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Rory Storm And the Hurricanes
12+ albums
Skiffleclassic rockbeat60s
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Rory Storm and The Hurricanes were a British rock and roll band from Liverpool, England. Led by Rory Storm (born Alan Caldwell on 21 September 1939; died 28 September 1972) , they were contemporaries of The Beatles in the late 1950s, and early 1960s. Ringo Starr was the drummer for the Hurricanes before joining The Beatles in August 1962. In 1958 Alan Caldwell formed a skiffle group and called themselves ‘Al Caldwell’s Texans’. Alan suffered from a stutter, very noticeable when he spoke but never on stage when performing. In early 1959 he changed their name to ‘The Raving Texans’ and brought in Ringo Starr on the drums just in time for their first appearance at the Mardi Gras club in Liverpool City Centre on 29th March. Numerous name changes to the group were made and by the end of 1959 were known as ‘Rory Storm and the Hurricanes’. During the first few years, Rory introduced several changes in stage wear, at one time the group wore red suits with Rory wearing a pink one. When they appeared for their first season at Butlins (Holiday camp), the Hurricanes wore fluorescent suits while Rory donned a turquoise suit and a shimmering gold shirt. In line with most Merseyside skiffle groups they changed to rock ‘n’ roll, this caused trouble at ‘The Cavern’ club which, at the time, was a jazz club and they had banned rock ‘n’ roll. When appearing on the bill with ‘The Swinging Bluegenes (still a trad jazz band), Rory opened their slot singing ‘Cumberland Gap’, a typical skiffle nu
