Led by Peter Flannery, who used the stage name Lee Curtis, other group members included Pete Best, Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington.

Although they performed regularly in the Liverpool and North Wales areas, Lee Curtis and the Detours split up after a few months.

Lee Curtis and the All-Stars were signed by Decca Records, and released two singles in early 1963, "Little Girl" and "Let's Stomp".

The new line-up recorded a single "I've Got My Eyes On You", contributed two tracks to the Decca album, Live at the Cavern, and played in clubs in Hamburg, but split up soon afterwards.

[5] In 2007 he headlined a well attended live music event as Lee Curtis and The Bonds in Cuxhaven, Germany, for the launch of the book We Got Our Kicks in Cux'66 by Jens-Christian Mangels and Ralf Froehlich.