Baby I Need Your Lovin' - Music

The Fourmost Were An English Merseybeat Band That Recorded In The 1960s. Their Biggest UK Hit Single Was "A Little Loving" In 1964. Guitarist/vocalist Brian O'Hara And Best Friend Guitarist/vocalist Joey Bower Born Joseph Bower 17 November 1939 Dingle Liverpool Lancashire Formed The Two Jays In 1957. The Group Changed Its Name To The Four Jays In September 1959 When Bass Guitarist/singer Billy Hatton And Drummer Brian Redman Born 21 June 1941 Huyton Liverpool Lancashire Joined The Group. The Four Jays Played At The Cavern Club On 1 March 1961 Nearly Three Weeks Before The Beatles. Rhythm Guitarist/singer Mike Millward Ex-The Undertakers Joined The Four Jays In November 1961 Followed By Drummer/singer Dave Lovelady In September 1962. The Band Changed Its Name To The Fourmost In October 1962. On 30 June 1963 The Group Signed A Management Contract With Brian Epstein. This Led To Their Being Auditioned By George Martin And Signed To EMI's Parlophone Record Label. With Epstein As Their Manager The Fourmost Like Cilla Black Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas Peter And Gordon And Tommy Quickly Had Access To Early Lennon–McCartney Compositions. The Fourmost's First Two Singles Were Written By John Lennon. "Hello Little Girl" One Of The Earliest Lennon Songs Written In 1957 Was Released On 30 August 1963 And Reached No. 9 In The UK. Their Follow-Up Single "I'm In Love" Lennon–McCartney Was Released On 15 November 1963 And Reached No. 17 In The UK. It Was Also Notable As One Of The Earliest Beatles-Penned Songs To Be Released In The United States But As With The Fourmost's Other Singles It Failed To Chart There. Their Biggest Hit Followed. "A Little Loving" Written By Russ Alquist Reached Number 6 In The UK Singles Chart In Mid 1964. From Then On None Of The Group's Singles Cracked The Top 20 In The UK. "How Can I Tell Her" Was Followed By A Cover Version Of The Four Tops' "Baby I Need Your Loving" Sung By Millward While Hatton Took Lead Vocal On "Everything In The Garden" And "Girls Girls Girls" Originally Recorded By The Coasters And A Hit For Elvis Presley . Brian O'Hara Composed Most Of Their Original Songs Which Were Used As 'b' Sides Including 'Waitin For You' 'That's Only What They Say' 'He Could Never' And 'You Got That Way'. On The Group's Only Sixties Album First And Fourmost From September 1965 They Covered Jackie DeShannon's "Till You Say You'll Be Mine". Other Tracks Included "My Block" Sung By Hatton And Written By Jimmy Radcliffe Carl Spencer And Bert Berns Originally A Hit For The Chiffons In 1963 Millward Sang A Re-Make Of "The In Crowd" Which Featured The Brass Section From Sounds Incorporated And Hatton Sang Two Cover Versions Of Little Richard's "The Girl Can't Help It" And "Heebie-Jeebies". The Band Appeared In The 1965 Film Ferry Cross The Mersey And On The Soundtrack Album Of The Same Name Singing 'I Love You Too' Which Appeared In Two Totally Differing Versions Mono To Stereo . In Early 1966 The Band Were Rocked By The Sudden Death Of Rhythm Guitarist/vocalist Mike Millward A Featured Lead Vocalist. They Recruited George Peckham As Replacement. In August 1966 The Fourmost Covered Another Beatles' Song "Here There And Everywhere" Followed By A Cover Of George Formby's "Auntie Maggie's Remedy" In November 1966. The Latter Song Was Representative Of A Comedic Element To Some Of The Group's Recordings. George Peckham Wrote And Sang The Country-Influenced "Turn The Lights Down Low" The B-Side Of "Auntie Maggie's Remedy" A Short-Lived Effort To Branch Out To Less Pop-Oriented Fare. In 1968 Now On The CBS Record Label They Recorded "Apples Peaches And Pumpkin Pie" An R&B Hit By Jay & The Techniques Followed By "Rosetta" Suggested By Paul McCartney Who Played Piano On It And "Easy Squeezy". The Group Soon Stopped Recording And Became Popular On The Cabaret Circuit. George Peckham Left The Band In 1969 To Run A Recording Studio. Original Member Joey Bower Returned To The Band As Replacement A Later Private Pressing Album The Fourmost - Featured O'Hara Hatton Lovelady And Bower - Which Included Covers Such As "Without You" "I've Got You Under My Skin" "Rag Doll" And "Save The Last Dance For Me" Was Sold At Their Shows In 1975. Hatton Lovelady And Bower All Left In 1980 While O'Hara Continued The Group With New Members Although A Version Of The Band Featuring O'Hara And Older Members Hatton And Lovelady Did Once Perform At The New Cavern Club. O'Hara Eventually Dropped Out Selling The Band's Name. A Later Line Up Featuring Longtime Later Member Bassist/singer Bill Haisman Who Had Been In The Later Group Alongside Brian O'Hara Plus John Richards Lead Guitar Vocals Gary Pearson Guitar Vocals And Kevin Clarkson Drums Vocals Released A DVD And CD Titled The Fourmost Live At The Club Tropicana Featuring Recording Of A Show Recorded In Skegness On 7 April 2007. They Performed Both "Hello Little Girl" And "A Little Loving" Among Other Covers Of 1950s 1960s And 1970s Hit Songs. Bill Haisman Later Retired. A Touring Version Of The Band Continued Led By Drummer/vocalist Kevin Clarkson With Alex Leyland Rhythm Guitar Vocals Colin Walsh Lead Guitar Vocals And Lee Clarkson Bass Guitar Vocals . Charley Records Later Issued A 20 Track Compilation Album Also Titled First And Fourmost While EMI Records Later Released A CD Stereo/mono Version Of The Original 1965 Album In 1999. In 2005 They Also Released A 33 Track CD Compilation The Best Of The Fourmost Which Included The Stereo Version Of "I Love You Too" And Four Previously Unreleased Songs With Booklet Notes Written By Billy Hatton. Mike Millward Died From Leukaemia In 1966. Brian O'Hara Took His Own Life In 1999. Billy Hatton Died In 2017. Original Band Members Brian O'Hara Born 12 March 1941 Dingle Liverpool Died 27 June 1999 Wavertree Liverpool Suicide Vocalist/lead Guitarist From June 1962
Mike Millward Born Michael Millward 9 May 1942 Bromborough Cheshire Died 7 March 1966 At Clatterbridge Hospital Bebington Cheshire Rhythm Guitarist/vocalist From June 1962
Billy Hatton Born William Hatton 9 June 1941 Dingle Liverpool Bassist/vocalist Died 19 September 2017 Liverpool
Dave Lovelady Born David Lovelady 16 October 1942 Litherland Liverpool Drummer/vocalist From September 1962 Discography Singles
YearSingleChart Positions
UK 6 AUUS
1963"Hello Little Girl"9--
"I'm In Love"17--
1964"A Little Loving"698-
"If You Cry" US Only ---
"How Can I Tell Her"33--
"Baby I Need Your Loving"2463-
1965"Everything In The Garden"---
"Girls Girls Girls"3321-
1966"Here There And Everywhere"---
"Auntie Maggie's Remedy"-43-
1968"Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie"---
"Rosetta"---
1969"Easy Squeezy"--- read less