The Hullabaloos

Town of Origin: Hull
Year Formed: 1960 (as Ricky Knight and the Crusaders), 1964 (as the Hullabaloos)

Members

Ricky Knight - vocals, rhythm guitar
Geoffrey Mortimer - bass guitar, vocals
Harry Dunn - drums
Andy Woonton - lead guitar, vocals

Mick Wayne - vocals, rhythm guitar (sometimes lead)

The Hullabaloos were formerly known as Ricky Knight and The Crusaders.

For more information on the Hullabaloos go to their official website here.

Danny and the Dominators

Town of Origin:
Year Formed:

Members

Barry Leah - vocals
Jak Litherland - lead guitar
Dave Robinson - bass guitar
Ken Curran - drums

The Gremlins

Town of Origin:
Year Formed:

Members

?

Recorded for the Oak label in 1966.

UK Singles

1966 High Time Baby                              Oak RGJ 155

The Ashantis

Town of Origin: Stafford (or Penkridge)
Year Formed: Mid 1960s

Members

?


The Ashantis were a schoolboy group who were reported to have been from both Stafford and nearby Penkridge.
















Known Gigs

Friday 8th Jan 1965         Stafford. Assembly Rooms. Area Beat Competition.Unplaced in the competition.
                                                                                Other entrants included  The Stoneagers, Barry and the Ravens and The Barracudas.
Saturday 9th Jan 1965     Stafford. Queensville Football Club.
Thursday 4th Feb 1965    Stafford. Borough Hall. Mod Ball. Also on the bill were The Motives, The Jalesquares, The Kapitals, The Ravens
                                                                                      and The Vigilanties.

The Hickory Stix

Town of Origin: Stafford
Year Formed:

Members


Recorded two songs on the Oak label.

UK Singles

196? Feeling Blue/Hello My Darling                    Oak RGJ 149


Known Gigs

Thursday 4th Feb 1965       Stafford, North End Working Men's Club. Supported by Barry and the Ravens.
Thursday 11th Feb 1965     Stafford, Stafford College.

Barry and the Ravens

Town of Origin: Stafford, Staffordshire
Year Formed:

Members

?

Formed out of Castle Church Youth Club in Stafford.
Barry and the Ravens also performed as The Ravens.

Known Gigs

Friday 8th Jan 1965            Stafford Assembly Rooms. Area Beat Competition. Unplaced in the competition.
                                         Other entrants were The Stoneagers (1st place), The Ashantis and The Barracudas.

Thursday 4th Feb 1965       North End Working Men's Club, Stafford. Supporting The Hickory Stix.

Mark Peters and the Hi-Spots

Town of Origin: Liverpool
Year Formed:

Members

Mark Peters - vocals

This was the first group that bore Mark Peters name. He was later in Mark Peters and the Cyclones, Mark Peters and the Silhouettes and Mark Peters and the Method.

Mark Peters

Born:
Real Name: Mark Fleming

Groups: The Famingos, The Teen Tones, Mark Peters and Hi-Spots, Mark Peters and the Cyclones, Mark Peters and the Silhouettes, Mark Peters and the Method, Mark Peters' Method.

Mark Peter's brother Steve Fleming was often in the line-ups of his backing groups.
Mark Peters also had a solo career from 1964.

UK Solo Singles

1964 Cindy's Gonna Cry/Show Her                                   Oriole CB 1909
1964 Don't Cry For Me                                                     Piccadilly 7N35207

The Teen Tones

Town of Origin: Liverpool
Year Formed: Late 1950s

Members

Mark Peters - vocals


An early vocal group for Mark Peters.

Mark Peters was also in The Flamingos, Mark Peters and the Hi Spots, Mark Peters and the Cyclones, Mark Peters and the Silhouettes and Mark Peters and the Method (Mark Peters Method).

The Flamingos

Town of Origin: Liverpool
Year Formed: Late 1950s

Members

Mark Peters (real name Mark Fleming) - vocals


An early set up for Mark Peters. Later he was in The Teen Tones fronted Mark Peters and the Hi-Spots, Mark Peters and the Cyclones, Mark Peters and the Silhouettes and Mark Peters and the Method (aka Mark Peter's Method), before gong solo


Not strictly a Sixties group, but featuring people who would undoubtedly go on to make a great contribution to the Sixties scene.

