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# Harvey Lisberg

Star maker & impresario

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- [Queen](https://harveylisberg.com/queen/) - Freddie Mercury had written “Death On Two Legs” about his manager and co-owner of Trident Studios where they had recorded many of their early hits such as Killer Queen: Queen felt that Norman had not provided the band with the support they needed, and so they parted company with Mr. Sheffield in 1975 and, I
- [Neanderthal Man was released by Hotlegs,](https://harveylisberg.com/neanderthal-man-was-released-by-hotlegs/) - Neanderthal Man was released by Hotlegs, the pre-cursor to 10cc (but without Graham Gouldman) and reached #22 in U.S. and No. 2 in U.K. (kept off the top spot by Elvis Presley‘s ‘The Wonder Of You‘). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BEGzuX5jyw&ab_channel=SeanMacreavy Elton John . . . Neanderthal Man (Stewart, Godley, Creme). Always a fan of innovative music Elton recorded covers of new sounds and Neanderthal Man (Hotlegs) is on Reg Dwight’s
- [Hotlegs](https://harveylisberg.com/hotlegs/) - Hotlegs was comprised of Eric Stewart, Lol Creme & Kevin Godley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBMXiq67ho Graham Gouldman had to come back from New York, where he had been writing songs for Kazenatz Katz, to play bass with them on tour when they supported The Moody Blues, starting with Festival Hall and playing “All God’s Children“, “Um Wah, Um Woh“, “Desperate Dan” and
- [Tony Christie](https://harveylisberg.com/tony-christie/) - Excerpts from a special feature on 29th January 2011 in Music Week called “It’s Time For Tony” written by Johnny Black. On 2nd August 2002, Tony Christie enjoyed a good laugh, watching Max and Paddy on Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights, belt out Christie’s Seventies hit single (Is This The Way To) Amarillo for a group of thoroughly unimpressed Asian elders. What he
- [NEW MEMOIR by Harvey Lisberg with Charlie Thomas:](https://harveylisberg.com/new-memoir-by-harvey-lisberg-with-charlie-thomas/) - I’m Into Something Good: My Life Managing 10cc, Herman’s Hermits & many more! Checkout – omnibuspress.com When 22-year-old accountant Harvey Lisberg heard the Beatles’ ‘Please Please Me’, he had an epiphany: he could be Manchester’s answer to Brian Epstein. He had a musical ear, a knack for numbers and a gambler’s instinct for taking a
- [10CC . . . Art For Art Sake (live).](https://harveylisberg.com/10cc-art-for-art-sake-live/) - 10CC . . . Art For Art Sake (live).
- [Kelsey Lu – I’m Not In Love | Euphoria [sub-titled (legendado)] – 2019](https://harveylisberg.com/kelsey-lu-im-not-in-love-euphoria-sub-titled-legendado-2019/) - Kelsey Lu – I’m Not In Love | Euphoria [sub-titled (legendado)] – 2019
- [10CC . . . Old Wild Men (1973)](https://harveylisberg.com/10cc-old-wild-men-1973/) - 10CC . . . Old Wild Men (1973) was released about 50 years ago and was a prophetic look at what they might (and perhaps have) become! Diddy‘s . . . Old Man Wildin’ (2015) was first released in December on the deluxe edition of his October mixtape/album MMM, and the track featured Jadakiss and Styles P. In January
- [The Worst Band In The World (1973).](https://harveylisberg.com/the-worst-band-in-the-world-1973/) - The Worst Band In The World (1973). 10CC was christened by U.K. Records owner Jonathan King who in a dream saw “10cc – The Best Band In The World” on the hoarding of the Hammersmith Odeon. That was the cue to subvert it to “The Worst Band In The World” . . . J Dilla’s final album Donuts [2006] is
- [Godley and Creme . . . Cry (1985)](https://harveylisberg.com/godley-and-creme-cry-1985/) - Godley and Creme . . . Cry (1985) was an international hit with faces morphing into each other using simple soft-edged wipe transitions. This visual effect was later refined using digital coding in Michael Jackson’s Black or White (1991) by ‘Thriller‘ director, John Landis, an old school friend of the late Andrew Gold, co-founder with Graham Gouldman of Wax, who I managed
- [[Beyonce’s] Destiny’s Child/10cc: Independent Woman/Dreadlock](https://harveylisberg.com/beyonces-destinys-child-10cc-independent-woman-dreadlock/) - [Beyonce’s] Destiny’s Child/10cc: Independent Woman/Dreadlock Holiday by 2ManyDJs 2003 album As Heard on Radio Soulwax Part 2: 10cc’s final No.1 was Dreadlock Holiday (1978) The Social Network (Facebook Movie) 3 the Hard Way . . . Hip Hop Holiday (1994)
- [The Things We Do For Love](https://harveylisberg.com/the-things-we-do-for-love/) - The Things We Do For Love was the only 10cc song that reached a higher chart position in the U.S. than the U.K. It was released in 1977 two years after Godley and Creme left the band.
