Honey Lantree obituary

Drummer with 1960s chart-topping group the HoneycombsHoney Lantree, who has died aged 75, was that rare thing in a 1960s beat group – a woman. As the drummer of the Honeycombs, who had a No 1 UK hit with Have I the Right in 1964, she disliked being dismissed as “a gimmick”, nor did she buy into the idea of being a pioneer. She just happened to be good on the drums, and that’s the way it was.The height of Honey’s fame came in the mid-60s when, immediately afte