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Birmingham's culture of popular music first developed in the mid-1950s. [1] By the early 1960s the city's music scene had emerged as one of the largest and most vibrant in the country; a "seething cauldron of musical activity", [2] with over 500 bands constantly exchanging members and performing regularly across a well-developed network of venues and promoters. [3]
The Ritz Ballroom in York Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, was a 1960s music venue, known for the number of artists it hosted, who went on to become international successes, especially those on the roster of Brian Epstein. [1] Operated by Joe Regan and his wife Mary, the venue used a former cinema. [1]
Mothers (formerly the Carlton Ballroom) was a club in the Erdington district of Birmingham, England, during the late 1960s and early 1970s.It opened above an old furniture store in Erdington High Street on 9 August 1968. [1]
The Move were formed in December 1965, and played their debut show at the Belfry, Wishaw, on 23 January 1966. The original intentions of Trevor Burton, Ace Kefford and Roy Wood were to start a group from among Birmingham's best musicians—along similar lines to the Who.
During the 1960s Birmingham was the home of a music scene comparable to that of Liverpool. [37] Although it produced no single band as big as The Beatles it was "a seething cauldron of musical activity", and the international success of groups such as The Move , The Spencer Davis Group , The Moody Blues , Traffic and the Electric Light ...
The Applejacks were an English beat group of the 1960s. They were the first "Brumbeat" group (that is, from the West Midlands conurbation-Birmingham area) to reach the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, and were unusual for having a female bass guitarist, Megan Davies.
Rock music groups from Birmingham, West Midlands (1 C, 52 P) Pages in category "Musical groups from Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total.
Pages in category "1960s in Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .