Missing music performances from Granada's 'Scene at 6.30'

[williammcgregor]

Apr 24, 2018 6:50:53 GMT Kev Mulrenan said:

The Kinks definitely appeared. Are they on the list?

April 5th 1965 Kev......they sang "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy"

June 22nd 1966 "Sunny Afternoon"

[markdixon]

Here's some more information about “Scene at 6.30” from various websites and publications (including TV Pop Diaries and ‘Channelling The Beat! by Peter Checksfield).

More missing appearances from Scene at 6.30


c.1963: The Merseybeats
28 Jan 1963: Brian Hyland
30 Jan 1963: The Vernons Girls
31 Jan 1963: Joe Brown
01 Feb 1963: Kenny Lynch
07 Jun 1963: Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
24 Jun 1963: Johnny Cymbal (he probably performed “Mr Bass Man”)
15 Jul 1963 Gerry and the Pacemakers
26 Jul 1963: The Caravelles
30 Aug 1963: Little Peggy March
02 Sep 1963: Craig Douglas
1964: Tony Meehan – “Song of Mexico”
c.1964: The Liverbirds (I think this all-female Liverpool group performed an instrumental, as they hadn’t yet acquired a vocalist)
04 Feb 1964: Frankie Davidson (Australian novelty pop singer)
06 Feb 1964: Mark Murphy
11 Feb 1964: Cleo Laine
20 Jun 1963: Eden Kane
26 Jun 1964: Chris Barber
21 Aug 1964: Tommy Tucker
22 Oct 1964: The Shangri-Las – “Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand)” (this was mentioned earlier in the thread, but I didn’t have the exact date then)
09 Nov 1964: Herman’s Hermits
10 Nov 1964: Dave Berry
02 Dec 1964: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
12 Dec 1964: Kenny Lynch
Early 1965: The Excelles (Liverpool vocal group)
c.1965: The Koobas
22 Jan 1965: Paul Anka – “To Wait For Love”
18 Aug 1965: St Louis Union
25 Aug 1965: The Hollies
19 Oct 1965: The Hollies
19 Nov 1965: The Fourmost
24 Nov 1965: The Hollies
17 Dec 1965: Major Lance
1966: Friday Brown appeared several times on the programme


More missing appearances from “Scene” (late-night programme)

06 July 1966: Dusty Springfield
27 Jul 1966: Manfred Mann - “Just Like a Woman”

28 Sep 1966: The Small Faces appeared in a half-hour “Scene” special produced by Johnny Hamp and Rod Taylor. The band appeared in front of an invited audience of 250 members of their fan club. The songs performed were Understanding / One Night Stand / Sha-La-La-La-Lee/ You’d Better Believe / Ooh Pah Pah Pah Doo/ You Need Love / All Or Nothing and possibly a cover version of Little Richard’s Bama Lama Bama Loo.

The special was recorded on 10 August 1966. According to Paolo Hewitt in his Steve Marriott biography, it was never transmitted. However, another source states that it was broadcast on 12 August 1966. I spotted a reference to the special in a small article about upcoming programmes in “The Stage” (08 September 1966). Therefore, I believe it was broadcast on 28 September 1966, the date given in Issue 5 of the Small Faces fanzine “Darlings of Wapping Wharf Laundrette”. 

c.1967: Ethna Campbell (Irish singer)
1967: Adge Cutler and the Wurzels

Surviving clip

Sep 1967: Yoko Ono – “Music of the Mind”

This was a Performance Art piece, not a music performance, but this clip might still be of interest to some of you. Granada filmed Yoko Ono’s performance at the Bluecoat Chambers, Liverpool, on 26 September 1967, and the footage was probably broadcast on “Scene” the following night. The clip can be viewed on YouTube.

Other information

A short article in the Northern “TV Times” (9th-15th October 1965) claimed that 2 out of 3 musical guests on “Scene at 6.30” could be classed as folk singers. I suspect that quite a lot of folk-pop artists (such as Donovan, the Silkie etc.) appeared on the show around this time. 

Any additional information or corrections are welcome.

[Kev Mulrenan]

Aug 19, 2018 18:16:48 GMT markdixon said:

28 Sep 1966: The Small Faces appeared in a half-hour “Scene” special produced by Johnny Hamp and Rod Taylor. The band appeared in front of an invited audience of 250 members of their fan club. The songs performed were Understanding / One Night Stand / Sha-La-La-La-Lee/ You’d Better Believe / Ooh Pah Pah Pah Doo/ You Need Love / All Or Nothing and possibly a cover version of Little Richard’s Bama Lama Bama Loo.

