The Anteeks

 

 

 

 

Left to Right: Richard Evans, Dave Prince, Linda MacFarlane, George Arrowsmith, and Ian Gourlay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members

 

Linda MacFarlane - vocals (Died: )

Richard Evans - bass guitar

Dave Prince - guitar

George Arrowsmith - guitar (Died: )

Ian Gourlay - drums

 

Annette - vocals

 

Formed in Crewe, Cheshire in the mid 1960s.

Their first female vocalist was called Annette.

Recorded some tracks for Decca in 1971 and had some radio airplay, but the recordings have never re-surfaced. 

Disbanded in the latter half of the 1970s.

 

The Diamonds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The Diamonds as pictured in the Crewe Chronicle of 29 July 1961.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members

 

Phil Rylance - guitar, vocals

Keith Haines - guitar, vocals

 

Formed in Crewe, Cheshire.

Performed on BBC Radio in 1961.

Phil Rylance, who was professionally known as Phil Ryan, was later in Gary B Goode and the Hot Rods, Phil Ryan and the Crescents, and Phil Ryan and the Scorpions.

 

The Hot Rods

 

 

Members

 

 

 

 

Formed in Crewe, Cheshire.

 

 

Known Gigs

 

15 Mar 1963 Eccleshall, Memorial Hall, Staffordshire. Adm 4/-. Billed as Crewe's No. 1 Group.

 

Chad and the Tuxedos

Members

Formed in Cheshire.

Known Gigs

21 Dec 1963 Nantwich, Civic Hall, Cheshire. Supporting Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers. With Shane Snowden and the Sapphires.

28 Dec 1963 Nantwich, Civic Hall, Cheshire. With Gary B. Goode and the Hotrods, and Gene Rondell and the Tempests.

The Pilgrims

Members

Keith Ellis - bass guitar, vocals

Dave Keighley - lead guitar, vocals

Peter Corcoran - rhythm guitar, vocals

Tony O'Reilly - drums

Formed in 1963 on the Wirral, Cheshire.

Tony O'Reilly was formerly in The Counts.

Known Gigs

18 Jul 1964 Nantwich, Civic Hall. With The Silver Stones.

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.

The Morockans

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Formed in Hoylake, The Wirral, Cheshire.


Known Gigs

26 Mar 1966 Nantwich, The Barn, The Cheshire Cat. Nantwich Young Farmers Club.

Wall City Jazzmen

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Formed in Chester.

Known Gigs

29 Oct 1962 Chester, Quaintways. With vocalist Pat Fields. Supported by Johnny Sandon and the Remo Four.

The Jaguars

Members

Dave Scarratt - vocals, bass guitar
Greg Murphy - guitar
Alan Swindles - guitar
Ken Hughes - drums

Formed in Birkenhead in 1963.

The Senators

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Formed in Chester, Cheshire.

Known Gigs

29 Dec 1962 Chester, Riverpark Ballroom. Supporting Ian and the Zodiacs.

The Buccaneers

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Formed in Chester, Cheshire.

Known Gigs

7 Jan 1963 Chester, Classic Cinema, Foregate Street. Chester Talent Contest first round.

The Rebels

Members

Malcolm Kinnea - lead guitar
Victor Rose - rhythm guitar
Kenny Edwards - bass guitar
Brian Jones - saxophone
Stuart Jones - drums

Formed in Wallasey, Cheshire in 1960.
Brian Jones was later in The Vegas Five and then The Undertakers.

Clay Ellis and the Raiders

Left to right: Kenny Cochran, Malcolm Shelbourne, Clay Ellis, John Edmonds and Les Belamere.

Members

Clay Ellis (William Carruthers) - vocals (Died: 1996)

Malcolm Shelbourne - bass guitar

John Edmonds - lead guitar

Les Belamere - rhythm guitar

Kenny Cochran - drums

Bobby Turner - guitar (Born: 14 February 1949 - Died: August 2018)

Formed in 1960 in Wallasey, Wirral, Cheshire.

