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Roy Young (vocalist/pianist, The Beat Brothers) : I was involved with a man called Reg Calvert in Rugby. We toured up and down England - it was whole bunch of guys - it was like a stable of rock and roll people and he for some reason, he picked me out of all them to go over to Hamburg. And we went over there and I went to The Top Ten Club - he actually arranged a deal for me to go to The Top Ten Club.
I was taking over from The Beatles and, of course, when I arrived there, they were loading their gear into the van, leaving, and I had no idea who they were until they ran over - I was getting out of my cab from the airport and they run over and pick me up (and they get excited) 'cause they had been watching me on television, they knew I was coming and they told Peter Eckhorn who was the owner of The Top Ten Club, what I was all about and that's how it actually happened - that this guy sounds just like Little Richard and the German people really love him.
Paul and John took me for a coffee. We went to this cafe and we talked for about maybe a half-hour or forty-five minutes, telling me all the things I should know. And I almost felt like getting back into a cab and going home because it sounded like a real rough-house. And it really was! I mean, it was something out of a book, you know. It was crazy.
And when I went out that night, that very first night, I couldn't believe everyone was going, "Did you do anything from The Beatles?"
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I was taking over from The Beatles and, of course, when I arrived there, they were loading their gear into the van, leaving, and I had no idea who they were until they ran over - I was getting out of my cab from the airport and they run over and pick me up (and they get excited) 'cause they had been watching me on television, they knew I was coming and they told Peter Eckhorn who was the owner of The Top Ten Club, what I was all about and that's how it actually happened - that this guy sounds just like Little Richard and the German people really love him.
Paul and John took me for a coffee. We went to this cafe and we talked for about maybe a half-hour or forty-five minutes, telling me all the things I should know. And I almost felt like getting back into a cab and going home because it sounded like a real rough-house. And it really was! I mean, it was something out of a book, you know. It was crazy.
And when I went out that night, that very first night, I couldn't believe everyone was going, "Did you do anything from The Beatles?"