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)
13 October 1965 – Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, west London with Herbie Goins & The Night Timers (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)
30 October 1965 – New All-Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, E1, London, with Ben E King (Melody Maker)
3 November 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)
10 November 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)
11 November 1965 – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley, southeast London (Melody Maker)
20 November 1965 – New All Star Club, 9a Artillery Passage, east London (Melody Maker)
11 December 1965 – Ealing Club, Ealing, west London (Melody Maker)
12 December 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
15 December 1965 – Eel Pie Island,Twickenham, west London with The Vagabonds (website: http://eelpieislandmusic.com/eel-pie-island-roll-call)
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)
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)
10 February 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Amboy Dukes (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
12 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
17 February 1967 – Kookoo-Byrd Discotheque, Cardiff, Wales (South Wales Echo)
19 February 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent (Kentish Express)
19 February 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire with The New Vagabonds (Evening Sentinel)
26 February 1967 – Marquee, Wardour Street, Soho, central London (Tony Bacon’s book: London Live)
3 March 1967 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Jimmy Cliff & The Sound System (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
5 March 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent (Kentish Express)
5 March 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
8 March 1967 – Gravesend R ‘n’ B Club, Clarendon Royal Hotel, Gravesend, Kent (PACE magazine)
12 March 1967 – Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
12 March 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
19 March 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
28 March 1967 – The Place, Hanley, Staffordshire (Evening Sentinel)
7 April 1967 – Mr McCoys, Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette) This seems unlikely unless the gig below didn’t happen
7 April 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
8 April 1967 – Ram Jam, Brixton, south London with Eyes of Blue (Melody Maker)
15 April 1967 – Club A Go Go, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear with The Gas Board (website: http://www.readysteadygone.co.uk/club-agogo-newcastle-2/)
22 April 1967 – 2 ‘B’s Club, Ashford, Kent (Kentish Express)
23 April 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
29 April 1967 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire with The Crew (Cambridgeshire Times)
1 May 1967 – Queen’s Ballroom, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (Express & Star)
5 May 1967 – Starlite, Greenford, northwest London (Melody Maker)
13 May 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with The Lonely Ones and The Unsuited Medium (Melody Maker)
16 May 1967 – Heaven Club, Angel Hotel, Godalming, Surrey with Amelia Rudd Blues (Surrey Advertiser)
19 May 1967 – Top Spot Ballroom, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire with The Medium Rare (Gloucester Citizen)
20 May 1967 – Cue Club, Paddington, central London (Melody Maker)
23 May 1967 – Roaring ‘60s Club, Leicester (Leicester Mercury)
2 June 1967 – ‘New’ Birdcage, Eastney, Hampshire (Dave Allen research)
3 June 1967 – Supreme Eastern Esplanade, Ramsgate, Kent with Spectra Quinn Team and Len Marshall Show (East Kent Times & Mail)
11 June 1967 – Heaven Club, Angel Hotel, Godalming, Surrey (Surrey Advertiser)
18 June 1967 – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham (Nottingham Evening Post)
23 June 1967 – Apex Club, Brookfield Hall, South Ashford, Kent with The Section (Kentish Express)
2 July 1967 – Sunday Club, Addlestone, Surrey (Woking Herald)
7 July 1967 – Koo Koo Byrd, Cardiff, Wales (Glamorgan County Times)
8 July 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, central London with New York Public Library and Jimmy Powell & The Dimensions (Melody Maker)
15 July 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with SI’s Reaction (Maidstone Gazette)
12 August 1967 – Tiles, Oxford Street, London with Essex Five and The Crawdads (Melody Maker)
19-20 August 1967 – Birdland, Southampton, Hampshire (Southern Evening Echo)
1 September 1967 – Apex Club, Brookfield Hall, South Ashford, Kent with The Concords (Kentish Express)
5 September 1967 – Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset with Amen Corner (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
