(c’64-’65) Les “The Big G” Hardy (vocals), Georgie Cato (bass), Jim Pelham (guitar), Alan Horabin (guitar) and Ian “Mac” McAllister (drums).
This Farnborough covers band built a solid local following with the likes of “24 Hours from Tulsa” in their repertoire, then moved into writing their own numbers. All five members attended Cove County Secondary School, played regularly at the Krakatoa Youth Club, Farnborough; and were managed by Jack English and Dusty Payne.
The Go-Gets received air play on London Radio, a pirate radio station, as part of the Melody Maker sponsored National Beat Contest “Beat Time” (which must be ’65 or ’66 as it was sponsored by Wall’s Ice Cream in ’64) at the Wimbledon Palais, where the band performed three covers and two of their own numbers, “Tears” and “Can’t Be True”. The band came second in their heat, moving onto the semi-final.
Reportedly they created a beat ballad / country crossover sound with Hardy, who sounded a bit like Gene Pitney, singing with a Texan drawl.
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