(This was ten years after Presley's successful year, 1956). They again changed their name, to Ten Years After – in honour of Elvis Presley, an idol of Lee's. Using the name Blues Yard they played one show at the Marquee Club supporting the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. That November, the quartet signed a manager, Chris Wright, and changed their name to Blues Trip. In the same year, Chick Churchill joined the group as keyboard player. In 1966, The Jaybirds moved to London to back The Ivy League. Ray Cooper (born 11 November 1943, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire) played rhythm guitar, vocals from 1960 to 1962. Ivan Jay (born Ivan Joseph Harrison, 1939, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, died in April 2009, USA) sang lead vocals from late 1960 to 1962 and was joined by Ric Lee in August 1965, replacing drummer Dave Quickmire (born David Quickmire, 1940, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire), who had replaced Pete Evans (born Peter Evans, 1940, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire) in 1962. After several years of local success in the Nottingham/Mansfield area, known since 1962 as the Jaybirds and later as Ivan Jay and the Jaymen, Alvin Lee and Leo Lyons founded Ten Years After. The band's core formed in late 1960 as Ivan Jay and the Jaycats. Their musical style consisted of blues rock, and hard rock. In addition they had twelve albums enter the US Billboard 200, and are best known for tracks such as "I'm Going Home", "Hear Me Calling", "I'd Love to Change the World" and "Love Like a Man". Between 19, Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart. Ten Years After are an English blues rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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