The special was recorded on 10 August 1966. According to Paolo Hewitt in his Steve Marriott biography, it was never transmitted. However, another source states that it was broadcast on 12 August 1966. I spotted a reference to the special in a small article about upcoming programmes in “The Stage” (08 September 1966). Therefore, I believe it was broadcast on 28 September 1966, the date given in Issue 5 of the Small Faces fanzine “Darlings of Wapping Wharf Laundrette”. 

Mike L Morton of Kaleidoscope is the man to contact. He knows Johnny Hamp so he may well remember.

[markdixon]

Here’s a list of a few more missing music performances from ‘Scene at 6.30’:

15 Mar 1963: Polly Perkins
19 Jun 1963: The Swinging Blue Jeans
07 Aug 1963: Jan and Kelly (novelty pop duo)
27 Aug 1963: ‘Late Scene’ (first edition) featured the Bachelors and Elaine Delmar

18 Nov 1963: ‘Late Scene’ special about the Vernons Girls. It featured two groups and a solo vocalist who had emerged from the original line-up. One of these groups was the Breakaways who performed ‘That Boy of Mine’

31 Dec 1963: Bobby and the Cannons (Beat group from Liverpool)
26 Feb 1964: ‘Pop Scene’ (first edition?) featured the Hollies, Big Dee Irwin and Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas
04 Mar 1964: ‘Pop Scene’ featured the Rolling Stones, the Swinging Blue Jeans, the Hollies and Chad and Jeremy
31 Mar 1964: Lonnie Donegan
15 Apr 1964: Fritz Spiegel and his Liverpool Music Group interpreted Beatles tunes in a classical style
11 Mar 1965: The Kingtones - a pop group formed by four members of the King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool)

Other information

c.1964: Annie Nightingale conducted several interviews with pop stars on ‘Scene at 6.30’, possibly during the Wednesday night ‘Pop Scene’ segment.

Miming

Here’s a review of ‘Scene at 6.30’ from ‘The Liverpool Echo’ (13 July 1963). It was written by the TV critic ‘W.D.A.’

So established has the miming of pop records now become on ITV that in opposing the practice I feel like a lone voice crying in the wilderness. But just for the record, if you’ll pardon the pun, this practice was reduced to absurdity in ITV’s Scene at 6.30 last night, when a vocalist appeared miming to a disc on which the voice had been recorded in such a way as to make it sound like a chorus.

[markdixon]

This thread contains many partial lists, so for ease of reference, I’ve decided to merge all the information into a single, chronological list. I’ve made a few corrections and I’ve also added lots of new details. This is a long list, so I’ll split it across more than one post for the sake of manageability.

Thanks to everyone who’s contributed to this thread. Further additions or corrections are welcome.


Music performances from Scene at 6.30 (missing unless otherwise specified)


21 Jan 63: Duke Ellington / 28 Jan 63: Frank Ifield - 'The Wayward Wind', Brian Hyland / 29 Jan 63: Jess Conrad / 30 Jan 63: The Vernons Girls - 'Do The Bird' / 31 Jan 63: Joe Brown

01 Feb 63: Kenny Lynch - ‘Up On The Roof’ (?) / 05 Feb 1963: Johnny Kidd and the Pirates / 06 Feb 63: Frank Ifield / 08 Feb 63: Little Eva – ‘The Locomotion’ / 11 Feb 63: Danny Williams / 15 Feb 63: Maureen Evans / 25 (?) Feb 63: Mike Berry / 26 (?) Feb 63: The Mudlarks / 27 (?) Feb 63: Carol Deene / c. Feb 63: Shane Fenton - 'I Ain't Got Nobody'  

06 Mar 63: Rose Brennan / 15 Mar 63: Polly Perkins / 19 Mar 63: The Original Checkmates / 22 Mar 63: Billie Davis / 28 Mar 63: Mark Wynter / 29 Mar 63: Brenda Lee 

04 Apr 63: Tommy Roe / 08 Apr 63: Karl Denver / 10 Apr 63: Gerry and the Pacemakers / 12 Apr 63: Paul and Paula / 16 Apr 63: The Beatles - ‘From Me To You’ / 17 Apr 63: Johnny Tillotson / 23 Apr 63: Toni Carroll / 25 Apr 63 Del Shannon

?? May 63: The Hollies /?? May 63: Billie Davis / 06 May 63: Eden Kane / 07 May 63: Jerry Lee Lewis – ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’ /09 May 63: Freddie and the Dreamers / 10 May 63: Mike Sarne / 12 May 63: The Escorts / 13 May 63: Billy Fury – ‘When Will You Say I Love You’ / 20 May 63: Joy Marshall and the Guv'nors / 21 May 63: Adam Faith / 23 May 63: Gene Vincent - ‘Held for Questioning’ / 24 May 63: Elaine Delmar / 28 May 63: Kenny Lynch / 30 May 63: Roy Orbison 

