3 in the charts. I had a big scare last year when I suffered an aortic abdominal aneurism where the big valve burst and I was very lucky to come through that. Brian Poole is the lead singer of 60s band The Tremeloes London-born Brian, 74, and his wife Pam have two daughters and one granddaughter and live …
“We have wonderfully loyal fans and that’s one of the nice things about us still working.
The three of us – Chip, Dave Munden and myself –hardly had to rehearse and the same applies today. Brian was offered a contract with CBS as a solo artist, they wanted to record him with a big band (Brass, Violins, etc), which left us without a contract.
Brian is now on the All Star 60s tour.“We formed Brian Poole and The Tremeloes after I met Alan Blakley, Alan Howard and Dave Munden at school; we were all big Buddy Holly fans. order back issues and use the historic Daily Express The Tremeloes are an English beat group founded in 1958 in Dagenham, Essex. It is published by Avon Books and is a guide to English slang. Brian Poole and the nucleus of the original Tremeloes all went to Park Modern Secondary School in Barking Essex, where they started the band in early 1958.
3 in the charts. “I left in 1968 after six years of hits with the group because of changes made by our new management and took up a solo career. We still backed him on live performances, though. Brian hopes to be regularly ‘going live’ with his own style radio show, listeners’ memories, competitions and phone-ins.Brian has appeared on many radio and television shows recently, with many more to come both in the UK and Europe. “Chip Hawkes, who joined the group in the 60s, said to me, ‘Let’s start again.’ We did and it was wonderful because we’ve all known each other for so long. We have wonderfully loyal fans and that’s one of the nice things about us still working“My happiest memories of the early days in the late 50s is singing and playing the guitar at the huge number of American air bases that existed in England then – 30 alone in the south of England. English Beat and Twist band. “Brian Poole and the Tremeloes got back together again for a one-off gig when we were asked to do a charity fundraiser for families of the Asian Tsunami in 2004.
Please see our London-born Brian, 74, and his wife Pam have two daughters and one granddaughter and live in Bedfordshire. “I’m looking forward to playing at this years’ All Star 60s tour where we’ll cover 30 venues around the country with PJ Proby, Gary Puckett and Wayne Fontana and then we’ve got the Rock the Boat cruise. There is a CD/Album in the shops now namedBrian Poole, and a new CD/EP – The Best of Brian Poole & The Tremeloes – is out now.Brian’s first excursion into writing is his book called Talk Back, which he researched and wrote.
In 1960 they were signed to Decca Records and were used as a vocal backing band for many top recording artistes until they had their first hit,Twist & Shout, which went to No. Those friendships exist to this day. From 1966 on active as The Tremeloes. 4), Someone Someone(no. “Pam and I have been married nearly 50 years. Brian Poole is a successful singer and performer, he was the former lead singer with Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. What a sight!” See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters.
His biggest thrill came a few years ago with a televised appearance on The Royal Gala Performance.The band have just completed a 12 week sell-out ‘Solid Silver Sixties’ tour with Peter Noone, Billy J Kramer and Freddie and the Dreamers for Flying Music and in May 1999 began a 16 week UK tour for British Holidays. A very funny and interesting book, which deserves a read.This very popular band is in much demand for live appearances and now has an expanding fan club across the country.Alan Blakley, Dave Munden and Brian Poole found that they could harmonise any song they wanted to and developed a style of their own, with all of them singing and playing and Alan Howard on bass guitar.
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Recording wise, after many hits and some amazing times, we parted company with Brian Poole in 1965. In 1960 they were signed to Decca Records and were used as a vocal backing band for many top recording artistes until they had their first hit,Twist & Shout, which went to No. About. “We appeared on the big music shows of the day – Thank Your Lucky Stars and the first and last edition of Ready Steady Go!. Make the most of your money by signing up to our newsletter for Brian Poole is the lead singer of 60s band The Tremeloes 'We signed to Decca Records and released our first hit Twist And Shout' Also Brian presented his first BBC Essex 3 hour ‘live’ radio show with great success. All this plus a light show makes them one of the most popular bands around today, who can either excel in cabaret or concert situations, as a self-contained and self-managed outfit offering full percentages to a wide range of reputable agents and promoters.Recently Brian has entered into many more recording projects and has completed a new album/CD and a great single written for him by his daughters. We’d get home, do our homework and get dressed up ready to do a gig. Next came their massive No.1, Do You Love Me, Candyman (no. The story of The Tremeloes is as follows. “My two daughters Shelley and Karen are singer-songwriters; they have written hit songs for, among others, Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Boyzone, Westlife, Will Young and Annie Lennox. “We became good friends with The Beatles and other 60s groups such as The Merseybeats, The Searchers and Gerry and the Pacemakers and we’d see them either in the studio or on the road. In approximately two years - 1963-65,Brian Poole and the Tremeloes had 8 UK top 40 hits,all included on this excellent CD collection. Their reign may have been short,but impressive.
We also played at cinemas, dance halls and did backing vocals.“We signed to Decca Records and released our first hit Twist And Shout, which got to number three in the charts.Our records got played regularly on pirate music stations like Radio Caroline and Radio Luxembourg, and we did Easy Beat with Keith Fordyce and Saturday Club with Brian Matthew, too. The Official Brian Poole Website. The hits continued with Here Comes My Baby and Silence Is Golden, which made number one.