Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set
RONNIE JONES & THE Q-SET:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Arthur Pereira – guitar
Tony O’Malley – Hammond organ
Chester Simon – bass
George Lee – tenor sax
Lloyd Smith – tenor sax
Herschell Holder – trumpet
Byron Ly-fook – drums
1967
The group started working with Ronnie Jones in mid-March after they’d supported Maxine Brown on a UK tour. The group had been singer Malcolm Magaron’s backing band in mid-late 1966.
Left to right: Lloyd, Herschell and George
10 March 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as The Q Set so possibly just before link-up with Ronnie Jones
17 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Most likely the debut show
19 March 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
23 March 1967 – Stoke Hotel, Guildford, Surrey with Top of The Tree (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays but fulfilled with The Q-Set
26 March 1967 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (David Allen research) Billed as The Q-Set
26 March 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, south east London (South East London Mercury) Billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays but fulfilled with The Q-Set
31 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, north west London (Melody Maker)
2 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
9 April 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
15 April 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
23 April 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
13 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band
14 May 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, south east London (Melody Maker)
21 May 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with Prince Buster & The Bees (Crawley Advertiser)
28 May 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
29 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band
4 June 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
10 June 1967 – Faculty of Tech Union, Student Union Building, Altrincham Street, Manchester with The Water Board (Manchester Evening News and Chronicle)
11 June 1967 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands with The Gass (Birmingham Evening Mail)
13 June 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)
18 June 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
22 June 1967 – Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield with The Drifters, Alan Bown, The Amboy Dukes and The Pitiful (The Star)
24 June 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)
25 June 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
1-16 July 1967 – Canasta Club, Biarritz, France (Photo)
There appears to have been a temporary split as The Q-Set backed Maxine Brown on a second UK tour in September-October 1967
21 October 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with The Mayfayre (Cumberland News)
22 October 1967 – Cosmo, Carlisle, Cumbria with The Cobwebs (Cumberland News)
29 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
30 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)
3 November 1967 – Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire with John St John and Ugly Doug (Lancashire Evening Post)
10 November 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, Humberside with Jackie & The Atlantics (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
11 November 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
26 November 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex (Crawley Advertiser)
2 December 1967 – Taggs Island, Hampton Court, Middlesex (Melody Maker)
2 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
3 December 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
16 December 1967 – Brave New World, Eastney, Southsea, Hampshire with The Errol Bruce Soul Show (Portsmouth News) Says he’s just returned from the USA. This is the grand opening of the club
21 December 1967 – St Joseph’s Disco, Swindon, Wiltshire with The Promis (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
25 December 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Ronnie Jones guests with The Tonicks, Herbie Goins, Owen Grey and The Youth
26 December 1967 – King Mojo, City Hall Ballroom, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Bonnie & Clyde and The Jamaicans and The Chicago All Stars (The Star)
29 December 1967 – Bluesville, Manor House, north London (Melody Maker)
27 January 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
27 January 1968 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)
28 January 1968 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
3 February 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Modes Mode (Surrey Advertiser)
18 February 1968 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with The Midlands and In Sound (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
19 February 1968 – Bluesville ’68 Club, St Matthew’s Baths, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)
23 February 1968 – Bluesville, Manor House, north London (Melody Maker)
Tony O’Malley says Ronnie Jones & The Q-Set spent four months playing in Italy and then two months in Greece (see comments below) before returning to the UK around July 1968.
Thanks to Tony O’Malley for sharing the band photos
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
THE Q-SET:
Arthur Pereira – guitar
Tony O’Malley – Hammond organ
Chester Simon – bass
George Lee – tenor sax
Lloyd Smith – tenor sax
Herschell Holder – trumpet
Byron Ly-fook – drums
1967
14 January 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)
22 January 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)
Maxine Brown – lead vocals joined The Q-Set for a British tour
31 January 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Knack and Malcolm Margaron (Melody Maker)
1-2 February 1967 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1967 – Califonia Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire (Disc & Music Echo)
5 February 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
8 February 1967 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Disc & Music Echo)
8 February 1967 – Blaises, Mayfair, central London (Disc & Music Echo)
10 February 1967 – Ealing Tech College, Ealing, west London (Disc & Music Echo)
10 February 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
11 February 1967 – Tofts, Folketstone, Kent (Disc & Music Echo)
11 February 1967 – Flamingo, Soho, central London with Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker)
12 February 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
17 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
17 February 1967 – Gaiety, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
18 February 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Wishful Thinking (East Kent Times & Mail)
18 February 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)
19 February 1967 – Douglas House, Lancaster Gate, central London (Fabulous 208)
20 February 1967 – Palais, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, east London with the Warren Davies Monday Band (Melody Maker)
25 February 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London with The Links Band (Melody Maker)
26 February 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
5 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set so not clear if Maxine Brown was with them
In mid March, The Q-Set linked up with singer Ronnie Jones who split with The Blue Jays. However, they returned to work with Maxine Brown for a second British tour starting in September 1967
22 September 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as The Q-Set Band
23 September 1967 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker) No mention of Q-Set but most likely
24 September 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
25 September 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
26 September 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Melody Maker)
30 September 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Maxine Brown Show
30 September 1967 – The Polytechnic, Little Titchfield Street, central London with The Decision (Melody Maker)
4 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with The Technique (Evening Sentinel)
7 October 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester with Family (Melody Maker) Billed as Maxine Brown Show
8 October 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
According to Lorne Anton, who very kindly shared the following photos taken at the Central R&B Club at the Central Hotel in Gillingham, Kent on 3 December 1967, Maxine Brown’s second tour extended into February 1968 and involved around 30 odd dates.
Copyright: Lorne AntonCopyright: Lorne AntonCopyright: Lorne Anton
Not sure how these dates sat alongside the ones The Q-Set played with Ronnie Jones.
Copyright: Lorne AntonCopyright: Lorne Anton
Thanks to Tony O’Malley for band line-up details. Live photos are the copyright of Lorne Anton.
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
RONNIE JONES & THE BLUE JAYS:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Tony Allen – sax/lead vocals (left in 1965)
Roger Dean – guitar (ex-John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers)
Tony Bell – bass
Jack Maverick – organ
Jack Massarik – alto sax
Clive Thacker – drums (ex-Five Embers)
1965
18 April 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
13 June 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
4 July 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post)
9 July 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
11 July 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
17 July 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Gary L Thompson & The Sidewinders (NME)
30 July 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
8 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
14 August 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
15 August 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey The Condors (Aldershot News)
27 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME)
28 August 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
29 August 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
30 August 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
31 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Loose Ends (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
4 September 1965 – Bowes Lyon House, Stevenage, Herts with The Trekkas (Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Express)
5 September 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
12 September 1965 – Nottingham Boat Club, Nottingham (Down at the Boat book)
Photo may be subject to copyright
14 September 1965 – 100 Club, Oxford Street, central London with The John Gummer Trio (Melody Maker)
17 September 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Duke Lee (Melody Maker)
1 October 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Alan Price Set, The Graham Bond Organisation and The Crawdaddies (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
5 November 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
7 November 1965 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
11 November 1965 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, north London (Tottenham Weekly Herald)
13 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with Duke Lee and The Movement (Melody Maker)
14 November 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Condors (Aldershot News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
21 November 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Flowerpot Men (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
27 November 1965 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
27 November 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
6 December 1965 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
Photo may be subject to copyright
16 December 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Steampacket and Tony Knight’s Chessmen (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
24 December 1965 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London with Terry Lightfoot’s Jazz Band (South East London Mercury)
1966
1 January 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
11 January 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
30 January 1966 – Ricky Tick, Plaza, Guildford, Surrey with Lee Dorsey and The Crew (aka The Krew) (David Else’s research)
30 January 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
6 February 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
17 April 1966 – Star Club, Hamburg, West Germany with The Silkie, Ian & The Zodiacs, The Remo 4 and The Non-Smokers (Star Club poster) Billed as Ronny Jones & The Night-Timers.
Chris Dennis, formerly of The Plebs and Lee Curtis & The All Stars, was living in Hamburg and currently without a band. He joined The Blue Jays and returned to the UK.
During May, Clive Thacker left to join The Brian Auger Trinity and Colin Davy from John Lee’s Groundhogs took his place.
In June , Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays became resident band at Papagayo in St-Tropez, France.
