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Dave Walker started his career in 1960 with a Brumbeat R & B band called The Redcaps. The band was formed by Dave on rhythm guitar, his twin brother Mick Walker (born Michael Walker, 25 January 1945, in Walsall - died 25 February 2016) on bass guitar, Ronnie on lead vocals, Ronnie's brother Roy Brown on lead guitar, Mac Broadhurst on saxophone, and Jimmy Richards on drums.
In 1958, the band again changed its name to Ronnie and the Redcaps. Musci left the band in 1960 and a new guitarist, Dick Botoff, joined the lineup. The band released two singles: The first single was "Conquest"/"Lover" with the A-side being an instrumental track reminiscent of the Ventures and the B-side featuring DeWolfe on lead vocals. The ...
After a stint as the Ramrods, the trio then joined Red-E-Lewis and the Redcaps, who became the Redcaps, backing Cuddly Dudley, when Reddy Lewis left. [4] In 1962, all three then joined Johnny Kidd and the Pirates – formed by Kidd during the 1950s – just after the band had scored a huge hit with Shakin' All Over, with Joe Moretti on lead ...
Dio was one of the organizers of the Hear 'n Aid project. His voice is featured in the single "Stars", while also contributing, alongside the rest of his band, with a live version of "Hungry For Heaven" included in the final record. Eddie Hardin & Guests: Wizard's Convention (1994)
Jokers Wild formed in late 1963 in Cambridge, and first performed in February 1964. The original musicians were Dave Altham (piano, saxophone and vocals), a student at Trinity College, Tony Sainty (bass guitar and vocals), previously with The Redcaps and before that a St John's College choirboy, Johnny Gordon (rhythm guitar and vocals) and Clive Welham (drums and vocals), both from the ...
Dudley appeared on both pilot recordings of Oh Boy! (T1 and T2) as Dudley Heslop, but changed back to Cuddley Dudley before the main series started. [6] He was usually backed by the house band, Lord Rockingham's XI, and appeared in a total of 21 episodes; this was the most appearances by any artist (one more than Cliff Richard, whilst The Drifters, who became The Shadows, and Marty Wilde ...
The band, under the name the Redcoats, entered the studios again in the latter half of 1965, recording two Merseybeat-influenced tunes: "Love Unreturned" and "The Dum-Dum Song", both highlighted by English-sounding vocal harmonies. Receiving local radio play in New Jersey, the Redcoats garnered a following in the region with the songs, which ...
The band billed themselves as the Young Rascals for the last time with the single release of "It's Wonderful"; from that point on they were known as simply 'The Rascals'. [2] Their first official single release as "the Rascals" was the optimistic 1968's " A Beautiful Morning ", which reached #3.