All Jelly

 

Members

 

Rosalind Ayres - vocals (Born: 7 December 1946, Birmingham, England, UK)

 

An all-girl pop group.

Rosalind Ayres became a successful actress of stage and screen.

 

 

The Chantelles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members

 

Riss Chantelle (Iris Long) - vocals (Died: 2nd April 2015)

Sandra Orr - vocals

Jay Adams - vocals

 

Nola York - vocals

 

Formed around 1964.

A British vocal group.

Iris Long was previously in Ivy Benson and Her All-Girl Band, and The Lana Sisters.

Appeared in the film Dateline Diamonds in 1965. The film was given a general release on 3rd April 1966 as part of a double feature with 'Doctor in Clover'.

Topped the Radio London charts with their song 'I Think of You'. 

Nola York replaced Jay Adams. Nola York had previously been having a solo career.

Iris Long later formed Chantelle Music, a music management and publishing company, and continued to work with Nola York, who had gone solo.

Nola York later wrote and performed in West End musicals.

Left to right: Sandra Orr, Iris Long and Jay Adams, appearing in the film 'Dateline Diamonds' in 1965.

UK Singles

1965 I Want That Boy/London My Home Town                                             Parlophone R 5271

   (Released 15 April 1965)

1965 The Secret Of My Success/Sticks And Stones                                       Parlophone R 5303

   (Released 16 July 1965)

1965 Gonna Get Burned/Gonna Give Him Some Love                                  Parlophone R 5350

   (Released 22 October 1965)

1966 I Think Of You/Please Don't Kiss Me                                                    Parlophone R 5431

   (Released 1 April 1966)

1966 There's Something About You/Just Another Fool                                  Polydor 56119

   (Released 23 September 1966)

1967 The Man I Love/Blue Mood                                                                   CBS 2777

   (Released 26 May 1967)

A later lineup of The Chantelles with Nola York on the right.

The Lana Sisters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members

 

Iris (Riss) Long - vocals (Died: 2nd April 2015)

Lynne Abrams - vocals

Mary (Shan) O'Brien - vocals (Died: 2nd March 1999)

Sheila Fuller - vocals

Formed in 1958.

A British vocal group.

Iris Long was formerly a member of Ivy Benson and Her All Girl Band.

Sheila Fuller was an early member of The Lana Sisters, but had to leave for personal reasons.

Managed by Evelyn Taylor.

Their version of 'You've Got What it Takes' became a Top 10 hit in Ireland in 1960. 

By the end of 1960 Mary O'Brien had left.

Mary O'Brien was later in The Springfields with her brother Tom Springfield before going solo as Dusty Springfield in 1963.

When Lynne Abrams left to get married, Iris Long formed The Chantelles, another vocal trio.

Known Gigs

30 Jan 1960 London, Royal Albert Hall. Saturday Club Jazz and Rock Night. With Mr. Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazzband, Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen, The John Barry Seven, Adam Faith, Al Saxon, Craig Douglas, Cuddly Duddly, Betty Smith, The Five Dallas Boys, Miki and Griff, Diz Disley, Clinton Ford, George Chisholm, Bert Weedon, Dill Jones, Eric Silk, Ike Isaacs, Sylvia Sands, Ken Jones, and Brian Matthew (compere).

12 Apr 1960 London, Royal Albert Hall. Big Beat. With Adam Faith, Craig Douglas, Duffy Power, Dickie Pride, The John Barry Seven, The Bert Weedon Group, The Trebletones, The Rabin Rock Unit, Lorie Mann, Colin Day, Ray Pilgrim, and Brian Matthew (compere).

25 Apr 1960 Shrewsbury, Granada. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Alan Randall, Frank Ifield, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh. Two shows.

26 Apr 1960 Shrewsbury, Granada. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Alan Randall, Frank Ifield, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh. Two shows.

27 Apr 1960 Shrewsbury, Granada. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Alan Randall, Frank Ifield, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh. Two shows.

28 Apr 1960 Shrewsbury, Granada. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Alan Randall, Frank Ifield, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh. Two shows.

29 Apr 1960 Shrewsbury, Granada. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Alan Randall, Frank Ifield, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh. Two shows.

