CLEM BORN IN 1939 AUGUST 27TH LIVES IN AND AROUND HACKNEY.
 FATHER INTERNED DURING THE WAR.IN THE ISLE OF MAN.
 CLEM STARTS OUT IN HIS FATHERS RESTUARANT
 DECIDES DRUMMING IS EASIER (THANK GOD)


1956 CLEM FORMS BAND WITH "TERRY KENNEDY
     WHO GOES ON TO BECOME PRODUCER."IVY LEAGUE" AND OTHERS

1957 CLEM APPEARS IN THE FILM"THE GOLDEN DISC" CLEM WAS     
     DRUMMER IN TERRY'S BAND AT THE TIME.

1958  TEAMS UP WITH "ALAN CADDY" STARTS MESSING ABOUT
      THEN JOINED BY "BRIAN GREGG"THEY START REHEARSING
      IN COFFEE BARS AROUND SOHO.
      JOHNNY KIDD TAKES THEM ON AS HIS GROUP
      JOHNNY KIDD AND THE PIRATES ARE BORN
1959  CLEM RELEASES "PLEASE DONT TOUCH"
1959 BECOMES BACKING BAND FOR "LARRY PARNES" ACTS INC BILLY FURY"
      ALSO BACKS "EDDIE COCHRAN"BAND CALLED THE BEAT BOYS INCLUDES GEORGIE FAME 

      KENNY PACKWOOD, BRIAN GREGG. 1ST INCARNATION OF THE BLUEFLAMES
1960  SHAKIN ALL OVER GOES TO NO.1....
1960  THE PIRATES BECOME "COLIN HICKS BACKING BAND TOURS ITALY
      ILL FATED
1961  CLEM RETURNS AND VISITS JOE MEEK
1961: JOINS CHARLES BLACKWELL ORCH. BACKS JOHN LEYTON. BILLIE DAVIS
      ON UK TOURS
1961  BECOMES IN HOUSE SESSION MUSICIAN FOR JOE MEEK
      BACKS DON CHARLES, TONY VICTOR. JOHN LEYTON ON SESSIONS
1961  RECORDS FIRST INSTRUMENTAL AS FOUR PIECE
      "SWINGING BEEFEATER NO KEYBOARD
      GEORGE BELLAMY, HEINZ BURT, ALAN CADDY, CLEM CATTINI
1961  NEED KEYBOARD PLAYER TAKE ON NORMAN HALE.
      HE MAKES ONE RECORDING "LOVE & FURY" NO B: SIDE
1961  HISTORY CREATED. CLEM RECORDS TELSTAR NO.1 IN 27
      COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE. ROGER LAVERNE NOW ON KEYBOARDS
      TELSTAR SELLS MORE THAN 11.000.000.000 TO DATE
      ONLY DELETED IN 1985
1961-4 MAKES GLOBETROTTER, ROBOT, DRAGONFLY & MORE
1963  APPEARS IN THE FILM "JUST FOR FUN"
      PLAYING "ALL THE STARS IN THE SKY"
1964  BECOMES SOUGHT AFTER SESSION DRUMMER PLAYING ON KINKS
      NO.1 "YOU REALLY GOT ME" FIRST OF OVER
      50 NO.1'S AND 100'S OF SESSIONS
1964 RELEASES OWN SOLO SINGLE "IMPACT" AS CLEM CATTINI ORK"
     ON DECCA PRODUCED BY LARRY PAGE, 
1965 PLAYS ON LAST TORNADOS SINGLE "GRANADA" ON COLUMBIA LABEL

1965 LEAVES TORNADOS TIRED OF REHEARSING NEW MEMBERS ALL THE WHILE

1965-1975 PLAYS AS SESSION MAN ON 100'S OF RECORDINGS AND OVER 50 No.1'S
1972 RELEASES "BIG NOISE FROM WINNEKTA" WITH HIS BAND SPAGHETTI HEAD

     WHICH INCLUDES "LES HURDLE" BASS AND FRANK RICOTTI VIBES ETC
1975 TURNS DOWN CHANCE TO JOIN "LED ZEPPELIN"
1975-6 JOINS CLIFF RICHARD WORLD TOUR
       CLIFF HAS TWO DRUMMERS CLEM AND BRIAN BENNETT
1976 RECORDS RUMPLESTILTSKIN ALBUM
1976 RECORDS UGLY CUSTARD ALBUM
1976 RECORDS HUNGRY WOLF ALBUM
1989 REFORMS TORNADOS
1990 RE-RECORDS TELSTAR ROBOT DRAGONFLY

1996 RELEASE  TORNADOS ALBUM "TORNADOS NOW"INCLUDES 3 NEW
     BRILLIANT INSTRUMENTALS.
2000 TORNADOS STILL GOING STRONG

2000 CLEM AWARDED SPECIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AT "BASCAR" AWARDS
     FOR 40 YEARS IN SHOW BUSINESS: (SEE TORNADOS MAIN PAGE)
 
2001 DEVASTATING BLOW TO  TORNADOS: LYN ALICE DIES.
     CLEM TO CONTINUE IN HER MEMORY