| The Mersey Sound
Liverpool bands swamped the charts in the early 60s. Acts like Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy J Krammer & The Dakotas, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Serachers, The Merseybeats & The Fourmost to name a few. Oh yes & a band called The Beatles. He he.
Gerry & The Pacemakers Gerry & The Pacemakers first three singles went to No1. 3/63 "How Do You Do It" No1
5/63 "I Like It" No1
10/63 "You 'll Never Walk Alone" No1 Line-up Gerry Marsden: guitar, vocal;
Les McGuire: piano;
Freddie Marsden: drums;
Les Chadwick: bass.
They were very popular & went on to have serveral more hits in the sixties.
Billy J Krammer & The Dakotas 
Bill J Krammer & The Dakotas Had two No1 Singles. 8/63 "Bad To Me" No1 2/64 "Little Children" No1 Bad To Me Was written by Lennon & McCartney. Billy J Krammer & The Dakotas Also had two more Lennon McCartney hits. They were Do You Want To Know A Secret & I'll Keep You Satisfied.
The Swinging Blue Jeans Line up Ralph Ellis: guitar, vocal; 
Ray Ennis: lead, vocal;
Norman Kuhlke: drums,
Les Braid: bass.
The Swinging Blue Jeans Had three top twenty hits. 12/63 "Hippy Hippy Shake" 2
3/64 "Good Golly Miss Molly" 11
6/64 "You're No Good" 3
The Searchers The Searchers Had ten top twety hits in the sixties. Three of their hits made No1 in the charts. Their line up changed many times over the years. Below is one of their early sixties line ups
Line-up Chris Curtis: drums, vocal;
John McNally: guitar, vocal;
Mike Pender: guitar, vocal;
Tony Jackson: bass, vocal;
Date of entry into UK charts - Title - Highest position 6/63 "Sweets for My Sweet" 1
10/63 "Sugar and Spice" 2
1/64 "Needles and Pins" 1
4/66 "Don't Throw Your Love Away" 1
7/64 "Someday We're Gonna Love Again" 11
9/64 "When You Walk in the Room" 3
12/64 "What Have They Done to the Rain?"13
3/65 "Goodbye My Love" 4
7/65 "He's Got No love" 12
12/65 "Take Me for What I'm Worth" 20
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