They don’t make ‘em like they used to any more. Not just the rock and roll numbers from the 1950s and 1960s but the bands that used to play them.
But there is one. It’s probably the oldest group in the country with all its original members and it strutted its stuff for a charity gig in Ovingdean Village Hall.
The Hustlers, lead singer Tony Burchell, guitarist Barry Gillam, bass player Richard Pearce, Pete Dresch and drummer Ken White first played together in Brighton, 1960.
They made their name around Sussex but drifted apart and lost touch until a chance encounter on a Brighton band website reunited them 22-odd years ago.
All with bus passes and grey hair, they joke about winning applause just for standing up for two hours, but they’re wonderful.
Tony Burchell made the most of Elvis numbers from G.I. Blues to The Great Pretender and got a lively audience dancing to Paul Anka and Marty Wilde’s Teenager in Love.
Everyone enjoyed proper pop music with words that could be heard, rhythms that could be clapped, tapped or danced to and accompaniment that didn’t burst the ear drums.
Top of the pops, as far as I’m concerned.
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