Top Ten Club

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The Top Ten Club was a music club in Hamburg, Germany owned by Peter Eckhorn. The address in Hamburg area St. Pauli was 136 Reeperbahn.

Contents 1 Musicians who played here 2 Trivia 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] Musicians who played here

• The Beatles played between (March 1961 - July 1961). The Beatles lived in the attic above the club, and backed up Tony Sheridan in their first official recording sessions during this period.

• "Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich".
• The Jets^[1]
• Universe.South-Wales rock band.Played 5 residencies at the TOP TEN between May 1970 and August 1971. Members: Michael Blanche,Steve Finn,John Healan,Mike Lloyd-Jones and Rob Reynolds.(Pete Hurly,Steve Keely,Phil Summers)
• Strawberry Dust(later became racing cars) South Wales rock band February 1971. Members.Morty,Graham Williams,Jack Bass and Dicky Owen.
• Quicksand. South Wales rock band.1971. Members. Phil Davies,Jimmy Davies,Jeff Hooper,Anthony Stone and Rob Collins.
• Oswald Orange. South Wales rock band. February 1971. Members: Alice Ennis
• Wayne Gibson & The Dynamic Sounds. South London rock band. Played from 1st Nov, 1961 to Jan, 1962. Members were Wayne Gibson, Vocals, Mick Todman, Lead, Ray Rogers, Bass, Pete Gillies, Rhythm, and Larry Cole, Drums.

[edit] Trivia

• Each member of the Beatles was to be paid 35 deutschmarks^[2]

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/rock/hamburgclubs.html
• http://www.beatlesource.com/savage/1961/61.03.27%2007.02%20top%20ten/1961topten.html