That'll Be The Day - Pam Howes

Book Details

Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Modern Fiction
Publisher: Cantello Publications
Publication Date: 2013


Fictional Artist: The Raiders
Genre: Pop, Rock
Country: UK
Real World Analogue: I was able to ask Pam about the influences for her novels. "I guess the Beatles and most groups of that time are my influence for The Raiders," she told me. "I worked in my local record store in the sixties and met loads of young lads who aspired to be in groups. So a little bit of them and their lives mixed with the ones who became famous certainly inspired me."

Jacket Blurb: 

THAT'LL BE THE DAY: is the prequel to Three Steps to Heaven: From the best selling Rock'n'Roll romance author Pam Howes.

For three young lads with a burning ambition to be famous, there was only one way in the late 1950's and that was to start a rock'n'roll group, like their idols, BUDDY HOLLY and THE CRICKETS. Eddie Mellor, Roy Cantello and Tim Davis did just that. With parental pressure to "do well at school and get your O-levels" they battle against all odds to form THE RAIDERS. Spurred on by their girls, a legion of fans and Mario, the coffee bar owner who gave them their first gig, the group goes from strength to strength. For Roy and Sammy it's love at first sight, but Eddie is torn between the girl he's been dating from school and new love, Jane Wilson. He's certain he knows where his feelings lie and plans a future that he hopes will be filled with love and longed-for success, but a one-night-stand has disastrous consequences for Eddie, Jane and The Raiders...