Fact #52277
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Short story:
Pop Gear, a film featuring The Beatles, The Animals, The Spencer Davis Group, Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Herman's Hermits, The Honeycombs and The Rockin' Berries, goes on general release in the UK.
Full article:
Muff Winwood (bassist, Spencer David group) : Pop Gear was really good. It had all the Merseybeat and new R'n'B groups, playing one after another in the studio. Then we were asked to star in this diabolical 'Carry On'-type movie, 'The Ghost Goes Gear' – 'gear was a real hip word in those days. It's so crap, it's hilarious. Good fun, though. They paid us well and it meant we weren't on the road for a month. We stayed at this nice country estate that backed onto the River Thames in Berkshire and Nicholas Parsons was the star.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black)
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(Source : interview with Johnny Black)