Dunrockin'

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Where Are They Now?

Do you know what happened to the British rockers featured in this site after they retired from music?

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Alistair McKenzie (The Birds)

Manages a glazing company

Alan Bown (The Alan Bown Set)

Music publisher/Management/Music teacher

Art Wood (The Artwoods)

Became a graphic designer

Bill Bingham (Gus & The Thunderclaps)

Television announcer

Billy Butler (Billy Butler & The Tuxedos)

Disc jockey

Boots Slade (Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames)

Advertising executive

Brian Dolan (early formation of The Searchers)

School teacher

Brian Norris (The Cryin' Shames)

Financial advisor

Brian Poole (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)

Butcher

Bruce McCaskill (The Escorts)

Roadie for Eric Clapton

Chick Graham (Chick Graham & The Coasters)

Nurse

Chris Huston (The Undertakers)

Recording Studio Designer/Record Producer

Christian Gaydon (A Band Of Angels)

Formed EG Management

Cliff Roberts (Kingsize Taylor & His Band)

Quantity surveyor

Clive Hornby (The Dennisons)

Actor - played Jack Sugden in TV's Emmerdale Farm

Dave Ambrose (Shotgun Express)

A&R Man

Dave Boyce (The Roadrunners)

Actor

Dave Carden (Derry Wilkie & The Pressmen)

Sales rep.

Dave Clark (The Dave Clark Five)

Entertainment promoter

Davey Sands (Davey Sands & The Essx)

Promotions manager for Bell Records

 Dean Ford (Dean Ford & the Gaylords)

Chauffeur

Deke Arlon (Deke Arlon & The Offbeats)

Actor/Music publisher/Manager

Dennis Payton (The Dave Clark Five)

Real Estate business

Denny Alexander (The Clayton Squares)

Publican

Don Gould (The Applejacks)

TV jingle producer

Don McGough (Karl Terry & The Cruisers)

Publican

Geoff Jones (The Clayton Squares)

Probation Officer

George Bean (George Bean & The Runners)

Record plugger (now deceased)

George Bellamy (The Tornados)

Ran a record pressing plant

Gibson Kemp (Paddy, Klaus & Gibson)

Manager of a bar in Hamburg, Germany

Gordon Loughlin (The TT's)

Osteopath

Hugh Grundy (The Zombies)

A&R man for Columbia Records

Hugh Halliday (Unit 4+2)

Actor

James Royal (James Royal & The Hawks)

Taxi driver in Queensland, Australia

Jeremy Clyde (Chad & Jeremy)

Actor

Joe West (early member of The Searchers)

Show-biz agent

Johnny Guitar (Rory Storm & The Hurricanes)

Ambulanceman (deceased)

Kim Gardner (The Birds)

Bar owner in Los Angeles

Len Beddow (Herbie's People)

Renovates, restores and repairs vintage jukeboxes

Lenny Davidson (The Dave Clark Five)

Still entertains but also teaches guitar

Lewis Collins (The Kansas City Five)

Actor - played Bodie in TV's "The Professionals"

Lionel Morton (The Four Pennies)

Children's TV presenter

Lu Walterss (Rory Storm & The Hurricanes)

Psychiatric nurse

Malcolm Pool (The Artwoods)

Ran a graphic design studio

Megan Davies (The Applejacks)

Nurse

Mike Felix (The Migil Five)

comedian

Mike Oldham (Vince Earl & The Zeros)

Landscape gardener

Mike Smith (The Dave Clark Five)

Is a producer and writes advertising jingles

Mike Taylor (Herbie's People)

Romantic fiction writer

Paul Atkinson (The Zombies)

Record company executive (Columbia, RCA & MCA)

Paul Evans (The Cryin' Shames)

Vice President of Human Resources with an American insurance company

Paul Jones (Manfred Mann)

Radio/TV presenter

Pete Best (The Beatles/Pete Best Four)

Was a civil servant for many years before making a full-time return to music

Peter Stevens (Herbie's People)

Press officer for Stafford Borough Council

Phil Cash (The Applejacks)

Runs a lawnmower business

Ralph Ellis (The Swinging Blue Jeans)

Worked for an insurance company

Ray Jones (Billy J. Kramer/The Dakotas)

Psychiatric nurse therapist

Ray Pawson (The Challengers)

Civil Servant

Ray Whitehead (Vince Earl & The Zeros)

Manager of a milk depot

Rick Huxley (The Dave Clark Five)

Electrical wholesaler

Rita Mather (The Squad)

Actress

Steve Aldo (Steve Aldo & The Challengers)

Publican

Steve Day (deceased) (Steve Day & The Drifters)

Comedian using the stagename Rod McKenzie

Ted "Kingsize" Taylor (& The Dominoes)

Owns a butcher's shop on Merseyside

Terry Noon (Them)

Music publisher

Tommy Bennett (Derry Wilkie & The Pressmen)

Policeman

Tony Jackson (deceased) (The Searchers)

Insurance salesman

Tony Mansfield (Billy J. Kramer/The Dakotas)

Financial consultant

Vince Earl (Vince Earl & The Zeros)

Actor/comedian

 

 

 

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