Trevor Morais

British drummer

Trevor Morais

Morais in 1968

Background information
Born|  (1944-10-10) 10 October 1944 (age 80)
Liverpool, England
Occupation| Drummer
Years active| 1961–present

Musical artist

Trevor Morais (born 10 October 1944) is an English drummer who has been a member of several notable groups such as Faron's Flamingos, Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, The Peddlers, Quantum Jump and the Elkie Brooks backing band. He is also a session musician who has played on recordings by Tina Turner, David Essex, Howard Jones and Björk.

In the "Drummer" category, Morais came no. 7 in the 1967 Beat Instrumental Gold Star Awards.[1]

## Early career

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Born in Liverpool, Morais was the drummer in the groups Faron's Flamingos and Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, replacing Ringo Starr after he left to join The Beatles.[2] According to Finding The Fourth Beatle by David Bedford and Garry Popper, Morais had been considered as a possible drummer for the Beatles, but Morais was an attraction and they did not want him with all of his showmanship.[3] Some time later, Morais was a member of Ian Crawford & the Boomerangs.

He also tried to form his own group but gave up on the idea when he was invited to join a group called The Song Peddlers which would later be known as The Peddlers.[4][5] In April 1964, The Peddlers line-up consisted of Morais on drums,[6] keyboard playing singer Roy Phillips and bassist Tab Martin. They were a hip looking jazz and blues group.[7] He stayed with the group until he left in 1972.[8] He was replaced by New Zealander, Paul Johnston.[9]

## Later career

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In the late 1960s Morais bought Bendrose house and converted it into Farmyard Studios.[10][11]

Morais played drums on Tina Turner's 1984 hit "Better Be Good to Me".[12] Morais' drumming on the song was noted by Chris Welch in his book, The Tina Turner Experience where he said that Morais' stomping drums seemed to develop as much excitement as the Revue days.[13]

During the 1990s, Morais was the drummer in Björk's touring band. In 1996 after an extensive tour, accepting an offer from Morais, Björk went to his studio in Málaga, Spain and ended up recording her Homogenic album there.[14][15]

## References

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1. ^ Beat Instrumental, Feb. 1967 - Page 20 BEAT INSTRUMENTAL'S 1967 GOLD STAR AWARDS, DRUMMER
2. ^ Stuff.co.nz, Jun 16 2013 - Mood music for the meth-lab - Grant Smithies
3. ^ Finding The Fourth Beatle: The 23 drummers who put the beat behind the Fab Three, By David Bedford, Garry Popper - August 1962: Almost the Fourth Beatle - Trevor Morais
4. ^ Mersey Beat - On My Liverpool Beat (cont.), FLAMINGOS By Bill Harry
5. ^ KinemaGigz - Peddlers Biogz 'P The Peddlers
6. ^ Nostalgia Central - Peddlers, The
7. ^ Dangerous Minds, 05.07.2012 - Meet The Peddlers: Manchester’s legendary jazz/rock group
8. ^ Nostalgia Central - Peddlers, The
9. ^ Nostalgia Central - Music - 1960s Peddlers, The
10. ^ "farmyard". philsbook.com. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
11. ^ Etheridge, David (June 1986). "Empathy (SOS Jun 1986)". Sound on Sound (Jun 1986): 32–36.
12. ^ WhoSampled \- Better Be Good to Me by Tina Turner
13. ^ The Tina Turner experience, Chris Welch - Page 213
14. ^ Encyclopedia of Icelandic Music \- Page 321 Production, Málaga Sessions
15. ^ Björk's Homogenic, By Emily Mackay - Page 15