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1965: The Equals

Orb — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 03:00:42 +0000

Biography The Equals were a British pop, R&B and rock group,[1] that formed in North London, England in 1965. They are mainly remembered for their million-selling chart-topper, “Baby, Come Back“. Eddy Grant, then sporting dyed blonde hair, founded the group. Completing the original line-up were John Hall, Pat Lloyd, and twin brothers Derv and Lincoln […]

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1963: The Chessmen

Orb — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:36:50 +0000

Biography Guy Sobell was a guitarist in a Vancouver band, The Ken Clark Trio, and while in Europe, he had heard music by Swedish group The Spotnicks and the English group The Shadows and decided to form his own band after returning to Canada. At the same time, a 17 year old named Terry […]

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1961: The Tornados

Orb — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 01:58:09 +0000

Biography The Tornados were an English instrumental group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek‘s productions and also for singer Billy Fury. They enjoyed several chart hits in their own right, including the UK and U.S. Number One “Telstar” (named after the satellite and composed and produced by Meek), the […]

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1977: Sniff n´the Tears

Orb — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:15:30 +0000

Biography Sniff ‘n’ the Tears is a British rock band best known for their 1979 song “Driver’s Seat“, a hit in many countries (including No. 15 on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart). The exception was the UK itself where a problem with EMI’s pressing plant meant that the single was not available following the […]

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