Effective period / Period of releases: 1964 - 1967

Members: Kenny MacCaskill, Billy Gallacher

The Fleets were a British group produced by Peter Sullivan at Decca Studios in London. In light of the phenomenal [US] success of The Beatles, Dave Clark Five, et al, Stewart thought he would take a stab in the dark at licensing a British Beat group. "Please Return To Me" was the pretty dire result. In 1966 Stewart licensed one more Fleets record for the debut release on the ill-fated Stax pop subsidiary, Hip. It too was a much-deserved failure. For those who are curious, The Fleets didn't even chart in their native England. "