The Remo Four
Background information
Origin	Liverpool, England
Genre(s)	Rock 'n' Roll, British Invasion
Years active	1958-1970
Label(s)	Piccadilly Records

The Remo Four were a 1950s-1960s rock band from Liverpool, England. They were contemporaries of The Beatles, and later had the same manager, Brian Epstein. Its members were Colin Manley (born 16 April 1942, in Liverpool, Lancashire died 9 April 1999) (lead guitar/vocals), Philip Rogers (rhythm guitar/bass guitar/vocals), Don Andrews (born Donald Andrews, in 1942, in Liverpool) (bass guitar/vocals), and Roy Dyke (drums) (born 13 February 1945, in Liverpool). Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock and roll - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, marked the dramatic start of the British Invasion. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Pye Records formed Piccadilly Records in the early 1960s as an outlet for new acts, including Joe Brown & the Bruvvers, Clinton Ford, The Rockin Berries, Sounds Orchestral and, later on, the Ivy League who metamorphosed into the memorable Flowerpotmen, famous for their Summer of Love anthem Lets Go to... The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... The Beatles, an English musical group from Liverpool, were the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful popular music band in history. ... Brian Epstein, The Beatles manager and a force behind the groups early success. ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... 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. ... Rhythm guitar is a kind of guitar playing that provides accompaniment for a singer or other instruments. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ...

Manley and Andrews formed the Remo Quartet in 1958, with singer/guitarist Keith Stokes and drummer Harry Prytherch. They progressed from playing local parties and contests to regular hall appearances, and turned professional, changing their name to the Remo Four in summer 1959. They played a mix of vocal harmony material (a la The Everly Brothers), and instrumental numbers in the manner of The Shadows, The Ventures, and Chet Atkins. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harmony, Greek ἁρμονία harmonía meaning a fastening or join. The concept of harmony dates as far back as Pythagoras. ... Don (born Isaac Donald Everly February 1, 1937 in Brownie, a small coal-mining town (now defunct) near Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky) and Phil Everly (born Philip Everly January 19, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) are country-influenced rock and roll performers who had their greatest success in the 1950s. ... The Shadows are an English instrumental rock n roll group active from the 1950s to the 2000s. ... Walk Dont Run (1960) The Ventures are a rock instrumental band formed in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, two Seattle masonry workers. ... Chet Atkins Chester Burton Chet Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001) was an influential guitarist and record producer. ...

The Remo Four were voted Number Three Group in a 1961 Mersey Beat poll, and among their fans were The Beatles, fresh from a season in Hamburg, Germany. Both groups were among the regulars at the Cavern Club during 1961 and 1962. While The Beatles travelled back and forth to Hamburg, the Remo Four began playing American Air Force bases in France, building their stage and musical experience. A highlight of their early career was sharing the stage with the Shadows, in their only Cavern Club appearance. Johnny Sandon joined them as vocalist in 1962, and stayed for two years. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Mersey Beat was a music publication in Liverpool, England in the early 1960s. ... Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... 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. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... The U.S. Air Force redirects here, for the official song, see The U.S. Air Force (song) The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces and one of the seven uniformed services. ... Johnny Sandon (originally named Billy Beck) was an early rock and roll singer from Liverpool, England. ...

In early 1963, Prytherch decided to get married and find a regular job, and Roy Dyke took his place in the band. The band also signed up with Epstein's NEMS Enterprises, and acquired a new lead singer, Tommy Quickly, and a recording contract with Piccadilly Records, backing Quickly on "Tip of My Tongue" and other songs. The band also released instrumentals, including a driving rendition of Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn theme. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Brian Samuel Epstein (September 19, 1934 – August 27, 1967) was a Jewish-English businessman, best known as the manager of The Beatles. ... Tommy Quickly, whose real name was Thomas Quigley, was a Liverpool rock and roll singer in the early 1960s. ... A recording contract (also commonly called a record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist (or group), where the artist makes a record (or series of records) for the label to sell and promote. ... Pye Records formed Piccadilly Records in the early 1960s as an outlet for new acts, including Joe Brown & the Bruvvers, Clinton Ford, The Rockin Berries, Sounds Orchestral and, later on, the Ivy League who metamorphosed into the memorable Flowerpotmen, famous for their Summer of Love anthem Lets Go to... Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was a noted American composer and arranger. ... Peter Gunn was an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. ...

