The Walton Hop at the Playhouse in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey was a teen disco started by Deniz Corday in 1958.
The music venue is reputed to have been the first disco in the UK. During 1964-1965, it was billed as the Hi-Fi Hop. The venue was billed as the Walton Hop in 1967. This is an incomplete list and I would welcome any additions
1 August 1961 – Mike Dee & The Jaywalkers
24 October 1961 – Mike Dee & The Jaywalkers
7 November 1961 – Mike Dee & The Jaywalkers
19 January 1962 – The Nibs Band
Gigs were on Saturdays and Wednesday but not every week
20 January 1962 – The Sunsets with Linda Shane, Grant Tracy and Ron Diamond
24 January 1962 – Denny & The Crescendos
10 February 1962 – Vern Rogers & The Hi-Fi’s
14 February 1962 – The Impalas
17 February 1962 – Eddy & The Chequers
24 February 1962 – Mike Cordell & The Mysteries
3 March 1962 – Steve Frances & The Counterbeats
10 March 1962 – Johnny Carr & The Bristol Cadillacs
14 March 1962 – The Guildford Rythmics
17 March 1962 – Tony West, Terry Preston & The Nite Hawks
21 March 1962 – Kris Kelly & The Cadillacs
24 March 1962 – Steve Laine & The Cannons
28 March 1962 – The Hamilton Teens
31 March 1962 – Anna Janet Carol and Tony Claidon & The Impalas
4 April 1962 – The Black Arrows
Gap until the next entry
18 April 1962 – Denny & The Crescendos
21 April 1962 – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets
23 April 1962 – Steve Laine and Terry & The Cannons
26 April 1962 – The Hamilton Teens
28 April 1962 – Duffy Power & The Syndicates
2 May 1962 – Steve Frances & The Counterbeats
5 May 1962 – Neil Christian & The Crusaders (he was ill so postponed and was replaced by Gary Brooker & The Paramounts)
Gap in gigs until next entry
19 May 1962 – Baby Bubbly & His Bubbles
23 May 1962 – Neil Christian & The Crusaders
26 May 1962 – Gary Brooker & The Paramounts
2 June 1962 – Ray Davis & The RDQ Quartette (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
6 June 1962 – Jackie Lynton with Bob Zavier & The Jury
9 June 1962 – Bod Fields, Beverley Swain & The Diablos
11 June 1962 – Jed Stone & The Raiders
14 June 1962 – The Black Arrows
16 June 1962 – Neil Christian & The Crusaders (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
23 June 1962 – Steve Laine and Teddy & The Cannons (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
27 June 1962 – Pat McQueen & His Rock Combo
30 June 1962 – The Checkpoints with Colin Lloyd
3 July 1962 – Ricky Temple & The Lonely Ones (Tuesday)
7 July 1962 – Tony Claidon, Ann Wright and The Impalas (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
11 July 1962 – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets
14 July 1962 – Brian Howard & The Silhouettes
18 July 1962 – Pete West & The East Combo
21 July 1962 – Karl Anthony & The Nomads
25 July 1962 – The Black Arrows
28 July 1962 – Steve Laine and Terry & The Cannons
1 August 1962 – Pat McQueen & His Rock Combo
4 August 1962 – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets (cancelled, not clear who replaced them)
6 August 1962 – Tony Claidon & The Impalas
11 August 1962 – Neil Christian & The Crusaders (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
18 August 1962 – Colin Lyodd & The Checkpoints (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
No gigs for a while
1 September 1962 – The Fleereckers
4 September 1962 – Norman Jago & The Jaguars
8 September 1962 – Brian Howard & The Silhouettes
12 September 1962 – Jackie Lynton & The Jury
15 September 1962 – The Statesmen of Sin
19 September 1962 – Vern Rogers & The Hi-Fi’s
22 September 1962 – Terry Franks & The Avalons
26 September 1962 – John Mazzi & The Clearways
29 September 1962 – Bobby Angelo & The Tuxedos with Susan Terry
3 October 1962 – Jackie Lynton with Bob Zavier & The Jury
6 October 1962 – Bobby Brown & The Barons
10 October 1962 – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets
