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The Gamblers - Dr Goldfoot (And His Bikini Machine)
(7: UK Decca F 12399) 1966
UK Beat group with Alan White, Matthew Fisher.
They are also Billy Fury's back band.
In 1965, Guy Hemric & Jerry Styner wrote a song
called Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine for
American International Pictures movie same titele.
And The Supremes and The Beas released title song.
The Supremes - Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine
(7: American International 65-3335 Promo only) 1965
Written by Hemric-Styner (Guy Hemric-Jerry Styner)
The Beas - Doctor Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine
(7: American International 65-3273 Promo only) 1965
Different recording than Dee Gee 3010,
much more like The Supremes version.
The Beas - Doctor Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine
(7: Dee Gee 3010) 1965

This is Inspired by the film of the same name
that UK beat pop psych song with 007 spy movie style intro.
Written by Simpson, Ashford, Armstead.
(Valerie Simpson-Nickolas Ashford-Jo Armstead)
Produced by Tony Clarke.

The Gamblers were formed in 1961 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
They were signed to Decca records. .
The band released their first single 'You've Really Got A Hold On Me' /
'Can I See You Tonight' (Decca F 11780), on 15 Nov 1963,
but it made little impact.
Billy Fury. introduced his new backing group, The Gamblers, in January, 1964.
They comprised Jim Crawford (lead guitar and vocals) born 24 April 1942,
Alan George (piano and organ) born 20 July 1941,
Andy McMullen (drums) born12 December 1941,
Ken Brady (tenor sax and vocals) born 5 July 1941,
Tony Tait (stage name Tony Damond) (guitar, trumpet and vocals) born 4 April 1945,
Alan Sanderson (bass guitar and vocals) born 4 February 1941.
All were born in Newcastle.
Andy McMullen (known as Andy Mac) soon had a serious car accident
and was replaced by Ces Baron.

The Gamblers made their debut with Fury on BBC Radio's Saturday Club
in March 1964, although they had recorded some tracks with Fury in January 1964.
The Gamblers next single was 'It's So Nice' / 'Nobody But Me' (Decca F 11872)
in March 1964, had just one week in the Top 30, in 1964.
After their own dates in Germany, The Gamblers appeared with Billy
at the summer show in Great Yarmouth in 1964 and in the film 'I've Gotta Horse.'
The EP Billy Fury And The Gamblers (Decca DFE8641) is highly-regarded.
The group subsequently appeared with Billy in the pantomime
Aladdin at New Theatre, Oxford.
The Gamblers retained their own management,
and each appearance or tour was separately negotiated.
At some point Ces Baron and Alan George left to be replaced
by drummer Dennis Crawford and organist Bob Elliott.
Their third single was 'Dr Goldfoot (And His Bikini Machine)' /
'It Seems So Long' (F 12399) in May 1966, their last for Decca.
Their fourth and last single was 'Cry Me A River' / 'Who Will Buy' (R 557)
on 20 Jan 1967, released on Parlophone.

The relationship petered out in the mid-60s and the group disbanded on July 1, 1967.
Jim Crawford joined the Alan Price Set, Alan Price (born 1941) was also
signed to Decca and was also from Newcastle.
He had been the original organist player in The Animals (also from Newcastle).
Ken Brady became a night club manager,
Tony Tait (Tony Diamond) became one of the two Holder Brothers.
Alan George and Cec Baron had left some time earlier.
Of their replacements, Bob Elliott backed Billy with the Dakotas,
and Dennis Crawford moved to Milan.

Members are
Jim Crawford (lead guitar, vocals)
Ken Brady (tenor sax, vocals)
Tony Diamond (guitar, trumpet, vocals)
Alan George (piano, organ)
Cec Baron (drums)
Bob Elliott (piano, organ)
Dennis Crawford (drums)
Alan Sanderson (bass, vocals)

Alan White reduced his music commitments in order to pass his school exams,
after which he became interested in studying technical drawing at college
with the plan to become an architect. At seventeen, he pursued music
and toured the cabaret circuit as part of Billy Fury's band the Gamblers,
which included several gigs in Germany. Alan White went on to play in Happy Magazine,
later known as Griffin, with Alan Marshall and Kenny Craddock,
and put out several records with Alan Price as their producer.
Alan White continued to tour and play with Price in his group,
the Alan Price Set, and took up several jobs as a session musician.

Matthew Fisher was born and grew up in Addiscombe, Croydon.
He attended Selhurst Grammar School. He started playing in bands in his teens,
initially playing bass guitar, but around 1964,
after hearing The Animals and Georgie Fame, he decided that he would prefer
to be an organist instead. He briefly considered a career as a music teacher.
He enrolled for classical training at the Guildhall School of Music,
but after a year he dropped out, obtained two Vox Continental organs,
and used them on tour with The Gamblers, the backing band to Billy Fury.

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