The Iveys
In July 1967, The Iveys (Pete Ham, Ron Griffiths, Mike Gibbins and Dave Jenkins) went to Liverpool at the suggestion of their manager, Bill Collins, to recruit a replacement for Dave Jenkins, their rhythm guitarist and frontman. They discovered Tommy Evans singing with The Calderstones and invited him to London to audition for the band. He eventually accepted and joined The Iveys in August 1967. His first gig with The Iveys was on August 20, 1967 at the Starlite Ballroom in Crawley, England. Tommy's first solo demo recorded for The Iveys was Good Times Together.
On July 23, 1968, The Iveys were signed to The Beatles' Apple Records label. Their debut worldwide single release was Maybe Tomorrow, which was a Tom Evans composition, written for his girlfriend in Liverpool, Leslie Sandton, who he used to date when he was a member of Them Calderstones. On November 15, 1968, Maybe Tomorrow b/w an Evans/Ham song And Her Daddy's A Millionaire was released in the U.K. on Apple 5. The U.S. release date was January 27, 1969 (Apple 1803) and the song peaked at #51 on the Cash Box chart and #67 on the Billboard chart. In The Netherlands, it reached #1. It was also very successful throughout Europe and in Japan. In July 1969, this prompted the release of the Iveys album Maybe Tomorrow being only released in those countries where the single charted high. The album was released in Japan, Italy, and Germany only. The album contained the following Tom Evans compositions: Beautiful And Blue, Fisherman, Maybe Tomorrow, and Angelique.
One of the attempts at a follow-up single to Maybe Tomorrow was another Tom Evans composition called Storm In A Teacup, but this was rejected and ended up being used on a promotional Apple EP for Wall's Ice Cream in July 1969.
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