- [Queen – When Peter Grant and I offered to manage Queen](https://harveylisberg.com/queen-when-peter-grant-and-i-offered-to-manage-queen/) - Queen – When Peter Grant and I offered to manage Queen On 28th Dec 1973 Queen supported 10cc at the Top Rank Club in Liverpool where one of the songs performed was ‘Jailhouse Rock‘: A couple of years later the opportunity arose to manage them when they found themselves rudderless without a manager. So I put together
- [Their follow-up Rubber Bullets](https://harveylisberg.com/their-follow-up-rubber-bullets/) - Their follow-up Rubber Bullets had opening lyrics inspired by Elvis Presley‘s ‘Jailhouse Rock‘ which had just been re-released in the U.K. reaching No. 6 in Dec 1971. The BBC thought Rubber Bullets was inflammatory with The Troubles in Northern Ireland and limited airplay but in spite of that the song still hit No.1 on the U.K. charts:
- [GG / 06 . . . Son of Man (about the evolution of Hotlegs into 10cc)](https://harveylisberg.com/gg-06-son-of-man-about-the-evolution-of-hotlegs-into-10cc/) - GG / 06 . . . Son of Man (about the evolution of Hotlegs into 10cc) Q: Eric? A: Yeah! Q: How did you actually form the band? A: Well . . . . . . the B-side we were knocking off [Oh! Darling] turned into something good [Donna – the proposed B-side to Waterfall]. Donna was 10cc’s
- [Tony Christie . . . Amarillo (Sedaka, Greenfield)](https://harveylisberg.com/tony-christie-amarillo-sedaka-greenfield/) - Tony Christie . . . Amarillo (Sedaka, Greenfield) I first met Neil Sedaka in 1970 on a visit to Don Kirshner‘s office in New York in a quest to find the next single for Tony Christie. One of the songs he played me was Amarillo and I took it. In November 1971, Amarillo became a huge hit all across Europe but, incredibly,
- [Peter Noone featuring David Bowie – Oh! You Pretty Things](https://harveylisberg.com/peter-noone-featuring-david-bowie-oh-you-pretty-things/) - Peter Noone featuring David Bowie – Oh! You Pretty Things The single was written by David Bowie who featured on piano on the record and on Top Of The Pops he was prettily fitted out in a dress and a hat with flowers and it got to No. 12 in the U.K. in June 1971. In December 1971, some
- [Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice . . . Joseph](https://harveylisberg.com/andrew-lloyd-webber-tim-rice-joseph/) - In the mid-1960's Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd-Webber came to see me at my Manchester office to help them place a song of theirs with Herman's Hermits. I tried, but Mickie Most rejected it immediately. In its original format the song was called "I Fancy You", beginning with the simple couplet "I fancy you; I
- [1967 – Bruce Springsteen recalls his first rock concert in the U.S.A.](https://harveylisberg.com/1967-bruce-springsteen-recalls-his-first-rock-concert-in-the-u-s-a/) - 1967 – Bruce Springsteen recalls his first rock concert in the U.S.A. HERMAN’S HERMITS and The Who at the 2015 MusiCares MAP Fund benefit honouring Pete Townshend from 2’10” to 6’34” below: See: my page on The Who about the trail of destruction they left