13 October 1962 – Brian Howard & The Silhouettes
Gap until next entry
20 October 1962 – Bobby Angelo & The Tuxedos (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
24 October 1962 – Jackie Lynton and Bobby Zavier & The Jury
27 October 1962 – Rod Price & The College Boys
31 October 1962 – Terry Franks & The Avalons
3 November 1962 – Vern Rogers & The Hi-Fi’s
9 November 1962 – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
16 November 1962 – Bobby Angelo, Susan Terry & The Tuxedos (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
24 November 1962 – Coral Lee and Ray Fields & The Syndicates (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
27 November 1962 – Brian Howard & The Silhouettes
1 December 1962 – John Mazzi & The Clearways
Gap until next entry
12 December 1962 – Jackie Lynton & The New Teenbeats
15 December 1962 – Vern Rogers & The Hi-Fi’s (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
19 December 1962 – Rod Price & His College Men
22 December 1962 – Brian Howard & The Silhouettes
24 December 1962 – Bobby Angelo & The Tuxedos with Susan Terry
26 December 1962 – Jackie Lynton & The New Teenbeats
29 December 1962 – John Mazzi & The Clearways (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
31 December 1962 – Terry Franks & The Avalons
Gigs were on Saturdays and Wednesday but not every week. There is gap until next entry
9 January 1963 – Vern Rogers & The Hi-Fi’s
12 January 1963 – John Mazzi & The Clearways
16 January 1963 – Tony Rivers & The Castaways
19 January 1963 – Vern Rogers & The Hi-Fi’s
23 January 1963 – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets
26 January 1963 – Tony Rivers & The Castaways
30 January 1963 – The Nashville Teens
2 February 1963 – Rod Price & His College Men (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
6 February 1963 – Shane Fenton & The Fentons and Tony Rivers & The Castaways
9 February 1963 – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets
14 February 1963 – Vern Rogers & The Hi-Fi’s (Thursday)
16 February 1963 – Terry Franks & The Avalons
23 February 1963 – John Mazzi & The Clearways
There is a gap until the next entry
2 March 1963 – Rod Price & His College Men
6 March 1963 – Gene Vincent & The British Blue Caps and The Hi-Fi Nits and Jackie & Fiona
9 March 1963 – Pauline Martin and Paul Dean & The Searchers
16 March 1963 – Tony Rivers & The Castaways
20 March 1963 – Frank Kelly & The Hunters
23 March 1963 – Pete West and Susan Wayne & The Embers
30 March 1963 – Coral Lee and Ray Fields & The Syndicates (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
6 April 1963 – Tony & The Packabeats
11 April 1963 – Pat McQueen & His Rock Combo (Thursday)
13 April 1963 – John Mazzi & The Clearways and The Hi-Fi Nits
15 April 1963 – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets (Monday)
20 April 1963 – Pauline Martin and Pete Dean & The Searchers
27 April 1963 – Lee Faber & The RTJ Combo (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
4 May 1963 – The Strollers Plus Two and The Hi-Fi Nits
10 May 1963 – Rod Price & His College Men (Friday) (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available) Replaced by Jeff Curtis & The Flames
18 May 1963 – Vern Rogers & The Hi-Fi’s and Fiona and Jackie
25 May 1963 – Terry Franks & The Avalons (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
1 June 1963 – Tony Holland & The Packabeats
3 June 1963 – Vern Rogers & Hi-Fi’s (Monday)
8 June 1963 – Johnny Dee & The Limelighters
15 June 1963 – John Mazzi & The Clearways
22 June 1963 – Vern Rogers & The Hi-Fi’s
29 June 1963 – John Mazzi & Clearways
6 July 1963 – Tony Rivers & The Castaways
13 July 1963 – Rod Price & His College Men
20 July 1963 – Jeff Curtis & The Flames
27 July 1963 – Dave Anthony & The Druids
3 August 1963 – The Strollers
5 August 1963 – The Limelights
10 August 1963 – Coral Lee and Ray Fields & The Syndicates
17 August 1963 – Terry Franks & The Avalons (replaced by Eddy & The Chequers)
