Freddie and the Dreamers
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Freddie and the Dreamers were an English
band who had a number of hit record
s between May 1963 and November 1965. Their stage act was based around the comic antics of the 5-foot-3-inch-tall (1.60m) Freddie Garrity
, who would bounce around the stage with arms and legs flying. The group remained active until December 2000 when they played their final gig at Margate Winter Gardens. After that date, Garrity was told by his doctor that due to his pulmonary hypertension
it was not advisable for him to continue working, and he officially retired from all work in February 2001. He died in Bangor
, North Wales
, on 19 May 2006.
Although the band were grouped as a part of the Merseybeat
sound phenomenon that The Beatles
exploded around the world in the wake of Beatlemania, they came from Manchester
. Prior to becoming a singer, Garrity had worked as a milkman
in Manchester.
They had four Top 10 UK hits: a cover
of James Ray's hit "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody", which reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart
in mid 1963, "I'm Telling You Now
" (number 2 in August), "You Were Made For Me" (number 3 in November) and "I Understand", which hit the number 5 spot in November 1964.
Session
guitarist Big Jim Sullivan
played on a majority of the records, most notably on "Over You", "I Understand
", "A Little You", "Thou Shalt Not Steal", "Just For You" and a cover version
of Paul Anka
's "I Love You Baby
".
On stage the group performed pre-rehearsed, synchronised wacky dance routines. They appeared in four British
film
s: What a Crazy World
with Joe Brown
, Just for You, The Cuckoo Patrol and Every Day's A Holiday (US title Seaside Swingers) with Mike Sarne
, Ron Moody
and John Leyton
.
Between 1971 and 1973 Garrity and Birrell appeared in the UK ITV
children's show Little Big Time, a zany music/talent/adventure show with audience participation.
The group made a guest appearance in the BBC sitcom Dear John.
, riding the wave of the British Invasion
when the American teen public was hungry for any British pop music. As happened with many British EMI groups at that time, their recordings were refused by EMI's American arm Capitol Records
, and the Dreamers' 1965 releases and re-releases appeared on assorted labels. They recorded on Capitol's new subsidiary Tower
, and Philips
' Mercury
label.
"I'm Telling You Now", which had been co-written by Garrity and Mitch Murray
, reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100
in spring 1965. They were the first of three consecutive groups from Manchester to have number 1 hits that spring, the others being Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and Herman's Hermits
. Their next biggest US hit was "Do the Freddie" at number 18, intended to inspire 'The Freddie' as a dance craze
. The band's late 1965 album, Do the Freddie, included diagrams from dance instructor Arthur Murray
on how to perform the routines.
At their US peak, a television series featuring the band and British actor Terry-Thomas
was proposed, but never happened.
paid tribute of a kind to the group:
In an interview, Paul McCartney
said that the Freddie and the Dreamers version of "If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody" was copied from an arrangement
performed by The Beatles
at a show in The Cavern. The Dreamers released their copied version of the song as a single, leaving the Beatles uncredited. Because of this incident, the Beatles decided to concentrate on their own compositions, rather than cover versions. The Beatles later forgave the Dreamers, and invited them to do a guest appearance in their 1964 Christmas Special.
Freddie and the Dreamers, with a few different line-ups of newer Dreamers which included Alan Mosca,
Brian Byng,Stuart Simpson,
Tony Brooke,
Ritchie Madden,
Paul Atack,
Gary Smith,
Gary Rudd,
John Denny jnr,
Paul Madden,
Ray Barlow,
Noel Walsh,
and Eamonn Carr, remained a touring band into the 2000s. They appeared with other artists from the same era, such as Gerry & the Pacemakers
, The Troggs
and Peter Noone
of Herman's Hermits
.
Garrity retired in February 2001, along with his last Dreamers (Nick Foti, Simon Clarke and Alan Edmundson), due to pulmonary hypertension, and died on 19 May 2006. Drummer Dwyer died on 4 December 2002 from lung cancer; Birrell became a taxicab driver. Crewdson now runs a bar in Tenerife, while Quinn lives in Cheshire and is in the distribution business. Eamonn Carr heads TN Dreamers touring band. Nick Foti is to be seen playing all Freddie's hits and other sixties hits along with his band the Kasuals. as is Simon Clarke, who emigrated to Canada in 2003. Alan Edmondson is a music teacher.
http://www.thedreamers.co.uk/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlKPmYisCKk
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
band who had a number of hit record
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
s between May 1963 and November 1965. Their stage act was based around the comic antics of the 5-foot-3-inch-tall (1.60m) Freddie Garrity
Freddie Garrity
Freddie Garrity was a singer and actor who was frontman and comical element in the 1960s pop band, Freddie and the Dreamers.-Biography:...
