It's Liverbirds, Not Liverbirds
- Abigail Devoe
- Feb 7
- 1 min read
“We never ever got as famous as The Beatles. But we started as friends, and we ended as friends.”
For the first time EVER on the Dolls Pod, we’re featuring a group! This week we're telling the stories of Pam Birch, Val Gell, Mary McGlory, and Sylvia Saunders. Together, they’re more than Britain’s first all-female rock band…although that part is pretty cool. They’re four independent, self-actualized young women breaking music’s glass ceiling - and having a whole lot of fun doing it. This episode is for any girl in a band, or any girl who’s ever wanted to be in a band.
Thank you to my friend Mark Berman (@fullyinvolvedmark on Tiktok) for tipping me off to Mary and Sylvia's memoir, The Other Fab Four: The Remarkable True Story of the Liverbirds, Britain’s First Female Rock Band.
"It's Liverbirds, Not Liverbirds" is out now!
There was another UK all Girl Group of the mid 1960's called `She Trinity` They became the first artists to actually do a cover of a Beatles UK single at the same time the Beatles released their single. This was `Yellow Submarine` in August 1966. Needless to say, the Beatles won out!