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Dean Ford & The Gaylords
12+ albums
60sScottishmerseybeatharmoniesmarmalade
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Dean Ford And The Gaylords was a Scottish pop group from Glasgow, originally formed in 1961 as The Gaylords, and then later billed as Dean Ford and The Gaylords, recording four singles for Columbia (EMI). In 1966 they changed the band’s name to The Marmalade. The Gaylords (named after the notorious post war Chicago Gaylords street gang) were originally formed by Pat Fairley and Billy Johnston in Baillieston, a suburb east of Glasgow, in 1961. Their initial line-up included Tommy Frew on drums and lead guitarist Pat McGovern, fronted by vocalist Wattie Rodgers. William Junior Campbell joined on his fourteenth birthday on 31 May 1961 replacing McGovern, and Rodgers was then himself replaced, initially by two new lead vocalists, Billy Reid and Tommy Scott, although Reid soon departed leaving Scott as the sole frontman. Bill Irving, from local Baillieston group the Cadillacs, then took over from Johnston on bass. The group began gathering notice and in 1963 Pat Fairley and Junior Campbell spotted Thomas McAleese, singer with local group The Monarchs, at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow, and it was not long before he replaced Scott as lead singer. Thomas then adopted the stage moniker Dean Ford, and they then became known as Dean Ford and The Gaylords. Raymond Duffy, from Glasgow group the Escorts, then came in on drums after Frew departed. For a few months, they had an organist, Davey Hunter. By early 1965, Graham Knight, from the local group the Vampires, had displaced Irvin
top songs
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That Lonely Feeling
6942He's A Good Face, But He's Down And Out
1633Twenty Miles
1324The Name Game
985Mr Heartbreak's Here Instead
706Mr. Heartbreak's Here Instead
647He's A Good Face (But He's Down And Out)
118What's The Matter With Me
79Name Game
510He's a Good Face, But He's Down and Out [as the Gaylords]
4albums
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Fading Yellow Vol. 1
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Reflections Of The Marmalade - The Anthology
Fading Yellow - Timeless Pop-Sike & Other Delights, 1965-69
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Fading Yellow Vol. 1 (Timeless Pop-Sike & Other Delights 1965-69)
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Fading Yellow Vol. 1: Timeless Pop-Sike & Other Delights, 1965-69
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Fading Yellow vol 1
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Fading Yellow: Timeless Pop-Sike & Other Delights, 1965-69
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The Name Game
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For Sand Men and Snow Queens
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Reflections Of The Marmalade - The Anthology (Disc 1)
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Beat At Abbey Road 1963-1965
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Fading Yellow, Vol. 1