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Chris & Eddie who are brothers were in the Chants.
The other members of the Real Thing were Kenny Davis (who unfortunately was not still in the group when they got their fame). Also there was Ray Lake and Dave Smith.
"The Real Thing" Biography on allmusic.com by Andrew Hamilton
Northern soul had emerged in the north of England when the Real Thing formed in 1970, but the disco/funk/soul quartet couldn't get into the obscure R&B sounds, preferring instead the more progressive soul of the Temptations, Barry White, and funk jams. The Liverpool natives aspired for international success, a dream that went unfulfilled. Original members Chris Amoo, Dave Smith, Kenny Davis, and Ray Lake began by covering and remaking popular American recordings, . . .
For unknown reasons, Davis left, and the Real Thing continued as a trio, doing some commercials, as well as live gigs. Their career began to sprout wings when David Essex started producing their initial Pye Recordings. Opening for Essex, they toured all over, even the States, the home of the music they loved. Initial collaborations with Essex, like previous recordings, were turntable hits, but sold few copies. By this time, Amoo' brother Eddie, who had sung with the Chants on Pye, joined the Real Thing. The Liverpool-bred but Ghanaian parentage brothers started writing songs that fleshed out their albums. Later, Loose Ends recorded an Amoo composition, "In the Sky," for their Virgin Records debut in 1980.
The Real Thing hooked up with Ken Gold, and boom, "You to Me Are Everything" aced the British pop chart and placed number 66 pop and number 29 soul in the States. Their first album, titled The Real Thing, contained their chart busters and previous singles. The group wanted to call their second LP Liverpool 8, the name of the racially mixed section of Liverpool where they grew up with Asians, Africans, Chinese, Irish, and anyone else who couldn't afford more opulent surroundings. Pye Records didn't like the name, so they compromised with Four From Eight, which meant nothing to anyone outside of Britain. . . .
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Hi all
I've got another one. According to Wikipedia, Liverpool comedian Tommy Handley was born in Toxteth.
Chris
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Christopher T. George
Editor, Ripperologist
Editor, Loch Raven Review
http://christophertgeorge.blogspot.com/
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The list then:
Ringo Star
Gerry Marsden
Arthur Askey
John Gregson (actor)
Eddie Bradin (wrote the Morcambe & Wise shows)
Billy Fury
George Melly
Commander James Bulloch (American Confederate Navy). Lived and died in Canning St and buried in Toxteth cemetary.
Jeremiah Horrocks (discovered Venus)
William Hitler (Adolf's nephew) born and brought up in Stanhope St.
Robbie Fowler (footballer)
Joseph Williamson (The Mole of Edge Hill)
Lita Roza - a singer from the 50s - she's from Lodge Lane
John Gregson - actor - Lodge Lane
Ian Callaghan - played more games for Liverpool Fc than anyone else was born and raised in Toxteth
Phina Oruche -actress who played Liberty in Footballers Wives and now in I'm a celebrity (born in Nigeria but raised in Toxteth)
Mark Moraghan - Holby City/ex Brookside actor born/raised there.
John Lennon once shared a flat with Stuart Sutcliffe at No. 3 Gambier Terrace.
Curtis Warren, drug baron. Featured on the Times 100 Rich List.
Many thanks
Hi Kev
It's Eddie Braben not Bradin. You also need comedians Billy Matchett and Tommy Handley.
Chris
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You have two John Gregsons. Missed Tommy Handley (was he actually Toxteth?) and the James Bond girl who came out of the water. Peter Sissons may have come from/lived in Toxteth. He went to the same primary school as John Lennon, Dovedale in Penny Lane. Penny Lane is mostly in Toxteth. He may have been on the Toxteth side.
John Lennon in Newcastle Rd was just outside Toxeth by about 100 yards, although he spent lots of time at a relatives house in Copperfield Street.
He also lived In Falkner St (Epsteins flat) and Garmoyle Road - both in Toxteth.
The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click
Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
canals to view its modern museum describing
how it once was?
Giving Liverpool a full Metro - CLICK
Rapid-transit rail: Everton, Liverpool & Arena - CLICK
Save Royal Iris - Sign Petition
The new Amsterdam at Liverpool?
Save Liverpool Docks and Waterways - Click
Deprived of its unique dockland waters Liverpool
becomes a Venice without canals, just another city, no
longer of special interest to anyone, least of all the
tourist. Would we visit a modernised Venice of filled in
canals to view its modern museum describing
how it once was?
Giving Liverpool a full Metro - CLICK
Rapid-transit rail: Everton, Liverpool & Arena - CLICK
Save Royal Iris - Sign Petition
Hello Waterways
Billy Matchett (1889-1974) was my grandfather's brother, a comedian known as the "Mirthquake" and "The last of the red-nosed comics," was brought up at 46 Merlin Street in Toxteth, and his father George T. Matchett was a docker. He was educated at the Harrington Board School in Toxteth. Granted he is an older comedian and not known today but he did appear at the Empire and the Royal Court and throughout the land in pantomime (usually as the Dame) and, in his later years, Old Tyme Music Hall. I remember going to see him in Southport in one of his last appearances.
We maybe should also include William Roscoe, who lived for a time in the Dingle, and the Rathbone family, who owned the Greenbank estate.
Chris
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The Wikipedia site on Tommy Handley says he was born in Toxteth. The BBC site on Handley says he was born at 13 Threlfall Street.
Chris
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