- [Tallyman . . . The Jeff Beck Group (feat. Rod Stewart & Ronnie Wood)](https://harveylisberg.com/tallyman-the-jeff-beck-group-feat-rod-stewart-ronnie-wood/) - Tallyman . . . The Jeff Beck Group (feat. Rod Stewart & Ronnie Wood) had a minor hit (No.30) with this Graham Gouldman composition. The Litter also released a version on their ‘$100 Fine‘ album and Herman’s Hermits ‘recorded’ an (as yet) unreleased version – below:
- [Cher . . . Behind The Door (1967) another one by Graham Gouldman](https://harveylisberg.com/cher-behind-the-door-1967-another-one-by-graham-gouldman/) - Cher . . . Behind The Door (1967) another one by Graham Gouldman
- [The Hollies – 2 more singles by Graham Gouldman](https://harveylisberg.com/the-hollies-2-more-singles-by-graham-gouldman/) - The Hollies – 2 more singles by Graham Gouldman Bus Stop . . . released by The Hollies in 1966 yielding their first U.S. top ten single (No.5) after another Graham Gouldman composition Look Through Any Window had charted (No.32) earlier that year.
- [Hermans Hermits – 3 singles by Graham Gouldman](https://harveylisberg.com/hermans-hermits-3-singles-by-graham-gouldman/) - Hermans Hermits – 3 singles by Graham Gouldman East West: Morrissey . . . first recorded by Herman’s Hermits to give MY BAND a hat-trick of hits from Graham Gouldman this time in 1966 with Listen People, No Milk Today and East West No Milk Today: Joshua James & The Forest Rangers Listen People: Steve Marcus
- [The Yardbirds . . . 3 singles by Graham Gouldman](https://harveylisberg.com/the-yardbirds-3-singles-by-graham-gouldman/) - The Yardbirds . . . 3 singles by Graham Gouldman Evil Hearted You by Pixies (in Spanish) . . . first recorded by The Yardbirds to make a hat-trick of hits from Graham Gouldman viz For Your Love, Heart Full Of Soul and Evil Hearted You (all1965)
- [10cc . . . Revlon](https://harveylisberg.com/10cc-revlon/) - 10cc . . . Revlon
- [10cc . . . Dr. Pepper](https://harveylisberg.com/10cc-dr-pepper/) - 10cc . . . Dr. Pepper Several artistes did renditions of the Dr. Pepper jingles including Michael Jackson, B.B. King, David Naughton . . . even Barry Manilow!
- [AT&T / Cricket Wireless . . . ‘don’t you queer me pitch’](https://harveylisberg.com/att-cricket-wireless-dont-you-queer-me-pitch/) - I DON’T LIKE CRICKET . . . I LOVE IT!
- [FOOTJOY: Joyride featuring Max Homa and I’m Not In Love 2024](https://harveylisberg.com/footjoy-joyride-featuring-max-homa-and-im-not-in-love-2024/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBwV7o2_7o
- [Gods of Snooker](https://harveylisberg.com/gods-of-snooker/) - GODS OF SNOOKER Part 3 on 23 MAY 2021 featured a piece on my foray into snooker in the early 1980’s when I signed superstars Jimmy (Whirlwind) White and Alex (Hurricane) Higgins – see below.
