Les Chadwick is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 bassist

Bassist

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His bass guitar

Bass guitar

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 work can be heard on all of the recordings

Sound recording and reproduction

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 made by the 1960s pop

Pop music

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 group

Musical ensemble

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, 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...

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Chadwick originally did not own a bass guitar, and played a standard Fender Stratocaster

Fender Stratocaster

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 with the bass setting exaggerated. On 19 October 1961, The Beatles

The Beatles

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 and Gerry & the Pacemakers merged to become the 'Beatmakers', for a one-off performance in Litherland

Litherland

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 Town Hall. The line-up comprised Gerry Marsden

Gerry Marsden

Gerard "Gerry" Marsden is an English musician and television personality, best known for being leader of the British band Gerry & the Pacemakers.-Biography:...

, George Harrison

George Harrison

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, 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...

, John Lennon

John Lennon

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, Les Maguire

Les Maguire

Les Maguire is an English pianist.Maguire started his career, playing tenor saxophone in a Liverpool pop group, the Vegas Five, which later changed its name to The Undertakers...

, Pete Best

Pete Best

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, Freddy Marsden, plus vocalist Karl Terry from The Cruisers with Chadwick on bass guitar

Bass guitar

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When the Pacemakers split up in 1966, he bought a garage

Automobile repair shop

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 with fellow former Pacemaker, Les Maguire

Les Maguire

Les Maguire is an English pianist.Maguire started his career, playing tenor saxophone in a Liverpool pop group, the Vegas Five, which later changed its name to The Undertakers...

. In 1973, Chadwick relocated to Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

Australia

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, where he set up an employment agency

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