Hello
 The
front room of a suburban North London house is hardly the best
setting for any group, but Hello's performance in their drummer
Jeff Allen's home was enough to convince Russ Ballard of Argent
that they had something special to offer.
And so it was that he began writing and producing for the
group. Ballard wrote You Move Me (a single that received a
lot of airplay), specially for them.
David Blaylock, previously with Chappell's, the music
publishers, was also present on that occasion, and went on to
manage the group.
Explaining his reasons for banking his hopes on Hello
(previously known as The Age), Blaylock said at the time:
"They're not a commercial pop group. They've played colleges,
but there's no doubt at all that they have a tremendous appeal for
teenyboppers."
It
was from their manager's record collection that the group
extracted some of the rock & roll numbers they began to
feature on stage.
The group's appeal was easy to see. They were all only sixteen
themselves, and not only did they play a good variety of music
with considerable guts, but Jeff Allen, Keef Marshall, Vic
Faulkner and Bob Bradbury, also had flair on stage.
The band got their first big break in 1973 when Gary Glitter
invited Hello on his British tour.
 
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