- [BBC 4 – I’M NOT IN LOVE: THE STORY OF 10CC](https://harveylisberg.com/bbc-4-im-not-in-love-the-story-of-10cc/)
- [MY GENERATION DOCUMENTARY: HERMANS HERMITS](https://harveylisberg.com/my-generation-documentary-hermans-hermits/)
- [Barclay James Harvest](https://harveylisberg.com/barclay-james-harvest/) - Barclay James Harvest - "HYMN". "Hymn" is the first track on the Gone To Earth (1977) album. This was Barclay James Harvest's last album released during my tenure as manager and their best-selling with worldwide sales of over 1 million. https://youtu.be/qwk-8E7al5Q The band famously performed this song (along with other classics of theirs such as Child of the Universe)
- [Hermans Hermits](https://harveylisberg.com/hermans-hermits/) - Herman’s Hermits was an English pop band, who after I discovered them in 1963, went out as Herman and the Hermits. They originally played only R & B covers, and I got them a deal on record producer Mickie Most’s R.A.K. label. He controlled the band’s music output, by always projecting a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image. https://youtu.be/8xnAxYUNmuQ?si=Qst04B-FW_gNL9CA
- [Chameleons](https://harveylisberg.com/chameleons/) - The Chameleons – Swamp Thing https://youtu.be/lYNHjmnlZbA?si=F6kgbkK8MPsmh_cV The Chameleons – Tears (Acoustic) https://youtu.be/wWmOpbxq-6k The Chameleons – Caution https://youtu.be/4Bk0xBDpzB0
- [A Long Tale with a Happy Birthday Harvey Ending – Lucky S Beckett](https://harveylisberg.com/a-long-tale-with-a-happy-birthday-harvey-ending-lucky-s-beckett/) - My mother was a torch singer from the 1940’s. My father was an attorney and industrialist here in Ohio. Music was very important in our household. The piano was well used, a fabulous state of the art stereo played opera and show tunes on L.P. records, and I was introduced to the symphony at age
- [Jimmy White](https://harveylisberg.com/jimmy-white/) - In the early 1980’s snooker-fever gripped the U.K. and Geoff Lomas, a Manchester-based snooker-hall owner who managed Alex Higgins approached me to co-manage Jimmy ‘Whirlwind’ White with him. The excerpts below are taken from Jimmy White‘s autobiography “Behind The White Ball” which is available at bookstores and online. Harvey was always interested in sport. Colour TV had made snooker an overnight sensation. There was
- [Gordon Giltrap](https://harveylisberg.com/gordon-giltrap/) - Gordon Giltrap scored his only hit single in Heartsong which was also used as the theme tune to the BBC’s long running programme Holiday. https://youtu.be/ktRsmHrLHU4 The album Perilous Journey was released on the back of the success of the single. This too was a minor hit in the U.K. peaking at no. 21 in the charts, not bad for an
- [Friday Brown](https://harveylisberg.com/friday-brown/) - Friday Brown (a.k.a. Marian Stockley) is a talented singer who was also an accomplished guitarist and songwriter with stage presence. I signed her in the mid-sixties and put her with Graham Gouldman and Peter Cowap, who were also in my stable, and where we formed the band High Society who released Gouldman's "People Passing By".
- [Eric Stewart & Strawberry Studios](https://harveylisberg.com/eric-stewart-strawberry-studios/) - Stepping up to the helm as resident engineer and producer, Eric Stewart was the driving musical force behind the creation and successful establishment of Strawberry Studios in Stockport. Eric Stewart was lead guitarist and singer of The Mindbenders and scored an international smash hit with ‘A Groovy Kind of Love‘ in 1966, later co-founding 10cc at Strawberry Studios
- [Barry Greenfield](https://harveylisberg.com/barry-greenfield/) - Episode 6 of Barry Greenfield's BARRY'S TALES: The tale begins with me, a 19-year-old, upstairs in a double-decker bus in Manchester. I had my guitar with me. I chatted with Bernice Seger, another teen on the bus, about music. Turns out, her boyfriend was Lol Creme. She gave me Lol Creme’s number. I called Lol.
