Anthony "Tony" Crane MBE[1] (born 17 April 1945) is an English musician, who is best known as the co-founder of the Merseybeats.
Tony left school at 15 with no qualifications to work in the Royal Liver Building as an insurance clerk.
[5] After their initial success had waned, the band folded and in 1966 Crane and Kinsley formed a vocal duo called the Merseys.
A line from this song, "with your long blonde hair and eyes of blue", is included in the Beatles' "It's All Too Much", released in 1969 as part of the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album.
The group consisted of Clem Curtis (The Foundations), Mike Pender (The Searchers), Brian Poole (The Tremeloes) and Reg Presley (The Troggs).