Born in Glasgow in 1946
He Wrote a song called Mellow Yellow
He was friends with The Beatles and taught John
a new way to ‘finger pick’ his guitar.
DONOVAN
The Hollies
Band created in 1962 Lancashire
Allan Clarke - lead singer, guitar and harmonica
Graham Nash - singer, guitar
Tony Hicks - Singer, guitars, banjo, mandolin, bass, sitar, keyboards
Eric Haydock - Bass
Don Rathbone - Drums
Wrote and performed songs called He Ain’t Heavy,
The Air That I Breath and Bus Stop
They are rumoured to have got the idea for their name from their
favourite singer, Buddy Holly
The Who
The band are from Shepherds Bush in London
They sang My Generation
They were called The Detours and changed their name to The Who and they were MODS
The Yardbirds
They are from
LONDON They sang a song called For Your Love
They had many members including Eric Clapton
THE BEATLES
From LIVERPOOL
They started their tour of America in 1964
Before they landed at JFK airport, The Beatles
could hear the crowd below screaming. They
thought there was something wrong with the
aeroplane !
‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ was an instant hit
The Animals
From Newcastle Upon Tyne
They sang a song called
‘House of the Rising Sun’
Band members:
Eric Burden
Alan Price
Hilton Valentine
John Steele
The Kinks
The band are from London
They sang a song called ‘You Really Got Me’
Over the years there have been many members of the band
who have come and gone - about 13 different members!
They are one of the most influential bands of the 60’s
The Rolling Stones
The band formed in Dartford, Kent in 1962
They sang songs called:
Paint it Black, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction and Brown
Sugar
Band Members:
Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
Ronnie Woods
Charlie Watts
The Searchers
They are a Mersey Beat band from
Liverpool
They appeared on a TV show called
Ready Steady Go! The same show The Beatles
went on after their tour of America
The sang a song called Love Potion no.9