30 Apr 1960 Shrewsbury, Granada. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Alan Randall, Frank Ifield, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh. Two shows.

2 May 1960 London, Finsbury Park Empire. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Bobby Deacon and the Cruisers, Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh. 

3 May 1960 London, Finsbury Park Empire. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Bobby Deacon and the Cruisers, Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

4 May 1960 London, Finsbury Park Empire. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Bobby Deacon and the Cruisers, Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

5 May 1960 London, Finsbury Park Empire. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Bobby Deacon and the Cruisers, Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

6 May 1960 London, Finsbury Park Empire. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Bobby Deacon and the Cruisers, Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

7 May 1960 London, Finsbury Park Empire. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Bobby Deacon and the Cruisers, Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

24 May 1960 Cleethorpes, Ritz Cinema. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Frank Ifield, Alan Randall, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

25 May 1960 Lincoln, Savoy Cinema. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Frank Ifield, Alan Randall, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

26 May 1960 Northampton, Savoy Cinema. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Frank Ifield, Alan Randall, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

30 May 1960 Maidstone, Granada, Kent. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Frank Ifield, Alan Randall, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

1 Jun 1960 Bedford, Granada. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Frank Ifield, Alan Randall, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

2 Jun 1960 Aylesbury, Granada. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Frank Ifield, Alan Randall, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

3 Jun 1960 Dartford, Granada, Kent. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Frank Ifield, Alan Randall, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

4 Jun 1960 Rugby, Granada. Supporting Emile Ford and the Checkmates. With Jimmy Lloyd, Frank Ifield, Alan Randall, Paul Beattie and the Beats, and Tony Marsh.

13 Jun 1960 Stockton-on-Tees, The Globe. Supporting Adam Faith. With The John Barry Seven, Emile Ford and the Checkmates, Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang, and Don Arrol. 

14 Jun 1960 Stockton-on-Tees, The Globe. Supporting Adam Faith. With The John Barry Seven, Emile Ford and the Checkmates, Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang, and Don Arrol.

15 Jun 1960 Stockton-on-Tees, The Globe. Supporting Adam Faith. With The John Barry Seven, Emile Ford and the Checkmates, Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang, and Don Arrol.

16 Jun 1960 Stockton-on-Tees, The Globe. Supporting Adam Faith. With The John Barry Seven, Emile Ford and the Checkmates, Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang, and Don Arrol.

17 Jun 1960 Stockton-on-Tees, The Globe. Supporting Adam Faith. With The John Barry Seven, Emile Ford and the Checkmates, Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang, and Don Arrol.

18 Jun 1960 Stockton-on-Tees, The Globe. Supporting Adam Faith. With The John Barry Seven, Emile Ford and the Checkmates, Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang, and Don Arrol.

11 Sep 1961 Newcastle Upon Tyne, Empire. Supporting Johnnie Ray. With Harry Bailey, Tommy Wallis & Beryl, Martin Granger's Puppets, Kay and Kimberley, and Rondart and Jean.

11 Nov 1961 London, East Ham, Granada. With Russ Conway, Scott Peters, and The Reg Wale Four. 

17 Nov 1961 Bedford, Granada. With Russ Conway, Scott Peters, and The Reg Wale Four. 

18 Nov 1961 London, Greenford, Granada. With Russ Conway, Scott Peters, and The Reg Wale Four. 

19 Nov 1961 London, Sutton, Granada. With Russ Conway, Scott Peters, and The Reg Wale Four, Sylvia Sands, Johnny Laycock, and Bill Maynard.

24 Nov 1961 Mansfield, Granada. With Russ Conway, Scott Peters, and The Reg Wale Four. 

25 Nov 1961 Rugby, Granada. With Russ Conway, Scott Peters, and The Reg Wale Four. 

26 Nov 1961 Leicester, De Montford Hall. With Russ Conway, Scott Peters, and The Reg Wale Four. 

1 Dec 1961 Maidstone, Granada, Kent. With Russ Conway, Scott Peters, and The Reg Wale Four. 

2 Dec 1961 Slough, Adelphi. With Russ Conway, Scott Peters, and The Reg Wale Four. 

3 Dec 1961 Kettering, Granada. With Russ Conway, Scott Peters, and The Reg Wale Four. 

2 Dec 1962 Peterborough, Embassy. Supporting Frank Ifield. With The Beatles, Susan Cope, and The Ted Taylor Four. 

8 Jul 1963 Margate, Winter Gardens, Kent. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Dean Rogers, Don Crockett, and The Pan Yue Jen Troupe.

