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

Gerry and the Pacemakers

One of Liverpool’s most loved Mersey

Beat bands

They sang You’ll Never Walk Alone, which is

Liverpool Football Clubs anthem

Like the The Beatles, they were managed by Brian Epstein and recorded by

George Martin