 The Who appeared there early on in their career, when they were known as the Detours.Eric Burdon, lead singer of the Animals and John McLaughlin also frequented the club.Burdon has written about hitchhiking to London from Newcastle upon Tyne to visit the Ealing Club, where he and 'tall, skinny, short-haired schoolboy' Mick Jagger were picked out of the crowd by Korner to sing together.