Marty Barry and The Teenbeats (Stockport)

The four-piece band Marty Barry and the Teenbeats formed in 1960 at The Reddish Youth Club, Stockport, Cheshire by Marty Barry on lead vocals (b. Martin Matkin, 1942) with Leo Laherty on drums (b. 1942).

They played around the Manchester clubs for about three years, and were well known at the time. In Early January 1963.   Laherty joined The Country Gentlemen (formed in Early January 1963 in Middleton Village, Lancashire).

Marty Barry and the Teenbeats concerts included:

Friday, March 8, 1963: The Twisted Wheel, 30 Brazennose Street off Albert Square, Manchester 2, Lancashire, 

Saturday May 25, 1963: The Leek Town Hall, Leek, Staffordshire, England, 8pm - 11.30pm Also on the bill: Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages.

Info courtesy: John H Warburg April 2026