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Geno Washington : The fashion was changing. Everything got into the groove, man. Before then things were so drab, the trousers didn't even have pockets in the back so there was nowhere to put your damn wallet. Suddenly, you'd see all these kids walking around in sharp Italian suits and long leather coats.
Soon, we were pulling big crowds. There was the bang-bangers who were into The Who, The Small Faces and The Action, then there were the hardcore soul fans into us. We had an army of mods following us around.
People came to see us let it rip at places like The Flamingo – we put a phenomenal presentation on – like Little Richard. He was my hero.
We started out there, then we moved on to The Marquee. They normally didn't like acts from The Flamingo because they were in hot competition.
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Soon, we were pulling big crowds. There was the bang-bangers who were into The Who, The Small Faces and The Action, then there were the hardcore soul fans into us. We had an army of mods following us around.
People came to see us let it rip at places like The Flamingo – we put a phenomenal presentation on – like Little Richard. He was my hero.
We started out there, then we moved on to The Marquee. They normally didn't like acts from The Flamingo because they were in hot competition.
(Source : not known)