About Heinz Burt
Heinz Burt was a German-born British rock and roll bassist and singer of the 1960s, who performed under the stage name Heinz. He was also known as a member of the instrumental group the Tornados. Working in a Southampton grocery shop Heinz came to the attention of record producer Joe Meek, becoming his protégé. Heinz was a member of the Tornados, famous for their multi-million selling hit Telstar. Due to the inadequacies of Heinz's voice, his vocals on his first single "Dreams Do Come True" were over-dubbed by another singer, a Meek artist named Mark Douglas or Billy Gray, but whose real name was William Halsey. Kramer and the Dakotas and Bobby Rydell, Heinz was seen as belonging to an era of rock and roll as the more modern Merseybeat became more popular.
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