03 Jun 1963: Shane Fenton, Eden Kane / 05 Jun 1963: The Bachelors / 07 Jun 63: Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen / 10 Jun 1963: Annie Ross / 11 Jun 1963: Shane Fenton / 12 Jun 63: Freddie Starr and the Midnighters / 18 Jun 1963: Jennifer Moss – ‘Hobbies’ / 19 Jun 63: The Swinging Blue Jeans / 20 Jun 63: Eden Kane / 21 Jun 63: Jim Reeves / 24 Jun 63: Johnny Cymbal / ?? Jun 63: Jimmy Justice /?? Jun 63: Gerry and the Pacemakers /?? Jun 63: Kenny Lynch /?? Jun 63: Johnnie Gray

01 Jul 63: Feature about Adrian Henri that possibly includes footage of The Roadrunners (this still exists) / 15 Jul 63: The Dennisons, Gerry and The Pacemakers / 17 Jul 63: Cleo Laine / 18 Jul 63: The Temperance Seven 19 Jul 63: The Springfields / 22 Jul 63: Daryl Quist / 23 Jul 63: Billy Fury / 24 Jul 63: Billy J Kramer / 25 Jul 63: Jan Burnette / 26 Jul 63: The Caravelles / ?? Jul 63: Pete MacLaine and The Clan – ‘Yes I Do’

?? Aug 63: The Chants / 07 Aug 63: Jan and Kelly / 14 Aug 63: The Beatles – ‘Twist and Shout’ (this exists) / 19 Aug 63: The Beatles - ‘She Loves You’ / 26 Aug 63: The Fortunes / 27 Aug 63: The Bachelors / 28 Aug 63: Duffy Power / 29 Aug 63: The Rolling Stones - ‘Come On’ / 30 Aug 63: Little Peggy March - “Goodbye Love”

c. Sep 63: The Four Pennies ‘Juliet’ / 02 Sep 63: Craig Douglas / 09 Sep 1963: The Innocents - ‘Stepping Stones’ / 10 Sep 1963: Jimmy Justice - ‘You’re Gonna Need My Lovin’’ / 11 Sep 1963: Kenny Lynch / 20 Sep 63: Vince Hill / 23 Sep 63: Roy Orbison / 24 Sep 63: Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley - ‘Pretty Thing’ / 27 Sep 63: Dorita Y Pepe / 30 Sep 63: Gerry & the Pacemakers

01 Oct 63: Matt Monro / 02 Oct 63: Cilla Black / 04 Oct 63: Tommy Roe / 07 Oct 63: The Chants / 08 Oct 63: Clinton Ford/ 09 Oct 63: Cilla Black / 18 Oct 63: The Beatles - ‘She Loves You’ / 25 Oct 63: The Brook Brothers, The Caravelles, Mike Cotton Jazzmen / 28 Oct 63: Eddie Calvert / 29 Oct 63: Joe Brown / 30 Oct 63: Johnny Burnette - ‘Bony Moronie’ / 31 Oct 63: Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas 

01 Nov 63: The Spinners / 04 Nov 63: Dee Dee Sharp / 05 Nov 63: Dick Charlesworth and the City Gents / 06 Nov 63: The Beatles – ‘Some Other Guy’ live at the Cavern in 1962 (this still exists), Russ Conway / 07 Nov 63: Freddie and the Dreamers / 08 Nov 63: Mark Wynter / 19 Nov 63: Gene Pitney / 22 Nov 63: Brian Poole and the Tremeloes / 25 Nov 63: John Leyton / 29 Nov 63: Susan Singer

02 Dec 63: Adam Faith and the Roulettes / 03 Dec 63: The Hollies / 04 Dec 63: Gary Miller / 06 Dec 63: The Rattles / 09 Dec 63: The Animals, Mike Sarne / 10 Dec 63: John Leyton / 11 Dec 63: Kenny Lynch / 20 Dec 63: The Beatles – ‘This Boy’ (this exists) / 26 Dec 1963: The Beatles – ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’, ‘This Boy’ (these still exist) / 31 Dec 63: Bobby and The Cannons

Also in 1963: The Merseybeats / Johnny Sandon and The Remo Four / The Undertakers / The Penguins / Alberta Laine / Billy Raymond (?) / The Paramounts / The Sundowners / Four Just Men / The Country Gentlemen – ‘Greensleeves’/Pete Best and Mona Best interviewed by Johnny Hamp (this still exists) / TV debut of The Yardbirds (?) 

