On tour
We joined the DAVE CLARK FIVE tour just as our record began to move and that was undoubtedly a great aid in sending it up the charts and getting us on our feet.

We then went on to record 'Seven Golden Daffodils', hoping that this will be our greatest success as our next single.

We are really happy with our success, although it would be great to reach the top. We would not be where we are now without those first fans and our old friends in Liverpool who helped us to success, and we would like to say with all sincerity a loud 'thank you.'

Editor's notes: Stu James, of course, was a stage name for Stuart Slater and Keith Karlson was bass guitarist with the group.

The winners of the Philharmonic Hall contest were the Escorts who discovered that the prize of a recording contract with Decca turned out to be purely a recording audition - and they were turned down!

'Everything's Alright' reached No. 9 in the charts, followed by 'Why Not Tonight' which reached No. 25 and 'Seven Daffoldils' which reached No. 30.

It's ironic that Nicky joined the Mojos because they were part of the chain of events which caused Faron's Flamingos to disband. I was at the recording of 'Do You Love Me' at Oriole Studios. I joined A&R man John Schroeder in the control room for the playback and everyone was knocked out and proclaimed it a potential No. 1.

However, Oriole was a small company with not much finance behind it (they used to re-use master tapes, thus wiping away original recordings), and although they knew that the Flamingos 'Do You Love Me' could set the chart alight, they couldn't afford a record plugger. Don Agnes of Leeds Music agreed to plug the record if they changed sides and made 'See If She Cares' the A side (it was published by Leeds Music, which I believe was a division of Aberback Music). This was agreed - but as a result Faron's version of 'Do You Love Me' was copied by both the Dave Clark Five and Brian Poole & the Tremeloes and caused the Flamingos to disband in despair. The connection? 'See If She Cares' was written by Stu James (Slater)! One wonders how Nicky felt playing on the same bill as the Dave Clark Five, who had stolen his original group's thunder?

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