singer Cilla Black who had started her career been backed by the Hurricanes but no help was offered to Rory and his band there were other members that came into the Hurricane fold after Ringo left but is was that line-up of Rory, Johnny, Lou, Ty and Ringo that had really whetted the appetite. The Record execs ignored the Hurricanes apart from a 1963 poor recording of “Dr Feelgood” perhaps wanting to shift the power base back to London as quickly as possible.

In 1964 Epstein finally offered some assistance to the Hurricanes and produced their single “America” complete with references to the Beatles it failed to chart and the chance for fame finally seemed to have passed them by.

During 1967 and the Summer of Love the Hurricanes stillplaying Liverpool were to suffer tragedy when their guitarist Ty O’Brien collapsed on stage he was to later die due to complications with Appendicitis he was only 26.

Although an attempt was made to carry on as a group the game was now up, Johnny Guitar became an ambulance man and Rory, a man with a pronounced stutter became a DJ in an Amsterdam club. In 1972 on his father’s death Rory returned to Liverpool to “Stormsville” to be with his mother Vi beloved by the Beatles. Rory and mother were to be found dead beside each other – the belief was that Rory had died of natural causes and his mother on discovering this had committed suicide. The true facts will never be known – very sad circumstances