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Though they scored few hits and leaned toward the wimpish end from the British Invasion range, John Carter and Ken Lewis gave ’60s rock and roll way too many intriguing footnotes to become dismissed. At night times of pre-Beatles English rock & move, the duo, who began documenting in 1961, …

John Carter (b. John Shakespeare, 20 Oct 1942, Little Heath, Birmingham, Britain) and Ken Lewis (b. Kenneth Adam Hawker, 3 Dec 1942, Little Heath, Birmingham, Britain). They originally found popularity leading Carter-Lewis AS WELL AS THE Southerners, a nation inspired group that briefly included guitarist Jimmy Web page and recorded …

Within a songwriting group with Ken Lewis, John Carter wrote many pop and rock hits in the 1960s, including Herman’s Hermits’ “Can’t You Heart My Heartbeat,” Brenda Lee’s “COULD IT BE Accurate?,” the Music Explosion’s “TINY BIT o’ Spirit,” and Peter & Gordon’s “Weekend for Tea.” The duo also produced …