, who would bounce around the stage with arms and legs flying. The group remained active until December 2000 when they played their final gig at Margate Winter Gardens. After that date, Garrity was told by his doctor that due to his pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension
In medicine, pulmonary hypertension is an increase in blood pressure in the pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, or pulmonary capillaries, together known as the lung vasculature, leading to shortness of breath, dizziness, fainting, and other symptoms, all of which are exacerbated by exertion...
it was not advisable for him to continue working, and he officially retired from all work in February 2001. He died in Bangor
Bangor, Gwynedd
Bangor is a city in Gwynedd, north west Wales, and one of the smallest cities in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the 2001 census, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University. Including nearby Menai Bridge on Anglesey, which does not however form part of...
, North Wales
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
, on 19 May 2006.
UK history
The band consisted of Freddie Garrity (14 November 1936 – 19 May 2006), vocals; Roy Crewdson (born 29 May 1941), guitar; Derek Quinn (born 24 May 1942, Manchester), guitar and harmonica; Peter Birrell (born 9 May 1941, Manchester), bass; and Bernie Dwyer (11 September 1940 – 4 December 2002), drums.Although the band were grouped as a part of the Merseybeat
Beat music
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a pop and rock music genre that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. Beat music is a fusion of rock and roll, doo wop, skiffle, R&B and soul...
sound phenomenon that The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
exploded around the world in the wake of Beatlemania, they came from Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
. Prior to becoming a singer, Garrity had worked as a milkman
Milkman
A milkman is a person, traditionally male, who delivers milk in milk bottles or cartons. Milk deliveries frequently occur in the morning and it is not uncommon for milkmen to deliver products other than milk such as eggs, cream, cheese, butter, yogurt or soft drinks...
in Manchester.
They had four Top 10 UK hits: a cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of James Ray's hit "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody", which reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in mid 1963, "I'm Telling You Now
I'm Telling You Now
"I'm Telling You Now" is a song by Freddie Garrity and Mitch Murray, originally performed by Freddie and the Dreamers that hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100....
" (number 2 in August), "You Were Made For Me" (number 3 in November) and "I Understand", which hit the number 5 spot in November 1964.
Session
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
guitarist Big Jim Sullivan
Big Jim Sullivan
Big Jim Sullivan is an English musician, whose career started in 1959. He is best known as a session guitarist. In the 1960s and 1970s, Sullivan was one of the most "in-demand" studio musicians in the UK, and performed in more than one thousand charting singles over his career...
played on a majority of the records, most notably on "Over You", "I Understand
I Understand (Just How You Feel)
"I Understand " is a popular song. It was written by Pat Best and was published in 1953.Hit versions were recorded by The Four Tunes and by June Valli....
", "A Little You", "Thou Shalt Not Steal", "Just For You" and a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of Paul Anka
Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"...
's "I Love You Baby
I Love You Baby
I Love You Baby is a gay-themed romantic comedy from Spain released in 2001.-Plot summary:Marcos comes to Madrid to live with his aunt and uncle and work in their restaurant. He dreams of opening a restaurant of his own one day and of finding love. Love he finds in Daniel, a struggling young actor....
".
On stage the group performed pre-rehearsed, synchronised wacky dance routines. They appeared in four British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s: What a Crazy World
What a Crazy World
What a Crazy World was a stageplay and film written by Alan Klein and directed by Michael Carreras. The film was released in 1963.- Cast :Joe BrownSusan MaughanMarty WildeHarry H CorbettAvis BunnageGrazina FrameMichael GoodmanMichael Landis...
with Joe Brown
Joe Brown (singer)
Joe Brown, MBE is an English entertainer.He has worked as a rock and roll singer and guitarist for more than five decades. He was a stage and television performer in the late 1950s and a UK recording star in the early 1960s...
, Just for You, The Cuckoo Patrol and Every Day's A Holiday (US title Seaside Swingers) with Mike Sarne
Mike Sarne
Mike Sarne is a British actor, director and former pop singer.Sarne was born Michael Scheuer at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London. Active in the 1960s as singer, he is best known for his 1962 UK comedy number one hit, "Come Outside"...
, Ron Moody
Ron Moody
Ron Moody is an English actor.- Personal life :Moody was born in Tottenham, North London, England, the son of Kate and Bernard Moodnick, a studio executive. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was a Lithuanian Jew. He is a cousin of director Laurence Moody and actress Clare...
and John Leyton
John Leyton
John Leyton is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song, "Johnny Remember Me" , which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961.-Career:Leyton went to Highgate School and after completing his national service, he...
.
Between 1971 and 1973 Garrity and Birrell appeared in the UK ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
children's show Little Big Time, a zany music/talent/adventure show with audience participation.
The group made a guest appearance in the BBC sitcom Dear John.
