Bern Elliott and the Fenmen were a British beat music group, active between 1961 and 1964, and best known for their 1963 cover version of the song, "Money".
[2] The group performed over the next two years in clubs in Hamburg, Germany, and were signed to a recording contract with Decca in early 1963.
[3] "Money" was released by several artists at the time, but Bern Elliott and the Fenmen were unique as a group in registering a UK Singles Chart Top 20 hit with the song in December 1963.
[4] However, they did appear on 13 March 1964 episode of the UK television programme Ready Steady Go!, playing their follow-up hit, "New Orleans".
[8] Frontman Bern Elliott died from heart failure in Margate, Kent on 13 September 2022, at the age of 79.