9 Jul 1963 Margate, Winter Gardens, Kent. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Dean Rogers, Don Crockett, and The Pan Yue Jen Troupe.

10 Jul 1963 Margate, Winter Gardens, Kent. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Dean Rogers, Don Crockett, and The Pan Yue Jen Troupe.

11 Jul 1963 Margate, Winter Gardens, Kent. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Dean Rogers, Don Crockett, and The Pan Yue Jen Troupe.

12 Jul 1963 Margate, Winter Gardens, Kent. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Dean Rogers, Don Crockett, and The Pan Yue Jen Troupe.

13 Jul 1963 Margate, Winter Gardens, Kent. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Dean Rogers, Don Crockett, and The Pan Yue Jen Troupe.

22 Jul 1963 Weston-super-Mare, Odeon Cinema. Supporting The Beatles. With Gerry and the Pacemakers, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly.

23 Jul 1963 Weston-super-Mare, Odeon Cinema. Supporting The Beatles. With Gerry and the Pacemakers, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly.

24 Jul 1963 Weston-super-Mare, Odeon Cinema. Supporting The Beatles. With Gerry and the Pacemakers, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly.

25 Jul 1963 Weston-super-Mare, Odeon Cinema. Supporting The Beatles. With Gerry and the Pacemakers, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly.

26 Jul 1963 Weston-super-Mare, Odeon Cinema. Supporting The Beatles. With Gerry and the Pacemakers, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly.

27 Jul 1963 Weston-super-Mare, Odeon Cinema. Supporting The Beatles. With Gerry and the Pacemakers, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly.

12 Aug 1963 Llandudno, Odeon Cinema, Wales. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Gary and Lee, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly. 

13 Aug 1963 Llandudno, Odeon Cinema, Wales. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Gary and Lee, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly.

14 Aug 1963 Llandudno, Odeon Cinema, Wales. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Gary and Lee, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly.

15 Aug 1963 Llandudno, Odeon Cinema, Wales. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Gary and Lee, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly.

16 Aug 1963 Llandudno, Odeon Cinema, Wales. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Gary and Lee, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly.

17 Aug 1963 Llandudno, Odeon Cinema, Wales. Supporting The Beatles. With Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Sons of the Piltdown Men, Gary and Lee, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly.

19 Aug 1963 Bournemouth, Gaumont. Supporting The Beatles, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. With Tommy Wallis & Beryl, Gary & Lee, Sons of the Piltdown Men, and Tommy Quickly. Compere Billy Baxter. Two shows.

20 Aug 1963 Bournemouth, Gaumont. Supporting The Beatles, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. With Tommy Wallis & Beryl, Gary & Lee, Sons of the Piltdown Men, and Tommy Quickly. Compere Billy Baxter. Two shows.

21 Aug 1963 Bournemouth, Gaumont. Supporting The Beatles, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. With Tommy Wallis & Beryl, Gary & Lee, Sons of the Piltdown Men, and Tommy Quickly. Compere Billy Baxter. Two shows.

22 Aug 1963 Bournemouth, Gaumont. Supporting The Beatles, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. With Tommy Wallis & Beryl, Gary & Lee, Sons of the Piltdown Men, and Tommy Quickly. Compere Billy Baxter. Two shows.

23 Aug 1963 Bournemouth, Gaumont. Supporting The Beatles, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. With Tommy Wallis & Beryl, Gary & Lee, Sons of the Piltdown Men, and Tommy Quickly. Compere Billy Baxter. Two shows.

24 Aug 1963 Bournemouth, Gaumont. Supporting The Beatles, and Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas. With Tommy Wallis & Beryl, Gary & Lee, Sons of the Piltdown Men, and Tommy Quickly. Compere Billy Baxter. Two shows.

