offer to research old NME's Disc for tv show info

[williammcgregor]

Hi Shelley, thanks for your kind words! I took early retirement 2 yrs ago, and as I love this forum it gives me great pleasure to try and be helpful, it also helps keep me from under my wife's feet!
anyway, I digress. I have checked out the NME dated 17th June 1966 and found the following article on page 7.

Beatles 11th-hour Yes to live 'Top Pops' TV

The Beatles were last night (Thursday) making a surprise live TV appearance on BBC-1's "Top of the Pops"! They were singing both sides of their new single which enters this week's NME chart at No.2
It was the first time they have appeared live on TV since they were in ABC's "Blackpool Night Out" in July, 1965.
Brian Epstein explained to the NME on Wednesday: "On Monday, "Top of the Pops" producer Johnnie Stewart wrote me a letter saying that although he had scheduled a Beatles film clip for the programme, there had been an unprecedented demand for them to appear live in the show and would they reconsider their decision not to.
"I put it to the boys late on Tuesday and they said 'yes'".
(end)

[Deleted]

Thanks, so much, William. This is a wonderful forum ... :-)

Sadly I don't have much expertise to contribute except for the occassional irreverent comment lol

[jerryg]

Yes thanks so much william for your excellent result on discotheque pop series ,please if you find any more ,on this show or lift off ,please let us know ,i know this is a bit of a long shot ,but i dont suppose that there is any info around november ,december 1964 ,about the new totp dancers The GoJos,or the arrival of pans people in the spring of 1968,many thanks

[williammcgregor]

Hi jerryg

I looked at my collection of NME's from 1968 and nothing to be seen regarding (Pans People) do you want me to check out 1969 and 1970?

In the meantime I'll check out my Disc and Music Echo from the same period

re The GoJos I've still to check on any articles on them but I'm not holding out much hope!

William

[jerryg]

Yes please william ,i dont hold much hope myself finding any info about the gojos in the mags ,but then again i wasnt expecting to find any info really about the pop show regarding discotheque ,but any info on pans ,if you find anything, would be very welcome ,many thanks once again william.

[williammcgregor]

Hi jerryg

searched the NME and Melody Maker around the time you suggested in 1964 for the GoJo's but nothing to be seen

will keep the search going for Pans People in 1969 and 1970 though

William

[jerryg]

Thanks william ,very kind of you ,and much appreciated.

[Thomas Walsh]

Hello William. You may very well have started the best thread on here in ages!! Thanks. Could you possibly, at your leisure, post any TV appearance references to both 'The Honeybus' and 'The Idle Race'. Pretty sure the majority of what both bands did on the TV end of things are wiped but it would be great to have some kind of structured list to go on. Take your time on that one, no rush. We're talking mainly 1968/69 for both bands. Cheers William.

[Peter Prentice]

Feb 28, 2013 17:50:39 GMT jerryg said:

Yes please william ,i dont hold much hope myself finding any info about the gojos in the mags ,but then again i wasnt expecting to find any info really about the pop show regarding discotheque ,but any info on pans ,if you find anything, would be very welcome ,many thanks once again william.

Have you got the Gojos article from Lady Penelope #5?

I've three Pan's entries in the Fred Marshall/Popdown Chronology if they're any use:

14 Jan 1967 Record Mirror reports on Rik Gunnell's signing of "Pam's People" [sic], six female dancers who were then appearing in a Belgian TV pop show called 'Vibrato'.

31 Jul 1967 Pan's People begin a three-week cabaret engagement at the Savoy Hotel.

09 Dec 1967 The New Musical Express reports Pan's People are to dance an untitled hour-long ballet with music written and performed by the Yardbirds at the Paris Olympia on December 13 and 14.

Have a clipping related to the Savoy engagement somewhere. Will dig it out.

[Peter Prentice]

Mar 1, 2013 10:01:34 GMT Peter Prentice said:

Feb 28, 2013 17:50:39 GMT jerryg said:

Yes please william ,i dont hold much hope myself finding any info about the gojos in the mags ,but then again i wasnt expecting to find any info really about the pop show regarding discotheque ,but any info on pans ,if you find anything, would be very welcome ,many thanks once again william.

