 His first gig with the Iveys was on 20 August 1967 at the Starlite Ballroom in Crawley.On 23 July 1968, the Iveys were signed to the Beatles' Apple Records label.Their debut worldwide single release was Maybe Tomorrow, which was a Tom Evans composition, written for his girlfriend in Liverpool, Leslie Sandton, who he used to date when he was a member of Them Calderstones.