US fame
As their popularity declined in the UK, Freddie and the Dreamers enjoyed a brief spell of fame in the USUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, riding the wave of the British Invasion
British Invasion
The British Invasion is a term used to describe the large number of rock and roll, beat, rock, and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States during the time period from 1964 through 1966.- Background :...
when the American teen public was hungry for any British pop music. As happened with many British EMI groups at that time, their recordings were refused by EMI's American arm Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
, and the Dreamers' 1965 releases and re-releases appeared on assorted labels. They recorded on Capitol's new subsidiary Tower
Tower Records (record label)
Tower Records was a record label from 1964 to 1970. A subsidiary of Capitol Records, Tower often released music by artists who were relatively low profile in comparison to those released on the parent label, including a number of artists—such as The Standells and The Chocolate Watch Band—later...
, and Philips
Philips
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....
' Mercury
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
label.
"I'm Telling You Now", which had been co-written by Garrity and Mitch Murray
Mitch Murray
Mitch Murray , is an English songwriter, record producer and author.-Musical career:...
, reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
in spring 1965. They were the first of three consecutive groups from Manchester to have number 1 hits that spring, the others being Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders and Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits are an English beat band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's record producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers...
. Their next biggest US hit was "Do the Freddie" at number 18, intended to inspire 'The Freddie' as a dance craze
Dance Craze
Dance Craze is a 1981 British documentary film about the English 2 Tone music genre.The film was directed by Joe Massot, who originally wanted to do a film only about the band Madness, who he met during their first US tour. Massot later changed his plans to include the whole 2 Tone movement...
. The band's late 1965 album, Do the Freddie, included diagrams from dance instructor Arthur Murray
Arthur Murray
Arthur Murray was a dance instructor and businessman, whose name is most often associated with the dance studio chain that bears his name....
on how to perform the routines.
At their US peak, a television series featuring the band and British actor Terry-Thomas
Terry-Thomas
Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens was a distinctive English comic actor, known as Terry-Thomas. He was famous for his portrayal of disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads and toffs, with the trademark gap in his front teeth, cigarette holder, smoking jacket, and catch-phrases such as...
was proposed, but never happened.
Legacy
In the 1980 Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll, writer Lester BangsLester Bangs
Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist, author and musician. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines, and was known for his leading influence in rock 'n' roll criticism....
paid tribute of a kind to the group:
- "... Freddie and the Dreamers [had] no masterpiece but a of talentless idiocy and enough persistence to get four albums and one film soundtrack released ... the Dreamers looked as thuggish as Freddie looked dippy ... Freddie and the Dreamers represented a triumph of rock as cretinous swill, and as such should be not only respected, but given their place in history."
In an interview, Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
said that the Freddie and the Dreamers version of "If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody" was copied from an arrangement
Arrangement
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
performed by The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
at a show in The Cavern. The Dreamers released their copied version of the song as a single, leaving the Beatles uncredited. Because of this incident, the Beatles decided to concentrate on their own compositions, rather than cover versions. The Beatles later forgave the Dreamers, and invited them to do a guest appearance in their 1964 Christmas Special.
Freddie and the Dreamers, with a few different line-ups of newer Dreamers which included Alan Mosca,
Brian Byng,Stuart Simpson,
Tony Brooke,
Ritchie Madden,
Paul Atack,
Gary Smith,
Gary Rudd,
John Denny jnr,
Paul Madden,
Ray Barlow,
Noel Walsh,
and Eamonn Carr, remained a touring band into the 2000s. They appeared with other artists from the same era, such as Gerry & the Pacemakers
Gerry & the Pacemakers
Gerry and the Pacemakers were a British beat music group prominent during the 1960s. In common with The Beatles, they came from Liverpool, were managed by Brian Epstein and recorded by George Martin. They are most remembered for being the first act to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart with...
, The Troggs
The Troggs
The Troggs are an English rock band from the 1960s that had a number of hits in UK and the US. Their most famous songs include, "Wild Thing", "With a Girl Like You", and "Love Is All Around"...
and Peter Noone
Peter Noone
Peter Noone is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best known as "Herman" of the successful 1960s rock group Herman's Hermits.-Early life:...
of Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits are an English beat band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's record producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers...
.
Garrity retired in February 2001, along with his last Dreamers (Nick Foti, Simon Clarke and Alan Edmundson), due to pulmonary hypertension, and died on 19 May 2006. Drummer Dwyer died on 4 December 2002 from lung cancer; Birrell became a taxicab driver. Crewdson now runs a bar in Tenerife, while Quinn lives in Cheshire and is in the distribution business. Eamonn Carr heads TN Dreamers touring band. Nick Foti is to be seen playing all Freddie's hits and other sixties hits along with his band the Kasuals. as is Simon Clarke, who emigrated to Canada in 2003. Alan Edmondson is a music teacher.
