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Gerry and the Pacemakers were an English beat group prominent in the 1960s Merseybeat scene. In common with the Beatles, they came from Liverpool, were managed by Brian Epstein and recorded by George Martin. [1] Their early successes helped make popular the Merseybeat sound and launch the wider British beat boom of the mid-1960s
A U.S. Mars bar A Mars Almond split. In the United States, the Mars bar was a candy bar with nougat and toasted almonds coated with milk chocolate. The same candy bar is known outside the United States as a Mars Almond bar. Originally it did not have caramel, but at some point caramel was added. It was discontinued in 2002. [15]
Harry Seager's smooth Mars Bar sparked worldwide interest in the Dull Men's Club [Harry Seager] In New York City, sometime in the late 1980s, a group of friends sat in a bar near Central Park and ...
The studio was popular with local bands, and clients included Johnny and the Self Abusers who were playing regularly at another Glasgow music pub called The Mars Bar, that featured mainly Punk acts. Johnny and the Self Abusers split up and its members went on to form The Cuban Heels and Simple Minds .
The bars are made by the American company Mars Inc. The annual global sales of Snickers is over $380 million, [5] [6] [7] and it is widely considered the bestselling candy bar in the world. [8] [9] Snickers was introduced by Mars in 1930 and named after the Mars family's favorite horse.
Some people have accused finder Harry Seager of placing another bar in a Mars wrapper, he says.
The Aztec was created by Cadbury's to compete with the Mars Bar, but it was discontinued in 1978. [4] The Aztec was briefly revived as Aztec 2000 in 2000, but was discontinued again soon after. [5] [6] The Moro is a similar Cadbury product, first sold in New Zealand in the 1960s, that was a much more successful competitor to the Mars Bar. [7]
Topic wrapper A Topic bar split in half. Topic was a chocolate bar made by Mars, Incorporated in France and sold throughout Europe. It contained hazelnuts, nougat and caramel. The bar was first introduced in 1962. In the UK, it was advertised with the line "A Hazelnut in Every Bite". [1] In 1997, a Topic bar was found to have contained the ...