The Bands and Artists of Merseyside*

1959—1964

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The Blue Beats The Chelseas A The Blue Chips The Chessmen The Aarons The Blue Country Boys Chick Graham & Abraham & his Lot The Blue Diamonds Chritine Ching Adam & the Sinners The Blue Four Chris & the Diamonds The Agents The Blue Mountain Boys Tony Christian The Alamos The Blue Notes The Chuckles The Alaskans The Blues System The Cimarrons Alby & the Sorrals Bob Evans & the Five Shillings The Cirques Steve Aldo Bobby & the Bachelors The Citadels Alfie Diamond & the Skiffle Bobby & the Halers The Citrons Kings The Bobby Bell Rockers The City Beats The Alibis Bob's Vegas Five The Clansmen Tony Allen The Boleros The Classics The Alley Cats Amos Bonny Clay Ellis & the Raiders The Almost Blues The Boot Hill Billies The Clayton Squares The Alphas The Boys Cliff Roberts' Rockers The Ambassadors The Breakaways The Climbers Amos & the TTs The Brokers The Coins The Anzacs Irene Brown Collage The Aristocrats Bruce & the Cavaliers The Collegians Arrow & the Archers Buddy Dean & the Teachers The Columbians The Arrows The Buffaloes The Comets The Atlantas The Bumblies The Concords The Aztecs Billy Butler The Connoisseurs The Conquests The Conspirators B C The Contenders Babs and Joan Cadillac & the Playboys The Contrasts The Bachelors The Cadillacs The Corals The Backbeats The Calderstones The Cordelles Bags Blue Beats Carl Vincent & the Counts The Cordes The Banshees The Caribbeans The Corsairs The Beat Boys Carol & the Corvettes The Corvettes The Beatcombers Irene Carroll The Countdowns The Beathovens The Carrolls The Country Four Cass & The Cassanovas The Creoles The Beatwoods The Casuals The Crescendos Bertie Collins & the The Cavaliers The Crestas Sundowners The Cavemen The Crossbeats The big Lox Blues Band The Caverners The Coupiers The Big Three The Centaurs The Cruisers Billy Forde & the Phantoms The Centremen The Crusaders The Black Cats The Chain Gang The Cryin' Shames Black, Cilla The Challengers Cy & The Cimmarons The Black Diamonds The Champions Cy Tucker's Friars The Blackjacks The Chants The Black Knights The Cheaters The Black Velvets The Cheetahs D The Blackwells Vicki Cheetham The Dakotas The Blak Katz The Daleks Frank Knight & the Barons Dale Roberts & the Jaywalkers E Freddie Starr & the Delmonts Danny & the Asteroids Earl Preston & The Realms Freddie Starr & the Danny & the Escorts Earl Preston & The TTs Midnighters Danny & the Hi-Cats Earl Royce & the Olympics Freddie Starr & the Ventures Danny Havoc & the Secrets The Earls The Fruit Eating Bears Danny Havoc & the Ventures The Earthlings Blues Band The Futurists Danny Lee & the Stalkers The Easybeats The Darktown Skiffle Group The Eddie Clayton Skiffle The Dateliners Group G Dave & The Corvettes Eddie Dean & the Onlookers The Galaxies with Doreen Dave & the Rave-Ons The Eddie Lee Five The Galvanizers Dave Bell & the Bell Boys Eddy Falcon & the Vampires Gary B Goode & the Hot Rods The Daybreakers The Elektones The Gay Tones The Dealers The Electrons Gee Gee & the Go Men Dean Fleming & the Flamingos The Epics The Gems Dean Stacey & the Dominators The Escorts Gene Day & the Django Beats The Deans The Everests Geoff Stacey & the Wanderers The Debutones The Excelles The George Nield Trio Barbara Dee The Excheckers The Georgians Dee & the Dynamites The Executioners Gerry & the Pacemakers Dee Young & the Pontiacs The Explorers Gerry Bach & the Beathovens The Dee Beats The Expressions Gerry De Ville & the City Kings Dee Fenton's Silhouettes The Eyes The Ghost Riders The Deepbeats The Gibsons The Deerstalkers The Gin Mill Skille Group The Defenders F The Globetrotters The Defiants The Factotums The Griff Parry Five The Del Renas The Falcons