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With a career spanning over 50 years, Terry has a long list of history in entertainment.
Age 14 Terry formed a skiffle group called the JACK O’ DIAMONDS after the Lonnie Donegan Hit of that name.
Soon they went all electric and swapped the washboard for a Hoover twin tub automatic.Hence the clean shirts….They appeared on The Carol Levis Discoveries TV show in 1959 and became Winners of the 1960 SOHO FAIR VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR with his sister PATTI BROOK AND THE DIAMONDS. They recorded singles with PYE RECORDS and toured with stars of the age nationwide such as THE SHADOWS and EMILE FORD seen below handing down the trophy as Emile and the Checkmates were the previous Soho Fair vocal group winner of 1959
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Exciting tour with THE SHADOWS 1961
| The Shadows The Dallas Boys Patti Brook & The Diamonds Frank Ifield The Brooks Brothers The Trebletones Tony Marsh (compere) |
| The Shadows The Dallas Boys Patti Brook & The Diamonds Frank Ifield The Brooks Brothers The Trebletones Tony Marsh (compere) |
Patty Brook & The Diamonds The Trebletones 
The Dallas Boys
The Shadows 
The Shadows
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
1962-63 Following the success with Patti Brook and the Diamonds, Terry became bass player with number one hit makers of “Diamonds” and “Scarlet O’Hara” JET HARRIS AND TONY MEEHAN after Jet and Tony’s exit from The SHADOWS in 1962. JET HARRIS (ex Shadows) and THE JETBLACKS 1962
The only picture of Jet and us together at The Talk Of The Town. Press cutting: The first line up with Mick Underwood drums Barry Lovegrove guitar TW bass. Dave (Quincey) Davies tenor sax, Glen Hughes baritone sax.
The cutting from Melody Maker 1962. Reads: “Jet Harris and the Jetblacks rehearse at The Talk of The Town for their forthcoming tour with Sam Cooke and Little Richard. Left to right: Barry Lovegrove Glenn Hughes Michael Underwood Quincy Davis and Terry Webster”.
Mick Underwood was only 16 and admits to being inexperienced at the time as I was. Sax men Glenn and Dave instigated a change of line up that said goodbye to Mick and guitarist Barry. I felt embarrassed at the situation. Mick got his own back being involved with many famous bands ever since noteably. The Outlaws, The Herd and ex Deep Purple Rock star Iain Gillan. Often wonder what became of Barry.
I couldn’t help making comparisons after seeing the greatest Rock n Roll show ever from Jerry Lee on that night at St Georges Hall Bradford and later our tour with Little Richard. Jerry or Little Richard? Jerry came out top………..
Ticket – Bradford
Full copy ofprogramme (Flickr)
JET HARRIS AND THE JETBLACKS LITTLE RICHARD SAM COOKE TOUR
| October 1962 – Doncaster (Gaumont) 09 – Mansfield (Granada) 10 – Birmingham (Town Hall) 11 – Grantham (Granada) 12 – Shrewsbury (Granada) 13 – Woolwich (Granada) 14 – Brighton (Hippodrome) 15 – Bristol (Colston Hall) 16 – Southampton (Gaumont) 17 – Bedford (Granada) 18 – Maidstone (Granada) 19 – Kingston (Granada) 20 – Slough (Adelphi) 21 – Walthamstow (Granada) 22 – Newcastle (City Hall) 23 – Sheffield (City Hall) 24 – Kettering (Granada) 25 – Harrow (Granada) 26 – Aylesbury (Granada) 27 – Tooting (Granada) 28 – Liverpool (Empire) |
Little Richard
Sam Cooke
Jet Harris & The Jetblacks
Breakaways
Sounds Incorporated
Bob Bain (compere)Little Richard was not on the 12th and 26th showsSam Cooke missed the first and last showsPromoter : Don Arden
Sam Cooke
Jet Harris
Ticket – Doncaster
Sounds Incorporated
Ticket – Birmingham
Full copy of Granada programme (Flickr)
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
Post – Birmingham
Little Richard (Front cover)
The Breakaways
Ticket – Kingston
Jetblacks In Ireland
Jet Harris lead 6 string bass guitar and vocals, Terry (Brook) Webster bass guitar & vocals, Pete Carter Guitar, Dave Quincy tenor sax, Glenn Hughes baritone sax and Jim Ellis on drums. The line up can be seen in a You Tube clip with Jet Harris ‘Man From Nowhere’ from the 60s film ‘Just For Fun’. ORIGINAL VIDEO – JET HARRIS – “THE MAN FROM NOWHERE” – YOUTUBE
