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Marking the birthday of one of the unique and memorable parts of the British Invasion: Freddie Garrity (14 November 1936 – 19 May 2006) was a singer and actor who was the frontman and comical element in the 1960s pop band, Freddie and the Dreamers. Born in Crumpsall, Manchester, Freddie, eldest son of Frederick Garrity and Elsie Clynes, worked as a milkman while playing in local skiffle groups: the Red Sox, the John Norman Four and, finally, the Kingfishers, who became Freddie and the Dreamers in 1959. In the early years of the band, Garrity’s official birth-date was given as 14 November 1940 to make him appear younger and, therefore, more appealing to the youth market who bought the majority of records sold in the UK. Garrity’s trademark was his habit of leaping up and down during performances. This, combined with his almost skeletal appearance and horn-rimmed glasses, made him an eccentric figure in the UK pop scene of the early 1960s. Heres a clip of one of their hits Im Telling You Now. Pay attention to the horrible lip-synch! https://youtube/watch?v=q8zCEkI7mdU
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:58:00 +0000

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