This is a list of just a few of the groups who were active during the beat era.

I'd be grateful for information about any of them

Were you a member of one of these (or any other) groups?

Maybe your dad, uncle or even your mother was in one of them.

Let me know, please send any details you can

The Aces (Hull)

Aches 'n' Pains (London)

The Act (London)

Danny Adams & The Challengers (Yorkshire)

The Addicts (Widnes)

The Admirals (Stockport)

The Advocats (Liverpool)

The Afex

Andy's Clapper (Nottingham)

The Answers (Newcastle)

The Anteeeks

Dave Anthony's Moods (Bournemouth)

Ray Anton & The Peppermint Men (Bournemouth)

The Aristocrats (London)

Deke Arlon & The Offbeats

The Ashes

The Asteroids (Liverpool)

The Astronaughts (Liverpool)

The Backbeats (Liverpool)

The Bambis

The Banshees (Newcastle)

The Bats (Ireland)

Sandra Barry & The Boys

Bean and Loopy's Lot

George Bean & The Runners

The Beat Brothers

The Beat Chicks

The Beat Six

The Beathovens (Liverpool)

The Beatstalkers (Glasgow)

The Beazers (Ipswich)

Mike Berry & The Outlaws

The Betterdays

The Big Sound (Manchester)

Tommy Bishop's Ricochets

The Black Velvets (Liverpool)

The Blackjacks (Carmarthen)

The Blackwells (Liverpool)

The Blue Aces (Liverpool)

The Blue Mountain Boys (Liverpool)

The Blue Rondos

The Blues Busters

Blues By Five (London)

The Bo Street Runners (Harrow)

The Boll Weevils (Birmingham)

The Boomerangs (Manchester)

The Boston Crabs (Cambridge)

The Boston Dexters (Edinburgh)

The Alan Bown Set

The Bow Bells

The Breadcrumbs (London)

Buddy Britten & The Regents

The Bruisers

The Brothers Grimm

The Brumbeats (Birmingham)

The Buckinghams (London)

Bunch Of Fives

The Bunnies

The Buzz (Edinburgh)

The Bystanders (Merthyl Tydfil)

C-Jam Blues (London)

The Cadets

Cadillac & The Playboys (Liverpool)

The Caesars

The Cameos (Reading)

The Candy Choir (London)

The Candy Dates

The Cardinals

Carnaby (London)

Carol & The Memories (Liverpool)

The Carols

Carribean

Doc Carroll & The Royal Blues

Lee Castle & The Barons (Liverpool)

The Casuals (Liverpool)

Cat (London)

Eddie Cave & The Fyx

The Centremen (Liverpool)

The Chafs

The Challengers (Liverpool)

Chapter Five

The Chapters (Bradford)

The Chasers (Romford)

The Cheatin' Hearts

The Checkmates

Checkmates Ltd (Birmingham)

The Cheetahs (Birmingham)

The Chelsea Lads

The Chevlons (Glasgow)

The Chevrons (Liverpool)

Chicago Line

The Chosen Few (Newcastle)

Tony Christie & The Trackers

The Chuckles

The Cimmarrons (Birmingham)

The Citrons (Middlesbrough)

The Claredonians

The Classics

The Clayton Squares (Liverpool)

The Clevelands

The Clockwork Oranges

The Coachmen

The Cockneys

The Cockroaches (Liverpool)

The C.O.D.s

The College Boys

The Colorados

The Colts (Essex)

The Comanches

The Connoisseurs (Liverpool)

The Conqueroos (London)

The Contenders (Liverpool)

The Con-Chords (Birmingham)

The Contrasts (Huddersfield)

The Convairs (New Zealand)

Cops 'n' Robbers (Watford)

Corby & The Champagne (Corby)

The Cordes (Liverpool)

The Corduroys

The Corvettes (Liverpool)

The Corvettes (Birmingham)

Count Down & The Zeros

The County Set

The Cousins

Craig (Birmingham)

The Crays

Crazy Feelings

The Creatures

The Crescendos (Birmingham)

The Crescents

The Cresters (Bramley)

Bobby Cristo & The Rebels

Cup O' Kindness

Dave Curtiss & The Tremors (Clacton)

Jeff Curtis & The Flames

The Cyan Three

The Cyclones (Liverpool)

The Cymbaline (Essex)

The Cymerons (Manchester)

 

Tony D & The Shakeouts

Troy Dante & The Infernos

Dave Davani & The D Men

Dave & The Diamonds

Dave & The Embers (Edinburgh)

Dawn & The Deejays (Lincoln)

The Dawnbreakers (Leeds)

Gary de Ville & The City Kings (Liverpool)

Alan Dean & The Problems

Paul Dean & His Thoughts (London)

The Debonairs (Sheffield)

The Debonaires (Ireland)

Allan Dee & The Chessmen

Johnny Dee & The Detours (Bolton)

The Deep Six

The Del Renas (Liverpool)

The Democrats (Liverpool)

The Denims

The Deputies

The Detonators

The Detours (Liverpool)

Dueces Wild (Midlands)

Brian Diamond & The Cutters

The Diamonds (South Coast)

