STEVE ALDO - CAN I GET A WITNESS (1964)

Singer from Liverpool, was Merseybeat's own black R&B/soul guy. A veteran of various Mersey-side bands including Howie Casey & the Seniors, Kingsize Taylor & the Dominoes, the Challengers, the Noctunes, the Krew, and the Griff Parry Five.

THE EXOTICS - CROSS MY HEART (1964)

UK session band active in the mid to late 6Ts

THE BEAZERS - BLUE BEAT (1964)

The Beazers were in fact the Cyril Stapleton Orchestra, with Chris Farlowe On Vocals Jimmy Nicol (best known for temporarily replacing Ringo Starr in the Beatles for a series of concerts during the height of Beatlemania in 1964) on drums. Tex Makins  (of the Blueflames) On bass and Joe Morretti (guitarist on Johnny Kids Shakin all Over ).

GEORGIE FAME - MADNESS (1964)

Fame was one of the first white artists to be influenced by the SKA music he heard in Jamaican cafes in and around Ladbroke Grove.

THE SOUL AGENTS - THE SEVENTH SON (1964)

R & B group from Southampton. Moved to London in 1964 where they played as backing band to Rod Stewart.

FEARNS BRASS FOUNDRY - DON'T CHANGE IT (1968)

This is the first of two singles by this Leicestershire band.

THE KIRKBYS - IT'S A CRIME (1966)

Originally known as The Panthers the band performed at The Cavern on numerous occasions supporting The Beatles in 1962. One show, broadcast on Radio Luxembourg, saw them introduced as The Kirkbys by Bob Wooler, the presenter of the show "Sunday Night At The Cavern", Wooler felt that changing the name of the group to that of their home town would help expand it's fan base. The Name stuck, and the group released the single "It's A Crime" in 1966, at the tail end of the Mersybeat era.