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The Remo Four

April 08, 2024

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 Colin William Manley, 16 April 1942, in Old Swan, Liverpool, Lancashire; died 9 April 1999) (lead guitar/vocals), Phil Rogers (rhythm guitar/bass guitar/vocals) (born Philip Rogers, 5 March 1942, in Liverpool; died 14 January 2020), Don Andrew (born Donald M. Andrew, 14 July 1942, in Liverpool) (bass guitar/vocals), and Roy Dyke (drums) (born 13 February 1945, in Liverpool). Andrew and Manley were in the same class at school (Liverpool Institute for Boys) as Paul McCartney.[1]

The Remo Four
Remo Four publicity photograph, circa 1964
Background information
OriginLiverpool, England
GenresBeat, rock and roll
Years active1959–1970
LabelsPye Records, Piccadilly Records, Star-Club Records
MembersColin Manley
Don Andrew
Keith Stokes
Harry Prytherch
Roy Dyke
Phil Rogers
Tony Ashton

Career edit

Manley and Andrew formed the Remo Quartet in 1958, with singer/guitarist Keith Stokes (born in 1942 died 19 June 2010) and drummer Harry Prytherch (born 4 August 1941, Liverpool; died 13 October 2015). 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 (à la The Everly Brothers), and instrumental numbers in the manner of The Shadows, The Ventures, and Chet Atkins.

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, and both shared the bill with Gerry & The Pacemakers, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, and Ted "Kingsize" Taylor and the Dominoes, at the 1961 "Operation Big Beat", a festival at New Brighton's Tower Ballroom.[2] 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 the latter's only Cavern Club appearance. Johnny Sandon joined the band as vocalist in 1962, and stayed for two years.[3]

 
Johnny Sandon & The Remo Four publicity photo, circa 1963

In early 1963, Prytherch decided to get married and find a regular job, and Roy Dyke took his place in the band.[3] Stokes also left and was replaced by Phil Rogers.[4] That year the band 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 Lennon and McCartney's "Tip of My Tongue" and other songs.[3] The band also released instrumentals, including a driving rendition of Henry Mancini's Peter Gunn theme.

In a significant line-up change, Tony Ashton (keyboards/vocals) replaced Don Andrew, with Rogers moving to bass.[3] 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.[3] They released an album, Smile!, on the Star-Club's own label in 1967, featuring elements of rock and jazz.

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.[3] 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. (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke later reworked the song and recorded it as "As It Was in the First Place".) They also became Billy Fury's backing band, in the late 1960s.

Disbanding in 1970, Ashton and Dyke joined guitarist Kim Gardner, formerly of The Creation and The Birds (not to be confused with California rock band The Byrds),[5] to form Ashton, Gardner & Dyke,[3] who later recorded a song called "Ballad of the Remo Four". Ashton later formed Paice Ashton Lord with members of Deep Purple. Manley became an accompanist for singers including Engelbert Humperdinck, and later joined The Swinging Blue Jeans. Don Andrew and Colin Manley appeared with Gerry Marsden (of Gerry & The Pacemakers fame) performing on stage in an episode of the UK TV soap Brookside in the 1990s. Manley died of cancer on 9 April 1999, and a memorial concert was held for him that June, with some of his former bandmates performing. Ashton also died of cancer, on 28 May 2001. Keith Stokes died on 19 June 2010, cause unknown. He was living in Wallasey and friends and relatives had been trying to trace him for 15 years, without success. Phil Rogers died peacefully on 14 January 2020 in Buckinghamshire.

