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20th
April 2019
All
these could be seen on a Saturday night in April 1962 in Portsmouth Guildhall.
3rd Picture. Sounds Incorporated
4th Picture.
Rory Blackwell
Six
Years at Portsmouth Guildhall
For a six year period
between 1959 and 1965 the Guildhall was the place to go for live music. Below I
run through the artistes that appeared on a Saturday night, with thanks to the
Pompey Pop web pages These top line acts we were able to see at reasonable
prices. I have not included the classical and other concerts
1959
Jazz
June: Chris Barber and his Band with Ottilie Patterson,
Humphrey Lyttleton and his Band
September: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Dizzy
Gillespie Quintet and Buck Clayton's All-Stars
October: 18th Kid Ory and his New Orleans Jazz Band
November: Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Ottilee
Patterson
December 6th The Modern Jazz Quartet
Pop
August Frankie Vaughn
October Cliff
Richard plays two performances.
1960
Jazz
January: Sarah Vaughan with the Johnny Dankworth
Orchestra
March: Ella Fitzgerald two shows
April Chris
Barber band with Ottillie Patterson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe
September: Miles Davis Quintet
October: Kenny Ball's Jazzmen
December: Jazz at the Philharmonic, Dizzy Gillespie, J
J Johnson, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Benny Carter, Jo Jones. The
Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Nat Adderley, Victor Feldman, Louis Hayes, Sam
Jones.
Pop
January: The Platters
February: June Christie, The Four Freshmen, Bob Miller
and the Millermen.
March: The Everly Brothers, the Dallas Boys
April : “Top
Twenty Hit Parade” Craig Douglas, the Avons and Alan Freeman
April: an all-American show with Conway Twitty, Johnny
Preston and Freddy Cannon was poorly received
April: Jerry Lordan, Kathy Kirby, Norman Vaughan
May: Conway
Twitty, Johnny Preston & Freddy Cannon again “audiences poor”
May: Adam Faith,
John Barry Seven, The Honeys
October: Jimmy Jones, Mark Wynter, Kenny Lynch and the
Brook Brothers
November: The Shadows and Frank Ifield, Ricky Valence
and Johnny Kidd & the Pirates
December: Ricky
Valence, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, Danny Storm & the Strollers
1961
Jazz
January: Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band
March: Chris
Barber Jazz Band
March: Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson Trio.
December: Kenny Ball
Pop
January: Emile Ford & the Checkmates, Shirley
Bassey
February: The Four Freshmen, Buddy Greco, June
Christie, Ted Heath and his Orchestra.
February: The Shadows and Cliff Richard, Chas McDevitt
and Shirley Douglas, the Hunters compere Norman Vaughan.
April: Summer Eurovision runners-up the Allisons,
Ronnie Carroll, Mike Preston and the Hunters.
June: The Shadows with Chas McDevitt & Shirley
Douglas, Dave Allen compere.
October: Adam Faith and the John Barry Seven
November: Shirley Bassey.
November: Russ Conway
November: Billy Fury, Eden Kane and Karl Denver
BBC Television live 2nd
December 1961 18.00 JUKE BOX JURY the week panel was: Jill Browne Harry Fowler
Pete Murray and June Thorburn plus David Jacobs and in the audience ME
1962
Jazz
January: The
Temperance Seven appeared at the Guildhall.
February: Acker Bilk
April: Count
Basie and Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
May: Louis Armstrong
November: Dave
Brubeck Quartet
December Chris
Barber with Louis Jordan
Pop
January: Helen Shapiro, the Brook Brothers, Dave Allen
compere
January: Frankie Vaughan.
February: Bobby Vee, Clarence Frogman Henry, the
Springfields
March: Cliff
Richard and the Shadows
April: Brenda Lee, Gene Vincent, Nero &
Gladiators, Sounds Incorporated Rory Blackwell & the Blackjacks.
April Easter
Monday: Johnny Burnette, Gary ‘US’ Bonds, Gene McDaniels and Mark Wynter
May: Jerry
Lee Lewis, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, Vince Eagar, the Viscounts and the
Bachelors
September: Chubby Checker, Brook Brothers, Kestrels, Chas
McDevitt & Shirley Douglas
September: Dion
and Del Shannon, Joe Brown, the Allisons, Buzz Clifford, Peppi & the New
York Twisters
October: Billy
Fury, Marty Wilde, Mike Sarne, Jimmy Justice, Mark Wynter, Joe Brown, Karl
Denver and Peter Jay & the Jaywalkers
October: Phil
Everly appeared after Don returned to the USA unwell, plus Frank Ifield and
Ketty Lester.
