Sinister: Hurst and Last and Always

[Edna Welthorpe, Mrs]

Hello children

Assiduous research on the internet brought
www.themuzikmakers.com to our attention and this brief
biography of Mr Hurst. Make of it what you will

Edna

Mike started on the London stage at the age of 4,
alongside the likes of Max Miller and Sid Field, in
the dying days of Music Hall, which he probably helped
to finish off. 

In 1962 he joined The Springfields along with Dusty
and Tom. They achieved the first ever top 10 American
hit for a British vocal group with Silver Threads And
Golden Needles in that year and were voted top British
group in 62 and 63. The Springfields were the first
British group to record in Nashville. 

After the group broke up in late 63, Mike formed a
backing group and hit the road. This was no ordinary
bunch of musicians. Jimmy Page was first choice
guitarist, with Tony Ashton on keyboards. Jimmy was
replaced by Albert Lee after a couple of months, and
the group's choice of Country Rock, made their demise
inevitable by the close of 64'. 

Mike then hosted the first BBC radio show for
teenagers, Teenscene. He interviewed all of Swinging
London, and visiting Americans, including Bob Dylan. 
In 1966 Mike became a record producer, signing the
then unknown Cat Stevens, and producing all his early
hits. More hits followed with the likes of Manfred
Mann, Spencer Davies, Four Tops, Showaddywaddy,
Shakin' Stevens and others, totalling 49 top 40
singles and ten platinum albums. 

In 1981 Mike ran a theatre school for children in
Henley-on-Thames, writing several musicals which were
presented at the Kenton Theatre, Henley and later in
Plymouth after Mike's move to Devon. 

Throughout the late 80's and early 90's Mike ran a
series of successful shows for BBC radio Devon and the
South West, along with several Radio 2 series. During
this time he also researched a book on the history of
pop from Elizabethan England until the present day.
This spawned an extremely successful lecture tour in
all the major Public schools and colleges in Britain,
which is now an annual event. Mike launches a 'one
stop' web site for all music fanatics (and the rest of
you), in September 2000, themusikmakers.com, plus a
TV/video series of the same name in 2001. 


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