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Bev Bevan (M)
25-11-1945
country: United Kingdom
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Bev Bevan was born on November 25th, 1945 in Birmingham as Beverly Bevan. His father Charles (nicknamed Bev) was a drummer in various dance halls, so nobody was surprised that his son emulated him.
As early as the beginning of the sixties Bev Bevan played with some school mates as Rocking Ronnie And The Renegades or Troy Satan And The Hellcats to name but a few titles for the band that changed their group name almost weekly. In September 1962 Bev formed The Senators with some friends, but they only managed to play four gigs - so in 1963 Bev gave it another try and formed his first professional band, Denny Laine And The Diplomats, which soon became a top act around Birmingham and even managed to be the support act for The Beatles at a concert in "The Plaza, Old Hill".
They secured a recording contract with EMI and recorded some material in 1964, but none of it was ever released. When Denny Laine left to found The Moody Blues, the group changed its name to The Diplomats.
Their new line-up wasn't very successfull either, so it was no wonder that the group finally split up when two of its members left to get married. Bev retired from the music business and worked as a salesman in a furniture store. Fortunately, he was saved by Colin David "Carl Wayne" Tooley, frontman of the well reputed Carl Wayne And The Vikings, who asked Bev to join his group to play a few gigs in Germany. Bev, who had never been abroad before, took the change, but he soon had to........click for full story of Bev Bevan
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