Discography edit

Singles

  • "Lies"/"On the Horizon" (with Johnny Sandon) (7 inch single; Pye 7N 15542; July 1963)
  • "Magic Potion"/"Yes" (with Johnny Sandon) (7 inch single; Pye 7N 15559; July/August 1963)
  • "Tip of My Tongue"/"Heaven Only Knows" (with Tommy Quickly) (7 inch single; Piccadilly 7N 35137; August 1963)
  • "Kiss Me Now"/"No Other Love" (with Tommy Quickly) (7 inch single; Piccadilly 7N 35151; 1963)
  • "Prove It"/"Haven't You Noticed" (with Tommy Quickly) (7 inch single; Piccadilly 7N 35167; 1964)
  • "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate"/"Peter Gunn" (7 inch single; Piccadilly 7N 35175 (1964)
  • "You Might as Well Forget Him"/"It's as Simple as That" (with Tommy Quickly) (7 inch single; Piccadilly 7N 35183; 1964)
  • "Sally Go Round the Roses"/"I Know a Girl" (7 inch single; Piccadilly 7N 35186; 1964)
  • "Wild Side of Life"/"Forget the Other Guy" (with Tommy Quickly) (7 inch single; Pye 7N 15708; October 1964)
  • "Humpty Dumpty"/"I'll Go Crazy" (with Tommy Quickly) (7 inch single; Pye 7N 15748; 1964)
  • "Live Like a Lady"/"Sing Halleluja" (7inch single; Fontana TF 787; 1966)
  • In the First Place (original Wonderwall Abbey Road mix)/ In the First Place (Wonderwall movie mix) (7 inch single; Pilar PILAR02V; 1998)
  • In The First Place (CD single; Pilar PILAR01CD; 2000)
  1. In The First Place (original Wonderwall Abbey Road mix)
  2. In The First Place (Wonderwall movie mix)

Compilation albums

  • Smile! (Star-Club 148 577; issued in Germany, 1967)
  1. Heart Beat
  2. Skate
  3. No Money Down
  4. Rock Candy
  5. 7th Son
  6. Roadrunner
  7. Brother Where Are You
  8. Jive Samba
  9. Nothin's Too Good For My Baby
  • The Best of Tommy Quickly, Johnny Sandon, Gregory Phillips and the Remo Four (CD album; See For Miles Records SEECD349; 1992)
  1. Kiss Me Now
  2. Tip Of My Tongue
  3. Prove It
  4. You Might As Well Forget Him
  5. The Wild Side Of Life
  6. Heaven Only Knows
  7. No Other Love
  8. Haven't You Noticed
  9. It's As Simple As That
  10. Forget The Other Guy
  11. Humpty Dumpty
  12. I Go Crazy
  13. Lies
  14. Yes
  15. (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time
  16. Sixteen Tons
  17. Donna Means Heartbreak
  18. On The Horizon
  19. Magic Potion
  20. Some Kinda Wonderful
  21. Everybody Knows
  22. Angie
  23. Don't Bother Me
  24. Closer To Me
  25. Please Believe Me
  26. Make Sure That You're Mine
  27. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
  28. Sally Go Round The Roses
  29. I Know A Girl
  30. Peter Gunn

(Tracks 1-12 feature Tommy Quickly, 13-20 feature Johnny Sandon, and 21-26 feature Gregory Phillips.)

  • Smile! (CD album; Repertoire RR7034; issued in Germany, 21 November 1996) (Reissued by Bear Family Records – BCD 17105 AH; 2010)
  1. Heart Beat
  2. Skate
  3. No Money Down
  4. Rock Candy
  5. 7th Son
  6. Roadrunner
  7. Brother Where Are You
  8. Jive Samba
  9. Nothin's Too Good For My Baby
  10. Peter Gunn
  11. Mickey's Monkey
  12. Live Like A Lady
  13. Sing Hallelujah
  14. Dancing And Singing
  15. Sing Hallelujah Alternate Take
  16. Live Like A Lady Alternate Take
  17. Live Like A Lady Instrumental Version


  • Beat-Club - The Best of '66 (video DVD; Studio-Hamburg/Radio Bremen (Various Artists, issued in Germany, 2000) includes the following Remo Four performances recorded in 1966:
  1. Peter Gunn
  2. Super Girl (with Graham Bonney)
  • Fab Gear! Beat Beat Beat Vol.1 (The Mersey Sound And Other Mop Top Rarities 1962-1963) (double CD album; Castle Music; Various Artists, 2001) includes the following Remo Four tracks:
  1. Lies*
  2. On the Horizon*
  3. Yes*
  4. Magic Potion*
  5. Kiss Me Now**
  6. No Other Love (Could Ever Be The Same)**