Diane & The Javelins

The Dimensions (Liverpool)

The Dimples (London)

The Diplomats (Southport)

The Discs (Kent)

The Distant Colours

The Dolphins

The Dominant Four (Liverpool)

The Dominators (Liverpool)

The Dominoes (Midlands)

Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede

Mark Douglas & The Prowlers

The Druids (Chingford)

The Dundeeville Players

The Dynachords (Liverpool)

The Dynatones

Vince Eager & The Silhouettes

 

Jason Eddie & The Centremen

Eddie's Crowd

Elcort (Newcastle)

The Billy Ellis Trio (Liverpool)

The Emeralds (Farnborough)

The End

The Epics

Episode Six

The Erly Berdz (Birmingham)

The Etceteras (London)

The Exchequers (Liverpool)

The Executives

The Eyes (Liverpool)

Eyes Of Blue (Neath)

The Factotums (Manchester)

A Fair Set

The Fairies (Colchester)

The Falcons

The Falling Leaves (Oxford)

The Favourite Sons (Hatfield)

The Federals (Watford)

Felder's Orioles (London)

James Fenda & The Vulcans (London)

Fifth Avenue

Fifth Column

Finders' Keepers (Wolverhampton)

The Fingers (Southend)

Mickey Finn & The Blue Men (London)

The Firing Squad (Hampstead)

First Gear (Barnsley)

First Impressions/The Legends (Hastings)

Fitz And Startz (Manchester)

Five a.m. Event

Five's Company

The Flee-Rekkers

The Fleetwoods (Swansea)

The Fleur-de-Lys

The Flies

The Flintlocks

The Fogcutters

Folk Blues Incorporated

Force Five

Force West (Bristol)

The Foresters

Formula One (Coventry)

The Four

The Four Clefs (Liverpool)

The Four Dimensions (Liverpool)

 

The Four Matadors

Four Plus One

The Four Strangers (Liverpool)

The Frame

The Frays

Frugal Sound

Winston G & The Wicked

Galactic Federation

The Galleons

The Game

The Gants

Gass

The Gates Of Eden

The Generation

Tim Gentle & His Gentlemen

The Georgians (Liverpool)

 

Gerry & The Ohio

The Ghost Riders (Liverpool)

The Ghouls

Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds

The Gibsons (Australia)

Gideon's Few (Wales)

Gidian & The Universals

Thr Gnomes Of Zurich

The Gobbledegooks

Golden Apples Of The Sun

The Golden Crusaders (Glasgow)

The Gonks (Southgate)

Philip Goodhand-Tait & The Stormsville Shakers

The Goodletsville Five

Lee Grant & The Capitols

The Grasshoppers

The Green Angels

The Guiloteens

Gulliver's People

The Gurus

The Habits (London)

The Harbour Lites

The Headliners

The Hearts

The Hellions

Herbal Mixture

The Hi Cats (Liverpool)

The Hi-Numbers (not The Who)

High & The Mighty

High Society

The Hillsiders (not Liverpool)

Him & The Others

Hipster Image

The Hobos

 

Hot Springs

The Hotrods

The Hullaballoos

Human Instinct

The Hummelflugs (London)

The Huntsmen (Liverpool)

The Hustlers

The Hygrades

 

The Idols

Image

The Images

Impac

The Imp-Acts

The In-be-tweens

The Incas (Liverpool)

The Indifferents (Banbury)

The Innocents

The Interns

 

The Invaders (Liverpool)

The Invitations

The Islanders

Ivan's Meads (Manchester)

The Jaguars

The Nicky James Movement (B'ham)

The Roger James Four

The Sullivan James Band (Ipswich)

The Jay Birds (Midlands)

The Javelins (Liverpool)

Jeannie & The Big Boys (Liverpool)

The Jets (Swansea)

Joey & The Gentlemen (Cardiff)

The John Bull Breed

 

Johnny & The Semitones (Liverpool)

Johnston McPhilbry (Torquay)

The Junco Partners (Newcastle)

The Juniors (Hatfield)

The Jynx

Moses K & The Prophets

Tony K & The Huckleberries

The Kansas City Five (Liverpool)

The Karacters (Liverpool)

The Karlins (Edinburgh)

Frank Kelly & The Hunters

Richard Kent Style

Kris Khan & The Questions (L'pool)

Danny King's Mayfair Set

Sammy King & The Voltairs

The Kinsleys (Liverpool)

The Knack (London)

Tony Knight's Chessmen

The Kytes

Chris Lamb & The Universals

The Lancastrians (Cheshire)

The Landslides (Liverpool)

John E. Law & The Trespassers (Birmingham)

The Leaders

The League Of Gentlemen (London)

John Lee's Groundhogs

The Lemmings

Jimmy Lennon & The Atlantics

The Leroys

Gerry Levene & The Avengers

Llan (Wales)

The Loose Ends (Birmingham)

Lee Lynch & The Blue Angels

M.I. 5

 

The Magic Lanterns

The Majority

The Manhattans (Liverpool)

The Marauders (Stoke)

Mark Four (Liverpool)

The Master Minds (Liverpool)

The Mastersounds (Liverpool)

