Island Life Magazine Ltd June/July 2007 | Page 21

The spice of life! Could there possibly be a link between Tommy Steele, Cliff Richard, Adam Faith and Roger Mazillius? Well, they all certainly appeared at London’s famous 2 I’s coffee bar in the 50s. The first three ended up as pop millionaires and the other is the Island’s current chairman of the council. Back in 1957 Roger Mazillius was part of a group who won the all-Middlesex skiffle competition and ace skiffler Johnny Duncan was one of the judges. They beat a group called the Worried Men and won £25 and four gigs at local jazz clubs. When Roger walked by the legendary Soho birthplace of British rock ‘n’ &