By this point, only Roger Dean remained from the original formation. The Blue Jays comprised:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Roger Dean – guitar
Chris Dennis – organ
Pat Donaldson – bass
Colin Davy – drums
Photo may be subject to copyright
1 October 1966 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Hertfordshire with The Anzacs (Luton News)
2 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
8 October 1966 – Beachcomber, Nottingham with Robert Parker and Wynder K Frog (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Ronnie Jones & His Band
15 October 1966 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (Melody Maker)
2 November 1966 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, London (South East London Mercury)
5 November 1966 – Chelmsford Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with support (Southend Standard)
5 November 1966 – All Nighter Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London with The Shevelles (Melody Maker)
6 November 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with The Coasters (Nottingham Evening Post)
13 November 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (South East London Mercury)
19 November 1966 – Afan Lido, Port Talbot, Wales with The Blues Organisation (Port Talbot Guardian)
21 November 1966 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
26 November 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Original Coasters, The Motivation and Heart & Soul (Lincolnshire Standard)
2 December 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
Photo may be subject to copyright
3 December 1966 – Bee-Gee Club, Leeds, West Yorkshire with The Zang Woodruff Operation (Yorkshire Evening Post)
4 December 1966 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
7 December 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Handsworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
7 December 1966 – Ritz Ballroom, King’s Heath, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
10 December 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington (Melody Maker)
11 December 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail)
16 December 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
17 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
Photo may be subject to copyright
23 December 1966 – Candlelight, Scarborough (Scarborough Evening News)
24 December 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
According to Stage magazine, the band played at the Bag O’Nails over the Christmas period with Tony Knight’s Chessmen and The Brian Auger Trinity.
10 February 1967 – Nicholas Chamberlain Hall, Bedworth, Warwickshire with Ray King Soul Band, The Dynamics and The Soul Express (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
14 February 1967 – Glen Ballroom, Llanelli, south Wales with Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band, The Zombies, The Dollys, The Corncrackers and The NMO (South Wales Evening Post)
14 February 1967 – Ritz Club, Skewen, south Wales with The Eyes of Blue and Lott 13 (South Wales Evening Post)
Photo may be subject to copyright
17 February 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with All Night Workers (Melody Maker)
Photo may be subject to copyright
18 February 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
19 February 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
Photo may be subject to copyright
26 February 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire with Patsy Arnold from The Iketts (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
4 March 1967 – Nite Owl, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
4 March 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Heretics (Cambridgeshire Times)
5 March 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Pipi (ex-Ikettes) (Evening Sentinel)
Around this time, Ronnie Jones split from The Blue Jays (who remained with PP Arnold) and linked with The Q-Set.
12 March 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Although this was billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays, it’s possible it was fulfilled with Jones’s next band, The Q-Set
16 March 1967 – Kilburn Polytechnic, Kilburn, London with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Syn (Melody Maker) Although this was billed as Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays, it’s more likely that it was fulfilled with Jones’ next band, The Q-Set
The rhythm section from The Blue Jays became PP Arnold’s backing band (Four of a Kind) and supported her on a Roy Orbison tour with The Small Faces. The first gig was on 25 March 1967
The following gigs are billed as PP Arnold & The Blue Jays:
15 April 1967 – St Thomas Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Melody Maker)
16 May 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
Photo may be subject to copyright
27 May 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury with Western Union (Western Gazette)
The Blue Jays split shortly after this with the band members going their separate ways (see comments below).
22 June 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Stafforshire (Evening Sentinel) This gig was probably performed by PP Arnold & The Nice
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
RONNIE JONES & THE NIGHT-TIMERS:
Ronnie Jones – lead vocals
Joe Moretti – guitar (replaced by John McLaughlin)
Mick Eve – tenor saxophone
Dave Morse – Hammond organ (replaced by John Baldwin)
18 February 1965 – Studio, Westcliffe, Essex (Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser)
21 February 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)
28 February 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Phantoms (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
5 March 1965 – Radio Caroline Sounds of ’65, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Moody Blues, The Yardbirds and The Mark Leeman Five (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
11 March 1965 – Birdcage, Kimbells Ballroom, Southsea, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
The Night-Timers linked up next with Herbie Goins. Ronnie Jones started working with The Blue Jays
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
RICK ‘N’ BECKERS:
I have the following list of musicians who were members but have no further information about the band’s history and would welcome readers’ insights.
Rupert Carlton
Alfonso Cahar
Eugent Stirling
Ernie Wright
Abe Strean
Clive Williamson
Reg Isidore
Selected gigs
19 April 1965 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with The Shades of Blue, The Blue Berries and The Trends (Essex County Standard)
16 July 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
15 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
22 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
27 August 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
3 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
10 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
17 September 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
11-18 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
25 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
27 February 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
18 March 1966 – Acton Town Hall, Acton, west London with The Grenades and Count Tom (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
13 May 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Ray Anton & The Pro-Form (Melody Maker)
30 May 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
16 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The News (Melody Maker)
19 June 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
19 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Blue Aces (Melody Maker)
23 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Original Dykas (Melody Maker)
24 June 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
25 June 1966 – Jazz Cellar, Kingston upon Thames, southwest London (NME)
26 June 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Felders Orioles (Melody Maker)
7 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Mickey Finn (Melody Maker)
14 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The News (Melody Maker)
21 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Quiet Five (Melody Maker)
28 July 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Phase 5 (Melody Maker)
4 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Carl Douglas Set (Melody Maker)
5 August 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)
7 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
11 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Guests (Melody Maker)
13 August 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with Dave Antony’s Moods (Melody Maker)
13 August 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
14 August 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 August 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
18 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Zuider Lee (Melody Maker)
20 August 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Nyla & The Esoterics, Sounds from Spectre, The Astrobeats and The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
25 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Eyes (Melody Maker)
26 August 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
27 August 1966 – Royal Lido, Prestatyn, Clwyd, Wales with The Raynes (Rhyl & Prestayn Gazette)
5 September 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
10 September 1966 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts with Sexion A (Hertfordshire Express)
11 September 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
12 September 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
16 September 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Otis Redding (Melody Maker)
18 September 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
19 September 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker) Paper says they played every Monday
24 September 1966 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald/Melody Maker)
25 September 1966 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
1 October 1966 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
2 October 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
3 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
9 October 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
14 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with Ike & Tina Turner Show and The Ike-Ettes (Melody Maker)
16 October 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker)
17 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
22 October 1966 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with The Shades of Black (Kentish Express)
31 October 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
7 November 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London (Melody Maker)
12 November 1966 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London with The Youth (Melody Maker)
2 December 1966 – Flamenco, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone, Hythe & District Herald)
13 December 1966 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London (Melody Maker) Billed as Rick ‘N’ Beckers Show
16 December 1966 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
17 December 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Artwoods and The Roll Movement (Lincolnshire Standard)
24 December 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Ray King Soul Band and The Rising Sons (Lincolnshire Standard)
1 January 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Majority (Melody Maker)
6 January 1967 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
21 January 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent with The Rebounds (Kentish Express)
22 January 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
THE MACABRE:
The Macabre on the steps of the Ealing Club. Peter is front and Alan is far left. Thanks to both for sharing the picture
Thanks to Peter Vernon-Kell and Chris Downing, I have been able to piece a bit of information together on this West London band, who apparently opened for The Who regularly on Friday nights at the Goldhawk Social Club. Incidentally, Vernon-Kell was an old friend of The Who’s, having been a brief member of its predecessor, The Detours. Ed Hamilton had previously worked with The Crescents with Harvey Hinsley. I would welcome any reader insights.
Peter Vernon-Kell – guitar/vocals
Ed Hamilton – guitar/vocals
Alan Oates – bass
Chris Downing – guitar/vocals (replaced Hamilton)
Carl Broadbent – drums
Downing recalls that he worked with the band for six to eight months (more likely to have been a year). Ed Hamilton, who Downing replaced and who succeeded him around July 1965 when the guitarist moved on, had left The Macabre around July 1964 to later work with Mike Berry & The Outlaws.
Downing remembers that The Macabre featured several bass players during his time with the group.
He also recalls that The Macabre opened for The Who and The Spencer Davis Group in Watford. On a separate occasion, they also played with The Rockin’ Berries in Watford.
Other dates that he recalls are a gig with The Who at Woolwich Town Hall (more likely to have been Greenwich Town Hall on 24 June 1965), several shows with Tony Rivers & The Castaways and a show with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers in Forest Gate.
The band played regularly at the Goldhawk Social Club, which apparently only hosted bands on Fridays and Saturdays. Downing says that they supported The Groundhogs there, including one show where Jimmy Reed guested with The Groundhogs.
The guitarist also remembers The Macabre shared a billing with The Who (actually it was as The High Numbers) on the evening when Roger Daltry’s father-in-law turned up and fight broke up between them (Ed – this was Railway Hotel in Harrow on 11 August 1964).
