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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

Brothers Ray Davies and Dave Davies from Muswell Hill, London began playing skiffle and rock & roll and recruited a schoolmate of Ray's, Peter Quaife to play with them; like the Davies brothers, Quaife played guitar, but he switched to bass.

Summer of 1963, and the group had decided to call itself The Ravens and had recruited a new drummer, Mickey Willet. 

Eventually, their demo tape reached Shel Talmy, an American record producer who was under contract to Pye Records and it was Shel who helped the band land a contract with Pye in 1964.
Before signing to the label, The Ravens replaced drummer with Mick Avory The Ravens recorded their debut single, a cover of Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally."