In late 1959, there was a guy band in Great Britain, pretty much unknowns, and they decided to compete on a TV show called Carrol Levi's Star Search. Normally the band went by another name -- The Quarry Men. It seems that nobody knows, or at least nobody is telling, why the band went with the Moondog moniker for that appearance.
In reality, it took the band another year before they came up with their permanent name. If you still have no clue who I am talking about, or if you just don't want to think about it, click on the link below and you will find the true identity of these individuals who blazed a trail and made millions in pop music.
Johnny and the Moondogs Live, a few years later
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Steven L. Smith
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Interesting ..... I kind of like the name "Johnny and the Moondogs" better than "the Beatles".
Sean Allen
Sean,
I kind of like that name too. I guess, at one point, the were going to use beetles, as we Buddy Holly. He ended up with Crickets
There you had them again....those beautiful Beatles!! I do love them and their old videos. Thanks for showing!!