Ruby James (aka Ruby Mason) (lead vocals)

Frederick Rose (lead vocals)

Cornel Ellis (lead guitar)

Clinton Creary (bass)

Richard London (organ)

Austin Pigott (tenor sax)

Len Burke (drums)

Formerly known as The Heads, this short-lived Catford-based band added female singer Ruby James and sax player Austin Pigott and worked in Majorca during May-June 1967 before returning to London and signing with South East London Entertainments Agency.

During 1968 Richard London left to join Joe E Young & The Tonicks while Clinton Creary later formed Black Velvet with musicians from The Coloured Raisins.

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Notable gigs

15 July 1967 – Conservative Club, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire with The Nemkons (Bedfordshire Times)

11 August 1967 – Concord Club, Bridport, Dorset (Bridport News)

18 August 1967 – White Tiles, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Change (Swindon Evening Advertiser) Billed as Ruby James & The Stax

19 August 1967 – Princes Theatre and Ballroom, Yeovil, Somerset with The Safety Catch (Western Gazette) Billed as Ruby James & The Stax

8 September 1967 – Riverside Club, Cricketers Hotel, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald) Billed as Ruby James & The Stax

7 October 1967 – White Tiles, Swindon, Wiltshire (Swindon Evening Advertiser) Billed as Ruby James & The Stax

14 October 1967 – Ritz, Skewen, Wales with support (Neath Guardian) Billed as Ruby James & The Stax

22 October 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald) Billed as Ruby James & The Stax

5 November 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (Newham, West Ham & East Ham, Barking and Stratford Express) Billed as Ruby James & The Stax

12 November 1967 – Hotel Ryde Castle, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Contract with Galaxy Entertainments Ltd)

3 December 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald) Billed as Ruby James & The Stax

9 December 1967 – Newmarket Discotheque, Bridgwater, Somerset with Denise Scott & The Soundsmen (Central Somerset Gazette) Billed as Ruby James & The Stax with Glenroy

9 December 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury (Western Gazette) Billed as Ruby James, Glenroy and The Stax

10 December 1967 – Beat Centre Discotheque, Co-op Hall, Warrington, Cheshire with Eddie Floyd and Sounds Incorporated (Liverpool Echo) Billed as Ruby James & The Stax

24 January 1968 – St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk with The Herd, James Brown, The Healers and Delroy Williams (Ipswich Evening Star)

8 June 1968 – Queen’s Head, Six Ways, Erdington, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)

8 September 1968 – Rainbow Room Club, Ship Hotel, Weybridge, Surrey (Woking Herald)