IN THE NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS -POLL 1972 THEY WERE VOTED THE TOP BRITISH ROCK-AND-ROLL GROUP (OF THE OLD SCHOOL). SHAKIN´STEVENS AND THE SUNSETS ARE UNIQUE IN AT LEAST ONE ASPECT, THEY PLAY ROCK-AND-ROLL, YET THEY ARE NOT ROCKERS. THEY JUST PLAY AND PERFORM THE MUSIC THEY LOVE, ROCK AS IT WAS AND IS. WHILE NOT TAKING THE MUSIC TO SERIOUSLY THEY DON´T SEND IT UP. THEY PLAY A HARD ROCKING SET OF GOOD TIME MUSIC MEN AT FOR BOPPING TO THE GROUP FORMED IN LATE ´69, IN THE MEANTIME THEY HAD THEIR OWN RADIOSHOWS, EUROPEAN TOURS (HOLLAND, SWEDEN, BELGIUM, DENMARK, GERMANY AND FRANCE) AND T.V.-SHOWS IN DENMARK, SWEDEN, GERMANY (Hits A Go Go), FRANCE (Pop club) AND HOLLAND (POPSIEN AND AN OWN SHOW OF 30 MINUTES CALLED SHAKIN´STEVENS AND THE SUNSETS).

THE LINE-UP OF THE SUNSETS;

IAN LAWRENCE (GUITAR)
ROBERT ROCKIN´-LOUIE LLEWELLYN (DRUMS)
GEORGE CHICK (BASS)
TONY BRITNALL (EX-FORTUNES AND JIGSAW; TENOR SAX)
MIKE ACE SKUDDER (PIANO) AND - OF COURSE -
SHAKIN´STEVENS THE RUBBERED LEGGED VOCALIST.