06 Jan 64: The Beatles interviewed by Peter Wheeler at the ABC cinema, Ardwick (this still exists) / 17 Jan 64: Brian Poole and the Tremeloes / 20 Jan 1964: Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders / 27 Jan 64: Joe Brown / 28 Jan 64: Ken Dodd / 30 Jan 64: Anne Shelton 

?? Feb 64: The Naturals / 03 Feb 64: Nana Mouskouri / 04 Feb 64: The Searchers, Frankie Davidson / 06 Feb 64: Mark Murphy, Nino Temple and April Stevens / 11 Feb 64: Cleo Laine, Dusty Springfield / 14 Feb 64: The Vernons Girls / 17 Feb 64: Maureen Evans / 18 Feb 64: Cilla Black, Freddie and the Dreamers / 20 Feb 64: Dave Clark Five / 21 Feb 64: Gene Pitney / 24 Feb 64 / Big Dee Irwin / 25 Feb 64: Bobby Vee, The Dave Clark Five / 26 Feb 64: ‘Pop Scene’ with The Hollies, Big Dee Irwin and Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas / 27 Feb 1964: The Caravelles / 28 Feb 64: Chad and Jeremy 

?? Mar 64 Bobby Vee /?? Mar 64: Millicent Martin - ‘Nothing But the Best’/ 02 Mar 1964: Tony Sheridan / 03 Mar 64: Kathy Kirby / 04 Mar 1964: ‘Pop Scene’ featuring the Rolling Stones (‘Not Fade Away’), the Swinging Blue Jeans, the Hollies and Chad and Jeremy / 10 Mar 1964: Clinton Ford / 11 Mar 64: ‘Pop Scene’ / 13 Mar 64: Jet Harris / 16 Mar 64: Julie Grant / 17 Mar 64: The Bachelors / 18 Mar 64: ‘Pop Scene’ with The Animals, Sounds Incorporated / 25 Mar 64: ‘Pop Scene’ / 26 Mar 64: Joe Henderson / 31 Mar 64: Lonnie Donegan

[markdixon]

01 Apr 64: ‘Pop Scene’ / 08 Apr 64: ‘Pop Scene’ / 13 Apr 64: The Gamblers / 14 Apr 64: Patsy Ann Noble / 15 Apr 64: ‘Pop Scene’ with Richard Anthony, Kenny Lynch, Fritz Spiegel and His Liverpool Music Group / 16 Apr 64: Mike Hurst / 20 Apr 64: Helen Shapiro / 22 Apr 64: ‘Pop Scene’ special from Montreux with Billy J Kramer, Cilla Black, Tommy Quickly, The Chants and Sounds Incorporated / 23 Apr 64: The Fourmost / 29 Apr 64: ‘Pop Scene’ / ?? Apr 64: Jeannie and the Big Guys

04 May 64: The Rolling Stones, Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes / 07 May 64: The Applejacks / 11 May 64: Roy Orbison – ‘It’s Over’ / 12 May 64: Brian Poole and the Tremeloes / 13 May 64: Roy Orbison / 14 May 64: Susan Maughan / 15 May 64: Manfred Mann / 18 May 64: Dave Clark Five / 19 May 64: Tony Orlando / 20 May 64: Rosemary Squires / 26 May 64: Dionne Warwick / 31 May 64: Lonnie Donegan

?? Jun 64: The Reg Guest Trio / 02 Jun 64: Peter and Gordon / 04 Jun 64: Carl Perkins / 12 Jun 64: John Lee Hooker, Marilyn Powell / ?? Jun 64: Long John Baldry and the Hoochie Coochie Men (featuring Rod Stewart) / 19 Jun 64: Millie / 22 Jun 64: Ronnie Hilton / 23 Jun 64: Joe Brown / 26 Jun 64: Chris Barber and Ottilie Patterson

02 Jul 64: Inez and Charlie Foxx - ‘Hurt By Love’ / 07 Jul 64: Interview with The Beatles (this still exists ) / 10 Jul 64: Interview with The Beatles (this still exists), The Nashville Teens, The Animals / 13 Jul 64: Manfred Mann / 16 Jul 64: Dave Berry / 20 Jul 64: Elkie Brooks / 21 Jul 64: The Barron Knights / 22 Jul 64: Billy J Kramer / 27 Jul 64: The Searchers / 28 Jul 64: The Dave Clark Five / ?? Jul 64: Ken Dodd - 'Happiness'

06 Aug 64: Gus Backus / 21 Aug 64: Tommy Tucker

02 Sep 64: Lesley Gore / 10 Sep 64: The Newbeats / 11 Sep 64: The Settlers / 14 Sep 64: Jackie Trent / 15 Sep 64: Bill Haley & the Comets / 15 Sep 64: The Rolling Stones / 17 Sep 64: The Banshees / 18 Sep 64: Ria Bartok 

07 Oct 64: The Beat Merchants – ‘Pretty Face’ / 08 (?) Oct 64: The Supremes / 09 Oct 64: The Ronettes /14 Oct 64: The Beatles - ‘I Should Have Known Better’ (behind-the-scenes footage exists) / 20 Oct 64: The Pretty Things - ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ (behind-the-scenes footage exists?) / 22 Oct 64: The Shangri-Las – ‘Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand)’ / 29 Oct 64: The Dixie Cups / 30 Oct 64: Freddie and The Dreamers