The Cyclones

Town of Origin: Liverpool
Year Formed: 1963 (without Mark Peters)

Members

Tony Webster - lead guitar
Frank Dudley - bass guitar
Billy Burton - tenor sax
Roy Cresswell - drums

Fred Ennis - bass guitar

Fred Ennis replaced Frank Dudley on bass guitar. Fred Ennis was formerly in Karl Terry and the Cruisers.
The Cyclones were formed to back vocalist Mark Peters. When Peters left they continued on and recorded a single in their own right. The band then changed their name to The Few. After The Few, Billy Burton joined The Pete Best Band.

UK Singles

1964 Little Egypt/Nobody                                Oriole CB 1898

Tony Webster wrote the song Nobody for their only single release as the Cyclones.

Mark Peters and the Cyclones

Town of Origin: Liverpool
Year Formed: 1961

Members

Mark Peters - vocals
Vic Grace - lead guitar
Frank Dudley - bass guitar
Les Watkins - drums
Steve Fleming - keyboards

Ken Fogarty - lead guitar
Frank Bowen - lead guitar
Tony Webster - lead guitar
Roy Cresswell - drums

The Cyclones were formed to back Mark Peters.
Mark Peters and the Cyclones came 14th in the Mersey Beat Popularity Poll published in January 1962 and 18th in the one published in January 1963.

Mark Peters and the Silhouettes

Town of Origin: Liverpool
Year Formed: 1963 (With Mark Peters as vocalist)

Members

Mark Peters - vocals
Dave May - bass guitar
Mally Aston - rhythm guitar (later lead guitar)
Rod McClelland - lead guitar
Steve Fleming - keyboards
Brian Johnson - drums

Bob O'Hanlon - drums
Tony Sanders - drums

The Silhouettes were backing singer Ken Dallas from the late 1950s before he left and Mark Peters stepped in.
Mark Peters and the Silhouettes line-up rarely changed thoughout their success in the Sixties. Bob O'Hanlon replaced Brian Johnson on drums. Bob O'Hanlon had been in the group before when they backed Ken Dallas. Bob was replaced by Tony Sanders. Rod McClelland left the group and Mally Aston switched from rhythm guitar to lead.

Singer Mark Peters, whose real name was Mark Fleming, was backed by many different groups throughout his career including the The Method, The Cyclones and The Hi-Spots. His brother Steve Fleming was also often in the line-ups of his backing groups.

UK Singles

1963 Fragile (Handle With Care)/Janie                       Oriole CB 1836

They also recorded the song 'Someday' which was featured on the LP 'This Is Merseybeat' in 1963.

The Fentones

Town of Origin: Mansfield
Year Formed:

Members

John Theakston - vocals
Bobby Elliott - drums

Formerly known as the Tremelos, the Fentones were an instrumental group. It is unclear as to when they changed their name, but they are most famous for backing singer Bernard Jewry who changed his name to Shane Fenton.

John Theakston died of rheumatic fever.
Bobby Elliott was later in the Hollies.

The Tremelos

Town of Origin: Mansfield
Year Formed: Late 1950s

Members

John Theakston - vocals
Bobby Elliott - drums

The group later changed their name to the Fentones, backing singer Shane Fenton.

Bobby Elliott was later in the Hollies and was still playing with them in 2013.

The Trends

Town of Origin: Liverpool
Year Formed:

Members

Mike Kelly - bass guitar

The Trends with Billy Fury - NME 17th April 1964.

Andy's Clappers

Town of Origin: Birmingham
Year Formed:

Members

Dave Kaye - bass guitar
Jan Jeffries - organ, vocal
Andy Preston - guitar
Roy Saywood - lead guitar, vocal
Bob Neale - drums

Although Dave Kaye and Andy Preston were from Middlesex, the group were formed in Birmingham. They secured a residency at the Locarno for about two years and also played at US Air Force bases in Germany. Andy's Clappers were nationally famous for buying a London Transport double decker bus to travel to gigs in, something that was very unusual in the mid 1960s. The group stayed together for the best part of 10 years before breaking up. Some of the members of the group formed Fredz Peeple.

Advert in the New Musical Express 21st May 1965.

Front page of Midland Beat, November 1966.

