![]() She was replaced in 1963 by a local frontman named Ray Michelsen. The band was an instrumental group until 1962, when Marilyn Lodge joined and became the bands first vocalist. A number of lineup changes ensued over the first several years. The Sonics were formed in 1960 in Tacoma when teenage guitarist Larry Parypa was encouraged by his parents to take his budding musical talents to the next level. Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ did not chart After we heard them play, I knew they had all of our votes.”Ĭontinue reading → #349: The Witch/Psycho by The Sonics In the first year of high school, I met Steve and Vince. We were doing pretty well when Mike moved away. There were five of us – Marty, Darrol, Mike, Ricky, and myself. I saw a band perform called the Riptides – they had a local hit called Machine Gun….After I saw the response from the crowd, I knew I wanted to start a band. We were a garage band rehearsing in my parents home in Pacific Palisades. He writes about the backstory to the Sunrays. The core of the Little Caesar and the Consuls consisted of Morshead, guitarist Ken Pernokis (from 1959), bassist Tom Wilson (from 1960), and drummer Gary Wright (from 1963).Ĭontinue reading → #313: I Live For The Sun by the SunraysĮddy Medora was born in Los Angeles in 1945. DeRemegis and Robertson left the band in 1958 to form The Suedes. In time the band added Little Caesar to their name after a number of fans commented that lead singer Bruce Morshead resembled Edward G. Their website states that they are the “oldest rock and roll dance band in Canada.” Known as The Consuls, they originally consisted of Peter DeRemegis on drums, Gene MacLellan on guitar, Lenny Stubbs on bass guitar, Norm Sherrat on saxophone, Bruce Morshead on keyboards and lead vocals, and in 1957 added Robbie Robertson on guitar. ![]() Little Caesar and the Consuls were a rock n’ roll group, formed in Toronto in 1956. Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #101Ĭontinue reading → #188: Yes It Is by the BeatlesĬontinue reading → #245: My Girl Sloopy by Little Caesar & The Consuls In 1954, Elvis began his singing career recording “That’s All Right” and “ Blue Moon Of Kentucky” at Sun Records in Memphis.Ĭontinue reading → #175: I’m Down by the Beatles Elvis’ musical influences were the pop and country music of the time, the gospel music he heard in church and at the all-night gospel sings he frequently attended, and the black R&B he absorbed on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager. That year he stopped by the Memphis Recording Service to record two songs, including “ That’s When Your Heartaches Begin”. The young Presley graduated from high school in 1953. He and his parents, Vernon and Gladys, moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948. As a result Elvis grew up as an only child. When he was eleven years old his parents bought him a guitar at the Tupelo Hardware Store. His twin brother, Jessie Garon Presley, was stillborn. On July 15, 1958, John Lennon’s mother died in an automobile accident.Ĭontinue reading → #854: Puppet On A String by Elvis PresleyĮlvis Aaron Presley was born on in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. This left Lennon, McCartney and Harrison as remaining trio. John Duff Lowe, a friend of Paul’s from the Liverpool Institute, who had joined the Quarrymen in early 1958 left the band at the end of school. Other original members of the Quarrymen, Len Garry, Rod Davis, Colin Hanton, Eric Griffiths and Pete Shotton left the band when their set changed from skiffle to rock ‘n roll. Harrison became one of the Quarrymen in early 1958, though he was still only 14. After Paul joined the group his suggested that his friend, George Harrison, join the group. In 1957, Paul met John Lennon and in October he was invited to join John’s skiffle band, The Quarrymen, which Lennon had founded in 1956. He was left-handed and restrung the strings to make it work. In his early teens McCartney learned to play trumpet, guitar and piano. When Paul was 14 his mom died from a blockage in one of her blood vessels. He attended the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys and met fellow classmates George Harrison on a school bus. Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool in 1942.
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