8 - Episode 8 - The Fourmost

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8 - Episode 8 - The Fourmost

Part 8 – The Fourmost, Tuesday 6 September 1988 and repeated Wednesday The Fourmost were the Stephen Frys of Merseybeat – lead singer and guitarist Brian O’Hara was training to be an accountant; rhythm guitarist Mike Millward was with a solicitor; bass guitarist Billy Hatton worked for the Atomic Energy Authority; and drummer Dave Lovelady wanted to be an architect. They specialised in comedy and light-hearted numbers and Brian O’Hara could impersonate other singers. Did the Barron Knights copy their style? The Fourmost certainly thought so. They had their hits (‘Hello Little Girl’, ‘I’m In Love’, ‘A Little Lovin’’) but their big mistake, I feel, was to get stuck in a highly successful variety show at the London Palladium in 1964 with Cilla Black, Frankie Vaughan and Tommy Cooper. When Mike Millward died from leukaemia, an early member, Joey Bower replaced him. Their 1969 soft shoe shuffle, ‘Rosetta’, was produced by Paul McCartney who loved the way they could mimic instruments with their voices. The Fourmost gave me ‘Easy Squeezy’ to play, telling me it had not been released. It had – on CBS – but nobody bought it. After a long career in cabaret, the Fourmost split in the early 1980s with Brian continuing with the group, and Dave, Billy and Joey, influenced by Sky, forming Wings. Brian sold the name and the new Fourmost was jokingly referred to as the Four Almost or the Fraudmost. On CD with OTB 0149, Part 2

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