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The group in 1967 comprised, Johnny Jones (lead vocalist), Jake Elcock (bass/vocals), Bill Hayward (guitar/vocals), Terry Rowley (keyboards/vocals) and Graham Hollis (drums) were all deservedly on a crest of a wave promoting their latest single, 'Ciao Baby/Anyone There?'
The group continued to perform throughout most of the 1970s, though mixing comedy with the music in their performances, and finally broke up in 1978.Vocaist Ian "Sludge" Lees later found success as a comedian, and Bassist Jake Elcock pursued a career in A&R.
6 de dez. de 2023 · Friend of 60 years and former bass guitarist Jake Elcock said Bill, a retired salesman from Codsall, passed away at New Cross Hospital on Monday morning four weeks after they returned from a...
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This significant group from Dudley had four tracks released on a rare record album titled "BRUM BEAT" that was issued by Decca Records in 1964. They were discovered on the "Regan Circuit" along with other local bands who recorded tracks for the same LP. The Strangers became the nucleus of the well known West Midlands group Finders Keepers. The line...
Ken Warr; "My family moved from Londonderry to the Black Country when I was four. I'm told I had an uncle who could yodel and I did a fair imitation of him that is, until I had my tonsils out" "My dad was a storeman at Payters earning twelve pound per week and I was earning fourteen just from The Strangers plus my piecework day job earnings which w...
Tony Dalloway; "We had residencies at Dudley Jazz Club (Monday evenings for two years), The Hilly Fields, (Sunday lunchtimes) The Caves, Priory Estate, Dudley, The Lost City, Moat Farm Estate, Tipton and The Staffordshire Volunteer, Bushbury, Wolverhampton. The latter three were often frightening experiences with fights a common occurrence." "From ...
Decca "BRUM BEAT" various bands album DECCA LK 4598 (1964): 1. What A Way/It's Not Too Late/By Bye Johnny/Return To Mary Back to BRUMBEAT MAIN INDEX
20 de nov. de 2022 · Lead singer Johnny Jones and original founding member, bass player Ralph Oakley, both attended Dudley Grammar School and when Oakley left, his place was taken by Jake Elcock whose father had been drummer with the Art Baker Quartet who had a residency at the Queen Mary Ballroom.
In 1967 Jake Elcock joined the group from Finders Keepers and Graham Hollis became the drummer. In 1969 the group underwent a fundamental personnel change when Johnny Jones and Terry Rowley joined the original five-piece Trapeze.
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