Liverpool Five
| Liverpool Five | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Liverpool 5 The 5 Liverpools Los Cinco de Liverpool |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Beat |
| Years active | 1963–1968 |
| Labels | RCA |
| Members |
Steve Laine Ken Cox Dave Burgess Ron Henley Jimmy May |
The Liverpool Five were a beat group that was part of the British Invasion-era of the 1960s. The five members of the band came to the United States by way of Japan in 1965.
Formed in England in 1963 as the Steve Laine Combo, the group comprised Steve Laine (lead vocals), Ken Cox (guitar and vocals), Dave Burgess (bass and vocals), Ron Henley (keyboards, sax and vocals) and Jimmy May (drums and vocals). Despite the name, none of the group members were from Liverpool; all were Londoners except Burgess, who hailed from Cumbria.
The group played in many major cities in Europe and Asia before achieving their greatest success in the United States, especially between 1965 and 1967. In Europe they recorded one album for CBS titled Tokio International, and a single "Tokio" / "SkinnyMinny", under the name '5Liverpools', a new name given to them by their German manager. While in Germany in 1964 the band successfully auditioned to tour Japan, and performed at the Tokyo Olympics. One UK single, "Lum D' Lum D' Lum High" / "Good Golly Miss Molly", as the 'Liverpool 5', was released on the Pye subsidiary label, Piccadilly Records in 1964.
After touring Asia, where few other British rock bands had been, they came to the US West Coast where they re-settled as residents in California. From their new base, they played all over the US and Canada, sometimes by themselves and other times with such notable acts as The Lovin' Spoonful, Stevie Wonder, The Kinks and The Rolling Stones. One of the band's biggest US concerts was as a featured artist on the 'Beach Boys Summer Spectacular' at the Hollywood Bowl in July 1965, alongside The Beach Boys, The Righteous Brothers and The Byrds.
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