When the band broke up, Peter Vernon-Kell became a member of the group that became The Hamilton Movement.
Selected gigs:
2 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
9 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
16 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
23 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
30 August 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
6 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette) Possible but not confirmed
13 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
20 September 1964 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
THE FETISH CROWD:
Ian Le Geyt – lead guitar/vocals
John Hughes – rhythm guitar/vocals
Colin Letchford – bass/vocals
Tony Richard – drums/vocals
Thanks to Tony Richard, I have the following information about the band but would welcome further insights.
The Fetish Crowd were formed in St Helier, Jersey and were resident band at the Springfield Ballroom. During the summer of 1964, the musicians supported The Rolling Stones, Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas, The Merseybeats, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Gerry & The Pacemakers and The Hollies at the venue.
Thanks to Paul Acton-Phillips for the photo
They soon headed for London and worked at the Crawdaddy in Richmond, the Ricky Tick and the Ad Lib Club in Leicester Square. Richard says that The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were in the audience but did not say which venue(s).
The quartet did some recordings at Abbey Road and then opened for The Nashville Teens and The Small Faces on a showcase gig (possibly in Bournemouth, Dorset), which was promoted by Don Arden. Richard says that Arden signed both The Fetish Crowd and The Small Faces but soon forgot about his group.
Richard also remembers the band played at the Ram Jam in Brixton and the Scots of St James in Mayfair. One notable gig was opening for The Graham Bond Organisation at the Fishmongers Arms on Turnpike Lane in North London. He also says that the band shared a double bill with The Who at the Ealing Club on 26 April but didn’t specify which year.
Richard later formed a band called The Diversions, which later recorded “Fatty Boom Boom” after being introduced to the song by Pete Townsend following a trip to Jamaica. Richard subsequently went into record producing.
1965
14 March 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
26 March 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, Middlesex with The Who (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
7 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
14 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
21 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
28 April 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
5 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
7 May 1965 – Staines Town Hall, Staines, Middlesex (Staines and Egham News)
12 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
20 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
22 May 1965 – Twisted Wheel, Manchester with The Brian Auger Trinity (Manchester Evening News)
27 May 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
1 June 1965 – Elms Club, South Harrow, northwest London with CC Riders (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
3 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
10 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
17 June 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
25 June 1965 – 32 Club, Harlesden, northwest London with Tom Jones & The Squires and The Stratones (NME)
11 July 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with The Boston Dexters (NME/Melody Maker)
6 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London with Tony Knight’s Chessmen (NME)
6 November 1965 – Orchid Room, Oxford, Oxfordshire with The Tonebeats (Oxford Mail) Says Decca Artist and from Channel Islands
17 November 1965 – El Partido, Lewisham, southeast London with The Links and Duke Lee (Melody Maker)
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
Ray King (lead vocals)
Roger Dean (lead guitar)
Terry Leeman (keyboards)
Paul Slade (bass)
Jim Lang (tenor sax)
Ken Horton (baritone sax)
Malcolm Jenkins (drums)
1966
21 January 1966 – Westend Club, Coalville, Leicester with Zombies (Leicester Mercury) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
21 January 1966 – Weddington Hotel, Nuneaton, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
5 February 1966 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with The Rising Sons (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
13 March 1966 – Weddington Hotel, Nuneaton, Leicestershire (Nuneaton Evening Tribune) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
18 June 1966 – Unknown venue, Cromford, Derbyshire (Poster) Billed as Ray King & The Soul Pact
3 July 1966 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Sunday (Woking Herald) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
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9 July 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Ray King with The Soul Pact
13 August 1966 – Cad-Lac Club, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus) This seems unlikely with date below
13 August 1966 – Stamford R&B Club, Stamford Hotel, Stamford, Lincolnshire (Grantham Journal) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
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3 September 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Zuider Lee and The Move (Lincolnshire Standard)
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8 October 1966 – Marqee Club, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
21 October 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
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22 October 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Graham Bell & The Trend and Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede (Melody Maker) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
Photo: Richard Goddard
29 October 1966 – Blue Moon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire Echo)
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29 October 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with Cream and Family (Birmingham Evening Mail)
5 November 1966 – Midnight City, Digbeth, West Midlands with Lee Dorsey and Listen (Birmingham Evening Mail)
12 November 1966 – Marquee Club, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
19 November 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Lee Dorsey, Gates of Eden and Mirage (Lincolnshire Standard)
10 December 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
18 December 1966 – Troutbeck Hotel, Ilkley, West Yorkshire (Yorkshire Evening Post)
23 December 1966 – Penthouse, Birmingham, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
24 December 1966 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Rick ‘N’ Beckers, and Rising Sons (Lincolnshire Standard)
30 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire with Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band (Yorkshire Evening Post)
30 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Zoot Money & The Big Roll Band and Sweet Image (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)
31 December 1966 – Boulevard, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire with Peter Jay & The New Jaywalkers and Sweet Image (Wakefield Express/Yorkshire Evening Post)
31 December 1966 – Crystal Ballroom, Castleford, West Yorkshire with Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Wynder K Frog and Sweet Image (Yorkshire Evening Post)
1967
9 February 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire with Edwin Starr and The Midnighters (Evening Sentinel)
10 February 1967 – Nicholas Chamberlain Hall, Bedworth, Warwickshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Flames, The Soul Express and The Dynamics (Nuneaton Evening Tribune)
11 February 1967 – Floral Hall, Southport, Lancashire with The Koobas (Lancashire Evening Post)
18 February 1967 – YMCA, Sebert Street, Gloucester with The Friction (Gloucester Citizen)
Photo: Richard Goddard
11 March 1967 – Gloucester YMCA, Gloucester with The Riot (Richard Goddard research)
12 March 1967 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
23 March 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The ‘N’ Betweens (Melody Maker)
1 May 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
5 May 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, The Troggs and Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions (Nottingham Evening Post)
6 May 1967 – New Yorker Discotheque, Swindon, Wiltshire (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
7 May 1967 – Plaza, Handsworth, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
9 May 1967 – Nautilus, South Pier, Lowestoft, Suffolk with The Nashville Teens (Eastern Evening News)
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12 May 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The 3am (Coventry Evening Telegraph/Rugby Advertiser) The Rugby Advertiser has The Midriff Belly Dancers as support
15 May 1967 – Tudor Club, Mercers Arms, Coventry (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
11 July 1967 – The Walgrave, Coventry with The Shy (Coventry Evening Telegraph) Billed as Ray King Soul Pact
12 July 1967 – Swan Hotel, Birmingham, West Midlands with Zero 5, The U Know Who, The Bobcats, The Umpteenth Time plus two others (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
15 July 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph)
16 July 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
22 December 1969 – Blaises, Imperial Hotel, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Time Out)
27 December 1969 – Village Hall, Liphook, Hampshire with Genevieve (Surrey Advertiser)
29 December 1969 – Revolution Club, Bruton Place, Mayfair, London (Time Out)
1969
16 January 1969 – BBC Radio 1 O’Clock (Melody Maker)
17 January 1969 – Chester College, Crewe, Cheshire (Melody Maker)
18 January 1969 – Market Hall, Haversfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Melody Maker)
19 January 1969 – Recording new single (Melody Maker)
20 January 1969 – The Cromwellian, South Kensington, London (Melody Maker)
21 January 1969 – Scotch of St James, Mayfair, London (Melody Maker)
26 January 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
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20 February 1969 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder)
25 March 1969 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Hounslow Post)
6 April 1969 – Carlton Club, Warrington, Cheshire with Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon (Warrington Guardian)
8 September 1969 – La Reserve, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
14 September 1969 – Blaises, Queen’s Gate, Kensington, west London (Marylebone Mercury)
19 September 1969 – Soul Club, Plaza Ballroom, Newsbury, Berkshire with JJ Jackson & The Greatest Little Soul Band In The Land and Simon K & The Meantimers (Reading Evening Post)
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21 September 1969 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
27 September 1969 – New Rainbow Suite, Co-op, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
1 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Raymond Froggatt (Birmingham Evening Mail)
2 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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3 October 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
28 October 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
11 November 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham with Ben K King & The Globe Show (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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14 November 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
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10 December 1969 – Rebecca’s, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail)
25 December 1969 – Parade Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Melody Maker)
1970
18 January 1970 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
THE FENMEN:
Alan Judge – lead guitar/vocals
Wally Allen – rhythm guitar/vocals
Eric Wilmer – bass
Jon Povey – drums
1964
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28 July 1964 – Woodman Tuesday Club, Welwyn Garden City, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
15 August 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Johnny Milton & The Condors and The Apollos (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
25 September 1964 – Lynx Club, Maxwell Park Youth Centre, Borehamwood, Herts (Simon Gee research)
18 October 1964 – Florida Rooms, Brighton, West Sussex (Evening Argus)
9 January 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Takers and The Witnesses (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
23 January 1965 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts with The Twilights (Luton News)
4 February 1965 – Clay Pigeon, Eastcote, Middlesex (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
14 February 1965 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
12 March 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