?? Nov 64: Jan Douglas – ‘Walking in the Rain’ / 02 Nov 64: Sister Rosetta Tharpe / 03 Nov 64: The Beach Boys, The Mike Cotton Sound / 04 Nov 64: Mark Murphy, Martha and The Vandellas, Ken Dodd / 05 Nov 64: Gene Pitney / 06 Nov 64: The Boomarangs / 09 Nov 64: Herman’s Hermits / 10 Nov 64: Dave Berry – ‘One Heart Between Two’ and ‘You’re Gonna Need Somebody’ / 12 Nov 64: Kim Weston / 16 Nov 64: The Moody Blues / 17 Nov 64: Lou Johnson / 18 Nov 64: Marvin Gaye / 19 Nov 64: Julie Rogers / 20 Nov 64: Clinton Ford / 23 Nov 64: The Excelles – ‘Nitty Gritty’ / 24 Nov 64: Sandie Shaw / 25 Nov 64: The Animals / 26 Nov 1964: Marianne Faithfull

02 Dec 64: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles / 04 Dec 64: Howlin’ Wolf / 12 Dec 64: Kenny Lynch / 14 Dec 64: Gerry and The Pacemakers / ?? Dec 1964 (?): Steve Aldo - ‘Can I Get A Witness’ / 31 Dec 64 (?): Sonny Boy Williamson

Also in 1964: Tony Meehan – ‘Song of Mexico’ / The Liverbirds / David John and the Mood / Cops ‘N’ Robbers / The Zephyrs / Little Frankie / Peter’s Faces / Phil Ryan and The Crescents (?) / The Toggery Five

02 Jan 65: The Riot Squad - ‘Anytime’ / 04 Jan 1965: The Noblemen / 07 Jan 65: Manfred Mann / 12 Jan 65: Jimmy Radcliffe – ‘Long After Tonight is All Over’ / 13 Jan 65: Cilla Black - ‘You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling’ / 14 Jan 65: Del Shannon – ‘Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow The Sun)’ / 15 Jan 65: Billy Fury / 18 Jan 65: The Marionettes / 20 Jan 65: Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders / 21 Jan 65: Elkie Brooks / 22 Jan 65: Paul Anka – ‘To Wait For Love’ / 25 Jan 65: Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers - “I’ll Take You Home’ / 27 Jan 65: The Gamblers / 28 Jan 65: Billy J Kramer – ‘It’s Got To Last Forever’ / 29 Jan 65: Craig Douglas / ?? Jan 65: The Righteous Brothers – ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling /?? Jan 65: The Four Just Men

01 Feb 65: Screamin' Jay Hawkins/ 02 Feb 65: Herman's Hermits / 03 Feb 65: Adam Faith / 04 Feb 65: The Zombies / 05 Feb 65: Jackie Lee / 08 Feb 65: Tony Jackson and the Vibrations, The Four Pennies / 09 Feb 65: The Nashville Teens / 11 Feb 65: Sandie Shaw / 12 Feb 65: Herman's Hermits, Julie Rogers / 16 Feb 65: The Pretty Things / 19 Feb 65: Gerry and the Pacemakers / 20 Feb 65: The Yardbirds / 24 Feb 65: Tommy Bruce / 25 Feb 65: Tommy Roe / 26 Feb 65: Roy Orbison / ?? Feb 65: The Rats – ‘Spoonful’

02 Mar 65: The Moody Blues / 03 Mar 65: Dave Berry / 04 Mar 65: The Toggery Five / 08 Mar 65: The Four Pennies / 11 Mar 65: The Rolling Stones - 'The Last Time', The Kingtones / 12 Mar 65: Julie Rogers / 18 Mar 65: The Yardbirds - ‘For Your Love’ / 19 Mar 65: Gerry and the Pacemakers / 23 Mar 65: The Ivy League / 25 Mar 65 The Drifters / 26 Mar 65: The Zephyrs / 29 Mar 65: The Animals / 31 Mar 65: Freddie and the Dreamers 

01 Apr 65: Doris Troy / 02 Apr 65: The Zombies / 05 Apr 65: The Kinks – ‘Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy’ / 06 Apr 65: Goldie and the Gingerbreads / 07 Apr 65: Roger Miller / 08 Apr 65: Herman's Hermits / 12 Apr 65: The Honeycombs / 13 Apr 65: The Dalys / 14 Apr 65: Lulu / 28 Apr 65: Chubby Checker / 29 Apr 65: Marianne Faithfull / ?? Apr 65: David and Marianne Dalmour