 

She Trinity

Members

Shelley Gillespie - guitar
Marion 'Rusty' Hill - organ
Sue Kirby
Pauline Moran - bass guitar
Robyn Yorke - drums


Barbara Thompson - saxophone
Eileen Woodman - keyboards
Janet Bailey - drums
Beryl Marsden - vocals
Inger Johnsson - guitar

Robyn Yorke, Sue Kirby and Shelley Gillespie were Canadian.
Produced by Mickie Most.
According to Shelley Gillespie when they recorded Yellow Submarine they were told that The Beatles weren't going to release it as a single. Unfortunately, The Beatles released it just before She Trinity did. This also happened with the song 'I Fought the Law', which was released by The Bobby Fuller Four in the UK after She Trinity were told that it wasn't going to be. So their own version, 'He Fought the Law' didn't chart because of this.
Eileen Woodman joined in 1967.
Beryl Marsden joined in early 1967.
Beryl Marsden was formerly a solo singer in Liverpool who had minor national success before joining the short-lived Shotgun Express in 1966.
Disbanded by 1971.
Eileen Woodman later played keyboards for the Humblebums, Pete Brown's Flying Tigers, and The Rush (also known as Tinkerbells Fairydust).
Pauline Moran was later an actress of stage and screen. She played Miss Lemon in Agatha Christie's Poirot with David Suchet.
Barbara Thompson became a much respected jazz/rock saxophonist. She married Jon Hiseman.
Beryl Marsden was later in Sinbad, Gambler, and The Beryl Marsden Band. In the 1980s Marsden performed on stage with Martha Reeves and the Vandellas.

The Three Bells

Members

Carol Bell - vocals
Sue Bell - vocals
Jean Bell - vocals

Formed in Liverpool.
An all-girl vocal trio.
Carol and Sue Bell were identical twins. Jean Bell was their older sister.
Did a season in Blackpool on the Central Pier when they were children.
Performed in Hamburg and also Turkey.
Released records on Columbia, Pye, Decca and CBS.
Were later known as The Satin Bells.

Known Gigs

24 Nov 1964 Sutton Coldfield, La Reserve, West Midlands. Played a week-long residency.

The Ladybirds

Members

Maggie Stredder - vocals (Born: 9 January 1936, Birkenhead – Died: 9 March 2018)
Marian Davies - vocals
Gloria George - vocals

Penny Lister - vocals
Ann Simmons - vocals
Laura Lee - vocals
Tracy Miller - vocals
Barbara Moore - vocals
Joan Baxter - vocals
Kay Garner - vocals
Vicki Robinson - vocals
Sylvia King - vocals

Formed in London.
All-girl vocal trio.
Maggie Stredder was previously in The Vernons Girls.
Appeared over 60 times on The Benny Hill Show between 1968 and 1991.
Over the years the lineup changed many times with Maggie Stredder the only consistent member.
The Ladybirds not only recorded and played live in their own right, but were also backing vocalists on many other artists albums and live shows.

Known Gigs

11 Jul 1964 Nottingham, The Dungeon Club. With The Corvettes.
14 Dec 1968 Burley, The White Buck.

The Beat-Chics

Members

Moira Page (aka Maire 'Moy' Page) - saxophone
Christine Lee - drums
Mary Cullen - organ
Lesley Arden - bass guitar, guitar, vocals
Anne Bridgeman - guitar

Una Mellor - bass guitar

All but one of the group were former members of Ivy Benson's All-Girl Band.
Christine Lee, from Colchester, was voted as one of the top seven drummers in the country.
Anne Bridgeman is from Birmingham.
Mary Cullen is from Limerick.
Lesley Arden is from Glasgow.
Moy Page is from Dublin.
Una Mellor left the group in 1964 and Lesley Arden switched to bass guitar.
Played at The Star Club chain of night spots in Hamburg, Kiel and Cologne, but they broke their contract after suffering poor living conditions and being overworked.
The Beat Chics toured Spain and France
Christine Lee was later in Poverty Street, Firefly, Beauty and the Beat, The Mike Holly Band, and The Crissy Lee Band.

UK Singles

1964 Skinny Minnie/Now I Know                                                                                    Decca F 12016
   (Released 6 November 1964. Moira Page wrote the B-side. The single was a minor hit in Latin-America.)

