The Henchmen

Formed from the ruins of two teams, the Ampmen as well as the Pacifics, the Henchmen had been a sextet from Melbourne, Australia comprising Rick Gemstone (vocals), Duncan MacKellar (lead guitar), Doug Osborne (rhythm guitar), Del Smeeton (bass), David Mann (keyboards), and Mal “Frog” Payne (drums). They got into a battle from the rings contest and gained first award, a recording agreement using the Move!! label. It had been the group’s second one, a cover of Bobby Day’s “Rockin’ Robin” released in Apr 1965, that hook them up to the map in Australia, achieving amount five in Melbourne and charting in Sydney aswell. Their follow-up, “Can’t You Listen to Me Callin’,” didn’t perform nearly aswell. The group’s lineup started changing using the departure of Osborne in past due 1965, however the group continued to be cohesive more than enough to property a contract using the HMV label, which yielded the effective rocker “CONTINUE HEADING BACK.” Their swan melody emerged in 1968, immediately after the discharge of what became their final one, for Columbia.