Colin Hicks & The Cabin Boys

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Colin Hicks & The Cabin Boys
OriginEngland
Genres
Years active1950s
Labels Pye, Broadway International
Past membersColin Hicks
Jimmie Nicol
Ronnie Mills
Mike O'Neill
Dave 'Zom' Tick
Rod 'Boots' Slade

Colin Hicks & The Cabin Boys were a British rock and roll band, led by Colin Hicks, the younger brother of singer Tommy Steele.

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Career

In November 1957, the British music magazine NME reported that Steele's manager, Larry Parnes, had signed up Hicks, and that Hicks would undertake a ten-week variety tour with Marty Wilde. [1] In March the following year, the same source stated that Hicks and Wilde were fulfilling contracted dates, left after Terry Dene had been diagnosed as unfit to continue touring. [2] In 1958 they made some television appearances, gained a recording contract with Pye Records, and released a few singles with the label. However, Hicks did not achieve the same level of success as his brother.

In 1959, the group appeared in the Italian film Europe By Night, with the song "Giddy Up a Ding Dong", which became a hit for them in Italy and resulted in an invitation to tour there. They became popular in Italy and recorded several singles for the Italian Broadway label. [3]

In the early 1960s just before a concert in Torino, Hicks became ill and lost his voice, [4] and his backing group at the time consisting of Shel Shapiro, Johnny Charlton, Bobby Posner and Mike Shepstone were persuaded by a manager in Italy to sever ties with Hicks which they did. They then became The Rokes, and started playing behind the Italian female singer Rita Pavone. However, they were signed to RCA Italiana on their own and debuted with a single, a cover version of "Shake, Rattle and Roll". [5]

They also hold a distinction of being the first foreign rock band to play in a socialist state (in Yugoslavia in 1960). [6] In 2020, Bear Family Records issued a compilation of recordings by Hicks. [7]

Former personnel

Note: One line-up of the Cabin Boys evolved into a group called Nero & the Gladiators. [9]

Discography

Singles

Pye

Broadway International

Albums

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References

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  2. ↑ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 52. CN 5585.
  3. 1 2 Archived 15 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "The Biography". Web.archive.org. 27 October 2009. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  5. 1 2 "The Rokes Music News & Info". Billboard. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Lemmy u Rijeci, pet godina poslije Colina". Moja Rijeka.
  7. ↑ "Colin Hicks CD: Sexy Rock - The Brits Are Rocking Vol.4 (CD)". Bear Family Records. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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