The Hideaways (band)

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The Hideaways were a pop group that flourished in the mid-1960s as part of the Merseybeat era, and played at The Cavern Club over 250 times, more frequently than The Beatles; they are also noted for their connection to the Timex Watches advertising campaign of the time. The band included Ozzie Yue, later to become a well-known actor and Frankie Connor, now a BBC Radio Merseyside DJ. Judd Lander (harmonica / vocals) later to become a well-known London session musician, who performed on Spice Girls and Culture Club's worldwide No. 1 hits, along with performances on Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox, Beach Boys, and a host of other major artists albums, Lander became a director at various major record labels working closely with artists such as Michael Jackson, ABBA, The Ramones, Run DMC, Salt & Pepper, and instrumental in the breaking of Meat Loaf's multi-platinum album Bat Out Of Hell - now heads his own PR agency Lander PR Ltd. As a group, The Hideaways now hold the official world record for over 300 Cavern performances in both old and new venues, and still perform annually at the Cavern Club.

Career[]

The band formed in about October 1963 by Ozzie Yue (guitar, vocals), John Shell (bass guitar) and John Donaldson (drums); Frankie Connor joined three months later, followed by Judd Lander on harmonica.[1]

In 1969, under the name of 'Confucius', they released their only single "The Brandenburg Concerto".[1]

Shell, American by birth, died in the Vietnam War aged twenty.[2] Lander later played with Paul McCartney's Wings, provide harmonica for Culture Club's number 1 hit "Karma Chameleon"[3] and become head of music for Warner Brothers UK.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "This Is Mersey Beat (3): Blues, Folk & Beatnicks" (PDF). Mayfield-records.co.uk. 2002. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  2. ^ "Merseybeat hero lost on Vietnam's killing fields". Liverpoolecho.co.uk. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  3. ^ "The Kirsty MacColl web site". Archived from the original on 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  4. ^ "Some of the best adverts come from our fair city". Liverpoolecho.co.uk. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30.

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