THE WHIRLWINDS - Look at Me / Baby Not Like You ORIG UK BEAT 7" Columbia

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Artist: The Whirlwinds
Album: Look at Me / Baby Not Like You
Label + #: Columbia POP 1301

Description:
Original very scarce Beat single from 1964 by The Whirlwinds from Manchester. This was their sole release.

The Whirlwinds were formed in 1963 by 17 year-old Graham Gouldman on rhythm guitar (b. Graham Keith Gouldman, May 10, 1946, Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, UK), with Malcolm Wagner on vibes, organ, Mo Sperling on drums, vocals (b. Maurice Sperling died 2014) and Phil Cohen. Later they were joined by Steve Jacobson on lead guitar, bongos (born Steven Jacobson), Bernard Basso on bass. 

Jacobson was a next door neighbor to Lol Creme (b. Laurence Neil Creme, September 19, 1947, Prestwich, Lancashire, UK) lead guitarist in The Sabres. 

The band rehearsed at The Jewish Lads Brigade, which was also known as The Jewish Alliance Brigade a local Jewish Youth Club in Manchester, Lancashire, the same place as other local bands, Group 17 and The Sabres also rehearsed. They were also the house band here, and it was here, that Gouldman met The Whirlwinds future manager one Harvey Lisburg, who was then at Manchester University, studying for his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Commerce.  

Wagner and Basso were in the same year at Heys Boys Secondary School in Prestwich, Lancashire. In 1957 Gouldman had brought his first guitar and also gone to North Salford Secondary School in Salford, Lancashire, having before that gone to Sedgley Park Country Primary School from 1951. Gouldman had been in a number of bands before The Whirlwinds: The High Spots, The Cravattes and The Planets. Kevin Godley (b. Kevin Michael Godley, October 7, 1945, Prestwich, Lancashire, UK), who would later play with Gouldman in Hotlegs (1970 - 1971), 10cc (from 1972), had also gone to Sedgley Park School.

The band secured a recording contract with HMV and recorded a Buddy Holly song ''Look At Me'' and ''Baby's not Like You,'' written by Lol Creme (b. Laurence Neil Creme, September 19, 1947, Prestwich, Lancashire, UK), who was drummer in The Sabres. 

The Whirlwinds lasted until Late 1964 when Gouldmen dissolved the band and in February 1965 he formed The Mockingbirds. 

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