The Semi Tones

Town of Origin: Portsmouth
Year Formed: 

Members

The Semi-Tones

Town of Origin: Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire
Year Formed:

Members


Formerley known as Johnny and the Semitones.

Johnny and the Semitones

Town of Origin: Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire
Year Formed: Early 1960s

Members

John Dixon - vocals
Keith Leigh - rhythm guitar, vocals
Mike Smith - bass guitar
Stuart Sumner - drums
Roger Heywood - lead guitar


Regularly gigged in and around Manchester. Also billed as Johnny Dixon and the Semitones.
Later known as The Semi-Tones.

More photos here.

Peter King and the Majestics

Town of Origin: Hull
Year Formed:

Members



Peter King and the Majestics were formerly called Rocky Stone and the Stereotones. Later they renamed themselves again as The Rats.

Rocky Stone and the Stereotones

Town of Origin: Hull
Year Formed: Early 1960s

Members



Rocky Stone and the Stereotones later changed their name to Peter King and the Majestics and then to The Rats.

Gary Landis and the Set

Town of Origin: Hull
Year Formed: 1966

Members

Gary Landis - vocals
Brian Hairsine - bass guitar
Dave Webster - lead guitar
Dave Bradfield - drums

Gary Landis was from Bristol.
Dave Bradfield had been in many bands by the time he joined Gary Landis and the Set, including The Crestas (twice), The Batmen, The Statesmen, The Voice and The Mariners.
Brian Hairsine was formerly in The Batmen.

The Profile

Place of Origin: Scotland
Year Formed:

The Profile were also known as Karl Stuart and the Profile. They were originally called the Royal Crests until they moved to London to find success.

See Karl Stuart and the Profile for more detail.

Karl Stuart and the Profile

Place of Origin: Scotland
Year Formed:

Members

Ed Hamill
Miller Anderson - lead guitar

Karl Stuart and the Profile were originally called the Royal Crests and came from Scotland. They moved to London and landed a recording contract, changing their name to Karl Stuart and the Profile. After three singles and no success they changed their name again to the Voice.


Karl Stuart and the Profile recorded three singles for Mercury records. Two of them had credits to just the Profile.

UK Singles

1965 Love Of My Eyes/Not A Girl In A Million                                            Mercury MF 870
1965 Haven't They Got Better Things To Do/The Touch Of Your Hand          Mercury MF 875
                                       (B-Side credited to The Profile)
1966 Got To Find A Way/Don't Say Goodbye                                               Mercury MF 891
                                       (Both sides credited to The Profile)

They recorded one more single for Mercury after they changed their name to the Voice.

The Voice

Place of Origin: Scotland
Year Formed:

Members

Ed Hamill
Miller Anderson - lead guitar

Mick Ronson - lead guitar
Dave Bradfield - drums

The Voice were formed in Scotland as the Royal Crests. They changed their name to Karl Stuart and the Profile and recorded for Mercury before changing to the Voice. They recorded one single before Miller Anderson decided to leave. He was replaced by Mick Ronson who joined in 1965 after the break up of the Crestas. Dave Bradfield joined in March 1966. Dave Bradfield had been a member of several groups in and around Hull, including the Crestas and the Mariners. The other members of the Voice were also members of a religious group and Mick and Dave were soon out of work when the religious group decided to move to the Bahamas in June 1966. Mick Ronson briefly joined the Wanted in London, who played Motown covers. The Wanted broke up soon after Mick joined and he was forced to move back to Hull. Mick Ronson later found fame as the guitarist for David Bowie. Dave Bradfield moved back to Hull after the Voice finished and re-joined the Crestas.

UK Singles

1965 Train To Disaster/Truth       Mercury MF 905

The Royal Crests

Place of Origin: Scotland
Year Formed:

Members

The Royal Crests changed their name to Karl Stuart and the Profile when they moved to London. They recorded for Mercury records, releasing threee singles. After failing to chart they changed their name again to the Voice and Mick Ronson joined them.

Dave Bradfield

Born: Hull

Instruments Played: drums
Groups: The Statesmen, The Batmen, The Mariners, The Crestas, The Voice, Gary Landis and the Set.

Dave Bradifeld turned professional when he was 16 and playing for the Batmen.

