The Roulettes
Russ Ballard - lead guitar
Pete Salt - rhythm guitar
John Rodgers - bass guitar (died 1964)
Rob Henrit - drums
And...
Adam Faith - vocals (born Terence Nelhams, June 23rd 1940, London)
The Roulettes, from Hertfordshire, were formed in 1963 as a backing band for the early 60's pop idol Adam Faith when he decided to jump onto the beat music bandwagon.
They began recording in their own right late in '63. None of their own records hit the charts, but they did have four chart entries with Faith.
Bass guitarist Rodgers was killed in a car accident and his place was taken by John "Mod" Rogan. They split with Faith in 1965 and the group broke up in 1967 without achieving the success that their talents undoubtably warranted.
Ballard and Henrit joined a late line-up of Unit 4+2 before re-surfacicing during the 70's in the prog-rock band Argent, led by ex-Zombie Rod Argent.
Singles
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1963 |
Soon You'll Be Leaving Me/Tell Tale Tit |
Parlophone R 5072 |
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1964 |
Bad Times/Can You Go |
Parlophone R 5110 |
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Jun '64 |
I'll Remember Tonight/You Don't Love Me |
Parlophone R 5148 |
- |
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1964 |
Stubborn Kind Of Fellow/Melody |
Parlophone R 5218 |
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1965 |
I Hope He Breaks Your Heart/Find Out The Truth |
Parlophone R 5278 |
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Oct '65 |
The Long Cigarette/Junk |
Parlophone R 5382 |
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1966 |
The Tracks Of My Tears/Jackpot |
Parlophone R 5419 |
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May '66 |
I Can't Stop/Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow |
Parlophone R 5461 |
- |
L.P.s
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Oct '65 |
Stakes And Chips - Bad Time/What You Gonna Do?/Settle Down/A Taste Of Honey/Find Out The Truth/I'll Remember Tonight/You Don't Love Me/Stubborn Kind Of Fellow/I Hope He Breaks Your Heart/I Can't Think Of Anyone Else/Shake/Soon You'll Be Leaving Me/Melody/Thin Little Girl Parlophone PMC 1257 |
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
Singles
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Sep '63 |
The First Time/So Long Baby |
Parlophone R 5061 |
UK#5 |
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Dec '63 |
We Are In Love/Made For Me |
Parlophone R 5091 |
UK#11 |
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Mar '64 |
If He Tells You/Talk To Me |
Parlophone R 5109 |
UK#25 |
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May '64 |
I Love Being In Love With You/It's Alright |
Parlophone R 5138 |
UK#33 |
L.P.s
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1964 |
On The Move - Don't You Dig This Kind Of Beat/Mighty Fine Girl/It'll Never Happen To You/It's Alright/I Gotta Get Along/Here's Another Day/Come Closer/This Is The Feeling/You've Got A Way With Me/You're Nice To Know/She's Smiling At Me/Only One Such As You/Come On, Dream Parlophone |
The Roulettes backing Adam Faith in 1963
