{"id":12036,"date":"2020-12-16T10:26:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T17:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=12036"},"modified":"2020-12-16T10:34:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T17:34:20","slug":"12-days-of-louie-louie-2020-christmas-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=12036","title":{"rendered":"12 Days of LOUIE LOUIE 2020 Christmas – Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the third day of LOUIE LOUIE 2020 Christmas, someone gave to me\u2026<\/p>\n

BRYAN AND THE BRUNELLES<\/p>\n

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Bryan and The Brunelles<\/strong> were Barry \u2018Snip\u2019 Turner, Eddy Spence, Ray Goodship, John Bachini<\/strong>, and Bryan Burke<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A British band that recorded LOUIE LOUIE in 1965 at the legendary Abbey Road studio in London? <\/p>\n

I had no idea such a band existed until recently…<\/p>\n

The info-wingsofdream.blogspot.com website<\/a> provided an excellent overview of Bryan and The Brunelles<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

This Luton based band played lots of gigs between 1964 & 1966 covering the northern Home Counties, London and East Anglia. <\/p>\n

The prize for winning a News of the World \u2018Beat Contest\u2019 was a session at Abbey Road where they recorded Jaqueline c\/w Louie Louie.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“If you want to get ahead, get a hatter’, for Albert Burke, manager at one of the largest hat factories in the world at the time, became manager of his son’s group, initially named Bryan And The Hangmen<\/strong> before settling on Bryan And The Brunelles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After a few months, Mr. Burke decided to reorganise the instrumentation of the group – out went the rhythm guitar, in came the organ. In late 1964, Mr. Burke saw an advert in ‘The News Of The World’ for a beat group contest. Bryan and the boys had already made a taped demo disc, so Mr. Burke sent it off to the newspaper without telling anyone he had done it. By return post came an invitation to a recording test at E.M.I’s St. John’s Wood, London, studios. . .” ~ Mikey Dread<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a YouTube clip for their recording of LOUIE LOUIE..<\/p>\n