*with Johnny Sandon; ** with Tommy Quickly

  • In My Liverpool Home Volume 2 - Merseybeat Mania! (CD album; Mastersound MSCD529; 2003) includes the following Remo Four tracks:
  1. Perfidia (recorded live, 1961) - as the Remo Quartet
  2. Sleepwalk (recorded live, 1962)
  • Unearthed Merseybeat (CD album; Viper CD016; Various Artists; 2003) includes the following Remo Four tracks:
  1. Trambone (recorded 1961)
  2. Walk Don't Run (recorded 1961)
  • The Remo Four - 40 Years of Music (CD album; Mastersound MSCD581; 2005)
  1. Peter Gunn (recorded 1964)
  2. I Know A Girl (recorded 1964)
  3. Yes* (recorded 1963)
  4. Lies* (recorded 1963)
  5. The Wild Side of Life** (recorded 1964)
  6. Intro to "Tribute For Colin" (1 June 1999) by Billy Butler
  7. Walk Don't Run / Perfida by Dave Williams ("Tribute For Colin", 1999)
  8. Heartbeat by Paul Andrew (son of Don Andrew) ("Tribute For Colin", 1999)
  9. Intro 2 by Don Andrew ("Tribute For Colin", 1999)
  10. Runaway by Mike Byrne ("Tribute For Colin", 1999)
  11. Intro 3 ("Tribute For Colin", 1999)
  12. Rainy Days Come Often (composed by C Manley) by Paul Andrew ("Tribute For Colin", 1999)
  13. Intro 4 ("Tribute For Colin", 1999)
  14. Sleepwalk by Dave Williams ("Tribute For Colin", 1999)
  15. End applause ("Tribute For Colin", 1999)
  16. Sleepwalk (by original lineup, recorded 1992)
  17. Perfidia (recorded at The Iron Door, 1961)
  18. Walk, Don't Run (recorded at The Iron Door, 1961)
  19. Trambone (recorded at The Iron Door, 1961)
  20. The Stranger (recorded at The Iron Door, 1961)

*with Johnny Sandon; ** with Tommy Quickly

  • Beatschuppen - Essential Club Music From The 60s (virtual album)[6]
  • Music Torrent (Various Artists, 2005) includes the following Remo Four track:
  1. Heart Beat (recorded at Atomic Cafe, Munich, date unknown)

References edit

  1. ^ Spencer Leigh, BBC presenter, in sleeve notes to SEECD349 (see Discography)
  2. ^ . 26 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 371. ISBN 0-7535-0149-X.
  4. ^ "The Remo Four", Bear Family Records. Retrieved 29 July 2021
  5. ^ . Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
  6. ^ . 4 November 2007. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

External links edit

  • Listen to the Remo Four on Rhapsody.com
  • The Remo Four: The Early Years by Bill Harry (from Mersey Beat)
  • (VH1 band biography)
  • Mersey Beat Online (includes articles on Remo Four members)
  • , from the homepage
  • by (presented at Abbeyrd's Beatle Page)
  • Remo Four images on AltaVista

