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The Merseybeats (sometimes written as The Mersey Beats) are an English band that emerged from the Liverpool Merseybeat scene in the early 1960s, [1] performing at the Cavern Club along with the Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and other similar artists.
Members of the British beat music band The Merseybeats, its spinoff group The Merseys, and the Merseys' backing band The Fruit Eating Bears. Pages in category "The Merseybeats members" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
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Clarke had previously been a member of a band called The Escorts. In April 1973, this second version of the group became the only Merseybeat band to ever record for the John Peel Show on BBC Radio. The tracks from that show have now been included on the album Gerry and the Pacemakers Live at the BBC , released on Parlophone Records in October 2018.
In 1961, Harry and The Cavern Club's DJ, Bob Wooler, compiled a list of groups that they had personally heard of, which had almost 300 names. [16] [17] In 1962, Mersey Beat held a poll to find out who was the most popular Merseyside group. When the votes were counted, Rory Storm & The Hurricanes were in first place, but after looking through ...
They had a backing band called The Fruit Eating Bears, which included guitarist Joey Molland, later of Badfinger. The Merseys ended in 1969, and Kinsley, Crane and a new lineup of performers recreated The Merseybeats. Kinsley left the band in 2020, and Crane carries on the bands legacy with his band Adrian.
Gerard Marsden MBE (24 September 1942 – 3 January 2021) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers. He was the younger brother of fellow band member Freddie Marsden.
Tony's son Adrian was a member of The Merseybeats from 2000 to 2009, as the Keyboardist. Crane still tours with The Merseybeats along with original member Billy Kinsley . They continue to tour and perform on the "sixties circuit", and at venues in the UK, and across Europe.