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Jan 10, 2024 · Merseybeat had a profound impact on the British music scene in the 60s. It revitalized the popularity of rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and skiffle, bringing a fresh and energetic sound to the forefront.
- 20 I Think of You – The Merseybeats Fontana
- 19 A Little Loving – The Fourmost Parlophone
- 18 Why Can’T It Be Me – Ian & The Zodiacs Philips
- 17 Twist at The Top – Howie Casey and The Seniors Fontana
- 16 Bad to Me – Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas Parlophone
- 15 Needles and Pins – The Searchers Pye Records
- 14 I Know Something – Earl Preston & The T-T’S Fontana
- 13 Don’T Ha Ha – Casey Jones and The Governors Bellaphon/President
- 12 How Do You Do It? – Gerry and The Pacemakers Columbia
- 11 I Know
Originally known as The Mavericks, this quartet were renamed The Mersey Beats by resident Cavern DJ Bob Wooler in February 1962, and two months later their name was tweaked slightly. Their first session produced Our Day Will Comefor Oriole’s This Is Mersey Beatcompilation and they first entered the charts with It’s Love That Really Counts(No.24) be...
Signed by Brian Epstein in 1963, The Fourmost had been playing together under a variety of names – The Two Jays, The Four Jays… since 1959. The group’s lack of songwriting chops was offset by contributions from Lennon and McCartney, who gave them their first two singles, Hello Little Girland I’m In Love. A Little Lovingwas the work of Russell Alqui...
After starting life playing trad jazz, Ian & The Zodiacs saw which way the wind was blowing and joined the beat revolution. They were fixtures on the Liverpool circuit and played two nights a week at Jive Hive at St Luke’s Hall, but it was in Germany that they found acclaim. A planned month-long tour became a three-year run and three albums for the...
Saxophonist Howie Casey formed the Seniors in 1959 and they started gigging as Derry & The Seniors, with frontman Derry Wilkie. Twist At The Top, referencing the popular dance craze, features vocalist Freddie Fowell; the album of the same name, released in February 1962, was the first LP by a Liverpool beat group. Casey subsequently recorded with K...
Another product of Epstein’s stable, Billy J. Kramer needed a backing group, teaming up with Manchester’s The Dakotas. Their first single was a cover of Do You Want To Know A Secret?, and they hit the UK top spot with another Lennon/McCartney creation, Bad To Me. With his clean-cut good looks and saccharine delivery, Kramer was soon performing the ...
An early rival to the popularity of The Beatles and Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Searchers enjoyed a run of hits spanning four Top 10 albums and three No.1 singles. Their sound was defined by meticulously arranged harmonies and the chiming tones of a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar. Needles And Pins, written by Sonny Bono and Jack Nitzsche and first...
Fronted by Earl Preston – the stage name of George Spruce – and Cy Tucker, Earl Preston & The T-T’s were writing their own songs before Lennon and McCartney. The cheery I Know Somethingwas one of their originals and the band’s only single release where they weren’t backing another artist. The B-side is an excellent cover of Bobby Parker’s Watch You...
Brian Casser – aka Casey Jones – founded his first beat group, Cass & The Casanovas, in 1959. After the rest of the band left to form The Big Three, Casser fronted Casey Jones And The Engineers, briefly featuring Eric Clapton, but he found success in Germany with The Governors. Don’t Ha Ha, the band’s version of Don’t You Just Know Itby Huey Smith ...
How Do You Do It?was nearly The Beatles’ first single, before they decided on Love Me Do. Their loss was Gerry And The Pacemakers’ gain, giving the group, fronted by Gerry Marsden, the first of three UK chart toppers. There are many parallels between the two bands – both were managed by Brian Epstein, recorded by George Martin and did their time in...
The precociously talented Beryl Marsden started her singing career at 15 with The Undertakers. When the group headed to Hamburg, Marsden had to stay behind due to her age, but she continued to perform with Howie Casey and Lee Curtis & The All-Stars. This debut single shows her skill at interpreting American soul, but success proved elusive. She lat...
Jul 6, 2024 · The up-and-coming phenomenon of Mersey Beat got its own name and magazine, when the fortnightly newspaper of that name published its first edition for the period July 6-20, 1961. Edited by Bill...
Let's get one thing clear before we begin: The Beatles did not create Merseybeat - it created them. And although they are by far the most famous of the city's sons, Liverpool would have become a focal point for the music industry even if The Beatles had emigrated to Australia in 1961.
Merseybeat was the original sound of the British Invasion -- a driving, melodic sound that was hybrid of American rock & roll and R&B, and British skiffle.
May 10, 2021 · This collection consists of three radio documentary series by music journalist and broadcaster Spencer Leigh on the music of Liverpool, particularly the Merseybeat era. The documentaries were written by Leigh, who also interviewed hundreds of contributors.
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Merseybeat was the original sound of the British Invasion -- a driving, melodic sound that was hybrid of American rock & roll and R&B, and British skiffle.
