By Spencer Leigh
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Bob Bogle
Guitarist with the Ventures
Barry Cowsill
The rain, the park and several other things
Chris Curtis
Drummer with the Searchers
Denny Doherty
Lead singer of the Mamas and the Papas
Freddie Garrity
Freddie & the Dreamers
Georgia Gibbs
Singer of 'Ring Of Fire' and 'Tweedle Dee'
Johnny Grande
Original member of Bill Haley and His Comets
Eric Griffiths
One of John Lennon's Quarry Men
Connie Haines
"Little Princess of the Air" who sang romantic duets
with Sinatra despite uneasy relationship
Cliff Hall
Singer with the pioneering multiracial folk group, the Spinners.
Russ Hamilton
Liverpool singer/songwriter who had a hit in the US before the
Beatles.
Paul Hester
Drummer with Crowded House
Pookie Hudson
Lead singer of the Spaniels
Sneaky
Pete Kleinow
"The Jimi Hendrix of the steel guitar"
Frankie
Laine
Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'.
Huey Long
Guitarist and singer for the Ink Spots
William
F. Ludwig II
Populariser of Ludwig drums
Pete McGovern
In My Liverpool Home
Freddie
Marsden
Drummer with Gerry & the Pacemakers
Hank Medress
Singer with the Tokens on hits including 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'
Angela Morley
Composer and arranger who worked with Scott Walker and scored
'Dynasty' and 'Dallas'.
Dave Mount
Drummer with Mud
Earl Palmer
Drummer at the heart of rock'n'roll
Denis Payton
Saxophonist with the Dave Clark Five
Wilson Pickett
Soul singer associated with In The Midnight Hour, Mustang Sally
and Land Of 1,000 Dances
Gene Pitney
24 Hours From Tulsa
Billy Preston
Singer/keyboardist whom John Lennon sought to recruit permanently
to the Beatles
Nick Reynolds
Musician whose work with the Kingston Trio paved the way for
Bob Dylan
Ron Richards
Record producer who worked with the Beatles, the Hollies, Gerry
and the Pacemakers and Ella Fitzgerald
Lita Roza
Liverpool's first Number One performer
Shel Silverstein
Sylvia's lover
Jo Stafford
Multi-million-selling hit singer who with 'You Belong to Me'
was the first woman to top the UK charts
John
Stewart
Former member of Kingston Trio, writer of Daydream Believer,
hit recorder of Gold
Alan Sytner
Founding owner of the Cavern
Billy Walker
US country star
Vince Welnick
Last Grateful Dead keyboardist
Link Wray
Famed for his instrumental, Rumble (1958).
Rick Wright
Keyboard player with Pink Floyd