The Merseybeats (sometimes written as The Mersey Beats) are an English band that emerged from the Liverpool Merseybeat scene in the early 1960s, performing...
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Merseybeat, or beat music, is a musical genre that originated in Liverpool, England in the 1950s. Merseybeat, Merseybeats, or Mersey Beat may refer to:...
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Beat music (redirect from Merseybeat)
at the Cavern Club, and in April that year they became the Merseybeats. With the rise of the Beatles in 1963, the terms Mersey sound and Merseybeat were...
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Merseybeat is a British television police procedural drama series, created and principally written by Chris Murray, first broadcast on BBC One on 16 July...
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during the band's later years. Originating as a skiffle group, the Beatles quickly embraced 1950s rock and roll and helped pioneer the Merseybeat genre...
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John Gustafson (musician) (category The Merseybeats members)
During his career, he was a member of the bands The Big Three, The Merseybeats, Quatermass, Roxy Music, The Pirates and Ian Gillan Band. Born in Liverpool...
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Tony Crane (musician) (category The Merseybeats members)
English musician, who is best known as the co-founder of the Merseybeats. Tony has toured with the Merseybeats since its inception in 1961. Crane was...
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was strongly identified with her in the UK public consciousness: she performed the song with the Merseybeats on the 8 August, 1964 episode of Ready Steady...
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in 1963. It was a hit for The Merseybeats in May 1964, reaching #5 on the British charts. Cash Box described the Merseybeats' version as "a pretty, soft-sounding...
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Gerry and the Pacemakers were an English beat group prominent in the 1960s Merseybeat scene. In common with the Beatles, they came from Liverpool, were...
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The Fourmost are an English Merseybeat band that recorded in the 1960s. Their biggest UK hit single was "A Little Loving" in 1964. Guitarist/vocalist Brian...
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UK singles chart (redirect from The UK Singles Chart)
January 2021. "Merseybeat Pacemaker Gerry was rival to the Beatles". Smh.com.au. 4 January 2021. "Gerry Marsden - of Merseybeat band 'Gerry and the Pacemakers'...
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writer and expert on surrealist art The Mekano Set: Alternative Electro Post-Punk collective formed 2007 The Merseybeats Mic Lowry, pop/R&B vocal group who...
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of the 1960s. The band emerged during the height of British rhythm and blues and Merseybeat, and were briefly part of the British Invasion of the United...
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Billy Kinsley (category The Merseybeats members)
issued under the same title, as well as a CD featuring new recordings. The Merseybeats (See Merseybeats discography at The Merseybeats) (See Liverpool...
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Jonathan Kerrigan (category Actors from the London Borough of Camden)
including In the Club, Casualty, Heartbeat, Merseybeat, The Five and Reach For The Moon. Films include Diana, FLiM, The Somnambulists ,The Best Possible...
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Joanna Taylor (category Actors from the London Borough of Wandsworth)
has since starred in BBC One police drama, Merseybeat as PC Jackie Brown. In 2004, Taylor appeared in the American film Post Impact with Dean Cain. In...
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1960s. The group consisted of Tony Crane (of The Merseybeats), Clem Curtis (of The Foundations), Mike Pender (of The Searchers), Brian Poole (of The Tremeloes)...
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The Searchers are an English Merseybeat group who flourished during the British Invasion of the 1960s. The band's hits include a remake of the Drifters'...
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becoming a centre of the rock and roll scene in Liverpool in the late 50s and early 1960s. The club became closely associated with Merseybeat and regularly played...
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The Magnificent Moodies. It was a mix of rhythm and blues covers and Laine/Pinder originals, the latter showing more of a Merseybeat influence. The album...
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With the Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in the United Kingdom on 22 November 1963 on Parlophone...
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since 1999, including Nice Guy Eddie, Merseybeat and Holby City. She has also acted overseas, playing the lead in the Australian television drama series...
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Katharine Rogers (category Actors from the London Borough of Croydon)
well-known British television shows, including EastEnders, Doctors, Casualty, Merseybeat, The Bill and Heartbeat. Katharine Rogers at IMDb v t e v t e...
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Merseyside (category NUTS 2 statistical regions of the United Kingdom)
institutions. The Merseybeat genre developed in what is now the county, which has also produced many artists and bands, including the Beatles. The county contains...
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Mike Pender (category Members of the Order of the British Empire)
Poole (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes), Clem Curtis (The Tornados), Tony Crane (The Merseybeats) and Reg Presley (The Troggs). With the Searchers continuing...
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Cliff Richard (redirect from The Final Reunion Tour (Cliff Richard and The Shadows))
"laid the foundations" for the Beatles and Merseybeat music. John Lennon reportedly said of Richard that before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing...
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name of the Beatles, the club was under the ownership of Ray McFall. The Cavern Club gradually became synonymous with the emerging Merseybeat music genre...
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The Big Three were a Merseybeat group from Liverpool. They are best known for their 1963 recording of "Some Other Guy" and their close connection to The...
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manager Britt Woods. In 2001, she played Connie Harper in Merseybeat, and guest starred in the BBC One school drama, Waterloo Road as Lindsey Woodham. From...
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