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Abrahams, Mick
Allisons, The
Amen Corner
Andrews, Chris
Animals, The
Applejacks
Avons, The

Bennett, Cliff
Berry, Dave

Clem Curtis & The Foundations

Dave Clark Five

Easybeats

Fortunes, The
Fourmost

Herman's Hermits

Kinks, The

Marmalade
Merseybeats
Mike Berry And The Outlaws
Mike Pender's Searchers

Nashville Teens

Poole, Brian

Tremeloes, The

Vanity Fare

Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
Wilde, Marty

Zombies, The

The Animals were formed 1964 in Newcastle, England, a band second only to the Rolling Stones in influence among R&B-based bands in the first wave of the British Invasion. 

The group comprised:

Pianist Alan Price
Drummer John Steel
Vocalist Eric Burdon
Guitar Hilton Valentine

Gomelsky booked the band into his Crawdaddy Club in London, and they were subsequently signed by Mickie Most, an independent producer who secured a contract with EMI's Columbia imprint.

A studio session in February 1964 yielded their Columbia debut single, "Baby Let Me Take You" and the groups biggest hit single "House of the Rising Sun".