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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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Hot Springs |
The Hotrods |
The Hullaballoos |
Human Instinct |
The Hummelflugs (London) |
The Huntsmen (Liverpool) |
The Hustlers |
The Hygrades |
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The Idols |
Image |
The Images |
Impac |
The Imp-Acts |
The In-be-tweens |
The Incas (Liverpool) |
The Indifferents (Banbury) |
The Innocents |
The Interns |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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Kris Ryan & The Questions |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |