A KEY member of Blackburn's chart-topping 60s band The Four Pennies has died of pancreatic cancer aged 63.
Fritz Fryer, born David Roderick Carney Fryer on December 6 1944 in Revidge, died suddenly in hospital after an operation near his home in Lisbon, Portugal.
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They toured the Lancashire area in the early 1960s before signing for Phillips records and playing with the Beatles in The Cavern Club.
The group's name came after a meeting above the Blackburn music shop owned by Mary Reidy, the shop being situated on Penny Street where it is still located today as "Reidy's Home of Music".
The name was chosen as a more commercial alternative to the "Lionel Morten Four".
They found their greatest success with ballads like "Juliet," which Fritz co-wrote with Mike Wilsh, and knocked the Searchers from the top of the charts in the spring of 1964.
The group fell apart in the autumn of 1966 after achieving another five top 20 hits and working with producer John Franz, who also worked with Dusty Springfield and the Walker Brothers.
After The Four Pennies, Fritz established the group Fritz, Mike & Mo, with Maureen Edwards and Mike Deigham before becoming a record producer for the groups Clannad, Horslips, Motörhead, and Stackridge.
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1 comment:
the perception of fame is a funny thing.
as in
"my dad played the cavern club"
"my dad knocked The Searchers from No 1"
what's his name?
"Dave Fritz Fryer"
"never heard of him!"
RIP Dave.
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