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Eleanor Rigby by Zoot [1970]. They had a top-five hit on the Go-Set national singles chart with a heavy rock cover of the Beatles' ballad "Eleanor Rigby" released in 1970, but they disbanded in May 71 (www.youtube.com)

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[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Mainstay members were Beeb Birtles on bass guitar, later a founder of Little River Band in 1975.

Darryl Cotton on lead vocals, later a solo artist and then a television presenter.

Their guitarist and singer-songwriter, Rick Springfield, from 1969 to 1971, moved to the United States in 1972 and achieved international fame as a solo artist, songwriter and actor.

Zoot reunited for the Rick Springfield and Friends cruise in November 2011.