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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris
Van Morrison and Them formed in Belfast in 1963 and came to England in 1964. They had two big hits, Baby Please Don't Go and Here Comes The Night. The flipside of the former was the Van Morrison-penned Gloria which sold a million copies in the US in 1966 via a cover version by Chicago garage band, the Shadows of Knight. Morrison left Them in 1966 and embarked on his solo career and the rest is history.
A little-known fact: Van Morrison and Them actually appeared in Accrington at the Majestic Ballroom at Christmas, 1965. They were awful!
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Thanks Wynonie I forgot about Baby please dont go and Gloria, how could I, I remember Van at Accy Con in the sixties, mind you we got a lot of decent acts of the day up the Con, If I remember rightly mostly on Monday nights I think it used to go under the name "Bernard presents" one of my favourites was Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and of course the resident band were the Lional Morton Four aka the Four Pennies