In the late 1950s, the newly named group took part in, and won a talent show at the Mansfield Palais.
At the time the group consisted of Johnny Theakston on vocals, Jerry Wilcock and Mick Eyre on lead and rhythm guitars, Graham Squires on bass and Tony Hinchcliffe on drums.
Just days before the audition was due to take place, Jewry who was a friend of Johnny Theakston's walked over to his house for a rehearsal.
Two days later Jewry went back and Johnny's mother told him that her son had died at seventeen years of age.
But because the BBC had responded to the audition tape that had been sent in, the band were invited to play on the Saturday Club radio pop show.
[7][1] According to an article in The Independent, Theakston's mother told Bernard Jewry that Johnny would have wanted him to take his place as Shane Fenton.
Tommy Sanderson who was the MD for the show became their manager, and they got a recording contract with EMI's Parlophone label.
[9] Not long after the success of the single, the group was soon touring on rock'n'roll package show events.
[9] They made an appearance in the Michael Winner directed film Play It Cool, which starred Billy Fury.
Lead guitarist Jerry Wilcock, who later worked as a bus driver, died in Paignton, Devon in June 2024.