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17 March 1965 – Peartree Club Dance, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (Welwyn Times)
21 March 1965 – Colston Hall, Bristol with The Kinks, Dean Prince &The Dukes, D Starr’s Predictions, The Blue-Sound, Mel Taylor & The Trek-a-Beats, Mike Starr & The Citizens, The Exiles, Danny Clarke & The Jaguars, The Road Runners and AJ & The Others (Western Scene)
26 March 1965 – Docking Shake-O-Rama, Norfolk with The Torinos (Lynn News)
27 March 1965 – Maple Ballroom, Northampton (Northampton Chronicle)
4 April 1965 – Esplanade Theatre, Bognor Regis, West Sussex with The Untamed, Formula 5, The Southbeats and Johnny Devlin & The Act 4 (Chichester & Southern Post)
15 April 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Nashville Teens and The Nightshades (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
25 April 1965 – Rendevous Club, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times & Mail)
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26 April 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Newport, south Wales with Five In Hand (South Wales Argus)
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18 May 1965 – Civic Hall, Orpington, southeast London (Bexley Heath & Welling Observer and Kentish Times)
5 June 1965 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Walker Brothers and The Peasants (Lincolnshire Standard)
19 June 1965 – Mersey View Ballroom, Frodsham, Cheshire with The In Crowd and The Notions (Warrington Guardian)
26 June 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Justin Tyme, The Artwoods, The Sorrows and The Dyaks (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
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6 July 1965 – Portpatrick Public Hall Management Committee, Portpatrick, Scotland (Wigtownshire Free Press & Galloway Advertiser)
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23 July 1965 – Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Utopians (Lynn News)
30 July 1965 – Fiesta Hall, Andover, Hampshire with The Rumours (Andover Advertiser)
12 August 1965 – Rocky Rivers’ Top 20 Club, Conservative Club, Bedford (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
15 August 1965 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent (East Kent Times)
20 August 1965 – Pontiac, Zeeta House, Putney, southwest London (NME)
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9 September 1965 – The Pilgrim, Haywards Heath, West Sussex with The Dolphins (Mid Sussex Times)
12 September 1965 – Il Rondo, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
12 September 1965 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Andy Field & The Continentals and Mike Patto (North Norfolk News)
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25 September 1965 – Newmarket Memorial Hall, Newmarket, Cambridgeshire with The Still Waters (Cambridge News)
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15 October 1965 – Public Hall, Bedfont, Middlesex with The Penny Blacks (Middlesex Chronicle)
6 November 1965 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with Diane & The Sapphires, The Beat Six and The Beaucreas (Cambridge News)
12 November 1965 – Beaconsfield Youth Club, Beaconsfield, Bucks with Justice League (Bucks Free Press)
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20 November 1965 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
21 November 1965 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
4 December 1965 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
11 December 1965 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (Cambridgeshire Times)
18 December 1965 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks with The Notes (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
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24 December 1965 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Star Support Showname (Evening Sentinel)
31 December 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch, The Nitepeople and Mike Sherdian’s Lot (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
1966
22 January 1966 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with Rod and Carolyn & The Tremors (Essex County Standard)
29 January 1966 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
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4 February 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with The Soundtracks (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
13 February 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent (Kent Messenger/Maidstone Gazette)
19 February 1966 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks with The Relics (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
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26 February 1966 – Marcam Hall, March, Cambridgeshire (Lynn News)
4 March 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Melody Maker)
12 March 1966 – 21 Club, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (The Star)
18 March 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Davey Sands & The Essex and The Fuzz Bangs (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
27 March 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire with Little Mick’s Modes (The Star)
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9 April 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Melody Maker)
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23 April 1966 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex and The Web with Sandy Crawford (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website/Hastings and St Leonards Observer)
7 May 1966 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Checkmates and Two of Each (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
13 May 1966 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with Yes & No (East Kent Times)
21 May 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Anteaks (Maidstone Gazette)
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28 May 1966 – Witchdoctor, Catford, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
29 May 1966 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London with The Symbols (Melody Maker)
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3 June 1966 – West End, Rushden, Northamptonshire with Something Else (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
4 June 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Breed (Cambridgeshire Times)
11 June 1966 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
8 July 1966 – Tech College, Romford, east London (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1966 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with The Fortunes, Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, The Gates of Eden, Freddie Fingers Lee, The Ferryboys (Lincolnshire Standard)
15 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with The Troggs (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
16 July 1966 – Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
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22 July 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)
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23 July 1966 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Sounds Incorporated and Trendsetters Limited (Fabulous 208/Essex County Standard)
29 July 1966 – Club Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle)
30 July 1966 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge (Fabulous 208)
4 August 1966 – Locarno, Coventry, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1966 – Glenlyn Ballroom, Forest Hill, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
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6 August 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The Ketas (Lynn News)
7 August 1966 – Mojo Club, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
10 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)
12-13 August 1966 – Paradise Club, Wigan, Greater Manchester with Fan Antons, Jerry Shaw and The Checkmates (Warrington Guardian)
12 August 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
12 August 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
13 August 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with The Coletrane Union (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 August 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
19 August 1966 – Co-op Hall, Gravesend, Kent (Fabulous 208)
27 August 1966 – New Cornish Rivera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Acoustics (Cornish Guardian)
1 September 1966 – Locarno, Burnley, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
2 September 1966 – Princess Club, Chorlton, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
2 September 1966 – Domino Club, Openshaw, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
3 September 1966 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with The Challengers (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
5 September 1966 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Fabulous 208)
8 September 1966 – Regal Ballroom, Ripley, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Troggs (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
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10 September 1966 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington with Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Syndicate 5 (Scarborough Evening News)
15 September 1966 – Mayfair Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear with The Action (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside with Neil Christian & The Crusaders (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
17 September 1966 – All Saints Hall, Whetstone, north London (Fabulous 208)
24 September 1966 – Corn Exchange, Rochester, Kent (Fabulous 208)
1 October 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
2 October 1966 – Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
The Fenmen in Mirabelle, 8 October 1966. Image may be subject to copyright
15 October 1966 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
15 October 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom Grimsby, Humberside with The Boz and The School (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
29 October 1966 – Parr Hall, Warrington, Cheshire (Warrington Guardian)
3 November 1966 – Enterprise Club, Eastcote, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
4 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
5 November 1966 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Wreckers (Cambridgeshire Times)
6 November 1966 – Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
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12 November 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Reaction (Cornish Guardian)
27 November 1966 – Drill Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Southern Valley Four (Surrey Advertiser)
1 December 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London with The Graham Bond Organisation (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
3 December 1966 – Eastbourne College, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
4 December 1966 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
9 December 1966 – Colona College, West Wickham, London (Fabulous 208)
10 December 1966 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Fabulous 208)
16 December 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary Cray, southeast London (PACE magazine)
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22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated, Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
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31 December 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk with The 13th Hour (Lynn News)
1967
10 January 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
14 January 1967 –Norwich University, Norwich, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
15 January 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker)
20 January 1967 – Birkbeck College, London (Fabulous 208)
21 January 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
22 January 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star)
3 February 1967 – Birmingham University, Birmingham, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
25 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
4 March 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Felder’s Orioles (Melody Maker)
18 March 1967 – College of Technology, Bulmershe, Reading, Berkshire (Fabulous 208)
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25 March 1967 – Clouds, Derby with The Executives (Derby Evening Telegraph)
26 March 1967 – Tavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
Jon Povey and Wally Waller left about this time to join The Pretty Things – Waller remembers that his debut gig was around Easter (late March) in Les Sables-d’Olonne in France
Initially, Jon Povey was replaced by drummer Tony Newman from Sounds Incorporated before Tony Glyde from The Loose Ends took over on drums. Glyde left around late July and subsequently joined Simon K & The Meantimers.
Andy Clark from the Big Wheel joined on keyboards and vocals.