John Edmonds left the group about 6 months after its formation when he had to go back to Essex after his Unilever apprenticeship training finished in Bromborough village on the Wirral.
After Les Belamere left, Bobby Turner joined as the only guitarist.

Clay Ellis was apparently approached by Brian Epstein in 1962 to sign a deal, but it would have meant that Ellis would be separated from The Raiders. He turned it down.
Recorded a demo acetate of 'Put The Blame On Me', 'I'm a Fool For You', 'Here's Hopin'', and 'I'm A Hog For You' in 1963.

Disbanded in late 1963.

Clay Ellis was later in Clay Ellis and the Corsairs, and Mr. Lee & Co.

Malcolm Shelbourne was later in Savva and the Democrats, Gerry De Ville and the City Kings, and Purple Grass, who later changed their name to Rainbow (not the Rainbow formed by Ritchie Blackmore).

Kenny Cochran was later in The Koobas before joining the backing group for The Excelles.

Bobby Turner later formed The Landsliders in 1963 who changed their name to The Black Abbots around 1964.

Thanks to John Edmonds for the pictures and additional information.

1960.





















Known Gigs

A village hall gig in 1960.

14 Mar 1962 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. Supporting The Beatles. With Gerry and the Pacemakers.
23 Apr 1962 Liverpool, St. John's Hall, Oriel Road. Easter Monday Carnival. With Faron's Flamingos, The Dennisons, and The Toreadors.
22 Jun 1962 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. Supporting The Beatles. With The Olympics.
3 Aug 1962 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. With Alby and the Sorrals, and Ray Malcolm and the Sunsets.

8 Sep 1962 Heswall, Heswall Jazz Club (Barnston Women's Institute), 118 Barnston Road, Heswall, Wirral. Supporting Gerry and the Pacemakers.

14 Sep 1962 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. With The Dakotas, Alby and the Sorrals, Dee Fenton and the Silhouettes.
30 Sep 1962 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. Supporting The Beatles. With The Red River Jazzmen.

1960.

The Excheckers

Members

Peter Johnson - lead guitar, piano, vocals
John Pickett - bass guitar, vocals
Philip Blackwell - keyboards, lead vocals
George Roberts - drums, vocals

Aynsley Dunbar - drums
John Bell - drums

Formed in Chester, Cheshire in 1963. (Some sources say they are from Ellesmere Port)
Peter Johnson, John Pickett and Phil Blackwell were previously in The Vikings.
George Roberts was previously in Jeannie and the Big Guys.
Managed by Les Ackerley from November 1963.
Recorded two tracks in German before touring Germany in 1964, Big Bad John and Memphis Tennessee.
George Roberts was replaced by Aynsley Dunbar on drums in 1964.
Aynsley Dunbar was replaced by John Bell on drums in 1965.


UK Singles

1964 All The World Is Mine/It's All Over                                                                    Decca F 11871
   (Released 27 March 1964. Both sides written by the group.)

Germany Singles

1965 Buzz-Buzz-Buzz/You Are My New Love                                                         Ariola 18 596 AT
1965 Mama Didn't Know/Do The Bird                                                                      Ariola 18 598 AT
   (Both singles released in October 1965)

Known Gigs

16 Apr 1964 Liverpool, The Iron Door, Temple Street. With The Harlems, and The Chants.
24 Apr 1964 Coventry, Locarno.

The Electrons

Members

Phil Henshaw - guitar
Cliff Bowers - guitar
Dave Aldcroft - bass guitar
Gordon Roberts - saxophone
Roy Tomkins - drums

Don Rathbone - drums


Formed in Wilmslow, Cheshire in 1958.
Managed by Brian Shapley, who also occasionally played piano and bass guitar in the group.
Don Rathbone replaced Roy Tomkins in 1960.
Don Rathbone left in 1960. He was later in Kirk Daniels and the Deltas, The Kirk Daniels Group, The Deltas featuring Ricky and Dane, The Flintstones, and finally The Hollies before leaving the music business around the end of 1962.

Take Four

Members





Formed in Chester.


Known Gigs

21 Jan 1964 Chester, Majestic Ballroom. Supporting Jimmy Crawford and the Shantells.