- [10cc](https://harveylisberg.com/10cc/) -  'I'm Not In Love' by 10cc as featured in Guardians of the Galaxy (Volume 1) 10cc was always more than just a rock band, it was the creative centre of a mass of other groups, other stars and other hits. To tell the story would be to talk of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, The Yardbirds,
- [Meeting Elvis](https://harveylisberg.com/meeting-elvis/) - BELOW: ‘Peter interviews Elvis‘ transcript here https://youtu.be/1G3NNsovjVc Early 1965 was Herman’s Hermits most hectic time, and after all that recording, filming, and an extensive U.S. tour, Hawaii was ideal for crashing out. On arrival at the Kahala Hilton, I received a telegram from out of the blue via Tom Moffatt saying “Elvis and The Colonel welcome
- [Dingo (Shearer Shearer)](https://harveylisberg.com/dingo-shearer-shearer/)
- [3-2-1 (THE SKI SONG)](https://harveylisberg.com/3-2-1-the-ski-song/)
- [Carole Anne Berry (A.k.a. Burlitz)](https://harveylisberg.com/burlitz/) - Mary Jane Kelly was the last victim of Jack the Ripper. She was the youngest (25 years old) and allegedly the prettiest of the Ripper victims and has held the rapt attention of many Ripper authors and enthusiasts for well over a century. She was and still remains the most enigmatic of all the Ripper victims
- [Animalympics](https://harveylisberg.com/animalympics/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKV6UZ1c55I
- [Andy Peebles & His Famous Interview of John Lennon](https://harveylisberg.com/andy-peebles-his-famous-interview-of-john-lennon/) - In 1973, at around the same time that 10cc had their first hits with Donna and Rubber Bullets, I had become aware of the talents of Andy Peebles, who began his DJ career at BBC Radio Manchester. By 1974, he resurfaced as one of the founding DJ's at Piccadilly Radio, Manchester's new competing independent radio
- [10cc‘s next No.1 was their signature classic “I’m Not In Love“:](https://harveylisberg.com/10ccs-next-no-1-was-their-signature-classic-im-not-in-love/) - 10cc‘s next No.1 was their signature classic “I’m Not In Love“: Goyte/10cc mash-up video – “Not Somebody That I Used To Love”.
- [‘Herman and the Hermits’ transition into ‘Herman’s Hermits’:](https://harveylisberg.com/herman-and-the-hermits-transition-into-hermans-hermits/) - Between ’63 – ’64 I managed ‘Herman and the Hermits’ comprising Peter Noone, Keith Hopwood, Karl Green, Alan Wrigley and Steve Titterington for whom I had already arranged sessions in London with Mickie Most but which hadn’t really worked out and they split. In March ’64, I approached Derek Leckenby and Barry Whitwam from another
- [John Paul Joans](https://harveylisberg.com/john-paul-joans/) - John Paul Joans (aka Reginald John Davidge) secured a management contract with me after winning Granada TV talent show ‘First Timers‘ (which showcased emerging talents such as Reginald Dwight and The Grumbleweeds, Gilbert O’Sullivan) and later morphed into ‘New Faces‘. John Davidge was a politically motivated and confrontational stand-up comedian with a gravelly deep voice who you can see perform in
- [Joe Roberts](https://harveylisberg.com/joe-roberts/) - https://youtu.be/qpWvjLG5GAU
- [Interview: British Invasion Songwriter Graham Gouldman (excerpt)](https://harveylisberg.com/interview-british-invasion-songwriter-graham-gouldman-excerpt/) - Interview: British Invasion Songwriter Graham Gouldman (excerpt) “A combination of things happened. I met Harvey [Lisberg, who managed Herman’s Hermits during their heyday]. We just hit a lucky… I say lucky… You’ve got to have a gift. That’s one thing. The fact that Harvey was so pushy and came out with such outrageous ideas at times…
- [Indian Wells Tennis Garden](https://harveylisberg.com/indian-wells-tennis-garden/) - In the early 90’s, I bought a home near Palm Springs, which is about 100 miles East of Los Angeles. It was frustrating that there were no dedicated venues big enough to pay the advances needed for super-groups, only small theatres and casinos built on Indian reservations. At the turn of the millennium, the Indian Wells