Known Gigs

Jul 1964 Southend, Cliffs Pavilion. Part of a twice-nightly Summer Season.
25 Nov 1964 Londonderry/Derry, Corinthian Ballroom, Northern Ireland.

Colette and Her Bandits

Members




This group may actually be from the USA, but there is no evidence online.

UK Singles

1965 A Ladies' Man/Lost Love                                                                                  Stateside SS 416
   (Released May 1965. Produced by Shel Talmy)

Known Gigs

5 Dec 1965 Motherwell, Town Hall, Scotland. Supporting The Beatstalkers.

The Cherokees

Members




A female vocal duo.

Known Gigs

26 Sep 1964 Glastonbury Labour Club. Backed by Clive Ball and His Ballroom Quartet.

The Kandys

Members

Sheila Evans - lead guitar, vocals
Andrea Baker - bass guitar, vocals
Diane Dacey - drums


Formed in Liverpool in October 1964.

The Squaws

Members

Sheila McGlory - guitar
Mary McGlory - guitar
Valerie Gell - lead guitar
Sylvia Saunders - drums

Formed in Liverpool in the early 1960s.
An all-girl group.
Later changed their name to The Debutones and then to The Liverbirds.

The Liverbirds

Members

Valerie Gell - guitar, vocals (Born: 14 August 1945, Seaforth - Died: 11 December 2016)
Sylvia Saunders - drums
Mary McGlory - bass guitar, vocals
Sheila McGlory - guitar, vocals
Irene Green - vocals

Heather ? - vocals

Pamela Birch - guitar, vocals (Born: 9 Aug 1944, Kirkdale, Liverpool - Died: 27 October 2009)
Christiane Schulz - guitar
Renate Wassermeyer - drums

 Irene Green is second on the left.

















Formed in Liverpool in 1962.
Mary McGlory and Sheila McGlory were cousins and decided to form a group with some other cousins. They bought instruments and made outfits, but couldn't play. Valerie Gell and Sylvia Saunders found out about the all-girl group and went to Mary's house to investigate. When they discovered that they couldn't play, Gell offered to teach them guitar. A few weeks later the other members of the first group dropped out and Mary, Sheila, Valerie and Sylvia formed another version of the group.
Previously known as The Squaws, and then The Debutones. Changed their name to the Liverbirds before the end of 1963. At some point in their early history they were referred to as The Bikinis, probably by Mersey Beat magazine.
They began as a four-piece instrumental group and advertised for a singer to front the group in 1963. Apparently there were about 40 applicants. Irene Green was chosen.
Auditioned in front of Henry Henroid at the Rialto Ballroom, Liverpool in December 1963, to be considered for playing at The Star Club in Hamburg. Henroid was impressed and set about the process of arranging for these teenage girls to get their passports, visas and work permits. This took a few months and The Liverbirds did not get to go until their line-up had changed. 
In April 1964 Irene Green left and started working under the name Tiffany. She joined the Four Dimensions who changed their name to Tiffany's Dimensions when playing gigs with Tiffany. Tiffany also did solo engagements.

Sheila McGlory is on the far left of this picture.









Sheila McGlory also left in 1964. Sheila was later in The Demoiselles.
Pamela Birch was brought in to play guitar and take over lead singing duties.
Pamela Birch had previously played in a duo with her sister Diane.
Supported many of the top groups of the day, including, The Rolling Stones, The Rockin' Berries and The Kinks.
Managed by Manfred Weissleder.

In May 1964 an article in The People newspaper was published about the Liverbirds waiting for their big break and hoping to travel to Hamburg to play at the clubs.

The Liverbirds had more success in Germany than in the UK, especially in Hamburg.
Appeared on the very first episode of the pop music TV show Beat Club in Germany, playing live.
Reached No. 5 in the German singles charts.

The Liverbirds appeared in a film in February 1966 starring The Rattles, which was a Beatles-style effort called 'Hurra! Die Rattles Kommen!'. In the film the Liverbirds performed a couple of tracks from their album.
The beginning of the end came for the Liverbirds when Sylvia had to leave in 1967 because of problems during pregnancy. Val also left after her boyfriend, and future husband, was paralysed in a car accident. The Liverbirds were offered a tour of Japan around this time and recruited two German girls to complete this tour. Christiane Schulz and Renate Wassermeyer played guitar and drums respectively. Once the tour ended the group split.

