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Bern Elliott and the Fenmen were a British
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group, active between 1961 and 1964, and best known for their 1963
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of the song, "
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Biography

Bernard Michael Elliott was born in
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, on 17 November 1942. He attended Picardy School in
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, before forming his own beat group, which became Bern Elliott and the Bluecaps before changing their name to become Bern Elliott and the Fenmen in 1961. The group performed over the next two years in clubs in
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, Germany, and were signed to a recording contract with
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in early 1963. "
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" was released by several artists at the time, but Bern Elliott and the Fenmen were unique as a group in registering a
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hit with the song in December 1963. Elliott and the Fenmen's
Merseybeat Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music genre that developed, particularly in and around Liverpool, in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The genre melded influences from American rock and roll, rhythm and blues, skiffle ...
style belied their southern England roots. However, they did appear on 13 March 1964 episode of the UK television programme ''
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'', playing their follow-up hit, "
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". In May 1964, Elliott parted company with The Fenmen, and utilised The Klan for a short time as his backing group on one release "Good Times" / "What Do You Want With My Baby" on Decca F11970, which was released on 4 September 1964. The following year two further solo efforts, "Guess Who" and "Voodoo Woman", also failed to chart. The Fenmen continued, issuing further efforts both for Decca and
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, including "I've Got Everything You Need, Babe" (1965) and "Rejected" (1966).
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recalled: : After the Fenmen themselves disbanded, Wally Allen (aka Wally Waller) and Jon Povey moved on to
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. Lead guitarist Alan Judge died in 2017. Frontman Bern Elliott died from heart failure in
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on 13 September 2022, at the age of 79.


Band members

*Bern Elliott – lead vocals (1942–2022) *Alan Judge – lead guitar (1942–2017) *Jon Povey – drums (born 1942) * Wally Allen – rhythm guitar (born 1944) *Eric Willmer – bass guitar (born 1942)


Discography


Singles

*"
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" (1963) – UK #14 *"
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" (1964) – UK #24


EPs

*''Bern Elliott and the Fenmen'' (1964) **"Shake Sherry Shake" / " Please Mr. Postman" / "
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" / "Mashed Potatoes” / “Chills" / "I Can Tell" (Decca) DFE 8561


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Bern and the Fenmen Musical groups established in 1961 Musical groups disestablished in 1964 Decca Records artists English pop music groups English rock music groups Beat groups Musical quintets 1961 establishments in England