THE CHARADES

The Charades were a surf rock instrumental band from Sydney. Peter van de Voorde (guitar, sax), Trevor Miller (bass) and Des Thompson (drums) had been in a band called The Renegades who had a hit in 1963 with ''Kahuna'' before forming The Charades. Adding guitarists Murray Cheney and Paul Baker they signed by the RCA label and released four singles. They also backed Johnny Veen on his single, ''You Know He Did'' in 1966. The Charades were one of the first Australian bands to tour overseas. In June 1965, they toured Japan and Thailand. Des Thompson died in 2009.

Members

Peter van de Voorde (guitar, sax), Trevor Miller (bass), Des Thompson (drums), Murray Chenery (guitar), Paul Baker (guitar)

SINGLES

''The Lonely Beach / The Big Dipper'' 1964 RCA
''Whisper By Whisper / New Orleans'' 1964 RCA
''North West Of Broken Hill / When Someone Cares'' 1965 RCA
''I Only Dream Of You / Don't Try'' 1965 RCA

''You Know He Did / When I Fall In Love'' [with Johnny Veen] 1966 RCA