[2] Upon returning to England, they were invited to play as backing band for 1950s rocker Gene Vincent, who had set up a base of operations in the UK.
[2] After several months as Vincent's backing act, the group were hired for a long term engagement at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany.
[2][5] The single, which paired their version of Elvis Presley's "That's My Desire" a rendition of Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home To Me," was issued strictly in Germany.
[2] Shortly after their return, Paul Gurvitz convinced the other members of the group to change their name to the Knack, a move inspired by the Richard Lester movie of the same name.
[2] Sam Curtis, the Gurvitz brothers' father, was now the band's manager and used his leverage in the music industry to secure a contract with Decca.
[1][5] Their debut single was an energetic cover of the recent Kinks B-side, "Who'll Be The Next In Line," which was backed with the equally frantic "She Ain't No Good.
[2] Though the Knack did not release any more material, they went to Olympic Studios in the fall of 1967 with producer Denny Cordell to cut a new song by Paul Gurvitz, the psychedelic "Light On The Wall"—long thought to be lost but for which an acetate has recently emerged.
[2] They played their last gig at the Roundhouse on 6 October with former Moody Blues member and future Paul McCartney and Wings axeman, Denny Laine.