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The band, formed in March 1962 in West Didsbury, Manchester, consisted of vocalist Freddie Garrity (1936–2006), guitarist Roy Crewdson (born 1941), guitarist/harmonica player Derek Quinn (1942–2020), bassist Peter Birrell, and drummer Bernie Dwyer (1940–2002). [1]
Saturday, April 18 - Sunday, May 17, 1964: The Roy Orbison Tour, Freddie and the Dreamers were special guests, with Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Tony Sheridan and The Bobby Patrick Six, Chris Stanford and the Cornets, The Three Quarters, Ezz Reco and the Launchers, The Federals.
Originally Freddie and the Dreamers, over the last 40 years changes naturally occurred but today two members remain who have a genuine pedigree as Dreamers. Carrying on the tradition of the guys who started it all in 1963. Freddie Garrity, Derek Quinn, Roy Crewson, Bernie Dwyer and Pete Birrel never to be forgotten.
Frederick Garrity (14 November 1936 – 19 May 2006) [1] was an English singer and actor. He was best known as the frontman of Freddie and the Dreamers from 1959 until his retirement in 2001.
- I’m Telling You Now. On the UK Singles Chart, “I’m Telling You Now” became a number two hit during the summer of 1963. In 1965, on the US Billboard Hot 100 and in Canada, this single topped their respective music charts, winning over the North American audience as members of the infamous British Invasion that musically swept the nations at that time.
- You Were Made for Me. Released in 1963, “You Were Made for Me” was a number three hit single for Freddie and The Dreamers on the UK Singles Chart, making it the third song in a row for the band to score a top ten hit in their home nation.
- If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody. “If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody” was a 1961 James Ray original that peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart when Freddie and The Dreamers released their version of this single in 1963.
- I Understand. Originally performed in 1953 by The G-Clefs, Freddie and The Dreamers recorded and released “I Understand” as a single in 1964. On the UK Singles Chart, it peaked as high as number five and it was a number thirty-six hit on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The band itself consisted of Garrity on vocals, Roy Crewsdon on guitar, Derek Quinn on guitar, Pete Birrell on bass, and Bernie Dwyer on drums. In the early sixties the band found work during the Summer at various British seaside resorts and became much more than just a singing group.
Roy Crewdson. Pete Birrell. Bernie Dwyer. Freddie and the Dreamers were an English pop band from Manchester. They performed from 1963 to 1971. Their singer, Freddie Garrity, made the group again in the year 1974. It ended again when he retired in 2000.