Barbara Grounds The Delecardoes The Fallons Group One The Delemeres Faron & The Burnettes Groups Inc The Delltones Faron & The Crossfires Gus & the Thundercaps The Delmonts Faron & the Tempest Gus Travis & the Midnighters The Delmont Four Tornadoes The Demoiselles Faron's Flamingos The Demon Five The Fast Cats H The Denems The FBI The Hailers Denis & the Newtowns The Federal Five The Hammers The Dennisons The Feelgoods Hank & the Drifters Denny Seyton & the Sabres The Few Hank Walters & his Dusty The Deputies The Fire-Flites Road Ramblers Derry Wilkie & the Others The Fix The Harlems Derry Wilkie & the Pressmen The Flames The Heralds The Detonators The Flintstones The Heartbeats The Detours The Flyaways The Hellions The Diablos The Flyovers The Hi-Spots The Diamonds The Foggy Mountain Ramblers The Hi-Cats The Dimensions The Fontanas The Hideaways Dino & the Wild Fires The Four Aces The Hi-Fi Three The Diplomats The Four Aristokats The Hi-Hats Dixie & the Daredevils The Four Clefs The Hi-Spots The Dominant Four The Four Dimensions The Hillsiders The Downbeats The Four Gents & the Seniors The Drifting Cowboys Four Hits & A Miss Rita Hughes The Dynachords The Four Jays The Huntsmen The Dynamic Daybreakers The Four Just Men The Hustlers The Dynamos The Hylites The Four Musketeers The Four Originals The Kingpins The Mastersounds I Kingsize Taylor & the The Mavericks Ian & the Zodiacs Dominoes The Megatones The Ice Blues The Kinsleys The Memphis R&B Combo The Illusions The Kirkbys The Memphis Three The Impacts Kliff Hilton & the Merseys The Merchants The Incas The Knutrockers The Inmates The Kobras The Mersey Four The Invaders The Koobas The Mersey Five Irene & the Sante Fes The Kordas The Mersey Gamblers. The Kruzads The Mersey Men The Mersey Monsters J The Mersey Sounds Jackie & Bridie L The Mersey Bluebeats The Jackobeats The Landslides The Meteors The Jaguars The Lawmen The Method The James Boys Lee Castle & the Barons The MGs The Jaybeats Lee Crombie & the The Michael Allen Group The Jaywalkers Sundowners The M.I.5. J.C.& the Strollers Lee Curtis & the All Stars The Mikados Jenny & the Tallboys Lee Curtis & the Detours Mike & the Explorers The Jensons Lee Eddie & the Chevrons Mike Byrne & the Jet & the Valiants The Lee Eddie Five Thunderbirds The Jets Lee Shondell & the Boys Mike See & the Detours Jimmy & the Jokers Lee Shondell & the Capitols Mike Savage & the Wildcats. Jimmy & the Midnighters The Leesiders The Miller Brothers. J.J.& the Hi-Lites The Legends The Minibeats Joan & the Demons Lenny & the Team Mates The Minutes Johnny Apollo & the Spartans The Les Stewart Quartet The Missouri Drifters Johnny Gold & the Country Liam & the Invaders The Mojos Cousins The L'il Three The Moments The Johnny Gus Set Lilli Leyton The Morockans Johnny Marlowe & the Whip The Lincolns The Mosquitos Chords The Liverbirds The Motifs Johnny Martin & the Martinis The Lonely Ones Mr Lee & Co Johnny Paul & the Dee Jays The Long & the Short The Musicians Johnny President & the Louie & the Weimars The Music Students Senators L'Ringo's The Mustangs Johnny Ringo & the Colts The Mystery Men Johnny Rocco & the Jets The Mystics Johnny Saint & the Travellers M Johnny Sandon & the Remo The Mafia Four The Mailman N Johnny Sandon & the The Mal Craig Three The Nameless Ones Searchers Joan Malloy The Nashpool Four Johnny Tempest & the The Managers The Night Boppers Tornadoes The Maracas The Nightriders The Jokers The Marescas The Nocturnes Tommy Jordan The Markfour The Nomads Mark Peters & the Silhouettes The Notions Mark Peters & the Method K Mark Swain & the Tornadoes The Kandies The Marlins O The Kansas City Five Beryl Marsden The Obsession The Karacters Jackie Martin Ogi & the Flintstones Karina Jill Martin The Onlookers