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.
DAVE CURTISS & THE TREMORS:
According to the Kentish Mercury, Dave Curtiss & The Tremors were formed in April 1962
1963
4 May 1963 – Gaiety Ballroom, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire Times)
24 October 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Dave Oades Orchestra (Aldershot News)
14 November 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Chris Allen Combo (Aldershot News)
10 December 1963 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
15 December 1963 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Plymouth Sounds (Aldershot News)
24 December 1963 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with Russ Sainty & The Nu Notes and Danny & The Torinos (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
1964
7 January 1964 – High Wycombe Town Hall, High Wycombe, Bucks (Bucks Free Press)
16 January 1964 – Gig in Hatfield, Herts (Beat Monthly)
17 January 1964 – Winchester Lido, Winchester, Hampshire with Daniel Boone & The Emeralds (Hampshire & Berkshire Gazette)
18 January 1964 – Gig in Maidstone, Kent (Beat Monthly)
24 January 1964 – Gig in Leicester (Beat Monthly)
26 January 1964 – Gig in Hornchurch (Beat Monthly)
31 January 1964 – Gig in King’s Langley (Beat Monthly)
1 February 1964 – Gig in Whetstone (Beat Monthly)
2 February 1964 – Gig in Margate, Kent (Beat Monthly)
5 February 1964 – Gig in Hitchin, Herts (Beat Monthly)
6 February 1964 – Gig in Stevenage, Herts (Beat Monthly)
8 February 1964 – Gig in Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Beat Monthly)
9 February 1964 – Gig in Southall, Middlesex (probably Southall Community Centre) (Beat Monthly)
14 February 1964 – Gig in Fawley (Beat Monthly)
15 February 1964 – Gig in Stoke, Staffordshire (Beat Monthly)
20 February 1964 – Gig in Durrington (Beat Monthly)
21 February 1964 – Gig in Gillingham, Dorset (Beat Monthly)
23 February 1964 – Gig in Mudeford (Beat Monthly)
25 February 1964 – Gig in Sidcup (Beat Monthly)
26 February 1964 – Gig in Catford (Beat Monthly)
27 February 1964 – Gig in Hatfield, Herts (Beat Monthly)
28 February 1964 – Gig in Leeds, West Yorkshire (Beat Monthly)
29 February 1964 – Gig in Leicester (Beat Monthly)
1 March 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Condors (Aldershot News)
6 March 1964 – Gig in Milford Haven, Wales (Beat Monthly)
8 March 1964 –Gig in Southsea, Hants (Beat Monthly)
13 March 1964 – Gig in Yeovil, Somerset (Beat Monthly)
14 March 1964 – Gig in Gillingham (Beat Monthly)
15 March 1964 – Gig in Luton, Bedfordshire (Beat Monthly)
30 March 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with Shane Fenton & The Fentons and The Druids (Essex Chronicle/Essex County Standard)
4 April 1964 – Harpenden Public Hall, Harpenden, Herts with The Planets (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
18 April 1964 – Colchester Odeon, Colchester, Essex with Adam Faith & The Roulettes, The Searchers, Dave Berry & The Cruisers, Eden Kane, The Undertakers and Lorraine Gray (Essex Chronicle/Essex County Standard)
30 May 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Plus Four featuring Erkey Grant and Ian Taylor & The Condors (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
14 June 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Rock-A-Fellows (Aldershot News)
2 August 1964 – Cromer Olympia, Cromer, Norfolk with Garry Freeman & Th Contours (North Norfolk News)
5 August 1964 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
7 August 1964 – Attic Club, 1a High Street, Hounslow, Middlesex with The Fanatics (Kingston & Malden Borough News)
15 August 1964 – Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey with Phil & The Stormsville Shakers (Surrey Advertiser)
22 August 1964 – Clacton Town Hall, Clacton, Essex with The Fairies (formerly The Deepbeats) (Essex County Standard)
27 August 1964 – Majestic Ballroom, Luton, Bedfordshire (Luton News)
29 August 1964 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with Chaos & Co (East Kent Times & Mail)
10 October 1964 – Ballito, St Albans, Herts with The Original Hustlers (Welwyn & Hatfield Advertiser)
23 October 1964 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with John Barry Seven and The Firing Squad (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
28 October 1964 – Locarno, Stevenage, Herts with Johnny Flood & The Trespassers (Hertfordshire Express)
30 October 1964 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
7 November 1964 – Borough Assembly Hall, Aylesbury, Bucks with Tony & The Strangers (website: http://aylesburymusictown.co.uk/)
29 November 1964 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Herts (Hertfordshire Express)
6 December 1964 – New Central Ballroom, Aldershot, Hampshire with The Alleykats (Aldershot News)
26 December 1964 – Dreamland Ballroom, Margate, Kent with The Gobbledegooks (East Kent Times & Mail)
1965
15 January 1965 – Dungeon Club, Nottingham (website: https://dungeonmods.wordpress.com/)
18 January 1965 – Hermitage Ballroom, Hitchin, Hertfordshire (Hertfordshire Express)
4 March 1965 – The Dolphin, Marine Court, St Leonards, East Sussex (Roger Bistow’s research at Dizzy Tiger Music website)
19 March 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Ivy League and The Plainsmen (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
24 April 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Sundowners (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
29 May 1965 – California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire with The Merseybeats and Bumps in the Night (website: www.california-ballroom.info/gigs/)
25 September 1965 – Rhodes Centre, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts with The Cortinas (Steve Ingless book: The Day Before Yesterday)
1966
7 January 1966 – Star Ballroom, Maidstone, Kent with The Bretheren (Maidstone Gazette)
28 January 1966 – Cricketer’s Inn, Southend, Essex with The Orioles (Southend Standard)
Thanks to Rolf Hannet for providing the Beat Monthly gigs
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i saw them in lake goerge at tower hall when I was about 15.
Dave Gunnell was known as Dungles. They went mid/late 60’s to S Africa, Abijan for one. I saw notices of them touring UK in 1970’s.
Dick Gunnell.
Dave Curtiss and the Tremors played Lydney Town Hall on 03/01/64 according to this record: https://www.45worlds.com/live/listing/dave-curtis-and-the-tremors-town-hall-1964
I saw them at Butlins, Clacton in 1963. They were the resident band for the Summer Season I believe. They were partly responsible for my excursion into Rock and Roll which lasts until this day!
DAVE CURTISS & THE TREMORS GIGS 1963-1966
Dave Curtiss – lead vocals, harmonica (born David Laurence Atkins, 10 November 1943)
Jack Jacobs – lead guitar (born 19 October 1939)
Dick Gunnell – rhythm guitar (born Richard Gunnell, 4 July 1943)
Spike Hayward – bass (born Maurice Hayward, 19 July 1944)
Roy Williams – drums (born 11 May 1941)
Dave Curtiss and the Tremors formed in April 1962 in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
In 1965 Jacobs, Gunnell, Hayward and Williams left the band and formed The Martells in 1965 in Colchester, Essex.
Dave Curtiss and the Tremors were joined by Rod Alexander on guitar.
Dave Curtiss and the Tremors split in 1967.
Dave Curtis and The Tremors had a summer residency at Butlins Clacton during the summer on 1963 so we saw them every night.
They were great.
She Loves You was released the week we were there, it was the height of Beatlemania.