24 August 1963 – Lee Allan & The Scepters
31 August 1963 – Dave Anthony & The Druids
6 September 1963 – Tony Rivers & The Castaways (Friday) (replaced by Tony Holland & The Packabeats)
14 September 1963 – The Hi-Fi’s
21 September 1963 – John Mazzi & The Clearways
25 September 1963 – Shane Fenton & The Fentons (Wednesday)
28 September 1963 – Dave Dee & The Moquettes
5 October 1963 – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets
12 October 1963 – Lee Allan & The Scepters
19 October 1963 – Tony Holland & The Packabeats
26 October 1963 – The Wanderers
2 November 1963 – The Druids
9 November 1963 – Jackie Lynton & The Teenbeats
16 November 1963 – The Mustangs (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
23 November 1963 – Tony Rivers & The Castaways (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
30 November 1963 – Jeff Curtis & The Flames
Got gaps until next gig
21 December 1963 – Neil Christian & The Crusaders
24 December 1963 – John Mazzi & The Clearways
26 December 1963 – Tony Holland & The Packabeats
27 December 1963 – Vern Rogers & The Hi-Fi’s
28 December 1963 – Brian Diamond & The Cutters
31 December 1963 – The Druids
Just appears to be gigs on Saturdays in 1964
3 January 1964 – Lee Allan & The Scepters
11 January 1964 – The Moquettes (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
18 January 1964 – The Flintstones
25 January 1964 – The Roof Raisers
1 February 1964 – Pete Nelson & The Travellers
8 February 1964 – The Hi-Fi’s
No gig on 15 February 1964
22 February 1964 – Tony Rivers & The Castaways and The Hop Mimers
29 February 1964 – Guitars Incorporated
7 March 1964 – The Roof Raisers
14 March 1964 – The Druids
21 March 1964 – Lee Allan & The Scepters
26 March 1964 – The Moquettes
28 March 1964 – The Outlaws and The Hop Mimers
30 March 1964 – Wainwright’s Gentlemen
4 April 1964 – The Druids
11 April 1964 – Tony Holland & The Packabeats (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
18 April 1964 – The Limelights
No gig on 25 April
28 April 1964 – Tony Rivers & The Castaways (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
2 May 1964 – Peter’s Faces
9 May 1964 – The Hi-Fi’s (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
16 May 1964 – The Trends
18 May 1964 – The Moquettes (Monday)
23 May 1964 – Wainwright’s Gentlemen
30 May 1964 – Dana Laine and Lee Tracy & The Tributes (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
2 June 1964 – Peter’s Faces (Tuesday)
6 June 1964 – The Druids
9 June 1964 – Wainwright’s Gentlemen (Tuesday)
13 June 1964 – The Prestons (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
16 June 1964 – The Soul Representatives (Tuesday)
20 June 1964 – Mike Shannons & The Strangers
27 June 1964 – Wainwright’s Gentlemen
4 July 1964 – The Chances (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
11 July 1964 – The Nashville Teens
18 July 1964 – Peter’s Faces
25 July 1964 – The Southern Sounds
1 August 1964 – The Birds (Ron Wood on guitar)
3 August 1964 – Peter’s Faces
8 August 1964 – The Grebbles
15 August 1964 – The T-Bones
22 August 1964 – The Southern Sounds
29 August 1964 – Peter’s Faces and Jackie Lynton
5 September 1964 – The Birds
12 September 1964 – The Druids
19 September 1964 – The Tridents (Jeff Beck’s band)
26 September 1964 – The T-Bones
3 October 1964 – The Druids
10 October 1964 – The Herd (replaced by The Paramounts)
17 October 1964 – The Rebounds
24 October 1964 – Tony Rivers & The Castaways
31 October 1964 – Peter’s Faces
7 November 1964 – The Tridents
14 November 1964 – The Druids
17 November 1964 – Rhubarb Freshers (Tuesday)
21 November 1964 – Tony Rivers & The Castaways
24 November 1964 – The Aztecs (Tuesday)
28 November 1964 – The Bootleggers
1 December 1964 – The Hustlers (Tuesday) (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
4 December 1964 – The Herd (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
