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Discovery

One night the group, known then as The Sheratons, was playing in a London pub, The Mildmay Tavern in the Balls Pond Road. In the audience were Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, a very prolific British songwriting team, who later wrote hits for such artists as Lulu, Elvis Presley, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich and Petula Clark. Howard and Blaikley, then working in production for BBC Television, liked what they saw and suggested the band might like to hear some of their material. The band had an upcoming audition with indie record producer Joe Meek, whom most notably had produced The Tornados, and composed their number one hit ("Telstar") in 1962, and were eager for some new material. At the audition in Meek's studio in Holloway Road, they played Howard and Blaikley's "Have I the Right?" which Meek immediately recorded. A thatched pub (The Williams Arms) at Wrafton, near Braunton, North Devon, England The Kings Arms Pub in Sandford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. ... Ken Howard (born December 26, 1939, London) is a successful composer, lyricist and television director. ... Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, OBE, (born 3 November 1948), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actor, model, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through the 2000s. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich were a UK pop group of the 1960s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1932. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Joe Meek Joe Meek (born Robert George Meek; April 5, 1929 in Newent, Gloucestershire, England—February 3, 1967) was a pioneering British record producer and songwriter acknowledged as one of the worlds first and most imaginative independent producers. ... The Tornados EP-cover 1963 The Tornados (in USA they were credited as The Tornadoes) were an English instrumental group of the 1960s, who acted as the in-house back-up group for many of Joe Meeks productions. ... In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ... Telstar was a 1962 instrumental record by The Tornados. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...

The group's founder Martin Murray had worked as a hairdresser, Honey Lantree being his assistant. They decided to combine his profession with the name of the drummer, and changed their name to The Honeycombs. They were signed to the Pye record label. After proving a 'sleeper' for seven weeks the record took off in the summer of 1964 reaching the number one spot around the world and selling over 2 million records. It was Meek's final hit in the United States, where it was issued on the Interphon label. The Honeycombs were managed by Howard and Blaikley who went on to write more successes for them. A hairdresser is someone whose occupation is to cut or style hair, in order to change or maintain a persons image as they desire. ... Pye Ltd. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour as a 33 â…“ LP vinyl record A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove starting near the periphery and ending near the center of the disc. ... Summer is a season that is astronomically defined as beginning around June 21, and ending around September 23 in the Northern Hemisphere. ... Antarctica Oceania Africa Asia Europe North America South America Middle East Caribbean Central Asia East Asia North Asia South Asia Southeast Asia SW. Asia Australasia Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia Central America Latin America Northern America Americas C. Africa E. Africa N. Africa Southern Africa W. Africa C. Europe E. Europe N... The term management characterizes the process of and/or the personnel leading and directing all or part of an organization (often a business) through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...

Success

"Have I The Right?", the Honeycombs' first recording, took off - going to number one in the UK and number five in the U.S. in the Autumn/Fall of 1964, shortly after the start of the British Invasion in pop music. They were especially successful in Sweden (four consecutive number ones) and in Japan ("Love in Tokyo" went to number one and they issued a Japan only released live album). Honey Lantree was an accomplished drummer and the star attraction of the group, as she was one of very few female drummers at the time. The unique and heavily compressed bass drum sound on "Have I The Right?", which many other drummers of the period tried to replicate, was augmented by the group stamping on the stairs of Meek's studio. Meek achieved this by placing four microphones under the stairs, attached with bicycle clips. The Honeycombs also recorded the song in German. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Fall redirects here. ... Autumn colours at Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, England. ... The appearance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, February 9, 1964, was the breakthrough moment of the burgeoning British Invasion. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

They made many appearances on music-television-shows such as Top of the Pops, Ready Steady Go! (UK) and Beat-Club (Germany). They also recorded their second album entitled All Systems - Go! in 1965. A fine dubbed performance appears in the 1965 British film Pop Gear, (U.S. title: Go Go Mania!). Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ... RSG! studio floor with Manfred Mann performing. ... Timbaland. ... A U.S. Postage Stamp commemorating one hundred years of sound recording. ... This article is about motion pictures. ...

Personnel

The group consisted of:-

• Dennis D'Ell - (born Denis James Dalziel, 14 October 1943, in Whitechapel, London — died 6 July 2005) - Lead singer and harmonica player
• Martin Murray - (born 7 October 1939, in London) - Lead guitar
• Alan Ward - (born 12 December 1945, in Nottingham) - Rhythm guitar
• John Lantree - (born John David Lantree, 20 August 1940, in Newbury, Berkshire) - Bass guitar
• Honey Lantree - (born Ann Margot Lantree, 28 August 1943, in Hayes, Middlesex) - Drums.

• Peter Pye (born 12 July 1946, in Walthamstow, London), who was brought into the band by Murray, and eventually replaced him.
• Colin Boyd (born Colin Nicholas Nicol, 4 June 1946, in Combe, outside Bath, Somerset) who was a singer and songwriter for The Honeycombs ca. 1966; he went on to form Honeybus, and was from then on was known as Colin Hare.

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Discography

Singles

• "Have I The Right?" b/w "Please Don't Pretend Again" (Jun 1964)
• "Is It Because" b/w "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (Oct 1964)
• "Eyes" b/w "If You've Got To Pick A Baby" (Nov 1964)
• "Something Better Beginning" b/w "I'll See You Tomorrow" (Apr 1965)
• "That's the Way" b/w "Can't Get Through To You" (Aug 1965)
• "This Year Next Year" b/w "Not Sleeping Too Well Lately" (Nov 1965)
• "Who Is Sylvia" b/w "How Will I Know" (Feb 1966)
• "It's So Hard" b/w "I Fell In Love" (Jul 1966)
• "That Loving Feeling" b/w "Should A Man Cry" (Sep 1966)

Albums

• The Honeycombs (Pye NPL 18097, 1964)

Colour Slide/Once You Know/Without You It Is Night/That's The Way/I Want To Be Free/How The Mighty Have Fallen/Have I The Right?/Just A Face In The Crowd/Nice While It Lasted/Leslie Anne/She's Too Way Out/It Ain't Necessarily So/This Too Shall Pass Away The Honeycombs was the first album by the British pop group The Honeycombs. ...

• All Systems - Go! (Pye NPL 18132, 17 December 1965)

I Can't Stop/Don't Love Her No More/All Systems Go/Totem Pole/Emptiness/Ooee Train/She Ain't Coming Back/Something I Gotta Tell You/Our Day Will Come/Nobody But Me/There's Always Me/Love In Tokyo/If You Should/My Prayer

• In Tokyo (Live-recording, Japan only)

References

• Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 16th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-190-X
• The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits - ISBN 0-85112-250-7
• Guinness Book of British Hit Albums - 7th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-619-7

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External links

• Official Site
• The Honeycombs biography at the AMG website
• The Honeycombs play Have I the Right and Eyes (From the film Pop Gear)