Singles
- If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody/Feel So Blue (Columbia DB 7032) May, 1963 (UK #3) (US: no issue)
- I'm Telling You NowI'm Telling You Now"I'm Telling You Now" is a song by Freddie Garrity and Mitch Murray, originally performed by Freddie and the Dreamers that hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100....
/What Have I Done To You? (Columbia DB 7086) Aug, 1963 (UK #2) (US: Capitol 5053) - You Were Made For Me/Send A Letter To Me (Columbia DB 7147) Nov, 1963 (UK #3) (US:Capitol 5137)
- Over You/Come Back When You're Ready (Columbia DB 7214) Feb, 1964 (UK #13) (US: no issue)
- I'm Telling You Now/What Have I Done To You? (US: Tower 125) 1964 (US #1)
- You Were Made For Me/(B side by The Beat Merchants) (US: Tower 127) 1964 (US #21)
- I Love You Baby/Don't Make Me Cry (Columbia DB 7286) May, 1964 (UK #16) (US: Mercury 72285)
- Just For You/Don't Do That To Me (Columbia DB 7322) 1964 (UK #41) (US: Mercury 72327) 1965
- Send A Letter To Me/(B side by Just Four men) (US: Tower 163) 1965
- I UnderstandI Understand (Just How You Feel)"I Understand " is a popular song. It was written by Pat Best and was published in 1953.Hit versions were recorded by The Four Tunes and by June Valli....
/I Will (Columbia DB 7381) Nov, 1964 (UK #5) (US: Mercury 72377) 1965 (US #36) - Do The Freddie/Tell Me When (US: Mercury 72428) (US #18)
- A Little You/Things I'd Like To Say (Columbia DB 7526) Apr, 1965 (UK #26) (US: Mercury 72462) (US #48)
- Thou Shalt Not Steal/I Don't Know (Columbia DB 7720) 1965 (UK #44) (US: no issue)
- I Don't Know/Windmill In Old Amsterdam (US: Mercury 72487) 1965
- If You've Gotta Minute Baby/When I'm Home With You (Columbia DB 7857) 1966 (US: no issue)
- Playboy/Some Day (Columbia DB 7929) 1966 (US: no issue)
- Some Day/Short Shorts (US: Mercury 72604) 1966
- Turn Around/Funny Over You (Columbia DB 8033) 1966 (US: no issue)
- Hello, Hello/All I Ever Want Is You (Columbia DB 8137) 1967 (US: no issue)
- Brown and Porter's (Meat Exporters) Lorry/Little Brown Eyes (Columbia DB 8200) 1967 (US: no issue)
- Little Big Time/Freddie Garrity: You Belong To Me (Columbia DB 8496) 1968 (US: no issue)
- It's Great/Gabardine Mac (Columbia DB 8517) 1968 (US: no issue)
- Get Around Downtown Girl/What To Do (Columbia DB 8606) 1969 (US: no issue)
- Susan's Tuba/You Hurt Me Girl (Philips 6006 098) 1970 (The top side was written by Graham GouldmanGraham GouldmanGraham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
and featured Freddie singing with the members who would become 10cc10cc10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
playing the music. It was #1 in France!) (US: Super K 146) - Here We Go/I Saw Ya (Polydor 2059 041) 1978
EPs (UK)
- If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody (Columbia Seg 8275, 1963)
- Songs From "What A Crazy World" (Columbia Seg 8287, 1964)
- You Were Made For Me (Columbia Seg 8302, 1964 )
- Over You (Columbia Seg 8323, 1964)
- Ready Freddie Go (Columbia Seg 8403, 1965)
- Freddie And The Dreamers (Columbia Seg 8457, 1965)
Albums (UK)
- Freddie and the DreamersFreddie and the Dreamers (album)Freddie and the Dreamers is the eponymous debut album from the British Invasion band from Manchester, England. It was released in the United Kingdom in 1963, peaking at number five in the UK Albums Chart and reaching number 19 in the US albums chart on May 22, 1965...
(Columbia 33sx 1577, 1963) - You Were Made for MeYou Were Made for MeYou Were Made For Me is the second album from the British Invasion band, Freddie and the Dreamers. The album was first released in 1964. It contains the single I'm Telling You Now, which reached Number 1 in the United States that same year...
(Columbia 33sx 1663, 1964) - Sing Along Party (Columbia Sx1785, 1965)
- In Disneyland (Columbia Scx 6069, 1966)
- King Freddie and his Dreaming Knights (Columbia Sx 6177, 1967)
- Oliver in the Overworld (Starline Srs 5019, 1970)
- Breaking Out (Arny's Shack Records, AS 025, 1978)
External links
http://www.thenewdreamers.co.uk/http://www.thedreamers.co.uk/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlKPmYisCKk