The Casuals
The Casuals | |
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Origin | Lincoln, England |
Genres | Pop music |
Years active | 1961–1976 |
Labels | Fontana, Decca Parlophone, Dawn |
Past members | John Tebb Howard Newcomb Don Fortune Zenon Kowalski Mick Bray Ian Good Alan "Plug" Taylor Bob O'Brien Chris Evans Lloyd Courtney |
The Casuals were a British pop group from
Career
Originally formed in 1960 by John Tebb (piano and vocals) and Howard Newcomb (guitar), they added Don Fortune (drums) and Zenon Kowalski (bass), and became The Casuals in 1961. After turning professional, they moved to Italy and recorded a number of covers of well-known UK material.[2] Fortune and Kowalski left, and were followed by a series of replacements, culminating in Mick Bray (drums) and Ian Good (bass), from other well-known Lincoln groups, The Avengers and The Sultans.[3]
In 1965, they won the TV talent show
In 1968, whilst still in Italy, The Casuals switched to
They signed to Parlophone in 1972 and released "Tara Tiger Girl", but the single went nowhere, nor did a single "American Jam" for which the band was renamed 'American Jam Band', although, as both singles had the same B-side, the link was obvious. They left Parlophone for Dawn Records in 1974, but after their final single, "Good Times", flopped, they disbanded in 1976.[3]
Legacy
Paul Weller repeatedly referred to "Jesamine" as being one of his all-time favourite singles, including it on an 8 February 1998 BBC Radio One edition of All Back to Mine,[5] where Weller played and discussed some of his record collection, and on a 2003 compilation of his favourite songs, Under the Influence.[6]
Key members
- Howard Newcombe – guitar, trumpet, vocals – (born 25 November 1945, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England)
- Alan Taylor – bass – (born 2 February 1947, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England – died 27 November 2011)
- Johnny Tebb – keyboards – (born John Roy Tebb, 1 October 1945, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England - died May 2018)
- Bob O'Brien – drums – (born Robert O'Brien, 26 September 1944, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, Scotland)[2]
Discography
Singles
- "If You Walk Out" / "Please Don't Hide" – Fontana 1965
- "Adios Amour" / "Don't Dream of Yesterday" – Decca 1968
- "UK
- "Toy" / "Touched" – Decca 1968 – No. 30 UK
- "Fools Paradise" / " Seven Times Seven" – Decca 1969
- "Sunflower Eyes" / "Never My Love" – Decca 1969
- "Caroline" / "Naughty Boy" – Decca 1969
- "My Name Is Love" / "I Can't Say" – Decca 1970
- "Tara Tiger Girl" / "Nature's Girl" – Parlophone 1972
- "Good Times" / "Witch" – Dawn 1974
As 'American Jam Band'
- "American Jam" / "Nature's Girl" – Parlophone 1972
- "Jam Jam" / "Back On The Road" - Young Blood International 1974[1][3]
Albums
- Hour World - LP (1969) Decca[2] (LK-R5001(mono), SLK-R5001 (stereo)
Track listing : Side one : "Jesamine", "Toyland", "Never My Love", "Fools Paradise", "Picnic", "Now You Can Be", "Daddy's Song" Side two : "Hello It's Me", "Love Me Tonight", "Someday Man", "Touched", "See", "Sunflower Eyes", "Hey-Hey-Hey", "Weather Vane"
- The Very Best of The Casuals – CD (1998) Commercial Marketing[7]
Compilations
The Casuals version of "Jesamine" appears on a number of compilation albums[8] including:-
See also
- List of artists under the Decca Records label
References
- ^ ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ ISBN 0-7535-0149-X.
- ^ a b c d e Sleevenotes by Nigel Lees to "Shapes and Sounds 2 – Shades of Deepest Purple from the BBC Archives 1967–1971" – Top Sounds TSSCD 003 (2008)
- ^ a b c Terry Rawlings, Then, Now and Rare British Beat 1960–1969. Omnibus Press, 2002, p. 43.
- ^ "All Back to Mine: Paul Weller". BBC Genome. 5 February 1998. p. 114. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "Track listing of Under the Influence". Amazon UK. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Shazam". Shazam.com. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "AllMusic - Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
External links
- The Casuals discography at Discogs