The Merseybeats
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Oct 4, 2026
Brian ReadeGUEST
It's going to reflect the moods of the city at times.
Brian ReadeGUEST
If flowers in the 1960s under Shankly, when Mersey Beats at the Star is coming, it becomes a worldwide phenomenon.
Brian ReadeGUEST
Look at these people swaying and singing Beatles songs.
Brian ReadeGUEST
So it's very much, as I say, a kind of reflection of the city and the country in many respects.
Mark RowlandHOST
It was released in 1965 as the B-side of their song Fever, a cover of the song Fever.
Mark RowlandHOST
It was a big hit in the UK with a version by the Merseybeats, and I think it's the Merseybeats version that Bowie was probably referencing when he chose to do a cover rather than the McCoy's version.
PushHOST
Oh, do you know what I'm thinking of? I think I'm thinking of S.F.
PushHOST
Sorrow, which was...
Tim FriedmannHOST
Well, that wasn't going to happen in 1965.
Tim FriedmannHOST
And so they were talking about, well, how about the Fortunes or the Merseybeats? Something like that.
Tim FriedmannHOST
Yeah.
Tim FriedmannHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Guy PrattHOST
Mm-hmm.
Paul CarrackGUEST
The Searchers, um, the Merseybeats.
Paul CarrackGUEST
Uh, th- they got me exci- ...
Paul CarrackGUEST
I mean, I saw The Beatles twice-
Paul CarrackGUEST
Then, of course, it was the whole Liverpool, Boom, The Beatles, all those bands, The Searchers.
Paul CarrackGUEST
the Mersey Beats, they got me excited.
Paul CarrackGUEST
I mean, I saw the Beatles twice.
Gary KempHOST
Oh, you