?? May 1965: Roy and the Rest – ‘Appetite For Love’ / 05 May 65: The Everly Brothers / 06 May 65: The Rockin' Berries / 07 May 65: Jackie Trent / 10 May 65: The Nashville Teens / 18 May 65: The Who / 20 May 65: The Four Tops / 22 May 65: Billy J Kramer – ‘Trains and Boats and Planes’ / 28 May 65: Chubby Checker, Richard Anthony / 31 May 65: Dave Berry

01 Jun 65: The Hollies / 02 Jun 65: Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders / 03 Jun 65: Donnie Elbert / 08 Jun 65: Sandie Shaw / 09 Jun 65: The Moody Blues / 10 Jun 65: Gene Pitney, Burt Bacharach / 11 Jun 65: Peter and Gordon / 14 Jun 65: The Yardbirds - ‘Heart Full of Soul’ / 15 Jun 65: Lulu / 17 Jun 65: Solomon Burke / 26 Jun 65: Billy Fury – ‘In Thoughts of You’ / 27 Jun 65: Bobby Vinton / ?? Jun 65: Dinah Lee

05 Jul 65: The Ivy League / 08 Jul 65: Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames / 09 Jul 65: Goldie and the Gingerbreads / 12 Jul 65: Inez and Charlie Foxx / 13 Jul 65: Herman’s Hermits / 14 Jul 65: Tony Jackson / 15 Jul 65: Marianne Faithfull / 20 Jul 65: The Byrds / 21 Jul 65: The Fourmost / 23 Jul 65: Manfred Mann / 26 Jul 65: Sue Thompson / 27 Jul 65: Bo Diddley 

[markdixon]

?? Aug 65: The Almost Blues / ?? Aug 65: Chubby Checker /?? Aug 65 (?): Sylvan Mason - ‘We Don’t Belong’ /?? Aug 1965: Sonny and Cher - ‘I Got You Babe’ / 03 Aug 65: The Walker Brothers / 04 Aug 65: The Byrds – “Mr Tambourine Man” / 06 Aug 65: Carolyn Hester / 10 Aug 65: Paddy, Klaus and Gibson / 16 Aug 65: Lulu / 18 Aug 65: Herman's Hermits, St. Louis Union / 23 Aug 65: The Rolling Stones – ‘Satisfaction’ / 24 Aug 65: Jackie De Shannon / 25 Aug 65: The Hollies / 26 Aug 65: Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers / 31 Aug 65: Herman's Hermits

01 Sep 65: Chubby Checker / 06 Sep 65: Manfred Mann / 07 Sep 65: Sandie Shaw / 15 Sep 65: Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders / 16 Sep 65: Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Paul Simon / 17 Sep 65: Petula Clark / 21 Sep 65: Paul and Barry Ryan / 27 Sep 65: Bo Diddley / 28 Sep 65: The Yardbirds - ‘Evil Hearted You’ / 29 Sep 65: The Searchers

?? Oct 65: Freddie and the Dreamers / 11 Oct 65: Lulu / 12 Oct 65: Barry McGuire, The Fortunes / 13 Oct 65: The Nashville Teens / 14 Oct 65: Fritz, Mike and Mo / 19 Oct 65: The Hollies / 20 Oct 65: Ben E. King / 21 Oct 1965: Paul and Barry Ryan / 22 Oct 65: The Moody Blues / 29 Oct 65: Gerry and the Pacemakers 

04 Nov 65: Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas / 12 Nov 65: Sir Douglas Quintet / 19 Nov 65: The Fourmost / 24 Nov 65: The Hollies / 25 Nov 65: The Searchers / 26 Nov 65: The Walker Brothers - ‘My Ship is Coming In’, Wayne Fontana / 30 Nov 65: The Toys

07 Dec 65: Tom Jones / 13 Dec 65: Joe Tex / 16 Dec 65: Johnny Tillotson / 17 Dec 65: Major Lance, Esther Phillips / 20 Dec 65: Nina Simone / 21 Dec 65: Dee Dee Warwick

Also in 1965: The Koobas / Roy and The Rest – ‘Georgia On My Mind’ / Ivan's Meads

?? Jan 1966: Friday Brown - ‘Getting Nowhere’ / 03 Jan 66: Lulu / 05 Jan 66: Frankie Vaughan / 06 Jan 66: Fontella Bass / 14 Jan 66: The Exciters / 20 Jan 66: Lee Dorsey / 25 Jan 66: Dusty Springfield / 26 Jan 66: The Small Faces – ‘Sha La La La Lee’ / 31 Jan 66: Chad and Jeremy