The group was expanded for a while and I would welcome any reader insights
8 April 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Revelations (Surrey Advertiser)
9 April 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Billed as Bag O’ Nails
16 April 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post) Billed as Bag of Nails (eight-piece with members of The Fenmen)
22 April 1967 – St Luke’s College, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208) Billed as Bag O’Nails
6 May 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Fraction (Cambridgeshire Times) Billed as New Fenmen
29 May 1967 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire with Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours and Sack O’ Woe (Hull Daily Mail)
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3 June 1967 – Torquay Town Hall, Torquay, Devon with The Son Set (Torquay Times/Torbay Times and South Devon Echo)
9 June 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Ossie Layne (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Bag O’Nails
10 June 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
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17 June 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
26 June 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)
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1 July 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Bag O’Nails
22 July 1967 – Co-op, Rainbow Suite, Birmingham (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Bag O’Nails
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23 July 1967 – Adelphi Ballroom, Slough, Berkshire (Windsor, Slough and Eton Express)
In late July/early August Del Coverley from Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede took over on drums. The musicians briefly gigged as Kindness
4 August 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Derby Evening Telegraph) Billed as Kindness
12 August 1967 – King Mojo, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (The Star) Billed as Kindness
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18 August 1967 – El Grotto, Ilford, east London (Redbridge & Ilford Recorder) Billed as Kindness
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19 August 1967 – Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Shell Shock Show and The Shay (Essex County Standard) Billed as The New Fenmen
27 August 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Paul Ryan & The Scorpions (Northwich Chronicle) Billed as Kindness
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1 September 1967 – Ricky Tick Club, Belfast, Northern Ireland with The Interns (Cityweek) Del Coverley confirmed this was Kindness from London not a US band from the west coast.
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9 September 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with Provokers (Cornish Guardian)
15 September 1967 – “Big C”, 1 Camp Road, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News) Billed as Kindness
16 September 1967 – Toft’s, Folkestone, Kent (Melody Maker) Billed as Bag O’ Nails
19 September 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with Life ‘N’ Soul (Evening Sentinel) Billed as Kindness
24 September 1967 – Kirklevington Country Club, Kirklevington, North Yorkshire (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette) Billed as Kindness
9 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter) Billed as Kindness
16 December 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Rupert Bear (Northwich Chronicle/Crewe Chronicle) According to Wrexham Leader, support was The Idols
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
I’d like to encourage band members to get in touch to share memories, or for anyone to send corrections/clarifications to my email: Warchive@aol.com
Equally important, if you attended any of the gigs below or played in the support band, please do leave your memories below in the comments section for future historians to use. If you know of any missing gigs, please add them too, if possible, with the sources.
Fabulous 208, February 1965. Back row, L-R: Roy Young, Cliff Bennett, Sid Phillips, Moss Groves and Dave Burt. Front row, L-R: Bobby Thompson and Dave Wendels
CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS:
1961
The band’s early gigs were billed to The Rebel Rousers
1 July 1961 – Starlight Room, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Danny Rivers (Lincolnshire Standard) Billed as Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
8 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
15 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
22 July 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
12 August 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
19 August 1961 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire Times)
26 August 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
9 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
23 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
30 September 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
11 November 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
2 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
24 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
31 December 1961 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
1962
10 January 1962 – Constitutional Hall, Chertsey, Surrey (Woking Herald)
24 March 1962 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Uxbridge Post)
20 May 1962 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex with Lord Sutch & The Savages (Uxbridge Post)
23 June 1962 – Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall, the Forebury, Sawbridgeworth, Herts with The Delphins (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
21 July 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
27 July 1963 – New ‘Konda’ Club, Windsor, Berkshire with The Swinging Blue Jeans (Windsor and Eton Express)
2 August 1963 – St Peter’s Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey with The Impalas (Surrey Comet)
4 August 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)
25 August 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
8 September 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Dominoes (Aldershot News)
20 October 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
29 October 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
2 November 1963 – New Rendezvous Club, Deane Park Hall, South Ruislip, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
17 November 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
22 November 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Ray Dell & The Rocking Deacons and The Valiants (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
24 November 1963 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
28 November 1963 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)
3 December 1963 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
29 December 1963 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex with Linda Laine & The Sinners (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
1964
5 January 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Stormers (Aldershot News)
7 January 1964 – Upper Clatford Village Hall, Andover, Hampshire (Andover Advertiser)
8 January 1964 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
12 January 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
24 January 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)
2 February 1964 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with Daniel Boone & The Emeralds (Aldershot News)
11 February 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex with The Falcons (Harrow Observer)
22 February 1964 – West Cliff Cavern, Ramsgate, Kent with The Limelights (East Kent Times)
26 February 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
31 March 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)
7 April 1964 – Beat City, British Legion Hall, South Harrow, Middlesex (Harrow Observer)
6 September 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
11 September 1964 – Greenwich Town Hall, Greenwich, London with two supporting groups (South East London Mercury)
18 September 1964 – Granada, Walthamstow, London with Billy J Kramer, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, The Nashville Teens, The Dakotas and Tim Connor (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian)
20 September 1964 – Odeon, Lewisham, southeast London with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, The Nashville Teens, The Dakotas and Tim Connor (Leyton & Leytonstone Guardian)
13 October 1964 – Granada Bedford, Bedford, Bedfordshire with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Nashville Teens, The Yardbirds and Bill Black’s Combo (Luton News)
17 October 1964 – Gloucester ABC, Gloucester with Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Kinks, The Ronettes, The Yardbirds, Bill Black’s Combo, The Nashville Teens and Tim Connor (Gloucester Citizen)
21 October 1964 – New Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Pamela Blue and Ray Russell Combo (Southend Standard & Essex Weekly Advertiser)
22 October 1964 – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge with The Blues Anonymous (Cambridge News)
27 October 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
31 October 1964 – Royal Hotel, Lowestoft, Suffolk with The Blue Beats (Eastern Evening News)
2 November 1964 – Bath Pavilion, Bath (Western Scene)
20-21 November 1964 – Empire Pool, Wembley, Middlesex with The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Pretty Things, The Migil Five, The Miami Show Band, Susan Maughan, Lorne Lesley, Julia Rogers, Gene Vincent and The Hustlers (Clapham Advertiser)
21 November 1964 – Wilton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks with Nicky & The Pagens (Bletchley District Gazette)
25 November 1964 – Bristol Corn Exchange, Bristol (Western Scene)
27 November 1964 – Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon (Beat Instrumental)
28 November 1964 – Baths, Leyton, east London (Beat Instrumental)
29 November 1964 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)
4 December 1964 – Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey with The Rolling Stones, The Worryin’ Kind, Twinkle, The Quiet Five and Sack O’ Woes (Chris Broom book: Rockin’ and Around Croydon)
6 December 1964 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, Middlesex with Jean & The Statesides (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
9 December 1964 – Kinema, Dunfermline, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
11 December 1964 – Gig in Kirkcaldy, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
18 December 1964 – Locarno, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)
20 December 1964 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental/Ruislip & Northcote Gazette)
23 December 1964 – Pacemakers’ Christmas Show, Liverpool (Beat Instrumental)
1965
30 January 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)
31 January 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)
6 February 1965 – Manchester University (Beat Instrumental)
