Don Gould (born Donald Peter Gould, 23 March 1947, Solihull, Warwickshire), organ (from December 1961). Martin Baggott (born Martin Thomas Baggott, 20 October 1947, Birmingham, Warwickshire), lead guitar (from early 1961). Al Jackson (born Harry Llewellyn Jackson, 21 April 1945, Birmingham, Warwickshire), lead vocals (from July 1962). The concert was meant to raise funds for the church. On 11 December 2010, the band came together once more to perform a one-off concert at St Mary's Church, Solihull, in which church the Applejacks practised in the early days. They were once described as the "Solihull Sound", and Chris May and Tim Phillips compared their music to the bijou doorbells popular in Solihull at the time. Davies eventually retired from music to become a nurse and hospital administrator for the National Health Service. įreeman and Davies were married in September 1964, with the other band members serving as groomsmen. After 1966, the group became an act on cruise liners, working for Cunard until the end of the decade and frequently aboard the RMS Queen Mary, RMS Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Elizabeth 2. Thanks to that quarrel, their next single, "Bye Bye Girl", was released half a year after "Three Little Words".Īlthough Decca continued to issue Applejacks recordings during 1965 (including the first released version of Ray Davies's " I Go to Sleep"), they met with little response from the public, leading to a rapid return to playing local gigs. According to Megan Davies, the group did not even record "Chim Chim Chiree". Although the single had been announced (and is therefore listed in most discographies), it was never released. Decca wanted them to record " Chim Chim Chiree", but the group disliked the song. The group quarrelled with Decca over their next single. However, the record only reached number 20 in the UK chart, whilst their final hit, "Three Little Words (I Love You)" (also in 1964), made it to No. After the group met the Beatles during rehearsals for a television appearance, John Lennon and Paul McCartney provided the Applejacks with a song which was to be their second single: " Like Dreamers Do". 
Written by Les Reed and Geoff Stephens, "Tell Me When" was released in February 1964 and shot to No. Signed to Decca Records late in 1963, their success was largely due to the strength of their first single, " Tell Me When".
During that time, they changed their name to the Jaguars before finally becoming the Applejacks in July 1962. Lacking a vocalist, they were strictly an instrumental band until the addition of singer Al Jackson in 1963 they began playing rock and roll songs and secured a residency at Solihull Civic Hall. Davies joined the group in 1961, Gould the following year. Baggott, Cash and Freeman began playing together in a skiffle group named the Crestas in 1961, occasionally performing at a local youth club. History Īll of the Applejacks (except Jackson) were members of the same scout troop as children. They were the first "Brumbeat" group (that is, from the West Midlands conurbation- Birmingham area) to reach the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, and were unusual for having a female bass guitarist, Megan Davies. The Applejacks were an English beat group of the 1960s.
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