Band Members
- Ray Ennis - Vocalist / lead guitarist - born Raymond Vincent Ennis, 26 May 1940, Huyton, Liverpool - 1957 - 2010
- Ralph Ellis - Guitarist - born 8 March 1942, Liverpool - Summer 1958 - Feb 1966
- Norman Houghton - Washboard - born 18 September 1940, Liverpool - 1957?
- Jimmy Hudson - Double bass - 1957 - Summer 1958
- Kenneth Metcalf - Lead vocalist, guitar - 1957
- Arthur Griffiths - Guitarist - 1957
- Tommy Hughes - Banjo - Summer 1958 - Spring 1959
- Paul Moss - Banjo - Spring 1959 - April 1963
- Les Braid - Bassist / keyboardist - born William Leslie Braid, 15 September 1937, West Derby Road, West Derby, Liverpool — died 31 July 2005, Fazakerley Hospital, Fazakerley, Liverpool - 1957 - 2005
- Norman Kuhlke - Drummer - born 17 June 1942, Liverpool - 1957 -
- John E. Carter - Singer, guitarist - born 21 May 1938, Liverpool. Carter came from HyKatz Skiffle Group in Spring 1959, before leaving for Canada in June 1961.
- Terry Sylvester - Singer, guitarist - born 8 January 1946, Liverpool. Sylvester came from The Escorts in Feb 1966, before leaving to replace Graham Nash in The Hollies in Jan 1969.
- Colin Manley - Guitarist - born Colin William Manley, 16 April 1942, Old Swan, Liverpool — died 9 April 1999 (ex-guitarist with The Remo Four)
- John Ryan - Drummer - born 5 April 1953, Pinehurst Avenue, Liverpool (ex-drummer with Liverpool Express)
- Bruce McCaskill - Guitarist / vocalist - born 15 January 1940, Liverpool - 1957 - Spring 1959
- Mike Gregory - Bass guitarist - born Michael Gregory, 7 November 1946, Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Liverpool (ex-bassist with The Escorts) - July 1967 - Jan 1969
- Kenny Goodlass - Drummer - Liverpool (ex drummer with The Escorts)
- Mick McCann - Drummer - born 2 February 1949, Liverpool; occasionally deputised for Kuhlke in 1967 - 1968
- Phil Thompson - Drummer - born 18 October 1947, Liverpool; joined the band in 1983 and left same day as Ray Ennis.
- Hedley Vick - Guitarist - 24 April 1952, Bromborough, Merseyside; 1975/6 including tours of UK, Europe and New Zealand; brother of opera director, Graham Vick
- Alan Lovell - Guitarist - born 5 January 1952, Newtown, Wales (ex-guitarist with The New Vaudeville Band 1981 - 1988)
- Jeff Bannister - Keyboardist, vocalist - born Jeffrey Bannister, 7 January 1943, Slough, Berkshire
- Pete Oakman - Bassist, vocalist - born Peter Andrew Oakman, 12 December 1943, Cuffley, Hertfordshire
- Spud Ward - Double bassist, bass guitar, songwriter - born 2 November 1940, Walton, Liverpool - 1957 - Summer 1958
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