5 - Episode 5 – Secret Agent

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5 - Episode 5 – Secret Agent

Episode 5 – Secret Agent As with the sacking of Pete Best, Brian Epstein liked shaking things up and this episode is about how he regrouped Billy Kramer and the Coasters from Liverpool and Pete Maclaine and the Dakotas. Billy was uneasy about being placed with the Dakotas, who could read music, and he is frank about his failings, notably going to pieces performing ‘I’ll Keep You Satisfied’ on a live Sunday Night At The London Palladium. His manager, Ted Knibbs, lost out to Epstein, while neither Chick Graham and the Coasters nor Pete Maclaine and the Clan made much headway. The episode also looks at the differences between Liverpool and Manchester as Manc groups were more likely to play bingo halls and cabaret clubs. Derek Quinn of the Dreamers says that the Liverpool groups used to see and support each other and certainly the Mersey Beat newspaper encouraged that. Allan Clarke says the Hollies were a Mersey group as Stockport is on the Mersey. Yes, but… Some entertaining comments about having your record played on Juke Box Jury. Cilla Black gave up the show after hearing Heinz and realising that she couldn’t be in the business and criticising others.

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