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Ian Haskayne

John Kennedy, a friend of top of the bill group The James Boys. In 1960 Ian Edwards replaced him as singer as they changed to rock ‘n’ roll. Later that year they started playing at the Orrell Park Ballroom (OPB). The ballroom manager, Ralph Webster, became their manager making them one of the top groups on Merseyside, playing regularly at the Litherland Town Hall, Aintree

Institute and Lathom Hall, all top venues and became resident group at St. Lukes Hall - the ‘Jive-Hive’ on a Wednesday and Saturday nights.

As Ian and the Zodiacs, they recorded 3 tracks for the ‘This Is Mersey Beat’ albums, ‘Beechwood 4-5789’, ‘It Ain’t Neccessarily So’ and ‘LetsTurkey Trot’, Beechwood 4-5789 and Lets Turkey Trot where both released as singles. In 1965 they made numerous trips to Germany releasing one LP and two singles. Their German A&R man Siegfried Lock, while working for the Philips label, released ‘The Crying Game’ (a track from the album) in the US where it sold over 250,000 copies, reaching No.1 in Texas, later that year they released a British single ‘Just The Little Things That I Like’/ ‘This Won’t Happen To Me’, they also released an album on the Wings label called ‘Gear Again’, under the name ‘The Koppykats’ , it was a an album of Beatle hits and their best selling release, but as they had accepted a session fee they didn’t receive royalties!