Different members came and went, including songwriters Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington (who later joined Pete Best in a group, that moved to America), and Tony Ashton (keyboards/vocals), who replaced Don Andrews, with Rogers moving to bass. Another NEMS artist, Billy J. Kramer, became a frontman for the band, which adopted the name "The New Dakotas" while backing him. Despite their talent and track record, the band's success in the record market was limited, and most of their work came as backing musicians, or as the house band in German clubs, including the Star-Club in Hamburg. They released an album, Smile!, on the Star-Club's own label in 1967, featuring elements of rock and jazz. The Beatles, early 1962: (L-R) Pete, George, Paul and John. ... Edward Anthony Ashton (March 1, 1946 - May 28, 2001) was a British rock musician who played in the British rock band Family as well as in Paice-Ashton-Lord with Deep Purple alumni Ian Paice and Jon Lord. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... Billy J. Kramer (born William Howard Ashton, on August 19, 1943, in Bootle, Liverpool, England) was a British Invasion / Merseybeat singer. ... The Star-Club was a music club in Hamburg, Germany that opened April 13, 1962 and was initially operated by Manfred Weissleder und Horst Fascher. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Jazz is an original American musical art form that originated around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans, rooted in African American musical styles blended with Western music technique and theory. ...

Late in 1967, Beatle George Harrison hired the Remo Four as his backing band for part of his first solo project, the soundtrack album to the movie Wonderwall. While the songs were mostly instrumentals, they did record one lyrical song, "In The First Place", with Harrison, which was left in the can until the 1990s. They also became Billy Fury's backing band, in the late 1960s. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The title of a 1968 movie, by (first-time) director Joe Massot, that starred Jack MacGowran, Jane Birkin, Richard Wattis, Irene Handl, and Iain Quarrier, and featured cameos by Anita Pallenberg and Dutch designers The Fool (who were also set designers for the movie). ... See also 1990s, the band Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... Billy Fury (April 17, 1940 – January 28, 1983) was an English pop singer and songwriter of the 1950s to 1980s from Wavertree, Liverpool. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...

Disbanding in 1970, Ashton went on to form Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, then later Paice, Ashton & Lord with members of Deep Purple. Manley became an accompanist for singers including Engelbert Humperdinck, and later joined The Swinging Blue Jeans. Manley died of cancer in April 1999, and a memorial concert was held for him that June. Ashton also died of cancer, on 28 May 2001. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Ashton, Gardner and Dyke was a power rock trio, most popular in the early 1970s. ... Paice, Ashton and Lord (PAL), was a rhythm and blues, funky-soul, rock band founded after the break-up of the British superband Deep Purple (DP) in 1977. ... Deep Purple are an English hard rock band formed in London, England in 1968 (see 1968 in music). ... Engelbert Humperdinck Arnold George Dorsey (born May 2, 1936 in Madras, India) is a well-known pop singer of the 1950s-present. ... The Swinging Blue Jeans were a 1960s British merseybeat band, best known for their proto-rave-up hit single Hippy Hippy Shake. External links Official website Category: ‪United Kingdom rock musical group stubs‬ ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

External links

• Remo 4 (VH1 band biography)
• Mersey Beat Online (includes articles on Remo Four members)
• Tommy Quickly & The Remo Four, from the British Beat Boom homepage
• The Story of "In the First Place" by Martin Lewis (presented at Abbeyrd's Beatle Page)