Yes, there were the chart-busting bands appearing at the bigger venues in Norwich, King’s Lynn, Cromer, Yarmouth, Lowestoft and more and the gigs often gave the locals the opportunity to share a stage with them.

But for many going professional and taking to the road was a massive gamble which could backfire…especially for those with a job they liked and a family to look after.

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But we still remember them and now get to meet the bands again in the smash-hit book Anglian Beat, An Account of East Anglian Bands of the 50s & 60s by Kingsley Harris of the East Anglian Music Archive.

On our journey through the pages we have reached the letter S which features a whole host of groups and bands such as The Sneakers and Some Other Guys from Lowestoft and The Hill Billy Bd., from Snettisham.

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Over in Acle The Five Angles became Somethin’ Else in 1967. Loved for their tight harmonies they........

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