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Biography

Lead guitarist / singer Brian O' Hara and bass guitarist / singer Billy Hatton, friends since Grammar school, formed The Blue Jays in 1958. The group changed their name to the Four Jays, and made their debut at the Cavern Club on March 1, 1961, nearly three weeks before The Beatles. Rhythm guitarist / singer Mike Millward joined the Four Jays in November 1961, followed by the drummer / singer Dave Lovelady in September 1962. In the summer of 1963, the group -- now called The Fourmost -- signed a management contract with Brian Epstein. This led to their being auditioned by George Martin and signed to EMI's Parlophone record label. Lead guitar refers to a role within a popular music band, especially a rock band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... Fender Precision Bass Bass Guitar is a commonly spoken phrase used to refer to the electric bass and horizontal acoustic basses, a stringed instrument similar in design to the electric guitar, but larger in size, commonly fretted and sometimes fretless and with a lower range. ... External view of the New Cavern Club, January 2006 The Cavern Club, which was opened on January 16, 1957, is a legendary rock and roll club at 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, where Brian Epstein was introduced to the Beatles on 9 November 1961. ... The Beatles, an English musical group from Liverpool, are the most critically acclaimed, commercially successful popular music artists in history. ... Rhythm guitar is a kind of guitar playing that provides accompaniment for a singer or other instruments. ... A session drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... The term management characterizes the process of and/or the personnel leading and directing all or part of an organization (often a business) through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). ... Brian Epstein, The Beatles manager and a force behind the groups early success. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

With Epstein as their manager, The Fourmost (like Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas, Peter and Gordon, and Tommy Quickly) had access to early Lennon-McCartney compositions which were typically felt to be unsuitable for The Beatles themselves to record. The Fourmost's first two singles were written by John Lennon. "Hello Little Girl", one of the earliest Lennon songs (dating back to 1957), and reportedly written while Lennon was "on the toilet", was released on August 30, 1963. Their fine follow-up single, "I'm In Love", was released on November 15, 1963, and sounded remarkably Beatlesque at the time. It was also notable as one of the earliest Beatles penned songs to be released in the United States but, like the group's other singles, it failed to chart there. Cover of Cilla Blacks 1966 album Cilla Sings a Rainbow. ... Billy J. Kramer (born William Howard Ashton, on August 19, 1943, in Bootle, Liverpool, England) was a British Invasion / Merseybeat singer. ... Peter & Gordon were a British Invasion-era performing duo, formed by Peter Asher and Gordon Waller, that rocketed to fame with 1964s A World Without Love. Peter Ashers sister (the actress Jane Asher) was dating Paul McCartney (of the Beatles), and so Peter & Gordon recorded several songs written... Tommy Quickly, whose real name was Thomas Quigley, was a Liverpool rock and roll singer in the early 1960s. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ...

Their biggest hit followed. "A Little Lovin", written by Russ Alquist, reached Number 6 in the UK in mid 1964. But from this point on, none of their singles would crack the Top 20 in the UK, and some failed to chart at all. "How Can I Tell Her" was followed by a re-make of "Baby I Need Your Loving" (which sounded as if it was sung by teenagers, not adults); "Everything In The Garden"; and "Girls, Girls, Girls" (originally recorded by The Coasters). The Coasters were an American doo wop and early rock and roll group, evolving from The Robins, a Los Angeles based doo wop group. ...

The group's only album, First and Fourmost from September 1965 contained a version of Jackie DeShannon's "Till You Say You'll Be Mine" with vocal harmonies and a guitar arrangement nearly as good as the definitive version by The Searchers. Other notable tracks included "My Block", a convincing re-make of "The In Crowd", and cover versions of Little Richard's "The Girl Can't Help It" and "Heebie Jeebies". The lead vocal performance on the later song sounded like Paul McCartney imitating John Lennon doing Little Richard. Jackie DeShannon, real name Sharon Lee Myers, (born August 21, 1944) is an American singer/songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. ... The Searchers may refer to: The Searchers – a 1956 epic Western movie The Searchers – a 1960s British rock band This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Little Richard (born Richard Wayne Penniman, December 5, 1932 in Macon, Georgia) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, an early pioneer of Rock n Roll, Penniman has influenced generations of R&B and Rock artists. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, (born June 18, 1942) is an English songwriter, musician and singer, best known as a member of The Beatles and one half of the songwriting partnership known as Lennon/McCartney. ...

In August 1966, they released a treacly version of "Here There and Everywhere" which seemed to channel The Lettermen -- albeit with British accents. They also released a cover version of George Formby's "Auntie Maggie's Remedy" in November 1966. This song represented a comic / cabaret facet to some of the group's recordings, songs which included the execreble "Baby Sittin' Boogie" and Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's "Yakety Yak". The country influenced "Turn The Lights Down Low" (the B-side of "Auntie Maggie's Remedy") may have been a short-lived effort to branch out to less pop oriented fare, as the song was reminiscent of The Beatles' "I'm Looking Thru You", only not as memorable. The Lettermen are a pop music vocal group. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... George Formby (May 26, 1904 – March 6, 1961) was a British singer and comedian who became a major star of both cinema and music hall. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... A U.S. Postage Stamp commemorating one hundred years of sound recording. ... Mike Stoller, Elvis Presley & Jerry Leiber Jerry Leiber (born April 25, 1933) and Mike Stoller (born March 13, 1933) are among the most important songwriters and music producers in post-World War II popular music. ... Yakety Yak was written, produced and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as number one on List of number one rhythm and blues hits and the Hot 100 number one pop list. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, also known as country and western music or country-western, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 1968, now recording for the CBS record label, they recorded a pallid version of "Apple Peaches Pumpkin Pie", a popular R&B hit by Jay & The Techniques; followed by "Rosetta" (suggested by Paul McCartney, who played piano on it), and "Easy Squeezy". The group eventually stopped recording, and became popular on the cabaret circuit. CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... Rhythm and blues (aka R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences — first performed by African American artists. ... In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ... Jay & The Techniques were an inter-racial pop group which was formed in Allentown, Pennsylvania during the mid-1960s. ...

Mike Millward died from leukemia in 1966. Brian O'Hara took his own life in 1999.

Original Band Members

• Brian O'Hara - born 12 March 1942, in Liverpool. Died 27 June 1999 - (suicide) - Vocalist / Lead Guitarist
• Mike Millward - born Michael Millward 9 May 1942, in Bromborough, Cheshire. Died 7 March 1966, at Bromborough Hospital, Bromborough, Cheshire - Rhythm Guitarist / Singer
• Billy Hatton - born William Hatton on 9 June 1941, in The Dingle, Liverpool - Bassist / singer
• Dave Lovelady - born David Lovelady on 16 October 1942, in Litherland, Liverpool - Drummer / singer

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UK Hit Singles

• "Hello Little Girl" - 1963 - Number 9
• "I'm In Love" - 1963 - Number 17
• "A Little Loving" - 1964 - Number 6
• "How Can I Tell Her" - 1964 - Number 33
• "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" - 1964 - Number 24
• "Girls, Girls, Girls" - 1965 - Number 33

References

• Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 16th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-190-X
• "First and Fourmost" - Liner notes by Tony Barrow