The Purple Hearts

The story

The Purple Hearts were an Australian R&B, rock group, formed in Brisbane as the Impacts in 1964. The band included lead vocalist Mick Hadley, lead guitarist Barry Lyde, rhythm guitarists Paul Steffen (1964–65) and Fred Pickard (1965-66), bassist Bob Dames, and drummers Adrian "Red" Redmond (1964–66) and Tony Cahill (1966-67). The group issued an extended play, The Sound of the Purple Hearts (1966), and several singles, including "Long-legged Baby" (1965) and "Early in the Morning" (1966). They disbanded early in 1967.

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.

Watch

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Records

• Benzedrine Beat! · 2006 · compilation
• The Purple Hearts · 2005 · compilation

Records from MusicBrainz. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive.

Members

• Lobby Loyde
• Tony Cahill
• Bob Dames
• Fred Pickard
• Mick Hadley
• Adrian Redmond

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with The Purple Hearts in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with The Purple Hearts in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

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Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of The Purple Hearts’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.

Also called The Purple Hearts

• Group · GB
  Purple Hearts UK mod band