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The Roadrunners make two contributions to the recording of the grandly-named "First Annual R&B Festival" (1964) and also cut an e.p. to help raise money for Liverpool University's rag or "panto" week (a charity fund raising event). Mike Hart left the band to pursue a solo career, recording two albums for John Peel's "Dandelion" label. (Peel was ...
Michael William Hart (3 December 1943 – 22 June 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and poet. [1]In 1962, he founded the band The Roadrunners, before leaving in 1965 to join The Liverpool Scene, a poetry and music collective, with Adrian Henri, Andy Roberts, and Mike Evans.
The Liverpool Roadrunners: 1960s band; The Room: Critically acclaimed (by John Peel and others) band from Liverpool, signed to Virgin 10, released three albums and several singles, one produced by Tom Verlaine, between 1980 and 1985; Rooney: Released three albums from 1998 to 2000 and recorded a Radio 1 John Peel session in 1999
Beat groups were British beat bands from the early 1960s, or bands from other countries that adapted the style originating in Liverpool (called Merseybeat or Mersey sound). The best known beat group is the Beatles up to the mid-1960s.
The Liverpool Scene was a poetry band, formed around 1967, which included Adrian Henri, Andy Roberts, Mike Evans, Mike Hart (ex Liverpool Roadrunners), [2] Percy Jones and Brian Dodson. Four LPs were issued with Henri's poetry heavily featured.
The band became famous after playing the Woodstock festival in 1969 and began the '70s with two #1 albums: 1970's "Abraxas" and 1971's "Santana III." In 1998, Santana was inducted into the Rock ...
Located on Liverpool’s Matthew Street, Cavern Club was a hallmark of The Beatles' early career. The band performed at the venue nearly 300 times between 1961 and 1963 — also the time when ...
Flannery fronted the band from 1961 to 1967. Towards the end of 1967, he was a passenger in a car which crashed while he was on the way to a performance in Germany, and he suffered head injuries. After a few further performances, he decided to leave the music business and returned home to Liverpool. [5]