- [Harvey Andrews](https://harveylisberg.com/harvey-andrews/) - “How Harvey found me I don’t know, but he was sometimes in my audience at gigs around Manchester and loved ‘Margarita’. https://youtu.be/ZZcBjOGSk2c So much so in fact, that he got me a record deal with Polydor in 1980 for a single of the song plus a live LP. The single was getting radio play, particularly
- [Graham Gouldman](https://harveylisberg.com/graham-gouldman/) - B.M.I. INTERVIEW – ICON AWARD – 18th October 2015 On 18th October 2015 at the B.M.I. Awards in London, Graham Gouldman was honoured as a B.M.I. Icon. Here’s his acceptance speech which B.M.I. produced to commemorate the award giving. B.A.S.C.A. – GOLD BADGE AWARD – 11th October 2000 On 11th October 2000 at the Savoy in London, Graham Gouldman was
- [Godley & Creme](https://harveylisberg.com/godley-creme/) - After The Mockingbirds disbanded Kevin Godley joined Lol Creme. YELLOW BELLOW ROOM BOOM Their first single together was as ‘Yellow Bellow Room Boom‘ with A-side “Seeing Things Green” and B-side “Easy Life” on CBS. Other band members were Stan Dulson a.k.a. Stan ‘Red’ Hoffman (The Measles), Stuart Sirrett (who had worked with Wayne Fontana) and Jeff Walters. FRABJOY AND
- [Frances Ruffelle](https://harveylisberg.com/frances-ruffelle/)
- [Football Notes](https://harveylisberg.com/football-songs/) - The B-side of ‘The Boys In Blue‘ sung by Manchester City is the fabulous ‘Funky City‘ featuring not footballers but the nascent 10cc. In the late seventies I signed Gary Owen, and in 1979 negotiated a record-breaking transfer of circa. £500K with Ron Atkinson when he moved from Manchester City F.C. to West Bromwich Albion F.C. Ron Atkinson was great to deal
- [fff](https://harveylisberg.com/fff/) - By the early 90’s Nirvana was the band of the moment – indie was ‘in’. FFF (originally Fluff) were from Rhyl in North Wales and I asked them to record an original Eric Stewart & Graham Gouldman compostion called “Then There’s A Knock At The Door” for Song For Europe ’95. We had some success as booking agents
- [Julie Driscoll](https://harveylisberg.com/julie-driscoll/) - I became good friends with the late Giorgio Gomelsky after placing Graham Gouldman’s “For Your Love” and subsequently “Heart Full of Soul” and “Evil Hearted You” with The Yardbirds who he managed. He also employed, and later represented, Julie Driscoll as below: Driscoll was first employed by impresario Giorgio Gomelsky as administrator of The Yardbirds’ fan club when he
- [Little Frankie](https://harveylisberg.com/little-frankie/) - Little Frankie (Denise Jones) had released 2 singles inThe Chimes on Decca, making her a 16 year-old ‘veteran’ when I signed her in 1965. Backed by Peter Cowap’s Country Gentlemen (who I also managed) she got a deal with Columbia/EMI who released 3 singles that year. The Kind of Boy You Can’t Forget (U.S. #17 The Raindrops in’63); Make-A-Love (written by Godfrey Claff who
- [Lloyd Webber Rice](https://harveylisberg.com/tim-rice-andrew-lloyd-webber/) - In the mid-1960’s Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd-Webber came to see me at my Manchester office to help them place a song of theirs with Herman’s Hermits. I tried, but Mickie Most rejected it immediately. In its original format the song was called “I Fancy You”, beginning with the simple couplet “I fancy you; I think you’re lovely”. Its title became
- [Neil Sedaka](https://harveylisberg.com/neil-sedaka/) - Neil Sedaka was top of his game at the turn of the ’60s with songs like “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen“, “Calendar Girl” and “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do“. His brief reign as a chart-topper was cut short by the British Invasion, often attributed only to The Beatles but in U.S. Herman’s Hermits sold more records than
- [Peter Cowap](https://harveylisberg.com/peter-cowap/) - Peter Cowap was the quintessential musician’s musician. We were close throughout the 1960’s and into the 70’s with his involvement with Graham Gouldman, The Country Gentlemen and Little Frankie. At the beginning of the 1970’s he struck out on his own and I agreed to be his manager securing him a deal with Pye. He put out 3
