What is The Remo Four?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = The Remo Four | Img = | Img_alt = | Img_capt = | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[Liverpool]], [[England]] | death_date = |death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[Beat music|Beat]], [[Rock 'n' Roll]], [[British Invasion]] | Occupation = | Years_active = 1959–1970 | Label = [[Pye Records]], [[Piccadilly Records]], [[Star-Club Records]] | Associated_acts = Johnny Sandon, Tommy Quickly, George Harrison, [[Ashton, Gardner & Dyke]] | URL = | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = Colin Manley<br>Philip Rogers<br>Don Andrew<br>[[Roy Dyke]]<br>[[Wayne Bickerton]]<br>Tony Waddington<br>[[Tony Ashton]]<br>Keith Stokes | Past_members = }} '''The Remo Four''' were a [[rock and roll|rock]] [[band]] from [[Liverpool, England]], from the late 1950s and early 1960s, at the same time the [[Beatles]] were starting their musical careers. While the Beatles gained experience performing in [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]], the Remo Four played at [[United States|American]] [[Air Force]] bases in [[France]]. Members of the two bands were friends, and often played at the same places back in Liverpool, or would go to watch each other perform. After the Beatles became famous under [[Brian Epstein]]'s management, Epstein signed up the Remo Four also. He worked hard to promote the band, but they never achieved massive success as the Beatles had. Epstein paired the Remo Four with a singer he also managed, called Tommy Quickly. They made a series of singles together, but none became hits. Quickly retired from music, and the Remo Four went on to work with other singers, including [[Billy J. Kramer]]. They also released an album, titled ''Smile'', on a [[Germany|German]] [[r