Tag: Merseybeat
Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey was born in the Dingle area of Liverpool on 7 July 1940.
While John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best sweated through their musical apprenticeship...
Beatles, The
So it goes like this . . . 15-year-old Paul McCartney hears a Skiffle group called The Quarrymen play on Saturday 6 July 1957.
Along with a police dog...
Fourmost, The
The group formed in late 1959 and were originally called The Blue Jays, then The Four Jays and then The Four Mosts.
One of the...
Faron’s Flamingos
Faron's Flamingos emerged from a band formed at the Liverpool Mercury Cycling Club (apparently in the winter months they preferred skiffle to cycling!). The...
Escorts, The
A group of schoolboys formed The Escorts in 1961. John Foster (aka 'Johnny Sticks') was Ringo Starr's cousin and the famous relative with the...
