 Roberts and Kneen came from 'The Calderstones' that also featured Tom Evans (Badfinger).After recording their first single, The Bumblies' Bennett was replaced in early December 1965 by the then 16-year-old Ritchie Routledge from 'The Aztecs'; a semi-professional musician who was working as a junior reporter for "Music Echo", a music paper owned by Brian Epstein.The band changed their name to 'The Cryin' Shames' and started working under the new name just before Christmas 1965.