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John tunes in to Thank Your Lucky Stars and sees another band called The Detours. This band, hailing from Liverpool, had formerly been known as Lee Curtis and The Detours, but became simply The Detours after Curtis left. Now they are riding a short-lived wave supplied to all the Mersey Beat groups by the success… Read More »1964-02-01

Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters’ LP Cry Baby and 11 Other Hits enters the U.S. charts.

The Beachcombers place an ad for a “good, reliable rock drummer” in the Harrow Observer. Despite the apparent disqualification for the “reliable” part, Keith applies and succeeds in landing the job

The Detours get a feature article in the Acton Gazette and Post, their first ever press mention, in a review of the Gala Ball of the 1st. The paper says the “Detours” jazz group provided “the gist of the twist.”

Keith’s group Mark Twain and the Strangers audition for the BBC Light Programme. They are passed over for the Dave Clark Five

Pete’s mom Betty reads an article in the Ealing and Acton Gazette about Robert Druce’s successful dances at Acton’s White Hart Hotel.

The Detours’ rhythm guitarist Roy Ellis drowns while swimming in the Thames. The Detours inherit his Vox 15s amp.

James Brown’s “Shout and Shimmy,” later covered by The Who, hits the U.S. pop charts. It peaks at #61 Listen to James Browns’s version here Compare it to The Who here