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Perhaps one of the most important rings from England’s R&B picture through the early ’60s, the Pets were second and then the Rolling Rocks in impact among R&B-based rings within the initial wave from the Uk Invasion. The Pets had their roots within a Newcastle-based group known as the Kansas …

Leicester-born drummer Barry Jenkins (sometimes known as Barrie Jenkins) had the nice fortune to maintain three successful rings through the ’60s. In 1963, at age 19, he was recruited in to the ranks from the Nashville Teenagers, a hard-rocking clothing from Weybridge, Surrey, being successful Roger Bridegroom, their first drummer. …