April 08, 2024
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Remo Four news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 Colin William Manley 16 April 1942 in Old Swan Liverpool Lancashire died 9 April 1999 lead guitar vocals Phil Rogers rhythm guitar bass guitar vocals born Philip Rogers 5 March 1942 in Liverpool died 14 January 2020 Don Andrew born Donald M Andrew 14 July 1942 in Liverpool bass guitar vocals and Roy Dyke drums born 13 February 1945 in Liverpool Andrew and Manley were in the same class at school Liverpool Institute for Boys as Paul McCartney 1 The Remo FourRemo Four publicity photograph circa 1964Background informationOriginLiverpool EnglandGenresBeat rock and rollYears active1959 1970LabelsPye Records Piccadilly Records Star Club RecordsMembersColin ManleyDon AndrewKeith StokesHarry PrytherchRoy DykePhil RogersTony Ashton Contents 1 Career 2 Discography 3 References 4 External linksCareer editManley and Andrew formed the Remo Quartet in 1958 with singer guitarist Keith Stokes born in 1942 died 19 June 2010 and drummer Harry Prytherch born 4 August 1941 Liverpool died 13 October 2015 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 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 and both shared the bill with Gerry amp The Pacemakers Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and Ted Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes at the 1961 Operation Big Beat a festival at New Brighton s Tower Ballroom 2 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 the latter s only Cavern Club appearance Johnny Sandon joined the band as vocalist in 1962 and stayed for two years 3 nbsp Johnny Sandon amp The Remo Four publicity photo circa 1963In early 1963 Prytherch decided to get married and find a regular job and Roy Dyke took his place in the band 3 Stokes also left and was replaced by Phil Rogers 4 That year the band 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 Lennon and McCartney s Tip of My Tongue and other songs 3 The band also released instrumentals including a driving rendition of Henry Mancini s Peter Gunn theme In a significant line up change Tony Ashton keyboards vocals replaced Don Andrew with Rogers moving to bass 3 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 3 They released an album Smile on the Star Club s own label in 1967 featuring elements of rock and jazz 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 3 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 Ashton Gardner and Dyke later reworked the song and recorded it as As It Was in the First Place They also became Billy Fury s backing band in the late 1960s Disbanding in 1970 Ashton and Dyke joined guitarist Kim Gardner formerly of The Creation and The Birds not to be confused with California rock band The Byrds 5 to form Ashton Gardner amp Dyke 3 who later recorded a song called Ballad of the Remo Four Ashton later formed Paice Ashton Lord with members of Deep Purple Manley became an accompanist for singers including Engelbert Humperdinck and later joined The Swinging Blue Jeans Don Andrew and Colin Manley appeared with Gerry Marsden of Gerry amp The Pacemakers fame performing on stage in an episode of the UK TV soap Brookside in the 1990s Manley died of cancer on 9 April 1999 and a memorial concert was held for him that June with some of his former bandmates performing Ashton also died of cancer on 28 May 2001 Keith Stokes died on 19 June 2010 cause unknown He was living in Wallasey and friends and relatives had been trying to trace him for 15 years without success Phil Rogers died peacefully on 14 January 2020 in Buckinghamshire Discography editThis section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is Formatting non use of wikitable s laundry list appearance unreferenced Please help improve this section if you can June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Singles Lies On the Horizon with Johnny Sandon 7 inch single Pye 7N 15542 July 1963 Magic Potion Yes with Johnny Sandon 7 inch single Pye 7N 15559 July August 1963 Tip of My Tongue Heaven Only Knows with Tommy Quickly 7 inch single Piccadilly 7N 35137 August 1963 Kiss Me Now No Other Love with Tommy Quickly 7 inch single Piccadilly 7N 35151 1963 Prove It Haven t You Noticed with Tommy Quickly 7 inch single Piccadilly 7N 35167 1964 I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate Peter Gunn 7 inch single Piccadilly 7N 35175 1964 You Might as Well Forget Him It s as Simple as That with Tommy Quickly 7 inch single Piccadilly 7N 35183 1964 Sally Go Round the Roses I Know a Girl 7 inch single Piccadilly 7N 35186 1964 Wild Side of Life Forget the Other Guy with Tommy Quickly 7 inch single Pye 7N 15708 October 1964 Humpty Dumpty I ll Go Crazy with Tommy Quickly 7 inch single Pye 7N 15748 1964 Live Like a Lady Sing Halleluja 7inch single Fontana TF 787 1966 