This was the era of the local version of beat music; which included 1960s garage rock, proto-punk and pop.
The band regularly appeared on the related TV pop music weekly series, The Go!!
For over three years, they were the resident band at a Geelong Saturday dance venue, Surf City, later renamed, Teen Scene.
They also worked at many surf club dances along the Victorian southern coast, near the Great Ocean Road region.
These include some notable locations that have avoided demolition, like the George Hotel, in St. Kilda, Victoria and Festival Hall (Melbourne).
During years, 1964 to 1965 each member turned 18-years-old and, with Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, each registered for possible conscription into National Service.
recordings were produced by Ron Tudor and engineered by Roger Savage at Armstrong Studios in South Melbourne.
The B-side of their second single, "Look and Learn", was written by Bob Millar, with a guitar riff idea by Donoghue.
The group, with a second lead singer and a keyboard player, performed in a new music era, the Australian pub rock scene.
The Deakins performances of "Look and Learn" and "Tonight you're gonna fall in love" was recorded on series three, episode 117, on 28 November 1966.
Other artists appearing on the shows were numerous and some of the other rare tapes to remain, including extracts of performances by a then young singer, Olivia Newton-John.
In 2015 the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) fully restored the only complete episode remaining of the GO!!