8 December 1964 – The Empty Vessels (Tuesday) (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
12 December 1964 – Peter’s Faces (held at Weybridge Hall as Walton Playhouse not available)
15 December 1964 – Devil’s Disciples (Tuesday)
19 December 1964 – The Pagans
24 December 1964 – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets
26 December 1964 – The Tridents
31 December 1964 – The Druids
There were gaps during 1965 due to the venue not being used for music
2 January 1965 – The Birds
12 January 1965 – The Moonrakers
16 January 1965 – Peter’s Faces
23 January 1965 – The Herd
26 January 1965 – The Legends
30 January 1965 – Wainwright’s Gentlemen (Ian Gillan was lead singer by now)
2 February 1965 – The Strays
6 February 1965 – The Tridents
9 February 1965 – The Cosmic Sounds
13 February 1965 – Grant Tracy & The Sunsets
23 February 1965 – The Missing Links
27 February 1965 – Dave & The Strollers
2 March 1965 – The Ones
6 March 1965 – The Tridents (this was the band’s first gig after Jeff Beck left to join The Yardbirds and was performed as a trio)
9 March 1965 – The Road Agents
13 March 1965 – The Birds
16 March 1965 – Finders Keepers
20 March 1965 – The Five Dimensions
23 March 1965 – Them
27 March 1965 – The Herd
30 March 1965 – The Bad Boys
3 April 1965 – The Cosmic Sounds
15 April 1965 – The Hero (This could be a missprint and might be The Herd)
Walton Playhouse closed at some point in late April/early May 1965 due to a fire that caused extensive damage. Walton Playhouse re-opened for music on 29 October 1966
29 October 1966 – Flatop and The Soul System
1 November 1966 – The Impalas
5 November 1966 – The Courtelles
8 November 1966 – The Iveys (evolved into Badfinger)
12 November 1966 – Tuesday’s Children
15 November 1966 – The Loving Kind
19 November 1966 –The Dominos
No gigs on 22 and 26 November
29 November 1966 – The Coloured Raisins
3 December 1966 – The Iveys
No gigs on 6 and 10 December
13 December 1966 – The New Downliners Sect
17 December 1966 – The Embers
20 December 1966 – Syd’s Crowd
24 December 1966 – Rob Chance & The Chances R
26 December 1966 – The Coloured Raisins
27 December 1966 – The Summer Set
31 December 1966 – Niti Rossi and Mike Stuart Span
10 January 1967 – The New Mojo Band (The New Mojos)
13 January 1967 – Winston’s Fumbs
17 January 1967 – Norman & The Tek-Neeks (ex-Tornados)
24 January 1967 – Derek Savage Foundation
28 January 1967 – The Nashville Teens
31 January 1967 – The Embers
4 February 1967 – The Condors
7 February 1967 – Winston’s Thumbs
11 February 1967 – Jackie Lynton, Norman Hale & The Package
14 February 1967 – The Iveys
18 February 1967 – Derek Savage Foundation
21 February 1967 – The Mojos
25 February 1967 – Denise Scott & The Soundsmen
28 February 1967 – Mike Raynor & The Condors
4 March 1967 – The Coloured Raisins
7 March 1967 – The Embers
14 March 1967 – The Embers
18 March 1967 – The Bunch
21 March 1967 – Derek Savage Foundation
23 March 1967 – The Coloured Raisins
25 March 1967 – The Medievals
27 March 1967 – Mike Stuart Span
1 April 1967 – The Army (Steve Priest, pre-Sweet on bass)
11 April 1967 – The Iveys
15 April 1967 – The Mojos
18 April 1967 – Sean Buckely Big Set
21 April 1967 – The Seychells (held at Hersham)
No gigs at the Walton Hop on 22, 25 and 29 April. The hall is not available
29 April 1967 – The Flies (held at Hersham)
2 May 1967 – The Farm
6 May 1967 – The Jaybirds
13 May 1967 – The Ministry of Sound
16 May 1967 – The Drag Set
20 May 1967 – The Bunch
23 May 1967 – The Flies
27 May 1967 – The Shinn
29 May 1967 – Mike Stuart Span (Bank holiday Monday)
3 June 1967 – The Courtells
6 June 1967 – The Jaybirds
10 June 1967 – The Happy Story
13 June 1967 – The Shell Shock Show
17 June 1967 – The Iveys
20 June 1967 – The Klooks
There is a gap after this
8 July 1967 – Soul Tonas
14 July 1967 – The Shell Shock Show
22 July 1967 – The Gods
29 July 1967 – The Human Instinct
5 August 1967 – Mike Stuart Span