9 September 1967 – 5D, Leicester with The Worrying Kynde (Leicester Mercury)
11 September 1967 – Bluesville ’67 Club, St Matthew’s Baths Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk (Ipswich Evening Star)
23 September 1967 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Mr Howard Group (Surrey Advertiser)
24 September 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent (Maidstone Gazette)
27 September 1967 – Steering Wheel, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)
2 October 1967 – Ready Steady Go Club, Kings Arms Hotel, Berkhamstead, Herts (Berkhamstead Gazette, Tring & District News)
4 October 1967 – Steering Wheel, Dorchester, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)
28 October 1967 – Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London with The Orlons and Granny’s Intentions (Melody Maker)
11 November 1967 – Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer, Norfolk with Alex Wilson Set (Julie Fielder book: What Flo Said Next)
24 November 1967 – UFO, Casino, Paignton, Devon (Herald Express)
24 December 1967 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham with Bob Mather & The Trend and The Marvelettes (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)
30 December 1967 – Maidstone Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Associates and The T-Pots (Maidstone Gazette)
12 January 1968 – St Birinus School, Didcot, Oxfordshire (North Hants Herald)
13 January 1968 – Princes Theatre & Ballroom, Yeovil, Somerset with The Pandas (Western Gazette)
20 January 1968 – Legion Hall, Amersham, Bucks (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)
10 February 1968 – 007 Sun Valley Club, Dalston Lane, London, E8 (Melody Maker)
10 February 1968 – Pink Flamingo, Soho with The Traction and Toni Rocket Soul Show with Cleo (Melody Maker)
18 February 1968 – Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent with The Reaction (Maidstone Gazette)
18 February 1968 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, London with Toni Rocket (Melody Maker)
24 February 1968 – Weymouth Pavilion Ballroom, Weymouth, Dorset (Dorset Evening Echo)
2 March 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
9 March 1968 – Benn Memorial Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire with The Associates (Rugby Advertiser/Leicester Mercury)
16 March 1968 – Cheltenham Spa Lounge and Ballroom, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Gloucester Citizen)
24 March 1968 – Pink Flamingo, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
20 April 1968 – Ram Jam, Brixton, London with Sire Coxon Sound (Melody Maker)
21 April 1968 – RSG Sunday Club, Manor Ballroom, Ipswich (Ipswich Evening Star)
8 June 1968 – Club La Bamba, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Kent & Sussex Courier)
13 July 1968 – White Tiles, Swindon, Wiltshire (Swindon Evening Advertiser)
20 July 1968 – Tin Hat, Kettering, Northamptonshire with Dr K’s Big Blues Band (Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph)
24 August 1968 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with The Embers (Surrey Advertiser) Billed as Rupert & The Rick ‘N’ Beckers
5 October 1968 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
23 October 1968 – Hatchetts, Piccadilly London (Melody Maker/Mick Capewell’s Marmalade Skies)
25-26 October 1968 – Bamboo Club, Bristol (Bristol Evening Post)
2 November 1968 – Brookfield Hall, Ashford, Kent (Kentish Express)
7 November 1968 – Penny Farthing, Southend, Essex (Southend Standard)
17 November 1968 – King Alfred, Bellingham, south London (South East London Mercury)
22 November 1968 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts with The Who and Phonic Sounds Soul Band (Berkamsted Gazette)
30 November 1968 – Corn Exchange, Bedford with Scotts Plague (Ampthill News & Weekly Record)
8 December 1968 – Byron, Greenford, London (Uxbridge Weekly Post)
21 December 1968 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
24 December 1968 – Flamingo, Redruth, Cornwall with US Flattop and Ray Williams & The Grenades (West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser)
24 December 1968 – Walton Hop, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (Woking Herald) Is this likely with gig above?
5 January 1969 – Whisky A Go Go, Wardour Street, Soho, London (Melody Maker)
15 January 1969 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts (Berkamsted Gazette)
12 April 1969 – Ritz, Bournemouth, Dorset with The Nashville Teens (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
3 May 1969 – St Albans City Hall, St Albans, Herts (Berkamsted Gazette)
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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.
