Australia 2022 Sheldon Riley | pt

"Australian Playboys" was the name given to the Melbourne-spawned rock & roll band the Playboys, for their appearances and record releases outside of Australia, to avoid confusion with Gary Lewis's backing band "the Playboys." ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide .

Martin Briley is a British born singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist. Briley began playing and writing music when he was ten years old. At the age of seventeen, he and his band "Mandrake Paddle Steamer" (later shortened to Mandrake) signed their first record deal with Parlophone/EMI, and subsequently recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Briley was later signed to George Martin's AIR group of companies and went on to become an important part of the London studio scene as an arranger, vocalist and sought-after session guitarist. He also had a brief stint with the British art rock band Greenslade. Briley...

Born in Kingston, Jamaica on 22 May 1954,[1] Riley grew up in the city's Waterhouse district and attended Kingston Senior School along with Slim Smith.[2] When Smith had success in The Techniques, Riley hung around with the group hoping to join, but was limited to carrying things for them and helping out with harmonies.[2] He decided to form his own group, The Sensations, along with Cornell Campbell, Buster Riley (brother of The Techniques' Winston Riley), and Aaron "Dego" Davis.[2] The Sensations had a successful audition for producer Arthur "Duke" Reid, and the group had mid-1960s success with "Everyday is Just...