The Sapphires in 1958
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Roger becomes a choirboy at St. Mary's Church, Fishponds, Bristol, England 
Throughout Roger's early teenage years he practiced harmonies with local
friends going by the names of The Harmonettes and The Honeycombs
Upon being expelled from Speedwell secondary school Roger earns a living,
plastering, shoe advertising, selling and bus conducting around the Bristol
area
 A
teenage crush on a girl named Judy, gives Roger the inspiration to compose
his first song entitled Judy My Darling
Roger forms a vocal group, The Sapphires consisting of Gill Stevens, Grant
Heywood, Vernon Merrick and Brian Holly.
The
Sapphires win a national talent competition called the "Carrol Levis
Discoveries" and on the strength of it, they tour the UK playing cabaret and
U.S. Air Bases
The
Sapphires visit Stan's Record Centre at 5, Denmark Street, Bristol to cut
their one and only disc consisting of The Book Of Love, Why Don't They
Understand, Let The Wind Blow and Down By The Riverside
Roger Cook's meets fellow Bristolian Harry Barter while performing with The
Sapphires in Bedminster, Bristol, England. Harry becomes a close friend and
Roger's manager
 The
Sapphires break up and Roger teams up with Avril Woolcot and June Stevens
to form a new vocal group, The Londons. June's sister, Gill, joins later this year
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