The Statesmen

Town of Origin: Hull
Year Formed:


Members

Harry Shortland - vocals
Rick Kemp - guitar
Johnny Griffiths - bass guitar
Dave Bradfield - drums

Rick Kemp had briefly played in the Aces. He later played for Steeleye Span in the 1970s.
Dave Bradfield had played in various bands in the Hull area including the Batmen, the Mariners and the Crestas.

The Buccaneers

Town of Origin: Hull
Year Formed:



Members

John Tomlinson - vocals
Mick Ronson - lead guitar

Mick Ronson played with the Buccaneers while still playing in the Mariners.

The Batmen

Town of Origin: Hull
Year Formed: Early 1960s

Members

Ray Elrington - vocals, lead guitar
Ray Marshall - rhythm guitar
Brian Hairsine - bass guitar
Dave Bradfield - drums

The Batmen toured France.
Dave Bradfield was later in the Mariners and the Crestas. He was also in the Statesmen.

The Mariners

Town of Origin: Hull
Year Formed:

Mick Ronson is on the far right.

















Members

Ricky Allan - vocals
John Griffiths - rhythm guitar
Mick Ronson - lead guitar
Ron 'Jock' Ryan - bass guitar
Graham Tyson - drums

Malcolm Dixon - drums
Dave Bradfield - drums
Robin Taylor - bass guitar
Dave Morrison - rhythm guitar

The Mariners once supported the Rolling Stones at Bridlington Spa, probably in May 1964.

The Crestas

Town of Origin: Hull
Year Formed:


Members

Peter Morris - vocals
Bill Dalley - lead guitar
Mike Harris - rhythm guitar
Pete Cannon - bass guitar
Mike Kitching - drums

Tim Myers - bass guitar
Norman Beharrel - vocals
Henry Temple - rhythm guitar
Johnny Hawk - vocals
Mick Ronson - lead guitar
Eric Lee - vocals
Dave Bradfield - drums
Malcolm 'Mally' Hunt - vocals

Tim Myers replaced Pete Cannon on bass guitar and was with the group until they disbanded.
Norman Beharrel replaced Pete Morris on vocals and then by early 1964 Norman, who was much older than the rest of the group, was replaced by Johnny Hawk, formerly of the Aces.
Henry Temple, formerly of Hull group the Aces, replaced Mike Harris on rhythm guitar by early 1964.
After a band shake-up, which included wanting to play further afield, the line-up changed. Bill Dally left and was replaced by Mick Ronson and Eric Lee, another ex-Aces member, joined as a second vocalist. The group were now a six-piece with the line-up as follows:

Johnny Hawk - vocals
Eric Lee - vocals
Mick Ronson - lead guitar
Tim Myers - bass guitar
Henry Temple - rhythm guitar
Mike Kitching - drums

Johnny Hawk left the Crestas and the music business in July 1965. Henry Temple left around the same time.
Mike Kitching would leave a few weeks later and was replaced on drums by Dave Bradfield, formerly of Hull bands the Mariners and the Statesmen. Eric Lee, the vocalist left soon after and was replaced by Malcolm 'Mally' Hunt. With all the changes the band came to an end within weeks.

A late line-up photo of the Crestas with Mick Ronson and Tim Myers.

Advocats

Town of Origin: Liverpool
Year Formed:

Members

Nothing is known about this group yet.

Adel and the Delrons

Place of Origin: Cumbria
Year Formed:

Members

Adel ?
Allan Thompson
Ray ?

Nothing is known about this group yet.

The Addicts

Town of Origin: Widnes, Lancashire
Year Formed:

Members

Steve Duggan - lead guitar
Geoff Keeley - rhythm guitar
Denny O'Neil - bass guitar
Dennis 'Snowy' Keeley - drums

Paul ? - bass guitar

UK Singles

1964 That's My Girl/Here She Comes          Decca F 11902

Aches 'N' Pains

Town of Origin: London
Year Formed:

Members

Nothing is known about this group yet.

UK Singles

1966 There's No One Like Your Mother/Again and Again          Page One POF 008

The Act

Place of Origin: Essex
Year Formed: 1967

Members

Brian Patton - vocals
John Dennis - lead guitar
Michael Gangham - bass guitar
David Simpson - drums

The Act were managed by Kenny Lynch and soon won a recording contract for the Columbia label. After three unsuccessful single releases the group were dropped by Columbia and they disbanded in 1968.

