Paul's Disciples

Members





Formed in Hertfordshire.
Recorded an acetate demo in 1965 featuring the songs 'I Just Wanna Make Love To You' and 'I Wish You Would'.

UK Singles

1965 See That My Grave Is Kept Clean/Sixteen Tons                                                   Decca F 12081
   (Released February 1965)

Known Gigs

28 May 1965 Welwyn Garden City, The Hop, Woodhall Community Centre, Cole Green Lane. With The Cortinas.
6 Dec 1965 Chesham, The Co-op Hall, Buckinghamshire. With The Artwoods.

The Druids

Members

Sean Ryan - vocals
Barry Fairbrother - lead guitar
Ron Baird - bass guitar
Martyn Day - rhythm guitar
Pip Bolt - drums

Formed in Hertfordshire in 1961.
Barry Fairbrother, Ron Baird and Martyn Day were later in The Trekkas.

The Trekkas

Members

Barry Fairbrother - lead guitar
Ron Baird - bass guitar
Martyn Day - rhythm guitar
Roger ? - drums

Ken Caylor - drums
Angela Penketh - keyboards
Mick Casey - lead guitar
Mick Simmons - vocals

Formed in Hertfordshire, England.
Barry Fairbrother, Ron Baird and Martyn Day had previously been in The Druids.

UK Singles

1966 Please Go/I Put a Spell On You                                                                              Planet PLF 105
   (Released June 1966)

Known Gigs

4 Jun 1966 Welwyn Garden City, The Hop, Woodhall Community Centre, Cole Green Lane.
5 Aug 1966 Welwyn Garden City, The Hop, Woodhall Community Centre, Cole Green Lane.
19 Aug 1966 Welwyn Garden City, The Hop, Woodhall Community Centre, Cole Green Lane.
17 Sep 1966 Welwyn Garden City, The Hop, Woodhall Community Centre, Cole Green Lane.
24 Oct 1966 Welwyn Garden City, The Hop, Woodhall Community Centre, Cole Green Lane. Supporting Lee Dorsey. With The Gates of Eden.
31 Dec 1966 Welwyn Garden City, The Hop, Woodhall Community Centre, Cole Green Lane.

The Creation

Members

Kenny Pickett - vocals (Born: 3 September 1940, Ware, Hertfordshire - Died: 10 January 1997)
Eddie Phillips - lead guitar, vocals (Born: 15 August 1945, Leyton, East London)
Bob Garner - bass guitar, vocals (Born: 15 May 1946, Warrington, Lancashire - Died 16 July 2016)
Jack Jones - drums, vocals (Born: 8 November 1947, Northampton, Northamptonshire)

Dave Preston - drums
Kim Gardner - bass, vocals (Died: 2001)
Tony Ollard - lead guitar, vocals
Ronnie Wood - lead guitar, vocals

Formed in 1966 out of The Mark Four.


Known Gigs

22 Apr 1967 London, The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, NW1. Supporting Soft Machine. With The Sam Gopal Indian Group.

Kenny Lee and the Mark Four

Members

Kenny Pickett - vocals (Born: 3 September 1940, Ware, Hertfordshire - Died: 10 January 1997)
Eddie Phillips - guitar (Born: 15 August 1945, Leyton, East London)
John Dalton - bass guitar
Mick Thompson - guitar
Jack Jones - drums

Tony Cooke - bass guitar
Bob Garner - bass guitar (Born: 15 May 1946, Warrington, Lancashire - Died 16 July 2016)

See the entry for The Mark Four.

The Mark Four

Members

Kenny Pickett - vocals (Born: 3 September 1940, Ware, Hertfordshire - Died: 10 January 1997)
Eddie Phillips - guitar (Born: 15 August 1945, Leyton, East London)
John Dalton - bass guitar
Mick Thompson - guitar
Jack Jones - drums

Tony Cooke - bass guitar
Bob Garner - bass guitar

Formed in Hertfodshire in 1963.
Also known as Kenny Lee and the Mark Four.
John Dalton had previously been in Danny King and the Bluejacks, and Jimmy Virgo and the Bluejacks.
John Dalton left in 1965 and was replaced by Tony Cooke on bass guitar.
When The Mark Four signed to the management of Tony Stratton-Smith, Tony Cooke was ousted and Bob Garner brought in as a replacement on bass guitar. Garner had previously played with Tony Sheridan's band.
With Garner, The Mark Four soon changed their name to The Creation.
John Dalton was later in The Kinks.

