Line-up included:
- Pip Hadler - lead guitar
- Raymond 'Ray' Page - rhythm guitar
- David 'Dave' Harvey - bass
- Roger Head - drums
The Rock-a-Beats had been going since ca. 1959 when they were a Skiffle group called The Black Cats. They were also the most popular band in Whistable.
There was an article on The Rock-a-Beats in The Kentish Observer and Canterbury Times of Thursday, February 18, 1964.
All the members of the band were between 18 and 20.
Some Rock-a-Beats concerts:
October 1963: B.B.C. TV
This was a premliminary audition.
Saturday, February 13, 1964: Beat Ball, The St. Thomas' Hall, Canterbury Lane, Burgate, Canterbury, Kent, England
This gig was organised by The Canterbury Sea Cadets' Parents' Association.
Saturday, March 14, 1964: The Chislehurst Caves, Caveside Close, Old Hill, Chislehurst, Kent, England
Info courtesy: John H Warburg October 2024