The Tremeloes were suddenly booked alongside the Hollies, Paul Jones, and the Spencer Davis Group, where they proceeded to roll over the rest of the show with their sound and style.
The Tremeloes toured America just as the Summer of Love was blossoming and managed to chart their album “Here Comes the Tremeloes” on that side of the Atlantic, while its U.K. version got to number 15.
The Tremeloes were the 1st band to play in South America and did many tours there playing and filling as many as 4 football stadiums per night.
Somewhat arbitrarily, BrianPoole was selected for the role of lead singer- as he wore suitable glasses he most closely resembled the group's idol, Buddy Holly, who they'd seen perform live at the East Ham Granada in 1958.
Despite the group's success, Poole decided to break away to start a solo career and, perhaps unexpectedly, the group continued to be successful chartwise into the 1970s without him, even chalking up a further #1 and #2.
Finally, BrianPoole has declared that there may be some really good news in store for BrianPoole and The Tremeloes fans- "In January 2005 many stars performed at the Stables in Wavenden for the Tsunami Disaster Appeal and both Brian and the Tremeloes were asked to appear.
www.45-rpm.org.uk /dirb/brianp.htm (691 words)
Brian Poole and The Tremeloes photo archive by Chris Walter(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
BrianPoole and The Tremeloes photo archive by Chris Walter
The Tremeloes 1967 Rick West, Len Hawkes, Alan Blakely and Dave Munden
The Tremeloes 1966 Alan Blakely, Rick West, Dave Munden and Len Hawkes
In November 1961, Brian Epstein, the manager of North End Music Store, a record shop in Liverpool, became interested in the group after he received dozens of requests from customers for the Tony Sheridan record, 'My Bonnie'.
Despite Epstein's enthusiasm, several major record companies passed on the Beatles, although the group were granted an audition with Decca on New Year's Day 1962.
After some prevarication, the AandR department, headed by Dick Rowe, rejected the group in favour of BrianPoole And The Tremeloes.
It's difficult for anyone who has heard them not to like -- or even love -- the Tremeloes.
They were one of the more prodigiously talented British pop/rock bands of the 1960s, and they threw that talent into the making of amazingly catchy and well-crafted singles that lit up the charts and radio on both sides of the Atlantic for four years running, from 1966 through 1970.
The Beatles; The Downliners Sect; Buddy Holly; The Mindbenders; Billy Nicholls; Roy Orbison; The Pretty Things; The Small Faces; Cat Stevens; The Strangeloves; The Walker Brothers;
To read about former member Len "Chip" Hawkes please proceed to his own site.
Contact The Tremeloes (This is my personal Email address, but I will forward or answer your questions)
www.tremeloes.oldiemusic.de (221 words)
Nyheder(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Showet som har sloganet "lyden af de glade tressere" vil bestå af BrianPoole, Cliff Bennett, Peter Belli and Five Roses, som også optræder på Peter Bellis Hit House Show.
Der er tale om BrianPoole, som startede sin karriere i slutningen af 50'erne sammen med The Tremeloes.
BrianPoole and The Tremeloes strøg til tops i 60'erne med sange som "Candyman" "Twist and Shout" og "Do you Love me".
BrianPoole & the Tremeloes official AOL Music site for BrianPoole & the Tremeloes music videos, BrianPoole & the Tremeloes songs, BrianPoole & the Tremeloes photos, BrianPoole & the Tremeloes live performances and more information on BrianPoole & the Tremeloes.
After some prevarication, the A&R department, headed by Dick Rowe, rejected the group in favour of BrianPoole And The Tremeloes.
There was sadness, too, that summer, for on 27 August 1967, Brian Epstein was found dead, the victim of a cumulative overdose of the drug Carbatrol, together with hints of a homosexual scandal cover-up.
Brian Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles, Ray Coleman.
Decca Records - InfoSearchPoint.com(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The American RCA broke from EMI to join with Decca in 1953 which allowed Decca to sell Elvis Presley's hits in the UK on the RCA label.
In 1962 Decca executives turned down a chance to record a young group called the Beatles in favor of BrianPoole and the Tremeloes; in retrospect this was an historic mistake.
Other artists released on Decca or through one of its labels; Pat Boone, Little Richard, The Everly Brothers, Bobby Darin, Ricky Nelson, Duane Eddy, the Drifters, Eddie Cochran, Del Shannon, Roy Orbison, the Crystals, the Ronettes, Ike and Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdinck and Glass Harp.