JET HARRIS AND THE JETBLACKS supported Little Richard and Sam Cook on the Americans very first tour of the UK 1963. The Liverpool Empire date featured a then unknown group THE BEATLES promoting their first release ‘Love Me Do‘. The Jetblacks celebrated Jet Harris and Tony Meehan’s No 1 Hit ‘DIAMONDS‘ at Bath City Hall. Tony Meehan later teamed up with Jet and required a change in line up. Terry decided to quit handing over his bass playing role to JOHN PAUL JONES of LED ZEPPELIN. Terry teamed up with the other ex members keeping the JETBLACKS name and worked Dance Halls, German night clubs, BBC radio’s Saturday Club and The famous CAVERN Club and a charity event at the ALBERT HALL alongside The Rolling Stones and Dusty Springfield..
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Alan Randall Brian Poole & The Tremeloes Dusty Springfield & The Echoes The Heartbeats The Original Checkmates The Rolling Stones The Seekers The Swinging Blue Jeans Terry Judge & The Barristers Tony Marsh (compere)Artists appearing in alphabetical order”A Night With The Stars”
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Programme cover
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FROM THE BEATLES BIBLE
Live: Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Jet with Terry’s sisters Patti and Jean When Ex Shadow Tony Meehan took over I offered my bassplaying role to John Baldwin (who some time later became John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin) as he would be more suited to the new line up and he accepted. My article to Led Zeppelin Forum Re: Jet Harris. I dont suppose John Paul Jones (Led Zep) would remember me. I passed on the bass playing role to John as I was bass man with Jet Harris’s Jetblacks. My story is this. My sister Patti Brook was Jet’s girlfriend for 2 years after a summer season in Blackpool with Cliff and the Shadows 1961. Patti and Jet became an item and I was one of the first to know the shock news that he was ‘leaving’ the Shadows. I passed an audition for his new band and The Jetblacks were formed. The first tour was with Little Richard and Sam Cooke and we were with Jet at Bath City Hall when Diamonds hit number 1. Tony Meehan up to that point wasn’t interested in touring with Jet. When Tony came in it was on his terms and felt he needed to change the line up. Firstly our drummer Jim Ellis had to be dispensed with. He replaced our guitarist for Joe Morretti and replaced our tenor sax player with Chris Hughes. This left baritone sax man Glenn Hughes and myself on bass. There was no hint of me being replaced. I knew I was going to miss my new pal drummer Jim and Tony’s sax man Chris Hughes dished out sheets of music that I bluffed as I couldn’t sight read. Duke Ellington’s “Take The A Train” was the first tune we rehearsed and I was familiar with it as I used to ‘jam’ with jazzers Dave Quincey and Glenn Hughes lots. But I wasn’t comfortable with having to read music and decided to leave. John Baldwin (John Paul Jones) I believe was a mate of Tony Meehan and had been involved with the hit recordings Diamonds and Scarlet O’ Hara so maybe they were hoping I would leave anyway. John was around at the first couple of rehearsals in the pub room. I found him a really friendly guy and we would talk bass, so I proposed that he might be better suited to my job as he could read music and he accepted. My sister Patti had a tour coming up with Frankie Vaughen and we could stay as ‘The Jetblacks’ backing her. Eventually we left Patti and played the dance hall circuit. Patti split with Jet after he cheated with singer Billie Davis. Bit late with my comment but am getting more into this Internet thing and putting things right. For instance I sang harmony on Jet’s B side hit record ‘Some People’ but credit goes to Tony Meehan who hadn’t teamed up with Jet at that time.
