Nero and the Gladiators
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Nero and the Gladiators
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Nero & the Gladiators were a British instrumental rock and roll band in the early 1960s. The group was led by keyboard player Mike O'Neill as "Nero", and had two minor hits in the UK, "Entry of the Gladiators" and "In the Hall of the Mountain King". O'Neill was born in Lowton, Lancashire, and moved to London in 1958. He played in Vince Taylor's band before joining The Cabin Boys, who backed singer Colin Hicks, the younger brother of Tommy Steele. In 1959, Hicks and his band accepted an offer to
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_and_the_Gladiators
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2011-03-29T17:45:34Z
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2024-09-04T16:18:34Z
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