Tuesday 12 May 2015

Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 185: Eddie Falcon; Jack Good; Red Price; Rex & The Minors; The Scots Of St. James; Doc Thomas Group

 

Eddie Falcon. Obscure British singer.

Jack Good was an English musician, manager, TV producer, musical theatre director and record producer. 
Good played and recorded with Lord Rockingham's XI. Their hit singles included "Fried Onions" and the better known UK Singles Chart #1, "Hoots Mon". In 1960 he recorded one single under his name, credited to Jack Good's Fat Noise.

Red Price. British, saxophone player. Another member of Lord Rockingham's XI.

Rex & The Minors. Yet another artists related to Lord Rockingham's XI.

 Doc Thomas Group. UK Mod, Rhythm & Blues band from Herefordshire.

The Scots Of St. James. Hailing from Glasgow, The Scots of St James began life as The In Crowd but changed name after moving down to London.

Sunday 10 May 2015

Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 184: Tony & Howard w. The Dictators; The Echo-Sounds; The Rising Sons; The Skyliners; Swinging Harpsichord of Derek New; Herbie Goins & The Night-Timers

 

Herbie Goins. American singer (1939-2015). Frontman in 1963 of the Blues Incorporated by Alexis Korner. In 1965 left the 'Father of the British Blues' to join another band where came also a virtuoso guitarist: John McLaughlin.
Herbie Goins & The Nigh-Timers
quickly became one of the hottest R&B bands in UK. 

The Rising Sons. Shel Talmy’s obscure British beat group.

The Skyliners. Another obscure British beat group.

Tony & Howard w. The Dictators. Tony Moore and Howard Gordon became close friends at an early age as they were neighbours living a few doors away from each other in Bournemouth...

The Echo-Sounds. From Glasgow. They played and recorded in Germany....

Friday 8 May 2015

Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 183: Little Frankie; Rey Anton (Oriole); Stuart Beckett; Barbara Ruskin (Piccadilly)

 

Rey Anton (born Leonard Hirons). Like a lot of schoolboys, dreamt of becoming a pop star. To gain invaluable experience, he joined the Mecca Organisation on a three-year contract, where he got to sing with the Johnny Dankworth Band and the Cyril Stapleton Orchestra. In 1962, Rey signed to the Oriole label and recorded four singles....

Little Frankie (real name Denise Jones). British pop singer who was backed by The Chimes and The Country Gentlemen (see BL 119), and worked with songwriter Graham Gouldman, later of 10cc. In 1963 and 1964 she released two singles, on Decca, credited to
The Chimes Featuring Denise (see BL 20)....

Barbara Ruskin. Born in East Ham, in 1948, moved to Stoke Newington (north-east London) before starting secondary school. In 1964, she was offered a contract with Piccadilly Records and released her first single.....

Stuart Beckett. Obscure British singer....

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Tuesday 5 May 2015

Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 182.1,2: Dick Jordan (Don Duke) Part 1,2

 

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Dick Jordan aka Don Duke. Real Name: Derrick Biscombe. Between 1960 and 1963, as Don Duke he released 19 7" records for Embassy and appeared on one Embassy LP. He continued to record under the Dick Jordan alias through to the mid 1960's on a number of labels. (Discogs)


Sunday 3 May 2015

Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 181: Peter Anathan; Tim Andrews; Katch 22; The Gremlins

Tim Andrews (Real Name: Chris Andrews). British singer-songwriter and recording artist. As a singer-musician he played in seminal psychedelic and freakbeat bands Fleur De Lys (BL 108) Ruperts People (BL 163) and The Gremlins (see below). As a solo artist Andrews released six psychedelic pop singles between 1966-70, changing his name to Tim "Chris" Andrews (to distinguish from the prominent British songwriter Christopher Andrews). 

The Gremlins. Freakbeat band

Peter Anathan. Scottish pop singer

 Katch 22. British group formed in 1964, Sutton, Greater London. The group dabbled in freakbeat, mod and psych pop.

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Friday 1 May 2015

Rare Brit Pop, Discog...s of Lost Artists Pt. 180: Hal Munro (Neville Taylor)

 

Neville Taylor and his band, The Cutters, were among the handful of black rock & roll acts working in England during the late '50s. The West Indian-born Taylor had an excellent ballad style, but on the hard-rocking numbers he was heavily influenced by Little Richard's vocal style. The group was signed to EMI's Parlophone label, where they released four singles. The Cutters released one single on Decca (see BL 79). (wiki)

At the same time Taylor signed a contract with Embassy Records and released several tracks for this label, only one track as Neville Taylor all other tracks under a pseudonym 

Hal Munro.

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