Terry Crowe – lead vocals
Mike Fitzpatrick – lead guitar
Roger Hanks – piano, organ
Mick Dunford – bass
Peter Garland-Jones – drums

A Woking, Surrey band that was formed around April 1965 from the ashes of The Plebs, The Pentad was led by singer Terry Crowe, who together with Mick Dunford, had been an original member of The Nashville Teens.

The band’s debut single “Silver Dagger” c/w “Nothing But Love” came out on Parlophone in June 1965. The group recorded a second single, “Don’t Throw It All Away” c/w “Too Many Ways”, which was released later that year.

Pentad’s third and final release, “Something Other People Call Love” c/w “It Better Be Me”, was issued in March 1966. Dunford later became a member of Renaissance.

The Woking Herald provided good source material.

Notable gigs

11 June 1965 – Walton Hop, Walton Playhouse, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald)

15 June 1965 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk with Unit 4 + 2 (Eastern Evening News)

20 June 1965 – Orford Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

27 June 1965 – Sunset Ballroom, The Sandringham, Hunstanton, Norfolk (Lynn News)

16 July 1965 – Orford Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

17 July 1965 – Orchid Room, Oxford with The Vibros (Oxford Mail)

19 August 1965 – Victoria Ballroom, Cambridge (Cambridge News) Billed as The Pentab

31 August 1965 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk with Them (Eastern Evening News)

31 August 1965 – Witham Public Hall, Witham, Essex with Stu James & The Mojos (Essex County Times)

1 September 1965 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Bob Kidman & The Dorothy Orchestra and The Dawnbreakers (Cambridge News)

15 September 1965 – Orford Cellar, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

24 September 1965 – Locarno Ballroom, Basildon, Essex with The Paramounts and The Transatlantics (Southend Standard)

2 October 1965 – Victoria Ballroom, Cambridge (Cambridge News)

9 November 1965 – Gala Ballroom, Norwich, Norfolk (Eastern Evening News)

22 January 1966 – King’s Lynn Corn Exchange, King’s Lynn, Norfolk with James King & The Farinas (Lynn News)

29 January 1966 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northants with The Brumbeats (Wellingborough News)

5 February 1966 – Esquire Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Sheffield Star)

12 February 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Other Five (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)

13 February 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)

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