No eight track recording back in 1962. Dave Barber On some promotional items, later lineups were credited as 'Tornados '65' and 'The New Tornados', but these names were never used on The Tornados' releases. Live Music Venues

In the UK "Telstar" b/w "Jungle performance the four musicians, Roger LaVern, organ; Alan To see a photo of the first meeting the recording Make a donation Close. Registered in England No. Colin Frechter

Kenny Hollywood.

performing two shows a day, and three shows when there was a matinee.

In 1968, in Israel to perform in Mandy Rice-Davies' night club "Mandys", the band stayed for a ten-week tour after which they disbanded, leaving Watts and Huxley in Israel, playing with The Lions of Judea and The Churchills respectively. QWiLHdgCzMemUmj(); //-->, The Recording Of The Roger LaVern (1938-2013), Musician; organist for The Tornados.

Roger LaVern, UK In 1975, Clem Cattini, Roger LaVern, Heinz Burt and George Bellamy reunited and released a version of "Telstar" as the 'Original Tornados'.

about to occur that would become a landmark in British music history. Joe Meek had already sent a copy of the

After one single flopped, Meek had the group do one of his compositions, an instrumental called "Telstar." UK

worked out the notes of the melody line, and, had to find chords that

For a time The Tornados were considered serious rivals to The Shadows.

Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. Roger LaVern (Tornados) LaVern, who was born Roger Jackson, was not the first keyboardist for the Tornadoes. If they inspire you please support our work. Florida State University.

of the new CD single "Piano". Phase One Disco rare photo from the summer of 1962 of Billy Fury (in the blanket) with The Tornados. Levern Rogers. however, that Kenny Hollywood is Welwyn Garden City vocalist and Attimore Hall School 1967 Roger J Lovett. Side 1: "Telstar" / "Red Roses and a Sky of Blue" / "Chasing Moonbeams" / "Earthy" / "Swinging Beefeater" / "Theme from 'A Summer Place'"

WMA Jazz Reunion Side 1: "The Twist" Side 2: "Deep in the Heart of Texas Twist", "Nobody's Child"; "What Did I Do"; "I Can't Help Loving You"; "Keep Away", This article is about the British band. They played 6 shows every week for the whole Still Here!" For the American surf band, see, Last edited on 8 September 2020, at 00:07, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Billy Fury & Tornados, The - Billy Fury & The Tornados (Vinyl) at Discogs", "Family's tribute as chart-topper dies at age of 75", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Tornados&oldid=977283017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Love and Fury" (Meek) / "Popeye Twist" (Cattini) (Decca F11449, 1962), "Globetrotter" (Meek) / "Locomotion With Me" (Peter Lawrence) (Decca F11562, 1963) - UK Number 5, "Robot" (Meek) / "Life On Venus" (Meek) (Decca F11606, 1963) - UK Number 19, "Dragonfly" (Gary Asquith; Barry Gray; Brijitte West) / "Hymn For Teenagers" (Meek; Lawrence) (Decca F11745, 1963) - UK Number 41, "Joystick" (Lawrence) / "Hot Pot" (Meek) (Decca F11838, 1964), "Monte Carlo" (Phil Tate) / "Blue, Blue Beat" (Bryan Irwin) (Decca F11889, 1964), "Exodus" (Ernest Gold) / "Blackpool Rock" (Cattini; Lawrence) (Decca F11946, 1964), "Granada" / "Ragunboneman" (Meek) (Columbia DB7455, 1965), "Early Bird" (Meek) / "Stomping Thru The Rye" (Tornados) (Columbia DB7589, 1965), "Is That A Ship I Hear" (Meek) / "Do You Come Here Often?"

Edit Artist ; Share. From January 1962 to August 1963, The Tornados were the backing band for Billy Fury (as well as recording and performing as an act in their own right);[1] they toured and recorded with Fury as The Tornados.