Rory Storm

Rory Storm ( January 7, 1938 - September 27, 1972 ), actually Alan Caldwell , was the front man and singer of the Liverpool band Rory Storm & the Hurricanes .

In 1957, Caldwell, who had been a seller until then, founded a skiffle band. In March 1958 he opened the Morgue Skiffle Club , which was played by local bands, including his own group Al Caldwell's Texans and the Quarrymen , which later became the Beatles . The club was closed again by the police in April of that year.

On April 30, 1958, Caldwell performed with his Texans on Radio Luxembourg . At the end of 1959 the band was called Rory Storm & the Hurricanes . In 1960 the Hurricanes had their first extended engagement. From then on they earned their living as musicians, u. a. in Hamburg , in France , but above all in England . Ringo Starr was the group's drummer before joining the Beatles in 1962 , where he replaced Pete Best on drums . In 1967 the group disbanded.

Storm then worked as a disc jockey in Benidorm , Jersey , Amsterdam and of course in Liverpool. Rory Storm died on September 27, 1972, at the same time as his mother and presumably from a tablet overdose.

literature

Thorsten Knublauch and Axel Korinth: Come, Give Me Your Hand - The Beatles in Germany 1960–1970. Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-38334-8530-5 .

Web links

Tapes by Ringo Starr's first band found , BBC.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

↑ As was later determined, the dose alone should not have been sufficient for Storms suicide , Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Merseybeatnostalgia.co.uk , accessed February 28, 2013.

personal data
SURNAME	Storm, Rory
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Caldwell, Alan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British rock musician, singer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 7, 1938
DATE OF DEATH	September 27, 1972

[1] As was later determined, the dose alone should not have been sufficient for Storms suicide , Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Merseybeatnostalgia.co.uk , accessed February 28, 2013.