01 Feb 66: Vic Dana, Crispian St Peters / 02 Feb 66: Eddy Arnold / 03 Feb 66: The Four Pennies / 04 Feb 66: Inez and Charlie Foxx / 07 Feb 66: Doris Troy / 08 Feb 66: Len Barry / 09 Feb 66: The Animals / 10 Feb 66: Peter and Gordon / 11 Feb 66: Billy Fury –‘I'll Never Quite Get Over You’ / 16 Feb 66: The Hollies / 17 Feb 66: Unit Four Plus Two / 21 Feb 66: Gene Pitney / 22 Feb 1966: The Walker Brothers / ?? Feb 66: The Cryin’ Shames – ‘Please Stay’ 

01 Mar 66: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich / 07 Mar 66: The Bachelors –‘Sound of Silence’ , The Who - ‘Substitute’ / 10 Mar 66: Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Bob Lind / 14 Mar 66: Irma Thomas (backed by Sons of Adam) / 16 Mar 66: The Yardbirds - ‘Shapes of Things’ / 21 Mar 66: Billy Joe Royal / 22 Mar 66: Chris Andrews/ 23 Mar 66: Cilla Black / 28 Mar 66: Dusty Springfield - 'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me' / 31 Mar 66: Arthur Alexander

01 Apr 66: Alan Price / 04 Apr 66: Martha and the Vandellas / 13 Apr 66: Wayne Fontana, The Searchers / 14 Apr 66: Lewis Rich / 18 Apr 66: Lee Dorsey / 27 Apr 66: The Mindbenders / 29 Apr 66: Manfred Mann

02 May 1966: The Small Faces / 12 May 66: Sandie Shaw – ‘Nothing Comes Easy’ / 13 May 66: Tom Jones – ‘I'm Not Responsible’ / 16 May 66: Johnny Cash, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds / 17 May 1966: Gary Walker / 18 May 1966: The Troggs / 30 May 1966: Marianne Faithfull

06 Jun 66: Jay and the Americans / 10 Jun 1966 – Marianne Faithfull / 13 Jun 1966: The Beatles - ‘Paperback Writer’ (this promo still exists) / 14 Jun 66: Chris Farlowe / 15 Jun 66: The Hollies – ‘Bus Stop’ / 17 Jun 66: Dave Berry / 22 Jun 1966: The Kinks - ‘Sunny Afternoon’ / 27 Jun 66: Billy Stewart 

Music performances from Scene (missing unless otherwise specified)

06 Jul 66: Dusty Springfield, Norma Tanega / 13 Jul 1966: Simon and Garfunkel, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band / 20 Jul 66: The Alan Price Set – ‘Hi-Lili,Hi-Lo’, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band / 27 Jul 66: Manfred Mann – ‘Just Like A Woman’ 

24 Aug 66: The Mindbenders

07 Sep 66: Lulu / 28 Sep 66: Small Faces special (this possibly exists in a private collection) 

?? Oct 66: The Easybeats /?? Oct 66: Carolyn Hester

09 Nov 66: Dai Francis - 'Almost Persuaded', Elkie Brooks / 23 Nov 66: Little Richard / 25 Nov 66: Wayne Fontana

Also in 1966: John Andrews and the Lonely Ones – ‘A Rose Growing In The Ruins’ / The She Trinity / The Dimples / The Chuckles / Wee Willie Harris ‘Scene’ special (this still exists) / several performances by Friday Brown / The Measles / Tony Merrick

01 Feb 67: The Who / 15 Feb 67: Paul Jones, Sandy Posey / 08 Feb 67: Julie Felix / 18 Feb 67: PJ Proby / 22 Feb 67: Alan Price /01 Mar 67: Georgie Fame, Keith / 06 Mar 67: ‘The Rave’ pilot featuring The Move ('Night of Fear') and Pink Floyd ('Arnold Layne') / 07 Mar 67: ‘Scene’ special featuring Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd (this still exists) / 17 Mar 67: Georgie Fame - ‘Because I Love You So’ / 07 Apr 67: Manfred Mann / ?? Jul 67: Ruth Saxon /?? Aug 67: Foggy Dew-O / 17 Aug 67: Anita Harris / 27 (?) Sep 67: Yoko Ono – ‘Music of The Mind’ -performance art piece (this still exists) 

Also in 1967: Feature about the Lemon Line (this exists) / Feature about the King Mojo Club in Sheffield (this exists) / Ethna Campbell / Adge Cutler and The Wurzels / several appearances by Foggy Dew-O

Early 68: Annie Bright / 16 Jan 68: Marty Wilde - ‘By The Time I Get To Phoenix’ / 19 Jan 68: Amen Corner / 19 Feb 68: Tim Rose – ‘I Got A Loneliness’ / 26 Feb 68: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - 'The Legend of Xanadu' / 15 Mar 68: Jimmy Powell and the Dimensions /?? Apr 68: Barclay James Harvest – ‘Mr Sunshine’ (this 10-minute film still exists) 

[williammcgregor]

Hi Mark ...

TV Brain has the following ...