12 August 1967 – The Tiles Big Band
19 August 1967 – The Flies
26 August 1967 – The Drag Set
28 August 1967 – The Flies (Bank holiday Monday)
2 September 1967 – Mike Raynor & The Condors
9 September 1967 – Modes Mode
16 September 1967 – Mike Stuart Span
23 September 1967 – The Embers
26 September 1967 – The Drifters, The Flies and The Mover
7 October 1967 – The All Nite Workers
14 October 1967 – No band this week
21 October 1967 – Gentle Madness
28 October 1967 – Dr Marigold’s Prescription
4 November 1967 – Coletrain Union
11 November 1967 – The Inspiration
14 November 1967 – The Human Instinct
18 November 1967 – Floribunda Rose (John Kongos’s band)
25 November 1967 – No band this week
28 November 1967 – Force Four
2 December 1967 – Lemon Line
9 December 1967 – No band this week
12 December 1967 – The All Nite Workers
16 December 1967 – Jo Jo Gunne
19 December 1967 – The Doves
26 December 1967 – The Flies (and possibly The Doves but needs confirmation)
30 December 1967 – Mike Stuart Span
9 January 1968 – Jo Jo Gunne
13 January 1968 – The Army
16 January 1968 – Force Four
20 January 1968 – The Human Instinct
24 January 1968 – Missing entry
27 January 1968 – The All Nite Workers
30 January 1968 – Dr Marigold’s Prescription
3 February 1968 – Alexander Bell & The Flies (Just back from Denmark and replaced Cymbaline)
6 February 1968 – The Doves
10 February 1968 – The Human Instinct and The Mover
13 February 1968 – Jo Jo Gunne
17 February 1968 – Jon
20 February 1968 – The All Nite Workers
24 February 1968 – Kristen Young & The Reflections
27 February 1968 – Cymbaline
2 March 1968 – Dr Marigold’s Prescription
No gigs on 5 and 9 March
12 March 1968 – Mike Raynor & The Condors
No Saturday gigs until 30 March so no gig on 16 March
19 March 1968 – The All Nite Workers
No gig on 23 March
26 March 1968 – Cymbaline
30 March 1968 – Jo Jo Gunne
6 April 1968 – Extreme Sound
11 April 1968 – Jo Jo Gunne
13 April 1968 – Cymbaline
15 April 1968 – The All Night Workers
20 April 1968 – The Doves
Looks like gigs on 23, 27 and 30 April
4 May 1968 – The Embers
Looks like no gigs on 7, 11 and 14 May
18 May 1968 – The Penny Peeps (Martin Barre, pre-Jethro Tull on guitar)
Looks like no gigs on 21, 25 and 28 May
1 June 1968 – Jo Jo Gunne
4 June 1968 – The Embers
8 June 1968 – The Onyx
No gig on 11 June
15 June 1968 – Extreme Sound
No gig on 18 June
22 June 1968 – Mike Stuart Span
No gigs on 25 and 29 June
No gig on 2 July
6 July 1968 – The Greatest Show on Earth
13 July 1968 – Mike Raynor & The Condors
No gig on 16 July
20 July 1968 – Cymbaline
No gig on 23 July
27 July 1968 – The Groop (from Australia) and Honey
No gig on 30 July
3 August 1968 – Clive Barrow Group (future All Night Workers lead singer)
No gig on 6 August
10 August 1968 – Mike Raynor & The Condors
No gig on 13 August
17 August 1968 – The Embers and Honey
No gig on 20 August
24 August 1968 – Alexander Bell & The Flies
No gig on 27 August
31 August 1968 – Jo Jo Gunne
2 September 1968 – The All Nite Workers
7 September 1968 – Jo Jo Gunne
No gigs on 10, 14 and 17 September
21 September 1968 – The Late
No gig on 24 September
28 September 1968 – Combustion
No gig on 1 October
5 October 1968 – The Nerve
No gig on 8 October
12 October 1968 – Bobby Johnson & The Atoms
Looks like no gigs on 15, 19 and 22 October
26 October 1968 – The All Nite Workers
No gig on 29 October
2 November 1968 – Bobby Johnson & The Atoms
No gig on 5 November
9 November 1968 – Combustion
No gig on 12 November
16 November 1968 – Nerve
No gig on 19, 23 and 26 November
30 November 1968 – The Coloured Raisins
No gigs on 3, 7 and 10 December
14 December 1968 – Jo Jo Gunne
No gig on 17 December
21 December 1968 – The Explosion with Winston T (most likely Watson T Brown & The Explosive)
24 December 1968 – Jo Jo Gunne
26 December 1968 – Rick ‘N’ Beckers
28 December 1968 – The Sky (formerly Mike Raynor & The Condors)
31 December 1968 – The Cat Road Show starring US Flatop
