During the group's three-year residency at The Flamingo Club, Fame heard the latest jazz and blues from America, and it was Booker T. & the M.G.

In 1961, piano player Fame, drummer Red Reece, bassist Tex Makins and Green were hired by pop manager Larry Parnes to back Billy Fury as the Blue Flames.

McLaughlin departed in April 1963 when he joined The Graham Bond Organisation, leaving the group without a guitarist for 18 months and during this period Rik Gunnell took over the management of the band.

[2] In September 1963, they recorded their debut album Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo which was produced by Ian Samwell, engineered by Glyn Johns[3] and released on the Columbia label.

[4] In July 1964, Peter Coe replaced Marshall and was soon joined by baritone saxophonist Glenn Hughes and trumpet player Eddie "Tan-Tan" Thornton who had previously appeared occasionally with them[5][6][7] and Green rejoined the group in October 1964.

Success followed with Fame's self penned song Get Away (released on 17 June 1966),[9] which climbed to the top of the UK chart for a solitary week in late-July.

That lineup recorded the album Sweet Things, then on 1 October 1966 Fame disbanded the Blue Flames to pursue a solo career.

[18] Each year an all-Australian backing band was hired to accompany Fame on tour, who were "top Sydney Jazz musicians".

[19] For the 1980 tour, they were called the Thrill Seekers, and were led by a front line of Keith Stirling (trumpet), Col Loughnan (saxophones, flute), and Herb Cannon (trombone) with Steve Murphy (guitar), Greg Lyon (bass), and Willie Qua (drums) completing the line-up.

The musician credits were: The album was released in 1988, under the name "Georgie Fame" with no mention of the Aussie Blue Flames, on the Swedish label Four Leaf Clover.

[22] Paul Speelman of The Age praised the touring band in 1988, saying, "One would be hard put to find many better combos in the world than this particular sextet of Aussie Blue Flames.