UK Singles

1967 Cobbled Streets/One Heart                                   Columbia DB 8179
1967 Here Come Those Tears Again/Without You          Columbia DB 8261
1968 Just a Little Bit/Remedies of Doctor Brohnicoy       Columbia DB 8331

The Act

Town of Origin: Mitcham, South London
Year Formed:

Members

Paul Cribb - vocals
Dave Richards - rhythm guitar
Adrian Tyndale - lead guitar, vocals
Dave Fromant - bass guitar
Stuart Aldous - drums

Jeff Webb - rhythm guitar, vocals

The Act were essentially a school group from Eastfields Secondary Boys School in Mitcham, South London. They recorded four songs at R.G. Jones recording studio which were made into an acetate EP for the Oak label. Jeff Webb replaced Dave Richards on rhythm guitar. The Act disbanded in March 1967 but got together again for a reunion in the 1990s.

All but Dave Richards are present in this photograph.













UK Eps

1965 I Wish I Could Find Her/Everything To Me/I Turn To Love You/I Warned You        Oak RGJ 407

The Aces

Town of Origin: Hull
Year Formed: 1959

Members

Eric Lee - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Brian Gatie - guitar
John Patterson - bass guitar
Adrian Gatie - drums

Tony Gosling - lead guitar
Henry Temple - rhythm guitar
Brian Sleight - drums
Rob Coggle - washboard
Johnny Hawk - vocals

Rick Kemp - bass guitar

Tony Gosling, Henry Temple, Brian Sleight and Rob Coggle, alongside Johnny Patterson, were all in the original line-up of the Aces, who were a skiffle group. Johnny Hawk joined the group in 1959 as vocalist and the group became Johnny Hawk and the Aces for a couple of years. Sometime after Johnny Hawk left in the early 1960s, the group changed their name to the Four Aces until reverting back to the Aces in 1963 when they were signed by Parlophone. They released two singles in 1963 and recorded one more that was not released.

Sometime before being signed Rick Kemp was in drafted into the group for a short while. Rick Kemp later played for Steeleye Span.

UK Singles

1963 Wait Till Tomorrow/The Last One          Parlophone R5094
1963 I Count The Tears/But Say It Isn't So     Parlophone R5108

The songs 'The Last One' and 'But Say It Isn't So' were written by guitarist Brian Gatie.

The Abstracts

Town of Origin: Birkenhead
Year Formed: 1962

Members

Mike Mulloy - vocals
Gordon Didsbury - bass guitar, vocals
John Thompson - lead guitar
Jimmy ? - rhythm guitar
Alan Westcot - drums

The Abstracts

Town of Origin: Speke, Liverpool
Year Formed:

Members

John Hodgson - lead guitar
Bill Cole - bass guitar
Ray Timmins - drums
Barry Robinson - rhythm guitar

Rick Birkett

Born: Yorkshire
Died: 6 November 2012

Instruments Played: Guitar, Vocals
Groups: The Blue Blood Group, The Accent, Christine Perfect Band, Keef Hartley Band, Jellybread, The Big Easy, A Little Uneasy


Rick Birkett was a guitarist who first found a small amount of success in the Blue Blood Group, who later changed their name to the Accent and recorded a single for the Decca label. Rick was involved in a line up of the Zombies, who began recording an album in 1968. The album was cancelled and the Zombies split up for good. Birkett then rehearsed briefly with the original line-up of Argent before being replaced by Russ Ballard. He later played guitar for Jellybread and Malcolm Tomlinson and also released a solo LP on the Blue Horizon label as Rick Hayward. He recorded a follow up LP which was not released at the time but has since been made available by Sunbeam Records. He was also a session guitarist for Blue Horizon and played with many artists in the studio, such as Eric Clapton, Freddie King, Jack Bruce, Lightnin' Slim and Mitch Mitchell. Rick also found time to be a member of Christine Perfect's band in the late 1960s.

In later life Rick played in the East Anglian rock band The Big Easy and then with Heather Enid Wells in the duo A Little Uneasy.

 

Aardvark

Town of Origin:
Year Formed: Late 1960s.

