The Trends

The Trends were a relatively minor Liverpool act formed in the early-middle 1960's. Accounts vary, some saying that they started as the Beachcombers, which then became the Beatcombers, before turning into Mike & The Mersey Men, before becoming the Trends-others say that the Beatcombers were merely a band that some of the Trends' personnel had previously worked in. Tony Priestley, the Trends' lead singer, was a good enough vocalist and also smart enough to know that the group couldn't possibly compete with the Beatles on a Lennon-McCartney song. Still, "All My Loving" became th...