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http://www.terrywebster.co.uk Another ‘invisible’ period in 1964/5 was my time with The WES MINSTER FIVE London based Rhythm and Blues band. Record Label: Carnival a ‘Blue Beat’ Label. Terry on Bass and Vocals ‘Mickeys Monkey’ B/W ‘Sticks n Stones’ also backing West Indian Blue Beat singers such as Sugar and Dandy and Young Satch. 
The Wes Minster 5 played the R&B circuit such as Marquee, 100 Club Oxford Street and Pete Stringfellows Mojo Club in Sheffield. Terry (Bass) and Jim Ellis (drums) accompanied Blues legend MEMPHIS SLIM at Fairfield Hallls Croydon.
1965-66
THE ZAC LAWRENCE BAND guitar/ vocals. 7 nights a week residency at the Kings Arms Old Kent Road now demolished. Pianist Zac Lawrence years later had a top ten hit with the instrumental ‘Groovin With Mister Blow‘.
I sent my story to this very nice chap to put him right and he wrote.
September 3, 2008
JIVE BUNNY: BEHIND THE SMILE
Some of us used to cut the rug to the rock ‘n’ roll megamixes by enigmatic but jolly dude called Jive Bunny. The man behind the monicker, Terry Webster, appears to be much more serious artist than it may seem. He came across this site where the band he was in, THE WES MINSTER FIVE, is mentioned in both Interview with JON HISEMAN and Tony Reeves‘ interviews. And that’s what Terry has to say to the visitors: “I used to be bass player and lead vocalist with WES MINSTER in 1964. I notice our line-up is never mentioned in the WES MINSTER’s history. I got the gig through drummer Jim Ellis; we were both in Jet Harris’s JETBLACKS before Tony Meehan. Clive Burrows was in the band on baritone [sax],, After he joined Zoot Money’s band we replaced him with Johny Hammond whho would later join Alan Price. On keys Paul Raymond who later joined Tony Jackson from SEARCHERS. We would do gigs across England for about 4 pounds each and recorded at Carnival records, and I sang and played on “Mickey’s Monkey” and “Sticks ‘n’ Stones” plus backing various Blue Beat artistes. We also became Tony Brook (me) and THE BREAKERS briefly on EMI Columbia with my own song “Meanie Genie” and B-side “Ooh Poo Pa Doo”. I used to live in a bedsit in the same block as Brian (Wes) in Fulham and he bought my Fender Jazz bass as I couldn’t afford HP and was leaving the band to play guitar and sing at the Kings Arms Old Kent Road with Zac Lawrence quartet. Terry Webster – www.terrywebster.co.uk Dissilusioned with the London scene and on the verge of a breakdown I fled back up north. I saw a future in the new booming cabaret club scene which was centered around the North and Midlands. My flair for comedy impressions was emerging and I answered a newspaper ad to sing with a comedy group called the 4 Statesmen.
1966-70 THE FOUR STATESMEN Leeds based comedy showband. Became extremely popular during the new northern club boom circa: 1967-1970 
1967
BBC RADIO Resident vocalist on ‘Pop North’ with Bernard Herman and the NDO. 
Just before the Light Programme became Radio One, Guests I remember each week: The Move singing” Fire Brigade” Ken Dodd Chris Farlowe The Herd Flowerpot Men The Pedlars.
My first show was embarrassing as I spent all week rehearsing the words for The Turtles hit “She’d Rather Be With Me”. My mind went blank after the first couple of lines in front of a live Manchester Playhouse audience and I sang jibberish words. I apologised to producer Richard Wilcox who calmly said “Terry it’s radio, you can have the words in front of you if you want!…..” To my embarrassment he still aired my jibberish version.
1970-76
ROCKIN BERRIES comedy show band. Record Label: Pye/Satril Epic Singles albums and Radio 2 sessions.
Line Up: Terry Webster Bobby Thompson Chuck Botfield Terry Bond Pete Spooner
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1976-86
TERRY WEBSTER and DICTIONARY show band. NAFFI Tours of British and American bases in Germany Italy and Spain and the UK.
