Trevor Morais (born 10 October 1944) is an English drummer who has been a member of several notable groups such as Faron's Flamingos, Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, The Peddlers, Quantum Jump and the Elkie Brooks backing band. He is also a session musician who has played on recordings by Tina Turner, David Essex, Howard Jones and Björk.
In the "Drummer" category, Morais came no. 7 in the 1967 Beat Instrumental Gold Star Awards.Beat Instrumental, Feb. 1967 - Page 20 BEAT INSTRUMENTAL'S 1967 GOLD STAR AWARDS, DRUMMER
Early career Born in Liverpool, Morais was the drummer in the groups Faron's Flamingos and Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, replacing Ringo Starr after he left to join The Beatles.Stuff.co.nz, Jun 16 2013 - Mood music for the meth-lab - Grant Smithies According to Finding The Fourth Beatle by David Bedford and Garry Popper, Morais had been considered as a possible drummer for the Beatles, but Morais was an attraction and they did not want him with all of his showmanship.Finding The Fourth Beatle: The 23 drummers who put the beat behind the Fab Three, By David Bedford, Garry Popper - August 1962: Almost the Fourth Beatle - Trevor Morais Some time later, Morais was a member of Ian Crawford & the Boomerangs.
He also tried to form his own group but gave up on the idea when he was invited to join a group called The Song Peddlers which would later be known as The Peddlers.Mersey Beat - On My Liverpool Beat (cont.), FLAMINGOS By Bill HarryKinemaGigz - Peddlers Biogz 'P The Peddlers In April 1964, The Peddlers line-up consisted of Morais on drums,Nostalgia Central - Peddlers, The keyboard playing singer Roy Phillips and bassist Tab Martin. They were a hip looking jazz and blues group.Dangerous Minds, 05.07.2012 - Meet The Peddlers: Manchester’s legendary jazz/rock group He stayed with the group until he left in 1972.Nostalgia Central - Peddlers, The He was replaced by New Zealander, Paul Johnston.Nostalgia Central - Music - 1960s Peddlers, The
Later career In the late 1960s Morais bought Bendrose house and converted it into Farmyard Studios.
Morais played drums on Tina Turner's 1984 hit "Better Be Good to Me".WhoSampled - Better Be Good to Me by Tina Turner Morais' drumming on the song was noted by Chris Welch in his book, The Tina Turner Experience where he said that Morais' stomping drums seemed to develop as much excitement as the Revue days.The Tina Turner experience, Chris Welch - Page 213
During the 1990s, Morais was the drummer in Björk's touring band. In 1996 after an extensive tour, accepting an offer from Morais, Björk went to his studio in Málaga, Spain and ended up recording her Homogenic album there.Encyclopedia of Icelandic Music - Page 321 Production, Málaga SessionsBjörk's Homogenic, By Emily Mackay - Page 15
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