- [Ramases](https://harveylisberg.com/ramases/) - Having been influenced by Ramases‘ music from his teenage years, in 2014, my friend Peter Stormare, through his StormVox Records, has re-released Ramases Complete Recordings. See his video here: “Ramases (Ram and Sel) arrived unannounced and unexpected sometime in 1969 at the insistence of John Paul Joans, a comedian I also managed, who insisted they look me up in London
- [Sad Cafe](https://harveylisberg.com/sad-cafe/) - Sad Café – Every Day Hurts Lead singer, Paul Young, was probably the best showman I ever represented. He went on to front (ex Genesis) Mike Rutherford’s Mike and the Mechanics with lead vocals on “All I Need Is A Miracle“. Tragically he passed away far too young, at the age of 53, in 2000. Vic Emerson was the
- [Solomon King](https://harveylisberg.com/solomon-king/) - Solomon King (a.k.a Allen Levy) was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1930 and was 6’ 8” (over 2m) tall with an amazingly powerful voice. He was the first white singer to open for Billie Holiday when he was on the circuit in the U.S. and he also worked as one of Elvis Presley’s backing singers in The Jordanaires. He met his wife, Henny Lowy,
- [The Herd](https://harveylisberg.com/the-herd/) - The Herd was a complicated outfit. Originally formed in 1965, after many line-up changes within the band, Andrew Bown, (now in Status Quo), assumed lead vocals with Peter Frampton dipping in. They hit No.5 in the U.K. in 1968 with ‘I Don’t Want Our Loving To Die’ . . . Their management situation was also ‘fluid’ . . . firstly
- [The Measels](https://harveylisberg.com/the-measels/) - I managed The Measles, a Manchester band who released four singles over four years, best known for their version of “Casting My Spell on You”. The B-side “Bye Birdie Fly” had similar driving R ‘n’ B stylings, but despite a strong sound achieved little commercial success. Led by singer and harp player Stan ‘Red’ Hoffman the
- [The Mockingbirds](https://harveylisberg.com/the-mockingbirds/) - In late 1964, Graham Gouldman met Kevin Godley in Crumpsall, Manchester, U.K. at the Jewish Lads’ Brigade where bands rehearsed. They formed The Mockingbirds with Stephen Jacobson on guitar and Bernard Basso on bass becoming the warm-up band for a new show called Top of the Pops which was filmed at the BBC in Manchester. For Graham Gouldman, the band was
- [The Who](https://harveylisberg.com/the-who/) - The first time The Who toured in the U.S.A. was when they opened (rather incongruously) for Herman’s Hermits on their 1967 tour which began on 14th July 1967 in Portland, Oregon. This tour marked young Bruce Springsteen‘s first ever rock concert and left an indelible impression on him as you can see from his amazingly simple
- [Wax](https://harveylisberg.com/wax/) - In the early ’80’s, it was suggested by Lenny Waronker at 10cc’s U.S. record label, Warners, that Andrew Gold (who was already known in his own right for songs such as “Lonely Boy” and “Never Let Her Slip Away“), be invited to join 10cc to inject an American flavour. Gold declined the offer citing pre-existing commitments with Bryndle. Nevertheless, they
- [Wayne Fontana](https://harveylisberg.com/wayne-fontana/) - Wayne Fontana (a.k.a. Glyn Geoffrey Ellis) emerged as the lead singer for Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders with Eric Stewart on guitar, Bob Lang on bass, and Ric Rothwell on drums in about April of 1964. Beginning as a rhythm ‘n’ blues band they released four unsuccessful singles in a Bo Diddley/Chuck Berry vein. “Um, Um, Um, Um,
- [Peter Noone](https://harveylisberg.com/peter-noone/) - By the end of the 1960’s, Herman’s Hermits had more or less split up, and released a single as ‘Peter Noone and Hermans Hermits‘ in 1970 called “Lady Barbara” which reached No. 13 on the U.K. charts. Some months later, Mickie Most suggested Peter Noone record an unreleased new David Bowie composition, “Oh! You Pretty Things“: The single featured

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