Fred Woolley drums Grant Kearney guitar Steve Powell Bass
1976-86
TERRY WEBSTER songwriter: Singles and Albums. Labels: Pye/Satril London Weekend Standard Music
1986-96
THE ROCKIN BERRIES (Rejoined) Tours of Middle East. Hotels, Corporate Events, Theatre etc. Line Up: Terry Webster Jeff (Jefferson) Turton Keith Smart and Chuck Botfield.
1993-2000
JIVE BUNNY Vocalist/Musician/Arranger/Writer/Producer forming DEAD RINGER studio productions singles and albums. Labels: Sony/Demon Music Factory
1997-2002
TERRY WEBSTERS MIGHTY JUKE BOX BAND West Yorkshire based. UK Hotels, Corporate events and Military bases etc.
El Tel One More Teqila CDBABY.COM
1999-2000
RAVE ON a musical theatre production with bouncing cheques. I was featured vocalist and comedian and mug.
2002-2003
RED HOT CHARTBUSTERS theatre production as featured vocalist and comedian. The greatest backing band ever. BOOGIE MEN, Matt, Jim, Mark, Phil and all from Wakefield.
2002-2007
ROCK A DOODLE DOO Own Dead Ringer Studio Productions. Lead Vocals Backing Vocals Guitars Bass Keys Computer Instrument Programming. Albums on release ‘That’ll Be The Day’ ‘Poetry In Motion’ and ’70s Disco Dance Party’. Latest. Webstars Allstars Soda Pop Juke Box It’s My Party 60;s Girls 
2002-PRESENT
TERRY WEBSTER solo performances Night Clubs, Theatres, Hotels, Private Clubs and Golf Clubs. 
| March 1963 – Southport (Odeon) 29 – Nottingham (Albert Hall) 30 – Sunderland (Odeon) 31 – Blackburn (King George’s Hall) |
Gene Vincent Jet Harris & Tony Meehan John Leyton Patti Brook Johnny Temple Voltairs Ray Peters (compere)Promoter : Arthur Howes |
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I dont suppose John Paul Jones of Led Zep would remember me. It was 50 years or so ago. I passed on the bass playing role to John as I was bass man with Jet Harris’s Jetblacks.
My story is this. My sister Patti Brook was Jet’s girlfriend for 2 years after a summer season in Blackpool with Cliff and the Shadows 1961. Patti and Jet became an item and I was one of the first to know the shock news that he was ‘leaving’ the Shadows. I passed an audition for his new band and The Jetblacks were formed. We were with Jet at Bath City Hall when Diamonds hit number 1. Tony Meehan up to that point wasn’t interested in touring with Jet.
When Tony came in it was on his terms and felt he needed to change the line up. Firstly our drummer Jim Ellis had to be dispensed with. He replaced our guitarist for Joe Morretti and replaced our tenor sax player Dave Quincey with Chris Hughes.This left baritone sax man Glenn Hughes and myself on bass. There was no hint of me being replaced. I knew I was going to miss my new pal drummer Jim and Tony dished out sheets of music that I bluffed as I couldn’t sight read. I didn’t feel I was going to fit in with this new lot.
It turns out that guitarist Joe Morretti actually played ‘ Diamonds’ and ‘Scarlet O Hara’.
John I believe was a mate of Tony and was around at the rehearsals in the pub room. I found him a really friendly guy and we would talk bass, so I proposed that he might be better suited to my job and he accepted. My sister Patti had a tour coming up and we could stay as ‘The Jetblacks’ backing her.Eventually we left Patti and played the dance hall circuit and a stint in Germany.
Patti split with Jet after he cheated on her having a fling with singer Billie Davis.
Bit late with my comment but am getting more into this Internet thing and putting things right. I sang harmony on Jet’s record ‘Some People’ but people assume it was Tony Meehan who hadn’t teamed up with Jet at the time. http://www.terrywebster.co.uk
Ticket – Bradford
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
