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The Kestrels | |
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| Also known as | The Beltones, The Hi-Fi's |
| Origin | Bristol, England |
| Genres | Vocal harmony quartet |
| Years active | 1955–1965 |
| Labels | Pye, Decca, Piccadilly |
| Past members | Tony Burrows Roger Maggs Roger Greenaway Geoff Williams Pete Gullane Roger Cook |
The Kestrels were a vocal harmony quartet from Bristol, England, most notable as the group through which the songwriting team of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway first met and started composing jointly. In addition, they are one of the first groups to feature Tony Burrows who later performed lead vocals on a string of hit songs for other bands in the late 1960s and early 1970s, several of which were written by Cook and Greenaway. They were one of the busiest vocal groups in England during the late 1950s and early 1960s, singing back-up behind Joe Brown, Billy Fury, Eden Kane, and Benny Hill, amongst others, and made dozens of television appearances between 1958 and 1964.