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Description:
The Vipers Skiffle Group
– later known simply as
The Vipers
- were one of the leading
British
groups
during the
skiffle
period of the mid to late 1950s, and were important in the careers of
radio
and
television
presenter
Wally Whyton
, coffee bar manager
Johnny Martyn
, wire salesman
Jean Van den Bosch
, instrument repairer Tony Tolhurst,
journalist
John Pilgrim,
record producer
George Martin
, and several members of
The Shadows
.
History
The group formed in the spring of 1956 in central
London
, originally as a
trio
of
singer
-
guitarists
comprising Whyton,
Johnny Martyn
(born John Martyn Booker, 1934 - 2007), and
Jean Van den Bosch
. Later that summer they added a
rhythm section
, Tony Tolhurst (
bass
) and John Pilgrim (
washboard
), and took up residency at the renowned
Soho
music
venue, the
2i's Coffee Bar
. There, they sometimes
jammed
with musician and singer Tommy Hicks, later known as
Tommy Steele
. In September 1956 they were offered an audition with
George Martin
at
Parlophone Records
, and won a
recording contract
.
Their second
single
, "Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O", produced by Martin, reached number 10 in the
UK Singles Chart
in early 1957.<ref name="British Hit...
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