Unknown
Johnny Duncan & His Bluegrass Boys
Mike Preston
Betty Smith & Her Quintet
The Alberts
Promoter : John Smith
Betty Smith
Running Order
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
The Mudlarks (Front cover)
Johnny Duncan
Llandudno (Grand Theatre)
Blackpool (Palace)
Billy Fury
Dickie Pride
Mike Preston
Four weeks of matinee performances
Portsmouth (Troxy)
Kenneth Earle
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
02 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
04 - - Portsmouth (Guildhall) - 2 nights
Frank Weir & His Orchestra
Edna Savage (Portsmouth)
Murray Campbell (Portsmouth)
Bradford (Alhambra) - week
Pan Yue Jen
Taylor Maids
Jeffrey Lenner
Bradford (Alhambra) - week
Bobby Thompson
Joan Hinde
Margaret West
Larry Grayson
Lester Sharpe & Iris
McAndrews and Mills
Eve Valere
Jackie Dennis was discovered in Edinburgh by Mike & Bernie Winters. He appeared on the 6.5 Special and the previous year he had two hit records - La Dee Dah (4) and a cover of Purple People Eater (29)
Bobby Thompson - Geordie comedian
(1910-1987)
Eve Valere?
23 - Southend (Odeon)
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28 - Cardiff (Gaumont)
September 1959
06 - Barking (Odeon)
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20 - Lewisham (Gaumont)
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26 - Worcester (Gaumont)
27 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
October 1959
01 - Sheffield (Gaumont) or
01 - Bournemouth (Gaumont)
03 - Chester (Gaumont)
04 - Trowbridge (Odeon) or
04 - Cheltenham (Odeon)
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08 - Manchester (Odeon)
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11 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
Terry Dene
Dickie Pride
Johnny Gentle
Duffy Power
Sally Kelly
The Viscounts
Marty Wilde appeared at some dates
"The Big Beat Show"
Promoter - Larry Parnes
27 - Newcastle (City Hall)
28 - Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
29 - Sheffield (City Hall)
30 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
Lorne Lesley
Fram Weir Orchestra
Great Yarmouth