Concerts & Package Tours : 1963  (July - August)

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Summer Season 1963

Blackpool (ABC)

opens June 1st 1963

Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Arthur Worsley & Charlie Brown
Dailey & Wayne
Carole Gray
Norman Collier
Ugo Garrido
The Pamela Devis Dancers
The Telstars

"Holiday Carnival"

Produced by Leslie Grade
 


Cliff Richard

The Shadows

Full copy of programme (Flickr)


Programme Cover

"Holiday Carnival"

Arthur Worsley & Charlie Brown
Carole Gray - Dailey & Wayne
Norman Collier - Ugo Garrido

Summer Season 1963

Blackpool (Queens Theatre)

 

Lonnie Donegan
Miki & Griff
Des O'Connor (TV's newest comedy personality)
Jill Westlake (Glamour in song)
Peter Goodright ("It's only me)
The Clark Brothers (American entertainers)
The Kestrels (Ace harmony group)
The Tiller Girls
Ken Moule & The Orchestra

"Putting On The Donegan"

Promoter - Leslie Grade


Lonnie Donegan - Miki & Griff
Des O'Connor

Full copy of programme (Flickr)


Lonnie Donegan

Peter Goodwright - Jill Westlake - The Kestrels
The Clark Brothers - The Tiller Girls
 

Summer Season 1963

Great Yarmouth (Windmill Theatre)

Joe Brown & The Bruvvers
Mark Wynter
Rolf Harris
The Tornados
The Off-Keys
Jody & Holly
Al Paige (Compere)

"The Big Star Show"

Promoter : Larry Parnes


Joe Brown

Mark Wynter

Roilf Harris


Full copy of programme (Flickr)


"The Big Star Show" (Front cover)

Running Order

The Tornados

Ross Taylor

Jody & Holly

Al Paige

Summer Season 1963

Great Yarmouth (Royal Aquarium)

Helen Shapiro
Ballet Montmartre
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
Colin Day
Ronnie Corbett
The Trebletones
Jimmy Saville (compere)


Poster

Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers


Programme cover

Helen Shapiro

Full copy pf programme (Flickr)

July 1963

07 - Weston-super-Mare (Odeon)
14 - Southend (Odeon)
19 - Llanelli (Ritz)
21 - Llandudno (Odeon)
26 - East Grinstead (Whitehall)
27 - Birmingham (Bingley Hall)
28 - Southport (Floral Hall)

August 1963

04 - Bournemouth (Gaumont)
11 - Folkestone (Odeon)
18 - Blackpool (ABC)
25 - Great Yarmouth (ABC)
31 - Wimbledon (Palais)

September 1963

01 - Llandudno (Odeon)
03 - Waltham Cross (Imperial)
06 - Banbury (Winter Gardens)
08 - Bournemouth (Gaumont)

Some of the above dates may have been Gene Vincent solo appearances

Some of the artists didn't appear on all shows on the tour




Poster - Southend

Gene Vincent
Heinz Burt
Mike Berry & The Innocents
Bille Davis
The Brook Brothers
The Bachelors
Sounds Incorporated
The Outlaws
The Saints
The Roof Raisers
Tony Allen

Promoter - Don Arden


Gene Vincent

Heinz Burt

The Brook Brothers


Programme cover


The Bachelors

Mike Berry



Sounds Incorporated

Full copy of programme (Flickr)

July 15th 1963

Bradford (Majestic Ballroom)

Gerry & The Pacemakers

July 18th 1963

Leeds (Odeon)

Nat King Cole
Ted Heath & His Music

July 1963

07 - Blackpool (Hippodrome)
14 - Blackpool (Queen's)
21 - Rhyl (Pavilion)
28 - Great Yarmouth (Wellington Pier)

August 1963

04 - Scarborough (Floral Hall)
11 - Morecambe (Winter Gardens)
18 - Blackpool (Queen's)
25 - Great Yarmouth (Wellington Pier)

September 1963

01 - Blackpool (Queen's)
08 - Blackpool (Hippodrome)

Adam Faith

Sunday concerts

 
August 9th 1963

TV

"Ready Steady Go" - ITV
"The weekend starts here"

First show was introduced  by Keith Fordyce
Pat Boone
Chris Barber
Billy Fury
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Joyce Blair

Last show December 23rd 1966



Kathy McGowan joined the show in 1964

August 23rd 1963

Beatles

She Loves You
I'll Get You

Parlophone R5055

Recorded July 1st 1963

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