No gig on Saturday, 4 January 1969. Also Tuesday shows given up for DJ
11 January 1969 – The Youngblood
18 January 1969 – The Explosive
25 January 1969 – Canterbury Tales
1 February 1969 – Kingsize Keen Show
8 February 1969 – The Flares
No gig on Saturday, 15 February
23 February 1969 – The Nite People
1 March 1969 – The Youngblood
8 March 1969 – Demon Fuzz
No gig on Saturday, 15 March
22 March 1969 – Watson T Brown & The Explosive
29 March 1969 – Spectrum
3 April 1969 – Canterbury’s Tales
5 April 1969 – Simon K & The Meantimers
7 April 1969 – The All Nite Workers (Clyde Barrow now on lead vocals)
No gigs now until the next date
3 May 1969 – The Youngblood
No gigs now until the next date
31 May 1969 – The Red Squares
7 June 1969 – The Pavement
14 June 1969 – The Onyx
21 June 1969 – The Sky
28 June 1969 – Spectrum
5 July 1969 – The Sweet
12 July 1969 – The Swamp
19 July 1969 – The Embers
26 July 1969 – Simon K & The Meantimers
2 August 1969 – The She Trinity
9 August 1969 – The Sugar
16 August 1969 – The Chimera
23 August 1969 – Pinkerton’s Assorted Colours
30 August 1969 – Canterbury Tales
6 September 1969 – Simon K & The Meantimers
13 September 1969 – Cool Combination
20 September 1969 – Sonority
27 September 1969 – The Cats
4 October 1969 – The Pylots
11 October 1969 – Archimedes Principle
18 October 1969 – Timebox
No gig on Saturday, 25 October
1 November 1969 – Black Velvet
No gig on Saturday, 8 November
15 November 1969 – Orange Rainbow
No gig on Saturday, 22 November
29 November 1969 – Simon K & The Meantimers
No gigs until the next one
13 December 1969 – Information
20 December 1969 – Lucas (from Mike Cotton Sound) and The Soul Sisters
24 December 1969 – Mike Raynor & The Sky
26 December 1969 – John James & The Swamp
27 December 1969 – Chimera
31 December 1969 – Simon K & The Meantimers
There don’t appear to be any gigs for the first half of 1970
All gigs were sourced from the Woking Herald except Mike Dee & The Jaywalkers (Brian Mansell) and Floribunda Rose (Jack Russell)
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There was Walton Hop and there was Hersham Hop (at the Workingman’s Club). I saw The Flies at Hersham in ’68 I think. A really good band. I don’t know if Corday promoted both. He and Jonathan King were mates and shared the same interests. Walton Hop was their hunting ground. The Bob Potter Organisation (Camberly) supplied many of the bands for the Hop. The Embers were one, and I think The Condors were also a Bob Potter band.
Walton hop on Tuesday night. We(Doves) must have played 4 or 5 times on 2 occasions with a really good band called The Smoke. It was also the first time I noticed that we had people that followed us from gig to gig (in the home counties area). As the lead singer I received much adulation; Oh happy days…
Henry
Found a gig in Melody Maker for The Greatest Show on Earth on 6 July 1968.
I never went to the Hop, but the soul boys in my class did (who by the way thought that anyone who wore flares was a poofter).
We were well pissed off one day when they came in and said “We saw your band at the Hop last night, they were good”. We were West Coast fans. The band in question was The Doors.
They must have played at the Hop just before they did their Roundhouse gig (1968), I assume it was on the same trip. Strange.
Great gig Jo Jo was there many Saturdays, keepin clear of Johnathan King!!
Paul Lucas from The Tridents (Jeff Beck’s band) provided some more information.
Apparently, they also played on 31 December 1964
He also says that they played on 30 January 1965 (but I have two other bands listed)
Finally…
6 March 1965 – this gig was played as a trio as Jeff Beck didn’t turn up; he’d just joined The Yardbirds (although The Tridents’ didn’t know)
The “Teen Beats”, Jackie Lynton, Bobby Angelo and the Tuxedos also played there in the early years.
I recall one soloist pianist turning up to play one night between the DJ slots called Reg Dwight!