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The Tornados
The only
serious challengers to the Shadows merely lasted as long as their console svengali,
independent record producer Joe Meek. By the late 1950's the
talented Meek had forced his way onto the music production scene, and
was enlisted by the owner of Saga records
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Billy
J. Kramer with the Dakotas
The
Dakotas were formed in 1960, the line-up being Mike Maxfield (lead guitar), Robin
MacDonald (rhythm guitar), Ray Jones (bass) and Tony Mansfield (drums). Pete MacLaine was
the original frontman and the group went down well .....
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Cuddly Dudley (& The Redcaps)
In
the 1950’s, Dudley Heslop was probably the best known black rocker in the 1950’s
UK thanks to many TV appearances on the famous "Oh Boy" show. With
ambitions to fame one of the first acts was to drop his surname and
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The Guess Who
Chad
Allen (real
name Allan Kobel), Bob Ashley, Jim Kale, Randy Bachman and Garry Peterson came together after two
local bands merged in 1962 in Winnipeg, Canada, 1962 and took the name
Chad Allen and the Reflections. For the bands' debut the band covered
"Tribute To Buddy Holly", originally
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"Wild" Bill Kennedy
was born in
Bluefield, West Virginia in 1940. Growing up there in the 40's and early 50's
provided a rich musical background, whether it was local gospel,
country, big bands, the popsters or the R&B sounds coming from WLAC
in Nashville......
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Walter J. Ridley
To fans of classic English rock 'n roll, Walter J. Ridley is best
known as the man who brought Johnny Kidd & The Pirates to EMI
Records. In his broader career, however, Ridley transformed EMI's
HMV label into a major outlet for popular music.....
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Captain
Kidd
Of the Sea-Rovers who flew the Jolly Roger at their masthead, made
victims walk the plank and buried treasure on lonely tropical islands,
Captain Kidd has to be the most colourful and famous of them all. Many
legends have grown up about Kidd....
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