Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts were a British club and touring blues band, formed in 1968 and later, a rarely performing pub band. Under the pseudonym
Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs
Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs were an English novelty band that issued a few recordings in the early 1970s. The band was an alias adopted by Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts but signed to a different record label.
Terry Dactyl and the Dinos ...
they released "
Seaside Shuffle
"Seaside Shuffle" is a song and single by British group Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs written by Jona Lewie under his real name John Lewis. The song was licensed for released on Jonathan King's UK Records
UK Records was a music label launched ...
", a novelty single that reached No. 2 in the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
in 1972.
Brett Marvin and The Thunderbolts originally comprised school pupils and staff from
Crawley
Crawley () is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of and had a population of 106,597 at the time of th ...
,
West Sussex
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, England. An early line-up was Dave Arnot (drums), Pete Gibson (trombone/vocals/percussion), Graham Hine (guitar) and Jim Pitts (guitar/vocals/harmonica), with John Randall and
Keith Trussell (percussionists). The band was later joined by
John Lewis (Jona Lewie) as vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist. Further personnel changes included Pete Swan (bass), Doug Strathie (bass) and Taffy Davies (vocals/keyboard/clarinet/mandolin) who joined the band after the departure of John Lewis, who had left to pursue a solo career after the band's first breakup. Instrumentation included "bizarre inventions", such as an 'electric ironing board' and a
lagerphone, band-named a 'Zobstick'.
[
Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts' debut album was the 1970 ''Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts'', followed by ''Twelve Inches of Brett Marvin'' and ''Best of Friends'' in 1971, ''Alias Terry Dactyl'' in 1972, and ''Ten Legged Friends'' in 1973, all for ]Sonet Records
Sonet Records was a jazz, pop and rock record label operating as an imprint of Universal Music Sweden. It was founded in Sweden in 1956.
Sonet Records was established by Sven Lindholm and Gunnar Bergström, who managed the label into the 1980s ...
. In 1993, the band released ''Boogie Street'' under the Exson label. Following their first album the band, under the pseudonym Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs
Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs were an English novelty band that issued a few recordings in the early 1970s. The band was an alias adopted by Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts but signed to a different record label.
Terry Dactyl and the Dinos ...
, released "Seaside Shuffle
"Seaside Shuffle" is a song and single by British group Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs written by Jona Lewie under his real name John Lewis. The song was licensed for released on Jonathan King's UK Records
UK Records was a music label launched ...
", a novelty single written by Jona Lewie, that eventually reached No. 2 in the UK chart in 1972. Further releases under Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs were not successful.[
Band members Taffy Davies died in June 2010, Jim Pitts in 2012, John Randall and Peter Gibson in 2021.Hanelle Levine, "Obituaries: Peter Gibson", ''The Guardian'', 24 July 2021, Journal p.9]
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British blues musical groups
Musical groups established in 1968