You can’t teach a kid to play a song from the ’50s because they’re not going to grasp that. So I still practice a lot myself. As far as a group, we have probably 600 to 700 songs that we can do.

The Honeycombs’ shot at glory was “Have I the Right?” their 1964 debut single that became a worldwide smash. A confluence of events and people allowed them this opportunity, and they ...

While the Honeycombs disbanded after three years, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich proved more enduring, Howard and Blaikley coming up with a string of distinctive hits including Hold Tight ...

Ken Howard, centre, with Alan Blaikley, left, and Joe Meek outside court in 1965 during a court case over the Honeycombs’ No 1 Have I the Right? - ANL/Shutterstock Ken Howard, who has died aged ...