Also known as
  • Tremelos,
  • The Tremelos,
  • The Tremloes,
  • Tremeloes,
  • The Tremoloes
The Tremeloes were a British beat group from Dagenham, Essex. The group formed in 1958 as Brian Poole and the Tremoloes (the name soon being changed thanks to the spelling mistake of a local newspaper), and were initially cast in the Buddy Holly and the Crickets mould. Decca notoriously chose them over The Beatles, whom they had auditioned on the same day. They first charted with a version of "Twist and Shout" (1963), which owed much to the Beatles' version, followed by a chart topping cover of The Contours' U.S. million-seller "Do You Love Me" in the same year. Before they parted company with Brian Poole in 1966, their covers of Roy Orbison's B-side, "Candy Man" and The Crickets' B-side ballad, "Someone Someone" (both 1964) entered the UK Singles Chart Top Ten, with the latter peaking at number two. Once Poole had left, rhythm guitarist and keyboard player Alan Blakely took over leadership of the group, and Len "Chip" Hawkes, father of 1990s hitmaker Chesney Hawkes, replaced... full article at wikipedia
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Created by mwcl_musicbrainz Dec 10, 2006
Last edited by mwcl_musicbrainz May 17, 2008

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