 In December 1963, a cover of the song "Hippy Hippy Shake" took the band to Number two on the British charts and established them as stars.They had a three-year spell of success, rising and falling with Merseybeat itself.The Swinging Blue Jeans had the standard Shadows line-up of two guitars, a bass guitar and drums and achieved local fame with their appearances at the Mardi Gras Club and the Cavern Club.