Who joined The Who as drummer in 1964 before they recorded their first single?
"The Who Tour 1979 The Who Tour 1979 was The Who's first concert tour since the death of original drummer Keith Moon, supporting the ""Who Are You"" album and their film releases ""The Kids Are Alright"" and ""Quadrophenia"". Following Keith Moon's death in September 1978, The Who decided to continue as band, recruiting former Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones; keyboardist John ""Rabbit"" Bundrick was also added to the line-up for live performances, adding another element to the band's sound. The post-Moon incarnation of The Who played as a five-piece for seven shows, the first occurring on 2 May at the"
"was another group called the Detours. On Valentine's Day 1964, they changed their name to the Who. When the band secured, but failed, an audition with Fontana Records in early 1964, the label's producer, Chris Parmeinter, said he didn't like Sandom's drumming. The band's then manager, Helmut Gordon, and lead guitarist Pete Townshend agreed, and Townshend suggested to the other members of the band, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle, that Sandom leave the band. Sandom gave a month's notice, and left in April. Within a month of Sandom's departure, Keith Moon was hired after he approached the band at one"
"during the early 1960s. After playing with a local band, the Beachcombers, he joined the Who in 1964 before they recorded their first single. Moon remained with the band during their rise to fame, and was quickly recognised for his drumming style, which emphasised tom-toms, cymbal crashes, and drum fills. Throughout Moon's tenure with the Who his drum kit steadily grew in size, and along with Ginger Baker, Moon has been credited as one of the earliest rock drummers to regularly employ double bass drums in his setup. He occasionally collaborated with other musicians and later appeared in films, but"
"The Who's drummer, Keith Moon. Harrison has also played a lot of acoustic sessions; playing the piano with vocalist Fowler, as well as singing and playing the guitar for songs such as ""Profit in Peace"". Harrison composed and arranged all the parts of song ""Don't Play"", and programmed the instruments onto a Korg synthesizer. Harrison first sang lead vocals for Ocean Colour Scene on a cover of the Bob Andy song, ""My Time"". In 2016, Harrison joined the lineup of Ranking Roger's The Beat as drummer. Harrison was born to Isaac and Susan Harrison. He is the eldest of four"
"Doug Sandom Douglas Sandom (often misspelled Sanden; born 26 February 1930) is an English drummer who was the second drummer for the rock band the Who. During the infancy of the band's career, while they were playing as the Detours (around mid-1962), Sandom, a bricklayer, joined as drummer. However, while the other members of the band were in their late teens, Sandom was already in his early thirties, and the difference in age caused problems in the band. His wife also objected to him staying out at all hours of the night. In February 1964, the band discovered that there"
"his band with the exception of Entwistle, Townshend and the drummer, Doug Sandom, a semi-pro player who was several years older than the others. Roger Daltrey relinquished the role of guitarist to Pete Townshend in 1963, instead becoming frontman and lead singer. The band considered several changes of name, finally settling on the name The Who while Entwistle was still working as a tax clerk (temporarily performing as the High Numbers for four months in 1964). When the band decided that the blond Roger Daltrey needed to stand out more from the others, Entwistle dyed his naturally light brown hair"
"The Who 1962–63 performances The Who, then known as The Detours, began performing in mid-1962 in a variety of line-ups before the band members became more settled, along with their roles within the group. In the group's earliest days, singer Colin Dawson handled lead vocals while Roger Daltrey played lead guitar and Pete Townshend played rhythm guitar. With Dawson leaving the group in early 1963, Daltrey and singer/bassist Gabby Connolly took over lead vocals, although Connolly would only remain with the group until May of that year; both Daltrey and John Entwistle would also play brass instruments (specifically Daltrey on"
