[2] They started out as a straight pop group, and they spent a couple of years touring and playing in English dance halls before making their way to Hamburg, Germany.
Bill Wyman, later of the Rolling Stones, has written that the Barron Knights were the first group he saw with an electric bass, at a performance in Aylesbury in July 1961, inspiring him to take up the instrument.
It overcame copyright restrictions and parodied a number of the leading pop groups of the time including the Searchers, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Dave Clark Five, the Bachelors, the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles.
[7] By 1977 CBS Records had signed the group, bringing a resurgence in popularity, with "Live in Trouble" reaching number 7 in the UK Singles Chart.
As of 2013[update], the group continued to perform for a worldwide audience, with a line-up featuring only Pete Langford from the original band members.