The Escorts (Liverpool band)

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The Escorts are a band from Liverpool of the Merseybeat-era.

They consisted of:

• Terry Sylvester - guitar/lead vocals (born Terence Sylvester, 8 January 1946, in Liverpool).
• John Kincade - lead guitar/vocals (born in 1946).
• Mike Gregory - bass guitar (born Michael Gregory, 7 November 1946, at Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Liverpool).
• Pete Clarke (drums) (born Peter Clarke, in 1946) replaced by Paul Comerford
• Bruce McCaskill rhythm guitar (born 15 January 1940).

• Paddy Chambers (born Patrick John Chambers, 3 April 1944, in Liverpool) (ex-Faron's Flamingos, The Big Three, Paddy, Klaus and Gibson) played on the last single.

In 1963, The Escorts were voted the ninth most popular group in Liverpool by readers of "Mersey Beat" magazine. Paul McCartney produced them in 1966.^{[citation needed]}

Sylvester would leave to join The Swinging Blue Jeans before replacing Graham Nash in The Hollies.

Though they never released a full LP, during their short time together, Edsel Records released an LP containing all twelve songs from the six singles in 1983. It was released on CD in 1995 as EDCD 422 and titled From the Blue Angel as a reference to the club they began performing in, in 1962.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

• "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (Larry Williams) / "All I Want Is You" (Ireland/Chilton)- Fontana TF 453, 1964
• "The One to Cry" (Weiss/Schlaks) / "Tell Me Baby" (Ireland/Chilton)- Fontana TF 474, June 64 (UK#49)
• "I Don't Want to Go on Without You" (Burns/Wexler) / "Don't Forget to Write" (Ireland/Chilton) - Fontana TF 516, 1965
• "C'mon Home Baby" (Addrisi/Addrisi) / "You'll Get No Lovin' That Way" (Jimmy Campbell/ Escorts) - Fontana TF 570, 1965
• "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud/Mann Curtis/Pierre Delanoë) / "Mad Mad World" (Osborne/Burnette)- Fontana TF 651, Jan '66
• "From Head to Toe" (Smokey Robinson) / "Night Time" (Chambers)- Columbia DB 8061, Dec 66

[edit] LPs

• From the Blue Angel- EDCD 422, 1995
  1. "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" - 2:11
  2. "All I Want Is You" - 1:49
  3. "The One to Cry" - 1:55
  4. "Tell Me Baby" - 2:16
  5. "I Don't want to Go on Without You" - 2:23
  6. "Don't Forget to Write" - 2:21
  7. "C'Mon Home Baby" - 2:05
  8. "You'll Get No Lovin' That Way" - 1:57
  9. "Let It Be Me" - 2:19
  10. "Mad Mad World" - 2:05
  11. "From Head to Toe" - 2:32
  12. "Night Time"" - 2:53