Biography
Freddie & the Dreamers were the clowns from the Uk Invasion, using their pop music for laughs as the other sets of enough time were deceased serious. Lead vocalist Freddie Garrity started playing in skiffle groupings in the past due ’50s, switching to rock and roll & move in the first ’60s. Following the Beatles broke the American marketplace widely open, Freddie & the Dreamers implemented within the overflow of serves that attempted to duplicate the frustrating success from the Fab Four. The group’s strikes were more many within the U.K. than in the us, where that they had only one TOP hit, the main “I’m LETTING YOU KNOW Right now.” As 1965 converted into 1966, the group halted charting within the U.S. as well as the strikes started to dwindle within the U.K.; by 1968 the initial group disbanded. Garrity later on assembled new variations from the Dreamers, as well as the group toured for just two decades; nevertheless, Garrity’s health started to decrease and he became acutely sick on the plane from NY to Britain in 2001, apparently because of emphysema. Subsequently frequently limited to a wheelchair, he passed away in Bangor, Wales, on, may 19, 2006 at age 69.
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1 | Freddie Garrity founded the group in 1959. They hit the charts in the US for the first time in 1965 with "I'm Telling You Now". They had another hit with "Do the Freddie", named after the manic moves of Garrity during their performances. The original group was disbanded in 1969, and reformed in 1976, touring for the next 25 years. |
2 | The band members were Freddie Garrity, Peter Birrell, Roy Crewdson, Bernie Dwyer, Derek Quinn, Alan Rose, Kev Ryan, Trevor Bullock, Giorgio Uccellini, Alan Mosca, Brian Byng, Steve Smith, John D.D. Williams, Denis Smith, Tony Brooke, Stuart Simpson, Ritchie Madden, Spencer Montgomery, Paul Atack, Andy Wells, Gary Smith, Gary Rudd, John Denny Jr., Paul Maddern, Hugh Whitaker, Noel Walsh, Keith Roberts, Ray Barlow, Eamonn Carr, Nicholas Foti, Alan Edmundson, Simon Clarke. |
Actor
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Little Big Time | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Music performers |
Five O'Clock Club | 1966 | TV Series | |
David Nixon's Comedy Bandbox | 1966 | TV Series | Guest. |
Seaside Swingers | 1964 | The Chefs (as Freddie and the Dreamers) |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Endeavour | 2014 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story | 2012 | TV Movie performer: "I'm Telling You Now" | |
They Came from Manchester: Five Decades of Mancunian Pop | 2008 | TV Movie performer: "You Were Made For Me" | |
Of All the Things | 2008 | Documentary performer: "Do the Freddie" | |
EastEnders | 2006 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Riding in Cars with Boys | 2001 | performer: "I'm Telling You Now" | |
The British Invasion Returns | 2000 | Video performer: "I'm Telling You Now", "Do The Freddie" | |
The Wedding Tackle | 2000 | performer: "You Were Made for Me" - as Freddy and the Dreamers | |
Shindig! Presents British Invasion Vol. 1 | 1992 | Video short performer: "I'm Telling You Now" | |
Shindig! Presents British Invasion Vol. 2 | 1992 | Video short performer: "You Were Made For Me" | |
Troop Beverly Hills | 1989 | performer: "Do the Freddie" | |
Dear John | 1989 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Good Old Days Part II | 1978 | TV Special performer: "Do The Freddie" | |
Out of Sight | 1966 | performer: "Funny Over You", "A Love Like You" | |
Shindig! | 1965 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
Seaside Swingers | 1964 | performer: "What's Cooking Sequence", "Don't Do That To Me" | |
Disk-O-Tek Holiday | 1964 | performer: "You Were Made For Me", "Just For You" | |
What a Crazy World | 1963 | performer: "Sally Ann", "Camptown Races", "Short Shorts" |
Writer
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Cuckoo Patrol | 1967 | story outline - as Freddie and The Dreamers |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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When the Stranglers Met Roland Rat | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Themselves (1964) |
Dear John | 1987 | TV Series | Themselves |
London Night Out | 1980 | TV Series | Themselves |
Hope and Keen's Crazy House | 1971 | TV Series | Themselves - Special Guests |
In Melbourne Tonight | 1969 | TV Series | Themselves |
Discotheque | 1969 | TV Series | Themselves |
Showtime | 1968 | TV Series | Themselves |
Two of a Kind | 1967 | TV Series | Themselves |
The Cuckoo Patrol | 1967 | Themselves | |
The Record Star Show | 1967 | TV Movie | Themselves |
The London Palladium Show | 1967 | TV Series | Themselves |
Crackerjack! | 1965-1967 | TV Series | Themselves - Guests |
Doddy's Music Box | 1967 | TV Series | Themselves |
Five O'Clock Club | 1963-1966 | TV Series | Themselves / Themselves - Guests |
Hippodrome | 1966 | TV Series | Themselves |
Ready, Steady, Go! | 1963-1966 | TV Series | Themselves |
Thank Your Lucky Stars | 1963-1966 | TV Series | Themselves |
Where the Action Is | 1965-1966 | TV Series | Themselves |
Out of Sight | 1966 | Themselves | |
The Merv Griffin Show | 1965 | TV Series | Themselves |
Shindig! | 1965 | TV Series | Themselves - Singers |
The Red Skelton Hour | 1965 | TV Series | Themselves - Guest Vocalists |
Blackpool Night Out | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Themselves |
Hullabaloo | 1965 | TV Series | Themselves |
The Ed Sullivan Show | 1965 | TV Series | Rock Band |
New Musical Express Poll Winners' Concert | 1965 | TV Movie documentary | Themselves |
Top of the Pops | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Themselves |
That's for Me | 1965 | TV Series | Themselves |
Comedy Bandbox | 1964 | TV Series | Themselves |
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium | 1964 | TV Series | Themselves |
Discs a Go-Go | 1964 | TV Series | Themselves |
Disk-O-Tek Holiday | 1964 | Themselves | |
A Swingin' Time | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Themselves - Performers |
Top Beat | 1964 | TV Mini-Series | Themselves |
Big Beat '64 | 1964 | TV Movie | Themselves |
What a Crazy World | 1963 | Themselves |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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They Came from Manchester: Five Decades of Mancunian Pop | 2008 | TV Movie | Themselves |
Smashie and Nicey, the End of an Era | 1994 | TV Movie | Themselves (uncredited) |
Good Old Days Part II | 1978 | TV Special | Themselves |
Top of the Pops | 1964 | TV Series | Themselves |
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