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Sylvia Saunders

Biography

Sylvia Saunders

Sylvia Saunders is one of the founding members of The Liverbirds, an all-female rock band from Liverpool active in the 1960s. THE OTHER FAB FOUR is her feminist memoir of music and friendship, recounting the band's rise to success. She wrote the book with fellow founding member Mary McGlory.

Sylvia Saunders

Books by Sylvia Saunders

The Other Fab Four: The Remarkable True Story of the Liverbirds, Britain’s First Female Rock Band
by Mary McGlory and Sylvia Saunders - Memoir, Nonfiction

The idea for Britain’s first female rock band, The Liverbirds, started one evening in 1962, when 16-year-old Mary McGlory saw The Beatles play live at The Cavern Club in Liverpool. Then and there, she decided she was going to be just like them --- and be the first girl to do it. Joining ranks in 1963 with three other working-class girls from Liverpool --- drummer Sylvia Saunders and guitarists Valerie Gell and Pamela Birch --- The Liverbirds went on to tour alongside the Rolling Stones, the Kinks and Chuck Berry, and were on track to hit international stardom. That is, until life intervened, and the group was forced to disband just five years after forming in 1968. Now, Mary and Sylvia, the band’s two surviving members, are ready to tell their stories.