7 February 1965 – Southall (probaby Community Centre), Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)
13 February 1965 – Brighton University, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
19 February 1965 – Granada, East Ham with Roy Orbison, The Rockin’ Berries, Marianne Faithful, Three Quarters and Frank Berry & The Untamed (Leyton, Leytonstone and Waltham Forest Guardian)
27 March 1965 – Matrix, Coventry (Beat Instrumental)
28 March 1965 – Celebrity, New Bond Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)
3 April 1965 – Drill Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire with Romin Tribe and Maniax (Grantham Journal)
4 April 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, Middlesex (Harrow Weekly Post)
18 April 1965 – Silver Blades, Birmingham, West Midlands (Beat Instrumental)
24 April 1965 – Hull University, Hull (Beat Instrumental)
25 April 1965 – Starlite Ballrom, Greenford, Middlesex (Beat Instrumental)
28 April 1965 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
1 May 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with Vandels Blues (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
2 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London with Mike Dee & The Prophets (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
6 May 1965 – Bowes Lyon Youth Centre, Stevenage, Herts with Kit & The Saracens (Hertfordshire Express)
7 May 1965 – Fender Club, Harrrow, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)
9 May 1965 – Empire Pool, Wembley, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)
15 May 1965 – Craven Hill Theatre, Bicester, Oxfordshire with The Apollos (Oxford Mail)
24 May 1965 – Dome, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
26 May 1965 – Song Contest at the Dome, Brighton, Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
28 May 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, northwest London (Beat Instrumental)
29 May 1965 – City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
30 May 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
4 June 1965 – Wood Farm, Grosmount (Beat Instrumental)
5 June 1965 – British Legion Hall, Calford (Beat Instrumental)
6 June 1965 – Town Hall, Stratford (probably east London) (Beat Instrumental)
8 June 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
10 June 1965 – The Palace, Douglas, Isle of Man (Beat Instrumental)
12 June 1965 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Motowns (East Kent Times & Mail)
13 June 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Preachers (Melody Maker)
16 June 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
16 June 1965 – Town Hall, Farnborough, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
19 June 1965 – Uxbridge Blues Festival, Uxbridge, northwest London with Marianne Faithfull, The Who, Solomon Burke, The Spencer Davis Group, Long John Baldry, Zoot Money, The Birds, John Mayall, Ray Martin Group and Dave Whittling (Ruislip & Northwood Gazette)
21 June 1965 – Civic Hall, Corby, Northants (Beat Instrumental)
25 June 1965 – Plaza, Stirling, Scotland (Beat Instrumental)
26 June 1965 – Paladium, Greenwich, southeast London (Beat Instrumental)
27 June 1965 – Golden Torch, Tunstall, Staffordshire (Beat Instrumental)
28 June 1965 – Keele University, Keele (Beat Instrumental)
1 July 1965 – College of Technology, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)
3 July 1965 – Gig in March (most likely Marcam Hall), Cambridgeshire (Beat Instrumental)
4 July 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)
16 July 1965 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The In Crowd (Surrey Advertiser)
25 July 1965 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
27 July 1965 – Mexican Hat, Worthing, West Sussex (Worthing Gazette)
30 July 1965 – Marine Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
31 July 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
1 August 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Beat Instrumental)
2 August 1965 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
4 August 1965 – Top Hat, Littlehampton, West Sussex (Littlehampton Post)
5 August 1965 – Olympia Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)
6 August 1965 – Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)
7 August 1965 – Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, Kent with The Cygnets (East Kent Times)
8 August 1965 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
8 August 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Harrow Observer & Gazette)
9 August 1965 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Beat Instrumental)
12 August 1965 – Winter Gardens, Cleethorpes (Beat Instrumental)
16 August 1965 – Floral Hall, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk (Beat Instrumental)
21 August 1965 – Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London with The Preachers (Melody Maker)
25 August 1965 – Flamingo, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Beat Instrumental)
28 August 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
30 August 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Mark Leeman Five and Heinz & The Wild Boys (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
3 September 1965 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire with St Louis Checks (Dave Allen research) Beat Instrumental has Kimbell’s, Southsea, Hants on this date which is also possible
4 September 1965 – Sherborne Carnival, TA Centre, Lenthay, Dorset with Four Hits & A Miss (Western Gazette)
6 September 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Reading, Berkshire (Beat Instrumental)
9 September 1965 – Locarno Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Beat Instrumental)
10 September 1965 – Top Spot, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Next of Kin (Gloucester Citizen)
11 September 1965 – British Legion Hall, Coleford, Somerset (Beat Instrumental)
12 September 1965 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey with The Condors (Aldershot News)
13 September 1965 – Adelphi, West Bromwich, West Midlands and Club Cedar, Birmingham (Beat Instrumental)
15 September 1965 – Town Hall, Crewe, Cheshire (Beat Instrumental)
16 September 1965 – Assembly Hall, Flint, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
17 September 1965 – Fender Club, Kenton, west London (Beat Instrumental)
18 September 1965 – Trade Union Hall, Watford, Herts (Beat Instrumental)
19 September 1965 – Blue Moon, Hayes, west London (Harrow Weekly Post/Greenford Weekly Post)
20 September 1965 – Savoy, Southsea, Hants (Beat Instrumental)
2 October 1965 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental) Says Cambridge but this is most likely a misprint
3 October 1965 – Rainbow Theatre, Blackpool, Lancashire (Beat Instrumental)
6 October 1965 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Beat Instrumental)
8 October 1965 – Royal College of Technology, Salford, Greater Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
10 October 1965 – Casino Club, Harraby (Beat Instrumental)
15 October 1965 – Majestic Ballroom, Wellington (Beat Instrumental)
16 October 1965 – Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire with Tom Jones & The Squires, The Gaylords and The Planets (Lincolnshire Standard)
17 October 1965 – Southall Community Centre, Southall, west London (Middlesex County Times & West Middlesex Gazette)
20 October 1965 – Farnborough Town Hall, Farnborough, Hampshire (Aldershot News)
22 October 1965 – 400 Ballroom, Torquay, Devon (Herald Express)
23 October 1965 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with The Voyds (Oxford Mail)
24 October 1965 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)
26 October 1965 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Beat Instrumental)
29 October 1965 – Palace Ballroom, Maryport (Beat Instrumental)
30 October 1965 – Leicester University, Leicester (Beat Instrumental)
31 October 1965 – White Lion, Edgware, north London (Beat Instrumental)
3 November 1965 – Church Hall, Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershrie (Beat Instrumental)
4 November 1965 – Empire Ballroom, Wrath (Beat Instrumental)
5 November 1965 – Bath Pavilion and gig in Swansea, Wales (Beat Instrumental)
6 November 1965 – Harvest Moon Club, Guildford, Surrey with The Moggies (Surrey Advertiser)
7 November 1965 – Jewish Lads’ Brigade, Cheetham (Beat Instrumental)
21 April 1966 – RAF Wittering, West Sussex (Beat Instrumental)
22 April 1966 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, west London (Beat Instrumental)
23 April 1966 – Worsley Civic Hall, Walkden, Worsley, Greater Manchester with The Executives and The SOS (Bolton Evening News)
24 April 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Alan Bown Set (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
29 April 1966 – Regency Ballroom, Bath (Beat Instrumental)
30 April 1966 – Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
1 May 1966 – Plaza Ballroom, Newbury, Berkshire with The Pacifics (Andover Advertiser/North Berks Herald)
2 May 1966 – Atlanta Ballroom, Woking, Surrey (Aldershot News/Camberley News)
4 May 1966 – Tower Ballroom, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with The John Lofty Sounds (Yarmouth Mercury)
5 May 1966 – Starlight, Crawley, West Sussex with The Cadalucks (Caterham Weekly Press) This is missing from Beat Instrumental
6 May 1966 – Bellevue, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
7 May 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Beat Instrumental)
8 May 1966 – New Elizabethan Ballroom, Manchester (Beat Instrumental)
11 May 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with The Clique (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
12-16 May 1966 – Scottish tour (Beat Instrumental)
12-19 June 1966 – Greasebrough Social Club, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
18 June 1966 – 21 Mod Club, Rotherham, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
21 June 1966 – Worcester College, Oxford University, Oxford with The Searchers, The Fourmost, The Dudley Moore Trio, The Cougars with Samantha and Eddie King, Mark Roman & The Javelins, Caribbean Steel Band, Bill Savill and His Band and others (Cherwell)
28 June 1966 – Town Hall, Crayford, southeast London (Beat Instrumental/PACE magazine)
1 July 1966 – Grimsby Mecca, Grimsby, Humberside (Grimsby Evening Telegraph) This is missing from Beat Instrumental
2 July 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
3 July 1966 – USAF Bentwaters, near Woodbridge, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
6 July 1966 – Grafton Rooms, Liverpool (Fabulous 208)
7 July 1966 – West Midlands Training College, Walsall, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
9 July 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham with Robert Hirst and The Dickens Set (Nottingham Evening Post)
14 July 1966 – RAF Gaydon, near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)
28 July 1966 – Gray’s Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1966 – Town Hall, Cullen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1966 – Ballerina Ballroom, Nairn, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
30 July 1966 – Town Hall, Tain, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
