YARDBIRDS
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PA Images / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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2617 x 2313 px | 22.2 x 19.6 cm | 8.7 x 7.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
17 May 1964Photographer:
PA NEWSMore information:
This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.
LORD WILLIS WHO RECENTLY ATTACKED THE'BEATLE CULT' IN A HOUSE OF LORDS SPEECH IS PICTURED WITH HIS DAUGHTER SALLY AS THEY LISTEN TO THE YARDBIRDS, A POP GROUP OF FIVE EX-PUBLIC SCHOOL BOYS FROM THE RICHMOND AREA OF SURREY, IN THE GARDEN OF LORD WILLIS'S HOME IN SHEPHERD'S GREEN, CHISLEHURST, KENT, TODAY. THE GROUP HAD CALLED UNEXPECTEDLY - TO EXPLAIN WHAT POP MUSIC IS ALL ABOUT. LORD WILLIS, THE SCRIPTWRITER WHO CREATED TELEVISION'S 'DIXON OF DOCK GREEN' INVITED THEM INTO THE GARDEN WHERE HE WAS SUNNING HIMSELF IN SHIRT AND SHORTS AND, AFTER A DISCUSSION, ASKED THEM TO PLAY. THE GROUP, WHO FAVOUR HAIRSTYLES SHORT AND LONG, ARE LEFT TO RIGHT: ERIC CLAPTON, 19, PAUL SAMWELL SMITH 21, KEITH RELF, 21, JIM MCCARTY, 20, AND CHRISTOPHER DREJA, 18.