Have you got the Gojos article from Lady Penelope #5?

I've three Pan's entries in the Fred Marshall/Popdown Chronology if they're any use:

14 Jan 1967 Record Mirror reports on Rik Gunnell's signing of "Pam's People" [sic], six female dancers who were then appearing in a Belgian TV pop show called 'Vibrato'.

31 Jul 1967 Pan's People begin a three-week cabaret engagement at the Savoy Hotel.

09 Dec 1967 The New Musical Express reports Pan's People are to dance an untitled hour-long ballet with music written and performed by the Yardbirds at the Paris Olympia on December 13 and 14.

Have a clipping related to the Savoy engagement somewhere. Will dig it out.

Here you go:
www.myspace.com/406039636/photos/28823803

This might be of interest, too:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwKP6DeruXw

All being well, will PM you with some more Gojos/Pan's clippings over the weekend.

[williammcgregor]

Hi Thomas,

Honeybus UPDATE number 1

Thanks for your kind words, yes I'm pleased with the way this thread is going!

lets start with Honeybus

I checked the NME from around the time of their hit "I Can't Let Maggie Go" in April 1968 and found the following:-

NME 6/4/68
Honeybus on Southern TV's "Time for Blackburn" that weekend

NME 11/5/68
Honeybus on BBC1's "Dee Time" that Saturday 12/5/68

NME 18/5/68
Honeybus on BBC1's "Whistle Stop" on Friday 24/5/68

NME 7/9/68
Southern-TV's "Time for Blackburn" this weekend will include a 15 minute segment filmed at London's Revolution Club. It features Terry Reid singing, as well as interviews with Lulu, John Walker and Jonathan King. Also in the show are HONEYBUS and Tangerine Peel.

That's all I can find just now, but I'll keep looking!

by the way as a footnote there is an article on Colin Hare from Honeybus within the Disc and Music Echo dated 18/5/68 under the title Honeybus a Week (just thought I'd let you know)


William

[jerryg]

Thank you so much for the links peter ,very kind of you ,ive definitley not seen the rehearsal bit of the gojos from the film before,and i havent got the gojos article you mentioned ,if you do have time to send any more info ,that would be terriffic ,many thanks.

[williammcgregor]

Honeybus UPDATE number 2

NME dated 27/4/68 page 8 (see below)

The Honeybus, Peter & Gordon, U.S. singer Bobby Goldboro and Eurovision winner Massiel guest in this weekend's edition of "Time for Blackburn"

NME dated 11/5/68 page 11

Large interview with the group and small b/w picture
during the interview it mentions that at a recent "Top of the Pops" appearance (did'nt give the date of transmission) Lulu complemented Pete Kircher on the song (Maggie) "She said she wished it had been written for a girl to sing" said Peter, "I suggested we re-title it 'I can't let Henry Go' for her but I don't think she took me seriously.

Next Honeybus update is on page 4

[williammcgregor]

GoJos UPDATE number 1

The following is taken from the NME dated 30/3/68 page 8

Hostess Pet

Southern-TV's "A Tale of Two Rivers" series-screened in its own local region last year-is to be fully networked on Monday nights from April 15th. The four half-hour shows, all hosted by Petula Clark, were filmed entirely on location on the river Thames and river Seine.

Lulu, Marianne Faithfull, Mark Wynter, Claude Francoise and THE GOJOS appear in all four editions. Sandie Shaw and Unit Four Plus Two are featured in the first three. Adam Faith guests in the first and third programme. Dave Clark and Cathy McGowan guest in the second show, and Richard Anthony in the fourth.

More about the GoJos on pages 3,6,9,11,12 and 13

[jerryg]

Thanks william for the info ,i had heard that The GoJos had appeared on A tale of two rivers ,but i never realised it was a four part series ,i thought it was a one off special,just goes to show ,you learn something new everyday ,i wonder if any of this series survives ,im sure jo cook once said ,one of the songs they danced to on this show,was the beach boys sloop john b .