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off from his Architectural studies to appear for the short season but couldn’t remain for the residency. Ted offered Ringo Starr £20 a week to take over from Dave and Ringo agreed, a couple of day’s later Ringo wrote and said he had received an offer of £25 a week to join The Beatles and had accepted the offer, Brian Redman eventually replaced Dave. ‘Kingsize’ was one of the best vocalists to come out of the ‘Mersey Scene’, the group had a strong repertoire of obscure but brilliant American rock ‘n’ roll songs Ted had got hold of. The group had spent a lot of time in Germany; Hamburg, Kiel and Berlin, a decision they felt (some years later) caused them to miss out on the Mersey Beat Boom. When they did return to the UK for a Chuck Berry Tour in 1964, they made an appearance on the popular television show ‘Ready, Steady, Go!’ performing ‘Stupidity’ a single released by Decca, which had made the No.1 spot in Germany. After a ‘Trivial Quarrel’, about which, no-one can remember, The Dominoes split from ‘Kingsize’.
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