"its dissolution in late 1975, recording four studio albums and a live album with them. In November 1978, Jones was invited by guitarist Pete Townshend and manager Bill Curbishley to join The Who, replacing their original drummer Keith Moon, who had died on 7 September 1978 of a Heminevrin overdose at the age of 32. He was invited, in part, because the band had been friendly with him from his days with the Small Faces (he and Moon were friends and were together on the last night of Moon's life in 1978, as part of the viewing party put together"
"he and wife Shirley own an Arabian horse stud farm. He also owns a percentage of The Rolling Stones' various corporate entities. In addition to his work with The Rolling Stones, Watts has released the following albums: Charlie Watts Charles Robert Watts (born 2 June 1941) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones. Originally trained as a graphic artist, he started playing drums in London's rhythm and blues clubs, where he met Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards. In 1963, he joined their group, The Rolling Stones, as drummer, while doubling as designer"
"Colin Hanton Colin Leo Hanton (born 12 December 1938, Walton Hospital, Walton, Liverpool, Merseyside) is a British musician who was a drummer for The Quarrymen—the band which would later evolve into The Beatles. Hanton was in an early line-up of the band from summer 1956 along with John Lennon, Eric Griffiths, Pete Shotton and Rod Davis, and stayed with the band through several line-up changes until January 1959 (by which time the band consisted of Lennon, Hanton, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lowe). Hanton was working as an apprentice upholsterer when he was asked to join the nascent band,"
"Charlie Watts Charles Robert Watts (born 2 June 1941) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the Rolling Stones. Originally trained as a graphic artist, he started playing drums in London's rhythm and blues clubs, where he met Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards. In 1963, he joined their group, The Rolling Stones, as drummer, while doubling as designer of their record sleeves and tour stages. He has also toured with his own group, the Charlie Watts Quintet, and appeared in London at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with the Charlie Watts Tentet. In 2006, Watts was"
"in 1967, featuring elements of rock and jazz. Late in 1967, Beatle George Harrison hired the Remo Four as his backing band for part of his first solo project, the soundtrack album to the movie ""Wonderwall"". While the songs were mostly instrumentals, they did record one lyrical song, ""In the First Place"", with Harrison, which was left in the can until the 1990s. (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke later reworked the song and recorded it as ""As It Was in the First Place"".) They also became Billy Fury's backing band, in the late 1960s. Disbanding in 1970, Ashton and Dyke joined"
"Andy White (drummer) Andrew White (27 July 1930 – 9 November 2015) was a Scottish drummer, primarily a session musician. He was named one of the ""fifth Beatles"" as he is best known for replacing Ringo Starr on drums on the Beatles' first single, ""Love Me Do"". White was featured on the American 7"" single release of the song, which also appeared on the band's debut British album, ""Please Please Me"". He also played on ""P.S. I Love You"", which was the B-side of ""Love Me Do"". White played with other prominent musicians and groups both in the United Kingdom"
"original line-up consisted of Glover on bass, Andy Ross on vocals, siblings Sheila Carter-Dimmock on keyboards and vocals and Graham Carter-Dimmock on guitar and vocals, with guitarist Tony Lander and drummer Harvey Shield. The band initially rehearsed at the Carter-Dimmocks' family house, and initial influences came from The Beach Boys, The Lovin' Spoonful and The Beatles. By 1965, the band had signed a management deal with Gloria Bristow, a former employee of Helmut Gordon, original manager of what became The Who. In April of that year, the band were offered a short residency at the Arcadia Club in Frankfurt, Germany,"
"the original drummer of the Beatles. He played with the band during their time as a club act, in both Liverpool and Hamburg, Germany. The band during this time period consisted of Best, bassist Stuart Sutcliffe, and guitarists McCartney, Harrison, and Lennon. Best continued to perform with the band until mid-August 1962, when he was let go and replaced by Ringo Starr. Andy White played drums on The Beatles' U.S. pressing of ""Love Me Do"", which was their first single in the United States. Ron Richards, assistant producer to George Martin, was in charge of recording on 11 September 1962."
