They had top 40 hits on the Kent Music Report singles chart with "Surfside", "Blue Mountains", "Avalon Stomp" (all 1963) and "My Little Rocker's Turned Surfie" (1964).
[3] Hildred began his rock 'n' roll career as Digger Revell in 1958, by singing at Williams' suburban dances.
[5][7] Green was an Australian pioneer guitarist, he used an effects box and echo chamber per Hank Marvin and Duane Eddy.
[5][7] "Surfside" (1963), the second single, was co-written by New Zealand-born Johnny Devlin and American Nat Kipner, who were both living in Australia.
[5] The last single by Digger Revell and the Denvermen was a cover version of Jerry Lee Lewis' "High School Confidential".
[11] Also in that year Terry Hearne on lead guitar and vocals (ex-the Allusions) joined Revell's backing band.
[13] In the early 1980s Revell was a country music artist, he released an album, Alive and Kicking (September 1982) and an associated single, "The World's Gone Crazy".
[5] As from October 2023 Revell was performing on the nostalgia circuit as the Good Old Days of Rock'n'roll, with fellow veterans, Little Pattie, Dinah Lee and Lucky Starr.