31 July 1966 – Black Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1966 – Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Herts with Episode Six (Berkhamsted Gazette & Tring and District News)
7 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, Surrey (Coulson & Purley Advertiser) This isn’t listed in Beat Instrumental
7 August 1966 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (South East London Mercury)
11 August 1966 – Town Hall, East Ham, London (Fabulous 208)
11 August 1966 – In Crowd, Hackney, London (Fabulous 208)
13 August 1966 – Expresso Continental, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Fabulous 208)
14 August 1966 – Princess Theatre, Torquay, Devon with The Walker Brothers (Fabulous 208)
15 August 1966 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Fabulous 208)
17 August 1966 – Orchid Ballroom, Purley, London (Coulson & Purley Advertiser)
17-18 August 1966 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London (Beat Instrumental)
19 August 1966 – Iron Curtain Club, St Mary’s Cray, southeast London (Fabulous 208/PACE magazine)
20 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
21 August 1966 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
24 August 1966 – Locarno, Stevenage, Hertfordshire (Fabulous 208)
25 August 1966 – Locarno, Streatham, southwest London (Beat Instrumental)
26 August 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1966 – Beat Festival, Scunthorpe United Football Ground, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire with Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds, The Troggs, Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, The Ram Jam Band, The Creation, The Mindbenders and The Fenmen (Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
10 September 1966 – Spa Royal Hall, Bridlington with The Fenmen and The Syndicate 5 (Scarborough Evening News)
11 September 1966 – Black Prince, Bexley, London (Fabulous 208)
13 September 1966 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
5 November 1966 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham with Farinas (Nottingham Evening Post)
5 November 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail)
6 November 1966 – Birmingham Theatre, Birmingham, West Midlands with Lee Dorsey and Jerry Lee Lewis (Fabulous 208)
7 November 1966 –Wimbledon Theatre, Wimbledon, southwest London with Jerry Lee Lewis, Lee Dorsey, The Crying Shames and The Graham Bell Trend (Woking Herald)
12 November 1966 – ABC Promotions, Public Hall, Heacham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208/Lynn News)
15 November 1966 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, London with Episode Six (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
16 November 1966 – Skyline Ballroom, Hull (Fabulous 208)
18 November 1966 – Sutton-in-Ashfield Baths, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
19 November 1966 – Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston Super Mare, Somerset with The Ken Birch Band and The Bones (Weston Mercury)
26 November 1966 – Training College, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
20 December 1966 – Palais de Danse, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
22 December 1966 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Fenmen, Sounds Incorporated and The Skyliners (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book/Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
23 December 1966 – Locarno Ballroom, Derby, Derbyshire (Fabulous 208)
24 December 1966 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London with The Army (Melody Maker and Tony Tacon’s memories)
28 December 1966 – Top Rank Suite, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)
1967
7 January 1967 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Beat Syndicate (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
7 January 1967 – Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London with Herbie Goins & The Night Timers, The Creation, The Artwoods and St Louis Union (Melody Maker)
8 January 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Fabulous 208)
9 January 1967 – Bluesville ’67 Club, Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Essex County Standard)
10 January 1967 – King’s Hall, University College, Gower Street, London (Fabulous 208)
13 January 1967 – City Leeds Training College, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
14 January 1967 – Matlock Bath Pavilion, Matlock, Derbyshire with Deep Purple (Derby Evening Telegraph)
20 January 1967 – High Hall, Birmingham University, Birmingham, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
21 January 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent with Mixed Feelings (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
1 February 1967 – Falcon Hotel, Falconwood, southeast London (PACE magazine)
2 February 1967 – St Giles Youth Club, Willenhall Baths Assembly Hall, Willenhall, West Midlands with The ‘N’ Betweens, The Ensemble and Scarab (Express and Star)
3 February 1967 – Beddington Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire with Sounds Incorporated (Fabulous 208)
4 February 1967 – Chelsea College, Chelsea, London (Fabulous 208)
10 February 1967 – Starlite Ballroom, Greenford, London (Fabulous 208)
11 February 1967 – Ravern Club, Lincoln, Lincolnshire (Fabulous 208)
23 February 1967 – Golden Dancing Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
24 February 1967 – Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
26 February 1967 – Agincourt Ballroom, Camberley, Surrey (Aldershot News)
2 March 1967 – Bradford University, Bradford, West Yorkshire with The Tremeloes and The Trend (Fabulous 208)
3 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
4 March 1967 – Bal Tabarin, Downham, Southeast London with supporting groups (South East London Mercury)
5 March 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
10 March 1967 – Ricky Tick, Hounslow, west London (David Else’s research)
16 March 1967 – Kilburn Polytechnic, Kilburn, London with Ronnie Jones & The Blue Jays and The Syn (Melody Maker)
17 March 1967 – Saint College, Southampton, Hampshire (Fabulous 208)
18 March 1967 – Dreamland, Margate, Kent with The Epics (East Kent Times & Mail)
19 March 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (South East London Mercury)
20 March 1967 – College of Education, Worcester, Worcestershire (Fabulous 208)
23 March 1967 – Glen Ballroom, Llanelli, south Wales with The Troggs, Neil Christian Crusaders, The Corncrackers and John Smith Committee (South Wales Evening Post)
26 March 1967 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Chatham, Rochester & Gillingham News)
27 March 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Other Five and The Triple Vintage (West Briton & Royal Cornwall Gazette)
1 April 1967 – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, Essex with Daddy Linburg with The Fingers and The Committee (Southend Standard)
2 April 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
6 April 1967 – King’s Hall, Belle Vue, Greater Manchester with The Tremeloes, Sounds Incorporated, The Move and Mirage (Fabulous 208)
12 April 1967 – Whitehaven College, Whitehaven, Cumbria (Fabulous 208)
13 April 1967 – RAF Uxbridge, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)
14 April 1967 – Brighton Arts Festival, Metropole Hotel, Brighton, Sussex with Paul Jones, The Move, Geno Washington, Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Mike Stuart Span and others (Melody Maker)
15 April 1967 – Pavilion Theatre, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
19 April 1967 – Catacombe, Eastbourne, East Sussex (Eastbourne Herald Chronicle/Fabulous 208)
20 April 1967 – College of Technology, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
20 April 1967 – Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham with The Alan Price Set (Nottingham Evening Post)
21 April 1967 – Queen’s Rink, West Hartlepool, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
22 April 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Fabulous 208)
27 April 1967 – Crystal Ballroom, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208) This could be Newcastle under Lyme
29 April 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Bonnyrigg, Scotland with Tony & The Traders, Catch 22 and The Sindicate (South Midlothian Advertiser)
30 April 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Mooche (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
5 May 1967 – Bishop Grosset Estate College, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)
7 May 1967 – Royal Hall, Northwich, Cheshire (Fabulous 208)
7 May 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Notttingham Evening Post)
11 May 1967 – Kilroy’s Ballroom, Swindon, Wiltshire (Fabulous 208)
13 May 1967 – New Cornish, Riviera Lido, St Austell, Cornwall with Cousin Jacks (West Briton & Royal Cornish Gazette)
16 May 1967 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
19 May 1967 – Top Rank Suite, Bristol (Fabulous 208)
20 May 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Fabulous 208)
21 May 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)
22 May 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Fabulous 208)
26 May 1967 – Pavilion, Newton (possibly Cambridgeshire) (Fabulous 208)
27 May 1967 – Hertford Balls, Oxford with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Swinging Blue Jeans, The Action and Hamilton & The Movement (Cherwell)
28 May 1967 – Working Men’s Club, Kettering, Northamptonshire with The Nite People (Fabulous 208/Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
29 May 1967 – Civic Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire with The Shades (Crewe Chronicle)
2 June 1967 – Golden Diamond Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (Fabulous 208)
3 June 1967 – College of Technology, Manchester (Fabulous 208)
4 June 1967 – Union Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
5 June 1967 – Social Club, Aylesbury, Bucks (Fabulous 208)
8 June 1967 – Waggon and Horses, Wall Heath, West Midlands (Express & Star)
11 June 1967 – Palace Ballroom, Douglas, Isle of Man (Fabulous 208)
12 June 1967 – Trinity College, Cambridge with The Alan Price Set (Fabulous 208)
17 June 1967 – Surf City Club, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Fabulous 208)
25 June 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster)
29 June 1967 – Aston University, Birmingham with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Fabulous 208)
30 June 1967 – Liverpool University, Liverpool with Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Fabulous 208)
1 July 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire (Fabulous 208)
1 July 1967 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Monopoly (Crewe Chronicle)
2 July 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
3 July 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Uglys and Choice (Express & Star)
7 July 1967 – Culham College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Fabulous 208)
8 July 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
9 July 1967 – Swan, Yardley, West Midlands (Fabulous 208)