"studio work. EMI engineer Norman Smith stated in a 2006 video interview that in his opinion there was nothing wrong with Pete's drumming in terms of how he was playing but it was what he was playing when Love Me Do was first recorded in terms of the header arrangement. <ref> Pete Best Randolph Peter Best (born Randolph Peter Scanland; 24 November 1941) is an English singer, songwriter and civil servant. He is best known as an original member and the first drummer of the Beatles. After he left the group in 1962 he started his own band, The Pete"
"John Entwistle John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film and music producer. In a music career that spanned more than 40 years, Entwistle was best known as the original bass guitarist for the English rock band The Who. He was the only member of the band to have formal musical training. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990. Entwistle's instrumental approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual treble-rich sound (""full treble, full volume"") created by"
"member. Jones left the Who in 1988, and drummer Simon Phillips (who praised Moon's ability to drum over the backing track of ""Baba O'Riley"") toured with the band the following year. Since 1996, the Who's drummer has been Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey, who had been given a drum kit by Moon (whom he called ""Uncle Keith""). Starkey had previously toured in 1994 with Roger Daltrey. The London 2012 Summer Olympic Committee contacted Curbishley about Moon performing at the games, 34 years after his death. In an interview with ""The Times"" Curbishley quipped, ""I emailed back saying Keith now resides"
"Pete Best Randolph Peter Best (born Randolph Peter Scanland; 24 November 1941) is an English singer, songwriter and civil servant. He is best known as an original member and the first drummer of the Beatles. After he left the group in 1962 he started his own band, The Pete Best Four and would later join many other bands over the years. He is one of several people who have been referred to as the Fifth Beatle. Best was born in the city of Madras, then part of British India. After Best's mother, Mona Best (1924–1988), moved to Liverpool in 1945,"
"included music recorded by the Quarrymen, the famous Decca Records audition tapes, and various out-takes and demos from the band's first four albums. It also included the song ""Lend Me Your Comb"", omitted from the collection ""Live at the BBC"", released the previous year (1994). The song ""Free as a Bird"" was included at the very start. 450,000 copies of ""Anthology 1"" were sold in its first day of release, the most sales for an album in a single day ever. The band's first drummer Pete Best, replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962 before the Beatles recorded professionally for EMI,"
"Boris Williams Boris Peter Bransby Williams (born 24 April 1957) is an English drummer best known for his extensive work with The Cure (1984–1994). Born in Versailles, France, he had previously worked with various artists, including Thompson Twins, Kim Wilde, Strawberry Switchblade and Tomato City. Williams is one of seven children; he has two brothers - Michael and Morgan - and four sisters - Juliet, Caroline, Mira, and Sarah. Williams dated Caroline Crawley, lead singer of Shelleyan Orphan. Williams first joined The Cure in 1984 (first gig on 7 November in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA), replacing Andy Anderson, who was fired"
"Keith Moon Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English drummer for the rock band the Who. He was noted for his unique style and his eccentric, often self-destructive behaviour. His drumming continues to be praised by critics and musicians. He was posthumously inducted into the ""Modern Drummer"" Hall of Fame in 1982, becoming only the second rock drummer to be chosen, and in 2011, Moon was voted the second-greatest drummer in history by a ""Rolling Stone"" readers' poll. Moon grew up in Alperton, a suburb of Wembley, in Middlesex, and took up the drums"
"Tommy Moore (musician) Thomas Henry Moore (12 September 1931 – 29 September 1981) was an English drummer who played with The Silver Beetles – who later became The Beatles – from May to June 1960. Born in Liverpool, Moore worked as a fork-lift truck driver and part-time musician. He first played drums with the Silver Beetles in May 1960, at the suggestion of Allan Williams, and later that month travelled to Scotland with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Stuart Sutcliffe, when they acted as a backing band for singer Johnny Gentle. During the tour, he was injured and"
"of the same name in February 1964, forcing them to change their name. Townshend's roommate Richard Barnes came up with ""The Who"", and Daltrey decided it was the best choice. Not long after the name change, drummer Doug Sandom was replaced by Keith Moon, who had been drumming semi-professionally with the Beachcombers for several years. The band was soon taken on by a mod publicist named Peter Meaden who convinced them to change their name to the High Numbers to give the band more of a mod feel. After bringing out one failed single (""I'm the Face/Zoot Suit""), they dropped"
"primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960, with Stuart Sutcliffe initially serving as bass player. The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, together since 1958, went through a succession of drummers, including Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act, and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding the group's popularity in the United Kingdom after their first hit, ""Love Me Do"", in late 1962. These and other members of"
"to the banisters with bicycle clips. For the finishing touch someone beat a tambourine directly onto a microphone. The recording was also somewhat speeded up. ""Have I the Right?"" was released in June 1964 on the Pye record label. Louis Benjamin (1922–1994), Pye's later chairman, renamed the group as ""The Honeycombs"", a pun on the drummer's name and her job as a hairdresser's assistant. The sales started slowly, but by the end of July the record started to climb in the UK Singles Chart. Honey Lantree's status as a female drummer in a top band was as unusual then as"
"drummers and then Sean Jenkins, Henry Cow performed as a quartet for the next eight months. In May 1971, Martin Ditcham replaced Jenkins on drums, and with this line-up they played at several events, including the Glastonbury Festival alongside Gong in June 1971. Ditcham left in July 1971, and it was not until September that year that the drummer's seat was filled again, this time by Chris Cutler. Responding to one of Cutler's adverts in ""Melody Maker"", the band invited him to a rehearsal, and it was only when Cutler joined that Henry Cow settled into a permanent core of"
"The Who's Keith Moon on drums, and bassist John Paul Jones; combined with Waller's playing on the remake of The Yardbirds' hit ""Shapes of Things""; set the template for a heavier blues style. The following year, a second album from the band was ""Beck-Ola"". But by this point Waller had already departed the band, to be replaced by Tony Newman. In 1969, Waller flew to Venice Beach Los Angeles to form the band ""Silver Metre"" with guitarist Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer fame, fellow Brit Pete Sears on bass and keyboards, and Jack Reynolds (singer). They recorded one album at"
"1964 they met Perry Ford, who worked as an engineer in a small recording studio in Denmark Street, London. They noticed their voices blended well and started recording demos together, resulting in a single on Pye Records, ""What More Do You Want"" as the Ivy League. Their luck changed when Herman's Hermits recorded ""Can't You Hear My Heartbeat"" and took it to number 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the United States. In the UK it was a smaller hit for Goldie and the Gingerbreads. They then provided backing vocals on ""I Can't Explain"", by the Who. In 1965"
"16. The two teenagers shared a love of music, particularly Led Zeppelin and The Who, so they decided to form a band. Teyssot-Gay had a strong musical background and a decade's worth of training in classical guitar; Cantat, who could not play any instrument at the time, became the singer. While on summer vacation they met Denis Barthe, who shared their passion for music and agreed to play drums for the band, though he had never played them before and learned on the fly. They went through a series of temporary bassists, eventually settling on Vincent Leriche. The band originally"
"the Mods used at the time. Peter Meaden composed Mod songs for them (the songs were almost copies of Mod hits at the time, with changed lyrics) and they released one single, ""I'm the Face/Zoot Suit"", on Fontana Records. The single proved to be commercially unsuccessful. After Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp discovered the High Numbers at the Railway Hotel, the band changed their name back to The Who. With the band's first hit single (""I Can't Explain"") and record deal in early 1965, Townshend began writing original material and Daltrey's dominance of the band began to decrease. The other"
"Ken Brown (musician) Kenneth Brown (1940, Enfield, Middlesex – , Essex) was a British guitarist with The Quarrymen, a precursor to The Beatles. Brown was born in Enfield, Middlesex in 1940, but moved with his family to Liverpool the following year. Ken Brown was a member of the Les Stewart Quartet with Les Stewart, George Harrison, and Geoff Skinner. Mona Best opened The Casbah Coffee Club on 29 August 1959, and Brown arranged for the quartet to be its resident band. When Brown missed rehearsals to help decorate The Casbah, Stewart refused to play. Brown and Harrison recruited John Lennon"
"Ken Brown (musician) Kenneth Brown (1940, Enfield, Middlesex – , Essex) was a British guitarist with The Quarrymen, a precursor to The Beatles. Brown was born in Enfield, Middlesex in 1940, but moved with his family to Liverpool the following year. Ken Brown was a member of the Les Stewart Quartet with Les Stewart, George Harrison, and Geoff Skinner. Mona Best opened The Casbah Coffee Club on 29 August 1959, and Brown arranged for the quartet to be its resident band. When Brown missed rehearsals to help decorate The Casbah, Stewart refused to play. Brown and Harrison recruited John Lennon"