2006-07-30 01:19:15 · 6 answers · asked by Brendy 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The High Numbers were a mod band with the following line-up: John Entwistle, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and Keith Moon. Aren't these names familiar? Yeah, these four guys were known worldwide as the incredible hard rock band called The Who.
The four guys were playing as The Who, a name suggested by a friend of Pete's named Richard Barnes (They were formerly known as The Detours). A bit later, they were discovered by Pete Meaden, who wanted to made them famous as a Mod band, beacame their manager and changed their name to "The High Numbers". It was a reference to the T-shirts with numbers that the mods used at the time. Pete Meaden composed mod songs to them (in fact, the songs were almost copies of mod favourites at the time, with changed lyrics) and they released just one single, "I'm The Face/Zoot Suit", by Fontana records. The single didn't reach the high positions of the charts, and The High Numbers were rejected by EMI.
The band was re-named The Who at the end of the year, and after some time they became the greatest live rock band ever.
2006-07-30 01:25:37 · answer #1 · answered by da_Boo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Detours and The High Numbers. The Who used to be named both.
2006-07-30 08:23:15 · answer #2 · answered by centreofclassicrock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alice Cooper real name Vincent Damon Furnier had a band called themselves & the spiders
2014-08-18 15:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by Songwriter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What band. It's like "Who's on First".
2006-07-30 08:23:22 · answer #4 · answered by chicky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Detours and then The High Numbers ???? I can't remember and I am not going to take time to look it up...ooops, just had to look it up to make sure...
2006-07-30 08:27:57 · answer #5 · answered by chazzer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Guess Who"
Serious my brother had the albums.
2006-07-30 08:24:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