Japan tour poster with new members Christiane and Renate.














Disbanded in 1968.
The Liverbirds reformed in 1998 and 2005 for reunion gigs.
In 2019 a stage show premiered at The Royal Court, Liverpool, about The Liverbirds' story called 'Girls Don't Play Guitars'. The two surviving members, Sylvia Saunders and Mary McGlory, were there and played on stage during the finale.

Germany Singles

1964 Shop Around/It's Got To Be You                                                    Star Club 148 508 STF
   (Released December 1964)
1965 Diddley Daddy/Leave All Your Love In The Past                           Star Club 148 526 STF
   (Released April 1965. Reached No. 5 in the German charts)
1965 Peanut Butter/Why Do You Hang Around Me                              Star Club 148 528 STF
   (Released June 1965)

1966 Loop De Loop/Bo Diddley Is A Lover                                          Star Club 148 554 STF
   (Released May 1966)

Germany LPs

1965 Star Club Show 4                                                                             Star Club 148 003 STL (STY)
1966 More of                                                                                             Star Club 158 021 STY

Netherlands Singles

1965 Shop Around/It's Got To Be You                                                     Fontana 148 508 STF
   (Released 15 February 1965)

1965 Diddley Daddy/Leave All Your Love In The Past                          Fontana 148 526 STF
   (Released 31 May 1965)


Japan Singles

1965 It's Got To Be You/Shop Around                                                    Philips FL-1180
   (Released September 1965)
1968 Diddley Daddy/Too Much Monkey Business                                 Philips SFL-1148
   (Released May 1968)

US Singles

1965 Shop Around/It's Got To Be You                                                   Philips 40276
   (Released March 1965)
1965 Peanut Butter/Why Do You Hang Around Me                              Philips 40288
   (Released April 1965)
1965 Why Do You Hang Around Me/Diddley Daddy                           Philips 40288
   (Released April 1965. Different track)

Known Gigs

2 Nov 1963 Tamworth, Assembly Rooms. With The Three Spirits.

6 Dec 1963 Liverpool, Adelphi Hotel. 22nd Annual Dinner Dance of the West Lancashire and Cheshire Division of the Motor Agents' Association.

 

 

Clipping from Liverpool Echo 7th Dec 1963.

 

16 Dec 1963 Dunfermline, Kinema Ballroom, Scotland.

4 Jan 1964 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. With Chick Graham and the Coasters, The Master Sounds, and The Mark Four.

10 Jan 1964 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. Lunchtime gig.

21 Jan 1964 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street.With The Kubas, The Rats, and The Panthers.

23 Jan 1964 Sheffield, Sheffield University. With The Searchers, Pete Lloyd and the Strangers, and The Vantennas.

26 Jan 1964 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. With Alexis Korner's Blues Inc., Vic and the TT's, and The Georgians.

14 Feb 1964 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. With The Remo Four, The Riot Squad, and Alby and the Sorrals.

21 Feb 1964 Frodsham, Mersey View. Supporting The Kinks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15 Mar 1964 Newcastle Upon Tyne, Popular Music Club. Supporting The Kinks.

18 Mar 1964 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. With The Kubas, The Country Gentlemen, and The Shimmy Shakers.

The Debutones

Members

Valerie Gell - guitar, vocals
Irene Green - vocals
Sheila McGlory - guitar, vocals
Sylvia Saunders - drums
Mary McGlory - bass guitar, vocals

Formed in Liverpool.
Sheila McGlory and Irene Green left the group before they went to Germany to play the Star Club.
Pamela Birch was brought in and they changed their name to the Liverbirds.

The Bikinis

Members

Mary McGlory - bass guitar, vocals
Valerie Gell - lead guitar
Sylvia Saunders - drums

Formed in Liverpool.
An all-girl group featuring four 16-year olds.
This appears to be a name either briefly used, or given by the media, to an early line-up of The Liverbirds.