How Ron And Mel (From Streatham) Took The Twist To Bagdad
Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 28 November 1964
THAT THE Middle East saw the light is entirely thanks to Ron and Mel Lines. These two young men, without encouragement, financial backing, Brian Epstein or even so much as a road manager, carried the torch of rock 'n' roll music to Lebanon, Egypt, Persia, Turkey and Israel. They took it to Tiberias on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
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