SCENE AT 6.30
All Complete Editions (missing)
25.12.1963 Episode No. 3 (missing)
26.12.1963 Episode No. 4
One or more sequences exist, but the complete programme is lost.
25.12.1964 Scene at Christmas (missing)
01.02.1965 Episode No. 33
One or more sequences exist, but the complete programme is lost.

[markdixon]

Hi William,


Thanks for the information.

[markdixon]

There were a vast number of music performances on ‘Scene at 6.30’, so I’m almost certain that some missing footage will turn up one day. It’s possible that there might be clips hidden away in overseas archives. Earlier in this thread, I quoted a line from Johnnie Hamp’s ‘TV Times’ article from 1968, in which he recalled the early days of the programme:

Overnight the Mersey Sound became internationally famous. We sold thousands of feet of film of the new pop idols to TV stations around the world. 

What was this footage and which countries bought it? I know that Granada sold their ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’: The Beatles In New York’ documentary and ‘The Music of Lennon and McCartney’ special to countries around the world. However, I haven’t been able to find any examples so far of ‘Scene’ footage of the Beatles or other pop groups being shown on foreign pop shows during the 1960s. 

I know that an episode of ‘Scene at 6.30’ was included in a night of Granada programmes shown by a West German TV station on 9th October 1965 as part of a cultural exchange. Does this episode still exist in a German TV archive?

Also, a ‘Scene’ documentary about Twiggy was sold for broadcast to New York’s WPIX station in 1967. This programme still exists in the ITV archives, but it’s possible that WPIX may have purchased other ‘Scene’ specials too. 

[markdixon]

I’m still trying to find information about clips from ‘Scene at 6.30’ that were also shown outside the UK. So far, I’ve discovered that an entire episode was broadcast on 08 October 1966 on the 3rd TV Channel for Northern Germany and Berlin. I also know that a ‘Scene’ special about Twiggy (from 24 June 1967) was sold to WPIX in New York and to tv stations in Denmark and Australia in July 1967.

I haven’t been able to discover anything about the ‘Scene’ pop clips that were sold to TV stations around the world. It’s possible that a few of these might still exist as inserts within foreign pop shows or documentaries from the 1960s. How would we be able to identify them if they were to turn up on YouTube or elsewhere? Did the musical interludes on ‘Scene’ have a distinctive visual style?

I’ve not really been able to identify a unifying style because there are so few clips in existence. The music slot was handled by several directors (including Silvio Narrizano, Michael Apted, David Warwick and Phillip Casson) so there were bound to be variations in approach.

Many of the performances were recorded in Granada’s Studio 4, a tiny studio that also doubled as a continuity booth. It’s not much to go on, but I think a typical ‘Scene’ music performance would have been very tightly focused on the performers. There wouldn’t have been a studio audience or any space for elaborate set designs. The ‘Twist and Shout’ performance by the Beatles was very much in that style.

The Beatles performed against a ‘Daily Echo’ newspaper backdrop for ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ and ‘This Boy’. However, I doubt that backdrops were used that often. A large amount of publicity stills of pop stars were taken by Granada’s photographers Ray Green and Stewart Darby. From the few photos I’ve seen, it appears that ‘Scene’ performances often took place in a darkened studio lit only by spotlights.

‘Scene at 6.30’ also used location filming for many of the music performances. These were very popular at the time so perhaps some of these were sold abroad. They’ll be a lot easier to identify than the studio performances if any ever turn up.

Here’s a list of some of them:

28 Jan 1963: Frank Ifield - ‘The Wayward Wind’ – filmed on the moors near Manchester
30 Jan 1963: The Vernons Girls - ‘Do The Bird’ – filmed in a park
c. Feb 1963: Shane Fenton - ‘I Ain’t Got Nobody’– set in a solitary confinement prison cell
5 Feb 1963: Johnny Kidd and the Pirates - on a boat sailing along the Manchester Ship Canal
8 Feb 1963: Little Eva - ‘The Locomotion’. She stood on the footplate of a ‘Scot’ locomotive in a railway depot in Longsight, Manchester
1963: Kenny Lynch - ‘Up on the Roof’. The performance took place on the roof of the Granada studios
c. Nov 1963: The Country Gentlemen - ‘Greensleeves’ – filmed somewhere on the banks of the River Mersey
c. Jul 1964: Ken Dodd – ‘Happiness’ – children were shown fishing in a river near Capesthorne Hall, Cheshire
Jan 1965: The Righteous Brothers – ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling’ – filmed at Belle Vue Zoological Gardens, Manchester
Jan 1965: The Just Four Men – also filmed at Belle Vue

It’s likely that some of these outdoor clips were filmed in a slightly surreal, jokey style common to pop promos from that era. It’s possible that dancers were featured alongside the musical performers occasionally.

Any further information is welcome.