Carter-Lewis & the Southerners

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Carter-Lewis & The Southerners were an early-1960s British rock band, formed by the Birmingham-born musicians Ken Lewis (guitarist, singer, songwriter) and John Carter (producer, singer, songwriter). Carter and Lewis were initially songwriters. The early 1960s saw the rise of the Liverpool Sound. Carter and Lewis recorded copies of the latest group hits and performed them for the BBC Light Programme's shows Easy Beat and Saturday Club. They wrote Mike Sarne's 1962 chart-topping single 'Will I What?'. Eventually their manager Terry Kennedy convinced them that they needed to form a band to showcase their songs. Jimmy Page (who replaced Canadian Lorne Greene on guitar), Viv Prince (later of The Pretty Things fame) and Perry Ford from Lincoln were members of the band, although Page was only there briefly. However, few of their singles featured Carter-Lewis compositions. Carter and Lewis also composed songs for a number of other artists, including Brenda Lee and P.J. Proby. John Carter sang the lead on The New Vaudeville Band's 1966 number 1 hit, 'Winchester Cathedral' and the pair wrote Herman's Hermits 1965 hit 'Can't You Hear My Heartbeat', which reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Carter, Lewis and Ford continued as The Ivy League, who had a number of chart hits and also provided backing vocals on such hit singles as The Who's 'I Can't Explain'. In 1966 they left The Ivy League to form the production company Sunny Music, creating The Flower Pot Men whose hit 'Let's Go

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Session Man Vol.1

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This Guitar Kills: More 60s Groups & Sessions (Disc 1)

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James Patrick Page: Session Man [Disc 1]

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The Joe Meek Productions

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Diamond Joe

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Diamond Joe: The Sound Of Meeksville

Two Timing Baby

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Jimmy Page: Hip Young Guitar Slinger (CD 1)

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Back On The Scene

Tell Me

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This Guitar Kills (CD 1) 1962 -1964

Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion And Its Aftershocks 1963-1967

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