…that, sadly, Freddie Garrity – lead singer of the Liverpool band Freddie & The Dreamers, who emerged in the early ’60s alongside the Beatles with their big hit, “I’m Telling You Now” – has died.
There aren’t many great pictures of him online, but that’s him at the top left:
He had a Buddy Holly thing going, to say the least, and he was downright goofy…but it was a charming goofy that won over fans on both sides of the pond, albeit only for a short time. Still, there were few articles written about the Beatles’ Liverpool contemporaries that didn’t reference the Dreamers, so their name – if not their material – was well-known by many fans of the Fab Four.
Dream on, Freddie…