Members

David Skillin - vocals
Stan Aldous - bass guitar
Steve Milliner - organ, piano, recorders, celeste, marimba, vibraphone
Frank Clark - percussion

Paddy Coulter - organ


Aardvark were a keyboard driven band who formed at the end of the 1960s. In a time when LPs were bigger business than singles, Aardvark were given the opportunity to record what would be their only album on the Decca subsidiary label Deram. Paddy Coulter was the original organ player in the band. Although he is thanked for helping to write three of the songs on their LP, Paddy Coulter did not record with them.

Steve Milliner played piano on the Black Cat Bones LP 'Barbed Wire Sandwich', also released in 1970. David Skillin wrote songs for the band Home in the 1970s.

UK LPs

1970 Aardvark                Deram Nova SDN 17

Abraham and his Lot

Town of Origin: Liverpool
Year Formed:

Nothing else is known about this group.

The Accent

Town of Origin: Yorkshire
Year Formed: Mid 1960s

Members

John Hebron - vocals, guitar
Rick Birkett - guitar (died Nov 2012)
Alan Davies - bass guitar
Pete Beetham - drums

The Accent were originally called the Blue Blood Group. In 1966 they moved to London to find success and renamed themselves the Accent. In 1967 they secured a residency at Billy Walker's Upper Cut Club and were signed to the Decca label. They only released one single which was produced by Mike Vernon. Although their only single had very little success in the 1960s it later became a cult favourite.

Rick Birkett was involved in a line up of the Zombies, who began recording an album in 1968. The album was cancelled and the Zombies split up for good. Birkett then rehearsed briefly with the original line-up of Argent before being replaced by Russ Ballard. He later played guitar for Jellybread and Malcolm Tomlinson and also released a solo LP on the Blue Horizon label as Rick Hayward. He recorded a follow up LP which was not released at the time but has since been made available by Sunbeam Records. He was also a session guitarist for Blue Horizon and played with many artists in the studio, such as Eric Clapton, Freddie King, Jack Bruce, Lightnin' Slim and Mitch Mitchell. Rick also found time to be a member of Christine Perfect's band in the late 1960s.

UK Singles

1967 Red Sky At Night/Wind of Change          Decca F12679

The Abstracts

Town of Origin: Manchester
Year Formed:

Members

Keith Dobbs - vocals
Billy Oliver - lead guitar
Eric Shelmerdine - rhythm guitar
Doug Gill - bass guitar
Jeff Gill - drums

Billy Oliver and Doug Gill were later in Dream Machine.

The Cavemen

Town of Origin: Liverpool
Year Formed:

Members

Barry Woods - lead guitar
Charlie Woods - bass guitar
Dougie Eaton - rhythm guitar
Eric Mackintosh - drums

Played throughout the 1960s. In the 1970s they changed their name to Abbey Road. Dougie Eaton was replace by Eddie Gibbons and they recorded two singles

Abbey Road singles

1974 Clunk Clunk/Catamaran
1974 Going to London/Anything You Want

Aarons Rod

Town of Origin: Wolverhampton
Year Formed:  

Members

Pete Goalby – lead vocal

Mike Farnell – bass guitar
Phil Whitehead – hammond organ
Kevin Bray – lead guitar

John Waterfall – drums

Formerly known as Jam Sandwich.

The Aarons

Town of Origin: Bootle, Liverpool
Year formed:

From left to right: Tommy Cooney, Jimmy Thompson, John Smith and 'Billy' Roper.














Members:

Carl 'Billy' Roper - guitar
John Smith - guitar
Tommy Cooney - bass guitar
Jimmy Thompson - drums

Adrian Lord (Adrian Wilkinson) - vocals
Denny Alexander - rhythm guitar
Tommy McGuirk - bass guitar
Ian McGee - drums
Ritchie Mitchell - bass guitar
Jimmy Carter - rhythm guitar

Adrian Lord was later in the Nomads who changed their name to the Mojos and had several hits on the Decca label.

Denny Alexander was formerly in Tony and the Chequers and was later in the Secrets, the Clayton Squares and then the Penny Peep Show.

Tommy McGuirk was later in the Pete Best Four.

Ritchie Mitchell and Jimmy Carter were later in the Gerry Deville City Kings.