4 - Episode 4 - Denny Seyton and the Sabres

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4 - Episode 4 - Denny Seyton and the Sabres

Part 4 – Denny Seyton and the Sabres, Tuesday 9 August 1988 and repeated Wednesday In Paul Du Noyer’s book on Liverpool - Wondrous Place (Virgin, 2002), he says that many of the Merseybeat bands were happy switching to cabaret as that is what they knew anyway. I had never thought about it before, but he is probably right: Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Fourmost and the Searchers all found their homes among the chicken-in-a-basket crowds. It was relatively easy money once you knew what the crowds wanted. Denny Seyton and the Sabres are a good example and even their chart single, ‘The Way You Look Tonight’, is defiantly middle of the road. There were problems when it came to their first single; Sandie Shaw was covering ‘Always Something There To Remind Me’; Freddie and the Dreamers ‘I Understand’ and Dusty Springfield and the Merseybeats ‘Wishin’ And Hopin’’. In desperation, they revived Larry Williams’ ‘Short Fat Fannie’, which was good fun but lacked the distinctiveness of the original. Denny Seyton and the Sabres were asked to record an album of current UK hits for an album called It’s The Gear! to be released in America. They were told they could either have a percentage of the royalties or £200. They listened to what they had done and chose £200. Unreleased Merseybeat. ‘Little Latin Lupe Lu’ – Denny Seyton and the Sabres (1962) Unreleased Merseybeat. ‘The House Of Bamboo’ – Denny Seyton and the Sabres (1964) talk about missing a hit record. Unreleased Merseybeat. ‘That’s What Love Will Do’ (Curtis Mayfield song) – Denny Seyton and the Sabres On CD with OTB 0146, Part 2

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