Tommy Quickly & The Remo 4 - The Wild Side Of Life ( Status Quo )

1963 Kiss Me Now
1963 Tip of My Tongue
1964 Prove It
1964 You Might as Well Forget Him
1964 The Wild Side of Life
1964 Humpty Dumpty


Tommy Quickly was a Liverpool rock and roll singer in the early 1960s. He was a later signing of artist manager Brian Epstein, whose biggest act was The Beatles.
Spotted as the vocalist with local group the Challengers, Epstein liked Quickly but not the band, suggesting first a name change (to "Tommy Quickly and the Stops"), then pairing him instead with The Remo Four. The next change was in song selection; whilst Quickly's voice was best suited to rhythm and blues, Epstein steered him toward pop songs, starting with his first single, "Tip of My Tongue", written by the Beatles songwriters Paul McCartney and John Lennon. He then made the usual round of appearances on-stage and in public, and was promoted by Epstein as part of his NEMS Enterprises artist stable.

"Tip of My Tongue" was a flop, as were his next four singles. His fifth single, "Wild Side of Life", charted in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, spending eight weeks in the chart. Described as young, naive and impulsive, and seemingly overwhelmed with matters since parting with the Challengers, Quickly was ill-prepared for the spotlight. When follow-up hits did not materialise, and with manager Epstein unable to push him further, Quickly retired from the music industry in 1965.
Tommy Quickly and the Remo Four can be seen performing "Humpty Dumpty", in the 1965 film, Pop Gear aka Go Go Mania.
In the mid-60s he became involved in drugs and developed a strong dependency.
Some years ago Quickly fell from a ladder and suffered serious head injuries, causing brain damage which has severely restricted his life.

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[TOBERT001]

Tommy deserved much more success than actually came his way.

Thumping backing from the Remo Four too !

[taphn]

this is a great version of this c&w song

[g1h2nedlaw]

Good to see this back on again. A great version. We spent ages learning this guitar riff back in 1964. Still playing Tommy Quickly style after all these years.

[mrdee11091]

thnaks for this chirpy sound video and upload great info provided thanks,,,,

[NcicHit]

Very interesting reading about him. I did not know he was injured and that is too bad. I wonder what Hank Thompson thought about this version of his million seller. He doesn't do a bad job on it.