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Post by johnpoole on Nov 4, 2020 14:47:06 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Oct 28, 2020 18:01:41 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Oct 24, 2020 14:00:22 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Oct 7, 2020 14:40:28 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Oct 4, 2020 10:40:40 GMT
The Meteors - possibly the group who cut 'Get A Load Of This' for Polydor in 1964 - can't find out much about them, but they appear to be a British band who had a residency in Hamburg They appear to have been Scottish (with two lead singers, Billy Jensone and Carol Murray) according to a posting on 45cat. They appeared on Scottish TV's "Dig This!" on 21st August, 1964; but there's no indication as to whether it is likely they would have appeared on the 6-25 Show in 1963 www.45cat.com/record/52263www.78rpm.co.uk/scottish.htm
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Post by johnpoole on Sept 10, 2020 9:51:47 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Sept 9, 2020 18:06:32 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Sept 3, 2020 10:11:54 GMT
The South Yorkshire Times reported that Val Tino was appearing at The Denaby and Cadeby Miners Welfare Institute in 1963 ("Recent TV appearance") so she* was probably from that area. Absolutely no chance that the Walker Twins were the Walker Brothers I would imagine - I don't believe they had either begun using the name, or had first arrived in the UK at the time. But a Reg Guest was the arranger on some Walker Brothers records ...
(* unless Val was short for Valentine?)
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Post by johnpoole on Aug 30, 2020 13:05:34 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Aug 27, 2020 12:12:50 GMT
Dick Jordan had a single 'Stop the Music' released during the previous month; this YT posting informs that the song was a "huge hit" in Turkey, and probably in Japan too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=do_oe8qIPtAThe song was written by Clive Westlake and Milton Subotsky; Westlake later co-wrote hits for the Hollies and Dusty Springfield. It was probably not this Milton Subotsky (but I suppose it may have been ...) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_SubotskyJordan appears to have had a large number of singles released although many were on Woolworth's Embassy label; some under the name of Don Duke (his real name appears to have been Derrick Biscombe) www.45cat.com/artist/don-dukeThe Vikings would probably not have been Carl Wayne & the Vikings as they appear to have been in Germany during the first half of 1963.
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Post by johnpoole on Aug 20, 2020 10:29:16 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Aug 13, 2020 18:37:20 GMT
Episode 17
Tuesday 23rd April 1963
BBC The 625 Show 6.25 - 6.50 pmBand: The Batons Musicians: Ed Corrie's Jazz Band Performers :The Garland Sisters Singer: Gord Lightfoot (Sic) Harpists: The O'Shea Harpists
Singer: Gord Lightfoot (sic) ... Was this the Canadian Singer Gordon Lightfoot? His Wikipedia page has the following In 1963, Lightfoot travelled in Europe and in the United Kingdom, and for one year he hosted BBC TV's Country and Western Show, returning to Canada in 1964. Folk and folk -rock legend. Strangely enough, BBC Genome only lists 8 episodes of The Country and Western Show, 2 June to 8 September 1963 where his listed as Gordie Lightfoot.
Band: The Batons. Can anyone find out anything about this Band please?
Musicians: Ed Corrie's Jazz Band. Does anyone know anything about this Band? Gordon Lightfoot's website confirms that he moved to London in April of 1963, and that he hosted eight holiday replacement editions of the Country & Western Show (the regular presenter must have taken a long holiday) www.lightfoot.ca/chron02.htmTwo singles were released on the Oriole label by Rey Anton and Lionel Blair during the previous month with a possible connection to the Batons appearing on the show www.45cat.com/record/45cb1811www.45cat.com/record/cb1813Ed Corrie's Jazz Band also appeared in "Let's Go!" in 1962 www.kinemagigz.com/'c'.htm#The_Ed_Corrie_Concord_Jazz_Band_ www.imdb.com/title/tt7671744/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_smThe Library of Congress website refers to what appears to be two 30 minute compilations of jazz performances from the 625 Show which they "may or may not have a copy of" ... www.loc.gov/item/jots.200158339/
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Post by johnpoole on Jul 29, 2020 11:16:46 GMT
The Cadets may have been the Irish showband who appeared on Thank Your Lucky Stars a few months later on the week that the Rolling Stones made their TV debut in their houndstooth jackets www.irish-showbands.com/Bands/Cadets.htm
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Post by johnpoole on Jul 8, 2020 9:03:26 GMT
Grant Tracy and the Sunsets included the guitarist Pete Dello who later formed Honeybus (they recorded some of his early songs). The CD pictured was issued in 2003 by RPM with the group's complete recordings (including some originally unreleased tracks) www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/rpm255
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Post by johnpoole on Jul 1, 2020 10:54:25 GMT
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