Known Gigs

30 Mar 1963 Bishop's Stortford, Long's Hall. With Bobby Angelo and the Tuxedos. (Billed as Kenny Lee and the Mark Four)
25 Oct 1965 Welwyn Garden City, The Hop, Cole Green Lane.

Jimmy Virgo and the Bluejacks

Members

Jimmy Virgo (James Hayford) - vocals
John Dalton - bass guitar
Norman Mitham - lead guitar
Fred Wilkinson - rhythm guitar
Allan Darlison - drums

Formed in Hertfordshire in 1961.
Formerly known as Danny King and the Bluejacks with vocalist Danny King (Joe Pallett) from 1959 to 1961.
Norman Mitham had previously played guitar for Cliff Richard.
John Dalton was later in The Kinks.

Danny King and The Bluejacks

Members

Danny King (Joe Pallett) - vocals
John Dalton - bass guitar
Norman Mitham - lead guitar
Fred Wilkinson - rhythm guitar
Sid Dore - drums

Allan Darlison - drums

Formed in Hertfordshire in 1959.
Norman Mitham had previously played guitar for Cliff Richard.
Changed their lead vocalist and became Jimmy Virgo and the Bluejacks in 1961.
Disbanded around 1962.
John Dalton was later in The Kinks.

The Bluetones

Members

Jim Rodford - bass guitar (Born: 7 July 1941, St. Albans, Hertfordshire - 20 January 2018, St. Albans, Hertfordshire)



Formed in St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
Jim Rodford was a member around the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Jim Rodford was later in The Mike Cotton Sound, Argent, Phoenix, The Kinks, the Animals II (The Animals and Friends), The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Kast Off Kinks, The Rodford Files, and the reformed versions of Argent and The Zombies.

The Zombies

Members

 

Colin Blunstone - lead vocals (Born: Colin Edward Michael Blunstone, 24 June 1945, Hertford, Hertfordshire)
Rod Argent - piano, organ (Born: Rodney Terence Argent, 14 June 1945, St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Paul Atkinson - lead guitar (Born: Paul Ashley Warren Atkinson, 19 March 1946, Cuffley, Hertfordshire - Died: 1 April 2004, Hospital, Santa Monica, California, USA)
Paul Arnold - bass guitar (Born: 1945)
Hugh Grundy - drums (Born: Hugh Birch Grundy, 6 March 1945, Winchester, Hampshire)

Chris White - bass guitar (Born: Christopher Taylor White, 7 March 1943, Barnet, Hertfordshire)
Jim Rodford - bass guitar (Born: James Walter Rodford, 7 July 1941, St. Albans, Hertfordshire - Died: 1 April 2004, St. Albans, Hertfordshire)

 

 

Formed in 1962 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire.

Originally called The Mustangs, they soon changed their name because of the multitude of groups with that name. Paul Arnold came up with The Zombies.

Paul Arnold left in 1962 and was replaced by Chris White. Arnold later became a physician.

Known Gigs

 

29 Oct 1964 Worcester, Gaumont. With The Searchers, Dionne Warwick, and The Isley Brothers.

15 Nov 1964 Coventry, Theatre. With The Searchers, Dionne Warwick, and The Isley Brothers.

 

 

 

The Dyaks

Members

Joe Gumble - vocals
Paul 'Jazzer' Martin - baritone saxophone
Keith Simpkins - tenor saxophone
Rod Simmons - bass guitar
Bob Morton - drums

Formed in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.
Also known as Chuck and the Dyaks. 
Managed by Pete Allen.
Backed Gene Vincent at The Cavern in Liverpool for a live French TV Broadcast on 31 March 1965.
Reformed in 2010.

Known Gigs

31 Mar 1965 Liverpool, The Cavern, Mathew Street. Backing Gene Vincent. With The Kinks, Manfred Mann, Petula Clark, The Clayton Squares, and The Tremas.