Karl Terry & the Cruisers The Martinis The Others Ken Dallas & the Silhouettes The Masqueraders The Outkasts Keoki & the Hawaiianeers The Masterminds The Outlaws The Rhythm Rockers The Sonnets The Richmond Sonny Kaye & the Reds P Rick & the Delmonts The Sorrals The Pacifics Ricky & the Dominant Four The Soul Agents The Page Boys Ricky Gleason & the Top Spots The Soul Seekers The Paladins Rikki & the Red Streaks Sounds Plus One The Panthers The Riot Squad The Spectres The Paragons Rip Van Winkle & the Rip-It- The Spidermen The Pathfinders Ups The Spinners Paul & the Diamonds The Rivals The Sportsmen Paul Francis & the Wanderers The Roadrunners The Squad with Rita Paul Valance & the Tremors The Robettes The St Louis Checks The Pawns Robin & the Ravens The Statesmen The Pegasus Four The Rockerfellers The Stereos Peter Demos & His Demons The Rockin' Rivals Steve & the Syndicate Pete Picasso & the Rock Rocky Stone & the Pebbles Steve Day & the Drifters Sculptors Rogues Gallery The Strangers The Phantoms Rita Rogers The Strettons Phil Brady & the Ranchers The Ron Pickard Combo The Subterranes Phil's Feelgoods The Rondex The Sundowners The Pikkins The Rontons The Swaydes The Pilgrims Rory & The Globe Trotters The Swinging Bluejeans The Plebs & the Hurricanes The Syndicate The Plims Rory Storm & the Wild Ones The Pontiacs Roy & the Dions The Poppies Roy Montrose & the T The Premiers Midnighters The Tabs The Press Gang The Runaways Take Five The Principles The Talismen The Profiles The Team-mates The Prowlers S The Teenage Rebels The Pulsators St Louis Checks The Teenbeats The Pyramids The Sandgrounders The Tenabeats The Sandstorms The Teen Tones The Santones The Templars Q The Sapphires The Tempos The Quarry Men Savva & the Democrats The Tenabeats Tommy Quickly The Scaffold The Tennessee Four. The Quiet Ones The Schatz The Terry Hines Sextet The Quintones The Screaming Skulls The Texans The Searchers That Group The Secrets Them Grimbles R The Seftons The Three Bells The Rainchecks The Seniors The Three Deuces The Rainmakers The Senitors The Three of Diamonds The Ramrods The Sensations The Thrillers The Ranchers The Sepias The Thunderbeats The Ravens The Set Up The Thunderbirds Ray Satan & the Devils The Shades Tiffany's Dimensions The Rebels The Shakers Tiffany's Thoughts The Rebel Rousers The Shimmy Shimmy Queens TL's Bluesicians Reds Incorporated The Silvertones The TJs The Remo Four The Sinners The Tokens The Renegades The Skeletons Tom and Bernie The Renicks The Skylarks Tommy & the Olympics The Rent Collectors The Skyliners Tommy & the Metronomes Rhythm Amalgamated The Sneakers Tommy & the Satellites Rhythm & Blues Incorporated The Sobells Tony & the Checkers The Rhythm Quintet Some People Tony & the Quandros Tony Carlton & the Mersey Vic Takes Four The Zephyrs Four The V.I.C.s The Topics The Vigilantes The Tornadoes The Vikings The Traders Vikki Lane & the Moonlighters The Travellers Vince Earl & the Talismen The Tremas Vince Earl & the Zeroes The Trends Vince Reno & the Sabres The Trents Vinny & the Dukes The Tributes The V.I.P.s The Triffids The Triumphs The Tudor Four W The Tudors The Walter Corless Combo The Tuxedos Wayne Calvert & the The Two Tones Cimmarons Wayne Stevens & the Vikings The Weeverbeats U Wells Fargo The Undertakers The Wheels Lorraine White The Wild Harkes V The Willows The Vaders Wolfgang Combo The Valentinos The Wranglers The Valkyries Wump & his Werbles The Vampires Vance Williams & the Rhythm Four Y The Vegas Five The Young Ones The Ventures The Verbs The Vernons Girls Z Vic & the TTs The Zenith Six

* Although some groups in other parts of the country arose with the same name (e.g., the Jets, the Dakotas and the Rebel Rousers), these are all genuine Mersey groups.