In the First Place original Wonderwall Abbey Road mix In the First Place Wonderwall movie mix 7 inch single Pilar PILAR02V 1998 In The First Place CD single Pilar PILAR01CD 2000 In The First Place original Wonderwall Abbey Road mix In The First Place Wonderwall movie mix Compilation albums Smile Star Club 148 577 issued in Germany 1967 Heart Beat Skate No Money Down Rock Candy 7th Son Roadrunner Brother Where Are You Jive Samba Nothin s Too Good For My BabyThe Best of Tommy Quickly Johnny Sandon Gregory Phillips and the Remo Four CD album See For Miles Records SEECD349 1992 Kiss Me Now Tip Of My Tongue Prove It You Might As Well Forget Him The Wild Side Of Life Heaven Only Knows No Other Love Haven t You Noticed It s As Simple As That Forget The Other Guy Humpty Dumpty I Go Crazy Lies Yes I d Be A Legend In My Time Sixteen Tons Donna Means Heartbreak On The Horizon Magic Potion Some Kinda Wonderful Everybody Knows Angie Don t Bother Me Closer To Me Please Believe Me Make Sure That You re Mine I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate Sally Go Round The Roses I Know A Girl Peter Gunn Tracks 1 12 feature Tommy Quickly 13 20 feature Johnny Sandon and 21 26 feature Gregory Phillips Smile CD album Repertoire RR7034 issued in Germany 21 November 1996 Reissued by Bear Family Records BCD 17105 AH 2010 Heart Beat Skate No Money Down Rock Candy 7th Son Roadrunner Brother Where Are You Jive Samba Nothin s Too Good For My Baby Peter Gunn Mickey s Monkey Live Like A Lady Sing Hallelujah Dancing And Singing Sing Hallelujah Alternate Take Live Like A Lady Alternate Take Live Like A Lady Instrumental Version Beat Club The Best of 66 video DVD Studio Hamburg Radio Bremen Various Artists issued in Germany 2000 includes the following Remo Four performances recorded in 1966 Peter Gunn Super Girl with Graham Bonney Fab Gear Beat Beat Beat Vol 1 The Mersey Sound And Other Mop Top Rarities 1962 1963 double CD album Castle Music Various Artists 2001 includes the following Remo Four tracks Lies On the Horizon Yes Magic Potion Kiss Me Now No Other Love Could Ever Be The Same with Johnny Sandon with Tommy Quickly In My Liverpool Home Volume 2 Merseybeat Mania CD album Mastersound MSCD529 2003 includes the following Remo Four tracks Perfidia recorded live 1961 as the Remo Quartet Sleepwalk recorded live 1962 Unearthed Merseybeat CD album Viper CD016 Various Artists 2003 includes the following Remo Four tracks Trambone recorded 1961 Walk Don t Run recorded 1961 The Remo Four 40 Years of Music CD album Mastersound MSCD581 2005 Peter Gunn recorded 1964 I Know A Girl recorded 1964 Yes recorded 1963 Lies recorded 1963 The Wild Side of Life recorded 1964 Intro to Tribute For Colin 1 June 1999 by Billy Butler Walk Don t Run Perfida by Dave Williams Tribute For Colin 1999 Heartbeat by Paul Andrew son of Don Andrew Tribute For Colin 1999 Intro 2 by Don Andrew Tribute For Colin 1999 Runaway by Mike Byrne Tribute For Colin 1999 Intro 3 Tribute For Colin 1999 Rainy Days Come Often composed by C Manley by Paul Andrew Tribute For Colin 1999 Intro 4 Tribute For Colin 1999 Sleepwalk by Dave Williams Tribute For Colin 1999 End applause Tribute For Colin 1999 Sleepwalk by original lineup recorded 1992 Perfidia recorded at The Iron Door 1961 Walk Don t Run recorded at The Iron Door 1961 Trambone recorded at The Iron Door 1961 The Stranger recorded at The Iron Door 1961 with Johnny Sandon with Tommy Quickly Beatschuppen Essential Club Music From The 60s virtual album 6 Music Torrent Various Artists 2005 includes the following Remo Four track Heart Beat recorded at Atomic Cafe Munich date unknown References edit Spencer Leigh BBC presenter in sleeve notes to SEECD349 see Discography Beatles full discography complete song index lyrics history pictures links forum chat 26 October 2009 Archived from the original on 26 October 2009 Retrieved 14 June 2021 a b c d e f g Colin Larkin ed 1997 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music First ed Virgin Books p 371 ISBN 0 7535 0149 X The Remo Four Bear Family Records Retrieved 29 July 2021 Barnes amp Noble Remo 4 Biography Archived from the original on 14 February 2012 Retrieved 20 January 2008 Music Torrent Blog Beat Various Artists Beatschuppen Essential Club Music from the 60s Torrent 2005 4 November 2007 Archived from the original on 4 November 2007 Retrieved 14 June 2021 External links editListen to the Remo Four on Rhapsody com The Remo Four The Early Years by Bill Harry from Mersey Beat Remo 4 VH1 band biography Mersey Beat Online includes articles on Remo Four members Tommy Quickly amp 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 Remo Four images on AltaVista Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Remo Four amp oldid 1212977493, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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