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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
16 January; 21 May 1960: Saturday Club: The best of today's 'pop' entertainment, feat. The Mike McKenzie Quartet. 5 March 1960: Saturday Club: The best of today's 'pop' entertainment, feat. The Mike McKenzie Quartet with Scott Peters. 9/16/30 June; 7/14/21/28 July; 4/11/25 August; 18 August; 1 September 1960: Piano in the Parlour, feat. Bill ...
Raised in a foster family in Stratford, Ontario, Marsden took on the name "Dave Mickie" using the last name of his foster parents. Under the name Dave Mickie, he was the original manager of The Revols, a Stratford, Ontario rock band in the late 1950s whose famous members included, Richard Manuel, who would later become part of The Band; Ken Kalmusky, who played with Ian and Sylvia and Great ...
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 ...
1960s Liverpool band Gerry and the Pacemakers were originally known as Gerry Marsden and the Mars Bars before changing their name due to the objection of the Mars company. [43] The 1990 Newbery Medal winning novel Maniac Magee includes a character nicknamed "Mars Bar" Thompson for his habit of eating Mars Bars. [citation needed]
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 Mars Wrigley UK spokesperson said: "With over 2.5 million Mars Bars produced daily at our Slough factory it seems this has slipped through without its signature flourish.
Galaxy is a chocolate bar, made and marketed by Mars Inc., and first manufactured in the United Kingdom in 1960. [1] Galaxy is sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, the Middle East, Morocco, India, Pakistan, Australia, Malta, [2] and is also sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico and various Continental European countries as Dove.