12 July 1967 – Cavern Club, East Dereham, Norfolk (Fabulous 208)
13 July 1967 – Club Franchi, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear (Fabulous 208)
14 July 1967 – Town Hall, Hawick, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
15 July 1967 – Corn Exchange, Kelso, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with The Courtells (Melody Maker)
22 July 1967 – Victoria Cross Gallery, Wantage, Oxfordshire with Steam Machine (Oxford Mail/Wiltshire Gazette/Newbury Weekly News)
26 July 1967 – Nautilus Club, Lowestoft, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
29 July 1967 – Corby Civic Centre, Corby, Northamptonshire with Magic Roundabout and The Midniters (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
30 July 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
31 July 1967 – Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London (Fabulous 208)
5 August 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)
12 August 1967 – Tavern Club, East Dereham (Fabulous 208)
13 August 1967 – Old Crown & Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
23 August 1967 – Regal Ballroom, Minehead, Somerset with The West Coast Sound (Somerset County Gazette)
24 August 1967 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall (Cornish Guardian)
26 August 1967 – Glastonbury Town Hall, Glastonbury, Somerset with Jangless Gallery (Somerset County Gazette)
28 August 1967 – Pynkney Hall Blues Festival, Fakenham, Norfolk with The Move, Alan Bown, Family and The Workshop (Melody Maker)
1 September 1967 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
2 September 1967 – Town Hall, Tavistock, Devon (Fabulous 208)
3 September 1967 – Central Hotel, Gillingham, Kent (Fabulous 208)
8 September 1967 – RAF Digby, Lincoln (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1967 – Clouds, Derby (Fabulous 208)
9 September 1967 – Night Owl, Leicester (Fabulous 208)
10 September 1967 – Redcar Jazz Club, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Pleasure Machine (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book)
15 September 1967 – Windrush Club, RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)
16 September 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Flashbacks (Surrey Advertiser)
17 September 1967 – Hotel Leofric, Coventry, West Midlands with Taylor Upton Big Jump Band (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
22 September 1967 – Airmen’s Club, West Ruislip, London (Fabulous 208)
23 September 1967 – Keys Hall, Brentwood, Essex (Fabulous 208)
24 September 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire with Phil Ryan & The Scorpions (Crewe Chronicle)
29 September 1967 – Recreation Ground, Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire (Fabulous 208)
30 September 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Melody Maker)
7 October 1967 – Hatfield College of Tech, Hatfield, Herts (Fabulous 208)
8-14 October 1967 – Towers Theatre Club, Warrington, Cheshire with others (St Helens Newspaper)
8-14 October 1967 – Garrick, Leigh, Greater Manchester with others (St Helens Newspaper)
15 October 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
16 October 1967 – Staffordshire Yeoman, Stafford (Stafford Newsletter)
20 October 1967 – Cesar’s Club, Bedford, Bedfordshire with The Triads (Ampthill News & Flintwick Record)
27 October 1967 – Mildert College, Durham, County Durham (Fabulous 208)
29 October 1967 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, southeast London (Poster)
29 October 1967 – Nicholas Youth Club, Basildon, Essex (Fabulous 208)
31 October 1967 – Candlelight Club, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
1 November 1967 – Warmingham Grange Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire (Crewe Chronicle)
17 November 1967 – G-Ranch Discotheque, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)
18 November 1967 – Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, Kent (Folkestone & Hythe Gazette)
19 November 1967 – Starlight Ballroom, Crawley, West Sussex with All Night Workers (Crawley Advertiser)
21 November 1967 – Boys High School, Leek, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
24 November 1967 – Queens Rink Ballroom, Hartlepool, County Durham with The Tony King Sound (Hartlepool Mail)
25 November 1967 – Pier Pavilion, Felixstowe, Suffolk (Fabulous 208)
26 November 1967 – Nottingham University, Nottingham (Fabulous 208)
1 December 1967 – Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wales (Fabulous 208)
2 December 1967 – Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (Fabulous 208)
3 December 1967 – Leofric Hotel, Coventry (Fabulous 208)
4 December 1967 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
5 December 1967 – Samantha’s, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Echo) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band/debut in Bournemouth
6 December 1967 – Scotch Club, Torquay, Devon (Fabulous 208)
7 December 1967 – Quay Club, Exeter, Devon (Fabulous 208)
9 December 1967 – The Polytechnic, Great Titchfield Street, London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
17 December 1967 – Beau Brummel Club, Alvaston Hall Hotel, Nantwich, Cheshire, Nantwich, Cheshire with Jaytree Organisation (Crewe Chronicle)
19 December 1967 – Chalet Club, Birmingham (Fabulous 208)
20 December 1967 – Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland (Fabulous 208)
21 December 1967 – Marimba Club, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire (Fabulous 208)
22 December 1967 – New Central Pier, Morecambe, Lancashire (Fabulous 208)
23 December 1967 – String O’ Beads, Bradford, West Yorkshire with support (Yorkshire Evening Post)
24 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, London (Melody Maker)
26 December 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Fabulous 208)
29 December 1967 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The Justins and The Cataracts (Fabulous 208/Rugby Advertiser)
31 December 1967 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, northwest London (Fabulous 208)
1968
21 January 1968 – Central R&B Club, Central Hotel, Gillingham (Chatham, Rochester and Gillingham Post)
22 January 1968 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Soul Seekers (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennet & His Band
3 February 1968 – Alex Disco, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Salisbury & Winchester Journal)
4 February 1968 – Black Prince Hotel, Bexley, London (Poster) Billed as Cliff Bennett Show
6 February 1968 – Cheltenham Spa, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Melody Maker)
9 February 1968 – Roman Rag Ball, Glamorgan College of Technology, Glamorgan, Wales with The Nashville Teens, Union Pacific Showband, The Caribbean All Stars and The Stereos (Glamorgan County Times)
10 February 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
16 February 1968 – Top Rank Suite, Swansea, Wales with Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band and The Tremeloes (Herald of Wales)
17 February 1968 – Walsall Town Hall, Walsall, West Midlands (Express & Star) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band
25 February 1968 – Redcar Jazz Club, Coatham Hotel, Redcar, North Yorkshire with The Candy Choir (Dennis Weller, Chris Scott Wilson and Graham Lowe’s book) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band
8 March 1968 – Goldsmith College Rag Ball, New Cross, southeast London with The Blossom and The London All-Star Band (formerly Brian Something & The Whatsits) (South East London Mercury)
14 March 1968 – Eden Park Hotel, Beckenham, southeast London (South East London Mercury) Billed as Cliff Bennett Band
15 March 1968 – Gig in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire (Melody Maker)
16 March 1968 – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford, Essex with The Precious Few (Melody Maker/Essex Chronicle) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
19 March 1968 – Rasputin’s, New Bond Street, central London (Melody Maker)
19 March 1968 – Lotus Ballroom, Forest Gate, east London (Melody Maker)
29 March 1968 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
31 March 1968 – Crown and Cushion, Perry Barr, West Midlands with Traction (Birmingham Evening Mail) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
5 April 1968 – Red Lion, Leytonstone, London (Melody Maker) Debut with Bennett’s new band after split with Rebel Rousers
12 April 1968 – Clockwork Orange, Chester, Cheshire with Adges Convention (Crewe Chronicle) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
13 April 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
14 April 1968 – The Place, Hanley, Stafforshire (Evening Sentinel)
15 April 1968 – Park Hall Hotel, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands with The Montanas (Express & Star)
19 April 1968 – Punchbowl, Lapworth, West Midlands (Birmingham Evening Mail)
17 May 1968 – Mistrale Club, Beckenham, south London (Melody Maker) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
19 May 1968 – Warmingham Country Club, Warmingham, Cheshire.
According to Crewe Chronicle, this is the first gig by The Rebel Rousers after their split with Cliff Bennett. I would welcome any insights from readers
CLIFF BENNETT BAND:
26 May-2 June 1968 – Garrick Club, Leigh, Greater Manchester (Fabulous 208)
Photo: Hillingdon Mirror
The Hillingdon Mirror ran an article about Cliff’s split from The Rebel Rousers in its 4 June 1968 issue, page 24
8 June 1968 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with supporting groups (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
21 June 1968 – Kursaal Ballroom, Southend, Essex with Georgie Fame’s Band (Southend Standard)
6 July 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Pattersons Generation (Surrey Advertiser)
27 July 1968 – Burton’s, Uxbridge, west London (Melody Maker)
22 August 1968 – Blue Lagoon, Newquay, Cornwall with The Sweetshop and The Fire Brigade (West Briton & The Royal Cornwall Gazette)
22 September 1968 – Kew Boathouse, Kew, London (Thames Valley Times) Billed as Cliff Bennett & His Band
26 September 1968 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
10 October 1968 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Candy Choir (East Kent Times & Mail)
24 October 1968 – Bag O’Nails, Kingley Street, Soho, central London with Circus (Fabulous 208)
6 December 1968 – George Edwards Hall, Cefn Mawr, Wales with The Klubs (Wrexham Leader)
1969
13 February 1969 – Klooks Kleek, West Hampstead, north London (Geoff Williams’ research: Decca Studios and Klooks Kleek book)
Many thanks to Rolf Hannet for providing some of the Beat Instrumental entries
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There appears to have been a temporary split as The Q-Set backed Maxine Brown on a second UK tour in September-October 1967
Welcome to another posting of a series of gig listings for 1960s bands. None of these lists is exhaustive and my idea is to add to them in the comments section below over time. They are here for future researchers to draw on. I have also added a few interesting bits of information and will add images in time.
17 December 1966 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Mail/Fabulous 208)
