles

1960 Dear Daddy/Ricky                                                                   Triumph RGM 1024
   (Released September 1960)

Danny Ford and the Offbeats

 
 
 
Members
 
 
 
 
Formed in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
 
Known Gigs
 
11 May 1963 Ramsey, Gaiety Hall. Supporting Julie Grant. With The Mark Allen Group

Julie Grant


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real Name: Vivien Foreman
Born: 12 July 1946, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Solo singer.  


Known Gigs

22 Feb 1963 Stafford, Borough Hall, Staffordshire. Supported by The Mark Allen Group, and Mark Raymond and the Rayvons.
11 May 1963 Ramsey, Gaiety Hall. Supported by The Mark Allen Group, and Danny Ford and the Offbeats.


 

Tony Martin and the Echo Four

 
 
Members
 
Tony Martin - vocals (Died: ?)
Malcolm Watts - lead guitar (Born: 9 August 1943, Forres, Scotland)
Alan Gee - rhythm guitar
Rod Simpson - bass guitar
Malcolm Jenkins - drums
 
Formed in early 1963 in Coventry.
Tony Martin, Alan Gee and Malcolm Jenkins were later in The Pickwicks.

Known Gigs
 
12 Jan 1964 Coventry, Coventry Theatre. Supporting Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. With The Matadors, The Mustangs, The Mighty Avengers, and Lynn Curtis.
 
 

The Pickwicks


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Members
 
John Miles - lead guitar, vocals
Alan Gee - rhythm guitar
Tony Martin - bass guitar (Died: ?)
Malcolm Jenkins - drums
 
 
Formed in Coventry.
Alan Gee, Tony Martin and Malcolm Jenkins were previously in Tony Martin and The Echo Four.
Signed by Larry Page in March 1964. He changed their name to the Pickwicks and dressed them in the style of the novel 'The Pickwick Papers'.
Disbanded in April 1965.
Malcolm Jenkins later joined The Ray King Soul Pact. 
Tony Martin later joined The Clouds.
 
 

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