Four Pennies

talentedbutslow · 09-04-2006, 00:48

Whatever happened to the Four Pennies.....who were the resident group at the Con Club for a while...before they had a hit with "Juliet"?

mez · 09-04-2006, 09:20

the four pennies ..oo i loved going up con on monday nights because they were singing ...lionel morton fritzy & the rest .....bring um back, not sure where they all are now but lionel used to do the voice over on one of the kiddy programmes.

cashman · 09-04-2006, 13:46

used to love mon nights up the con,the four pennies were great,but as for what happened to them= they went decimal in the early 70s

MITZY · 09-04-2006, 15:47

This north of England four-piece were proficient song writers and their first two singles had been co-written by the group. They had originally called themslves the 'Lionel Morton Four' but adopted their new name before beginning their recording career. Their first release just scraped into the chart, but they hoped for better luck with their second, 'Tell Me Girl' which was penned by Wilsh and Fryer. However it was the proposed 'B' side 'Juliet', which Lionel Morton also shares credit for, that proved of such interest to record buyers that they took it to #1.
The group went on to have a reasonably successful chart career, failing to reach the chart with only three of the seven singles they then made before Buck left the group. Two more singles were issued under the abbreviated line-up of 'Fritz, Mike And Mo', but the group then split. Morton had a brief attempt to start a solo career, but when this failed he decided to move his career into production.

found this doing google search.

flashman · 09-04-2006, 18:33

REmember them when I worked in blackburn in the 60's.

Just found and downloaded an MP3 of Juliet using Limewire

talentedbutslow · 09-04-2006, 19:36

My brothers group used to sing Juliet....while practising in our front room on Marsden st..... shaking the house...anyone remember the groups name.....Jackanory???

pendy · 12-04-2006, 14:14

Last saw Mike in the early 70s when he was living in South Kensington. Haven't heard of Lionel Morton for years, but I still see his ex-wife, Julia Foster, from time to time. She still has very happy memories of Accy and particularly Church - she comes up from time to time to see Polly Watsit's mother.

katex · 12-04-2006, 17:19

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Originally Posted by pendy

Last saw Mike in the early 70s when he was living in South Kensington. Haven't heard of Lionel Morton for years, but I still see his ex-wife, Julia Foster, from time to time. She still has very happy memories of Accy and particularly Church - she comes up from time to time to see Polly Watsit's mother.

Polly James, Pendy.

cashman · 12-04-2006, 23:44

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Originally Posted by katex

Polly James, Pendy.

think her mam used to live on havelock st.

Wynonie Harris · 13-04-2006, 06:43

Fritz Fryer, their lead guitarist, now runs an antique lighting business in Ross-On-Wye.