Me And Them

The Measles (Manchester)

The Meddy-Evils

The Mersey Monsters (Liverpool)

The Meteors (Liverpool)

Method Five (Birmingham)

The Mighty Avengers

Mike & The Explorers (Liverpool)

The Milestones

Johnny Milton & The Condors

Ministry Of Sound

Mirage (London)

Denny Mitchell Soundstations

The Mods (Birmingham)

The Monotones (Southend)

The Moonlighters

The Moonstones

The Moontrekkers

The Moquettes

The Motions (Birmingham)

The Mustangs (Aberavon)

The 'N Betweens

The Nashpool Four (Liverpool)

The Nashville Men (Liverpool)

The New Breed

The Night Owls

The Nightshades

Nightshift

The Nix-Nomads (Ipswich)

The Nocturnes (Birmingham)

The Nocturnes (Liverpool)

The Nomads (Birmingham)

Norman & The Invaders

The Notions (Liverpool)

The Chris Nova Combo (Liverpool)

The Organisers

The Original All-Stars (Liverpool)

The Others

The Outcasts (Barry)

The Packabeats

Page Five

Page Ten

The Paladins (Liverpool)

The Pathfinders (Liverpool)

The Patriots

The Peasants (High Wycombe)

The Peddlers

Pentad (Surrey)

The Peeps (Coventry)

Peter's Faces

Mark Peters & The Silhouettes (Liverpool)

The Pickwicks

The Pilgrims (Liverpool)

The Pineapple Chunks (London)

Platform Six

The Poor Souls (Dundee)

The Presidents (Cheam)

The Primitives

Profile

The Profiles (Liverpool)

The Puppets

Pussyfoot

The Quakers

The Quare Fellas (Halifax)

The Quiet Five

The Quotations

 

Mike Rabin & The Demons

Ram Holder Brothers (London)

The Ramblers

The Rats

Paul Raven & The Twilights

The Ravens

The Ravons

The Rebounds

Red & The Colts (Edinburgh)

The Red Squares

The Redcaps (Birmingham)

The Renegades (Birmingham)

The Renegades (Whitby)

The Renowns (Birmingham)

Rhythm and Blues Incorporated (Southport)

The Jimmy Richie Combo

Richmond (Liverpool)

Johnny Ringo & The Colts (Liverpool)

The Rinki-Dinks (Solihull)

Bobby Rio & The Revelles (London)

The Roaring Sixties

Rockin' Henry & The Hayseeds (Cornwall)

The Rockin' Ramrods

The Rockin' Vickers (Blackpool)

The Rontons (Liverpool)

The Roving Kind

Roy's Boys

James Royal & The Hawks

Earl Royce & The Olympics (L'pool)

Rufus' Rebels (Coventry)

The Rustiks (Devon)

 

Kris Ryan & The Questions

 

The Sabres (Coventry)

Sands Of Time

Davey Sands & The Essex

Robby Sanson & The Giants

The Sapphires

The Saxons

Johnny Scott & The Skyways

Marshall Scott Etc. (Cumberland)

Second City Sound (Birmingham)

The Secrets (Liverpool)

The Senators (Birmingham)

The Shanes

Shapes and Sizes

Shelley (Eastbourne)

Tony Sheverton & The Shevelles (Wales)

Shorty & Them (Newcastle)

The Showtimers

The Silhouettes (West country)

The Sinners

The Sobells (Liverpool)

The Sole Messengers

The Sons Of Adam (Birmingham)

The Sons Of Fred

The Soul Agents

The Soup Greens

The Sovereigns (Coventry)

The Squires

The Stereos (Liverpool)

Danny Storm & The Strollers

Robb Storm & The Whispers

The Storytellers

 

The Sundowners

The Sunspots

The Symbols

The Syndicats

The Talismen (Liverpool)

The Team-Mates (Liverpool)

The Teenbeats (Southport)

The Telstars (Birmingham)

Thee (Hampstead)

The Three Bells

The Thyrds

Time

 

The Tomboys (Liverpool)

Tony's Defenders (Tunbridge Wells)

The Toreadors (Coventry)

Track

The Transatlantics

The Trends

Trendsetters Ltd. (Bournemouth)

The Triffids

The Tudors (Southport)

Tuesday's Children

Two Of Each

The Uglies (Birmingham)

U.K. Bonds (Birmingham)

The U.K.'s

The Untamed

The Valkyries (Liverpool)

The Vampires (Liverpool)

The Variations

Vashti (Dover)

The Ventures (Liverpool)

Vic & The Spidermen (Liverpool)

The Vikings (Carmarthen)

The Village Idiots (Birmingham)

Tony Vincent & The Giants

The V.I.P.'s (Carlisle)

The Vogues (Birmingham)

The Voids (West country)

The Wackers

The Washington D.C.'s

We Talkies

The Wellingtons

West Five

The Wheels

Derry Wilkie & The Pressmen

Wishful Thinking

The Wolves (Wolverhampton)

The Woodlanders

The Woodpeckers

Writ

The X-Caliburs

The Ying-Tongs

The Zuider Zee (Wolverhampton)

 

 

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