[1] Beginning 1958 he performed at the Cellar Club in Soho, then joined bands led by Teddy Layton and Sonny Morris.

[8] Allandale was one of the musicians that Brian Jones would persuade to come back to his flat when he ventured out to catch the jazz shows.

[13][14] As advertised in the 6 September issue of Melody Maker, on the Friday, Eric Allandale's Jazz Band was appearing at the Bull Hotel,[15] and on the Wednesday at The Cellar.

Allandale was quoted by Crescendo in the July 1962 issue saying that they could not play Acker or Kenny if they tried and he would not attempt it for all the money in the world.

The line up at the time also included Will Hastie, Geoff Brown, Jim Goudie, Eddie Edwards and Laurie Chescoe.

[32] As of April, 1961, the line up comprised Eric Allandale (trombone and group leader), Will Hastie (clarinet), Geoff Brown (trumpet), Jim Goudie (bass), Eddie Edwards (banjo) and Laurie Chescoe (drums).

[citation needed][28] The 30 December 1961 issue of Cash Box, had mentioned that the group made their disc debut with "Dominican Carnival" on the Columbia Records Landsdowne Series.

[40] On 22 April, Allandale and group were appearing at the Brighton Chinese Jazz Club for an All Night Rave with Len Baldwin and the Dauphin Street Six, and the New City Jazzmen.

[42] On 1 June, Eric Allandale and the New Orleans Knights were broadcasting on EMI's Friday Spectacular which would be heard on Radio Luxembourg.

[43] It was noted in the 22 September 1962 issue of Disc that Laurie Chescoe had left the New Orleans Knights to join Monty Sunshine's Jazz Band where he was replacing Ron Darby.

[23] Allandale's group was appearing at The Corn Exchange in Bristol on 5 October with the Clyde Valley Stompers for an all-night gig.

[44] Billed as Eric Allendale and his New Orleans Knights, they were appearing at the Jazzshows Jazz Club at 100 Oxford Street in London on 21 January 1963.

[46] Appearing at the Jazzshows Jazz Club on 4 July, they were now billed as New Orleans Knights led by Eric Allendale.

[48] By June 1963, the line up comprised Eric Allandale (trombone, leader), Ken Simms (trumpet), Will Hastie (clarinet), Eddie Edwards (banjo), Leslie Harper (bass) and Dick Thing (drums).

[50] The group was appearing at the Redcar Jazz Club at Coatham Hotel with The Swinging Blue Jeans on 5 August.

[52] Their track "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think)" was included on the 2022 compilation, Gotta Get a Good Thing Goin': The Music of Black Britain in the Sixties.

Myers and Fantoni had stopped in to the club and were discussing the kind of switched on song they needed for a switched-on intense movie.

[63] In 1967 he became a member of the multi-racial English soul group The Foundations, playing in the horn section with Jamaican saxophonists Mike Elliott and Pat Burke.

[citation needed] In the 14 December 1967 issue of Melody Maker, Eric Allandale was supposedly interviewed for the In the New Blind Date section.

It was reported that in the same month, The Foundations had performed at the Brave New World in Portsmouth without drummer Tim Harris who was out of action due to a poisoned arm.

The first appearance of his solo song writing efforts was on the flip side of the Foundations third single, "Any Old Time (You're Lonely And Sad)" called "We Are Happy People".

This song was also recorded by a Scandinavian group called Slams Creepers, backed with "I Just Couldn't Get You Out of My Mind" and released in 1968 on Bill BT 128.

[80] This latter song which appeared on the album, Digging The Foundations, was covered by Pye labelmates Pickettywitch,[81] and a Hong Kong-based beat group, Danny Diaz & The Checkmates.

[82][83] It was the song that Polly Brown and Pickettywitch were first noticed with when they appeared on ITV's Opportunity Knocks television talent show.

[87] With their review in the 13 September 1969 issue, Cash Box said there was an improved production quality and the step into the new sound for the group which was turned up one of their strongest singles since their last top forty surge.

The magazine also noted the interesting lyric and performance which could result in an enticement for FM making heavy sales.

[88] His composition "I Can Feel It"[89] was covered by German-based American supply sergeant and singer Chuck Bennett as well as Mac Kissoon.

[93] In February 1968, Beat Instrumental announced that Barry Class who managed The Foundations had started his own label, Trend Records Ltd.

The song was written by Worsley and David Myers[95] who had left Southern Music to join Barry Class' Trend label in 1969.

[7] His wake was held on the 100 year old Dutch barge Dora, owned by his former partner Olive Allison which is still moored by Tower Bridge on the river Thames