Lee Curtis and the All-Stars group's drummer. They also occasionally performed with singer Beryl Marsden. By the end of 1962, the group were one of the most successful in the area, and placed second in the "Mersey Beat" annual poll, behind the Beatles but ahead of Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Searchers, and other groups who later became nationally and internationally renowned. Lee Curtis and the All-Stars were signed by Decca Records, and released two singles in early 1963, "Little Girl" and "Let's Stomp". However, neither made the charts, and in mid 1963 the rest of the band decided to split from Curtis to form
Alexander Edwin Marsden Alexander Edwin Marsden Alexander Edwin Marsden (1832–1902) was an English surgeon and cancer specialist. Born on 22 September 1832, he was the only surviving child of his father William Marsden and his first wife. He was educated at Wimbledon school and King's College, London, and was admitted a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries in 1853 and M.R.C.S. England in 1854. He graduated with a medical degree from the University of St Andrews, in 1862 and became F.R.C.S. Edinburgh in 1868. Entering the British Army in 1854 as staff assistant surgeon, Marsden served in the Crimean War. For three months