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Post by jerryg on Apr 10, 2014 20:19:58 GMT
just to say the article about Thank your lucky stars is brilliant ,it gives a great insight on how the programme was put together ,no mention of any dance troupe ,so im taking it that when this article was published Thank your lucky stars tv show did not have a regular troupe of dancers.
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Apr 10, 2014 20:27:37 GMT
just to say the article about Thank your lucky stars is brilliant ,it gives a great insight on how the programme was put together ,no mention of any dance troupe ,so im taking it that when this article was published Thank your lucky stars tv show did not have a regular troupe of dancers. Jo Cook's dancers must have been used slightly later I imagine. They appear on the final show doing Jumping Pneumonia by Roy C. The Go Jo's also appear on the May 66 edition when the Londonaires do Dearest Emma. There's a few background dancers to the Gene Pitney clip that survives from 62 (Town Without Pity) It's a kind of Parisian setting. |
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 12, 2014 17:56:54 GMT
Kev, Thank Your Lucky Stars UPDATE number 5I've been giving you info on "Thank Your Lucky Stars" in piece-meal fashion,so I've decided to go back to the beginning (or as far as I can go, to put things in a more organised fashion) I don't have any info regarding the show from it's start on the 1st April 1961 till the 22nd April 1961 (but I will try finding out if the library can help?) 22nd April 1961 (show 4 series 1) part 1  22nd April 1961 (show 4 series 1)part2  |
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Post by John Green on Apr 12, 2014 19:05:58 GMT
I suspect that local papers would have been given handouts on the show so that they could do write-ups.This suggests that I,too could do some of this work.Drat!
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 12, 2014 20:02:50 GMT
Double Drat,Triple Drat! Muttley!!!!!
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 12, 2014 22:27:34 GMT
Thank Your Lucky Stars UPDATE number 6I don't have anything for the 29/4/61 or 6/5/61 shows so the next one I have something for is... 13th May 1961 (show 7 series 1) 
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 14, 2014 8:58:46 GMT
Thank Your Lucky Stars UPDATE number 727th May 1961 (show 9 series 1)
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Apr 15, 2014 8:37:33 GMT
Thanks for the great info, William!
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 15, 2014 16:51:01 GMT
Hi william ,thanks for the offer ,i dont know if you will find any details ,but if its possible could you have a look and see ,if there is any info on granada tv new pop show that started 1st november 1968 called discotheque ,only there is very little info anywhere about this pop show ,also do you know if the pop show lift off,which began november 69 is mentioned anywhere ,in the papers ,many thanks.
Discotheque UPDATE number 11I found this article in the Disc and Music Echo dated 7th December 1968once again it's another negative TV Pop show review... I've came across many in my time 
To follow the "Discotheque" research postings from the beginning please see pages 1,3,6,8,9,10,12 and 15 |
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Post by jerryg on Apr 15, 2014 21:37:14 GMT
The review made in disc and music echo might be a bad one William but the article itself is really wonderful ,in the fact that not only does it mention all the guests on that weeks edition but also finally here is an article that mention the dance troupe The Four Spots and as an added bonus for me it also mentions what song was also interpretated by them ,its not a song im familiar with myself ,but doing some research ive found it did reach number 19 in the uk charts ,if only more of these reviews on granadas pop shows mentioned the dancers it would be marvellous .many thanks William for digging out this rare piece of info .
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Post by John Green on Apr 15, 2014 21:42:54 GMT
The review made in disc and music echo might be a bad one William but the article itself is really wonderful ,in the fact that not only does it mention all the guests on that weeks edition but also finally here is an article that mention the dance troupe The Four Spots and as an added bonus for me it also mentions what song was also interpretated by them ,its not a song im familiar with myself ,but doing some research ive found it did reach number 19 in the uk charts ,if only more of these reviews on granadas pop shows mentioned the dancers it would be marvellous .many thanks William for digging out this rare piece of info . Number 1 in the Irish charts! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OiljaInq4g Nice one,William! |
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 16, 2014 10:08:00 GMT
Discotheque UPDATE number 12Daily Express 01/11/68 
To follow the "Discotheque" research postings from the beginning please see pages 1,3,6,8,9,10,12 and 15
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 21, 2014 22:34:48 GMT
Thank Your Lucky Stars UPDATE number 8 03/06/61 (show 10 series 1)  03/06/61 (show 10 series 1) 10/06/61 (show 11 series 1) To look back to the beginning of the "Thank Your Lucky Stars" research postings please see page 11
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 25, 2014 10:45:51 GMT
Thanks very very much william for your research on discs a go go ,and the go-jos ,its very interesting to see that just after two months of jo cook forming The Go-Jos for totp ,that they soon got a booking to guest on another tv pop show ,i think not long after this they also were booked to appear on thank your lucky stars pop show under the name and a slighly different line up as The Jo Cook dancers .if it is possible it would be great to see the article on the beat girls ,many thanks. Hi Jerry, Here's that article from Fabulous 208 magazine dated 9th July 1966 sorry for the delay  cheers William |
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Post by williammcgregor on Apr 25, 2014 11:34:53 GMT
Thank Your Lucky Stars UPDATE number 9 more updates on pages 13,14
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