November: Bobby
Vee and the (new) Crickets with Frank Kelly & the Hunters.
November: Adam Faith & Gene Vincent
December: Helen
Shapiro, Eden Kane and the Vernons Girls
1963
Jazz
February: Acker
Bilk’s Paramount Jazz Band
March: Ella
Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson
April: Gerry Mulligan and Bob Brookmeyer
Pop
January: Johnny
& the Hurricanes, Brian Hyland, Little Eva, Brenda Lee compere Jimmy
Saville (Tickets, 8/6d, 7/6d)
February: Bryan
Hyland, Little Eva, Brook Brothers, Johnny Temple,
March: Cliff
Richard & Shadows, Vernons Girls
March: “Thank
Your Lucky Stars” with Joe Brown, Susan Maughan, the Tornadoes, Jess Conrad,
Rolf Harris, Shane Fenton, Peter Jay & Jaywalkers
March: Shirley
Bassey, Matt Monro and Woolf Phillips Orchestra
March: Brenda
Lee, Mike Berry & the Bachelors
March: Chris
Montez, Tommy Roe, the Beatles and the Viscounts
April: Billy
Fury, the Tornadoes, the Echoes, Mike Preston
May: Jet
Harris & Tony Meehan with John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Mike Berry and Billie
Davis
May: Del Shannon, Johnny Tillotson, the
Springfields, Jimmy Rogers
June: Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger
July: Rolling Stones, Elkie Brooks, Steam Packet,
Walker Brothers, Tommy Quickly.
September: Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas, the
Fourmost, the Dennisons and Tommy Quickly, Heinz & The Saints,
October: Gerry
& the Pacemakers, Cilla Black, Del Shannon, the Tony Meehan Group, the
Bachelors, Duffy Power, the Blue Diamonds
November: The
Beatles’ appearance at the Guildhall cancelled (Paul McCartney unwell)
November: Billy
Fury, Joe Brown, the Tornadoes, and Marty Wilde
November: Gene
Pitney appeared at the Guildhall
December: Beatles
(arrived late, car broke down)
1964
Jazz
February: The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with Frank
Sinatra Junior
April: Ella
Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson. Second house sells out first house cancelled
with only 200 sold.
July: Woody
Herman’s Orchestra appeared at the Guildhall.
July: The Ray Charles Orchestra and Raelets
Pop
February: John Leyton and Mike Sarne, the Merseybeats,
the Swinging Blue Jeans, Jet Harris and the Rolling Stones
March: Joe
Brown and Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, the Crystals and Manfred Mann
April: Cliff
Richard & the Shadows, Daley & Wayne, Bob Miller & his Miller Men
April: American
Folk Blues and Gospel Caravan with Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Cousin Joe
Pleasants, Rev. Gary Davis, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Terry & Brownie
McGhee
May: Shirley
Bassey, Matt Monro and John Barry
May: Billy J
Kramer & the Dakotas, Sounds Incorporated, Tommy Quickly, the Dennisons and
the Remo Four
June: The
Dave Clark Five, the Applejacks, Millie and the Dennisons
October: Manfred Mann, the Rockin’ Berries, the
Nashville Teens, the Untamed Four plus Bill Haley & his Comets
November: the
Searchers, Dionne Warwick, the Isley Brothers and the Zombies.
November : Carl Perkins, the Animals, Tommy Tucker,
Elkie Brooks and the Nashville Teens
November: the Honeycombs, Millie, Lulu, Gene Vincent,
the Beat Merchants.
November: Dusty Springfield, Brian Poole & the
Tremeloes, Herman’s Hermits and Dave Berry
1965
Jazz
May: Shirley
Bassey & the Ted Heath Orchestra
Pop
March: Adam Faith Sandie Shaw, the Barron Knights and
the Paramounts.
April: Gerry
& the Pacemakers
April: Motown
show with Supremes, Martha & Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, the Miracles, Earl
Van Dyke Six Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames
April: Manfred Mann, Dave Berry and the Ivy League
April: The Kinks the Yardbirds
May: Donovan,
Pretty Things
May: Julie Felix and the Spinners
July: The Rolling Stones the Walker Brothers, the
Steam Packet, Elkie Brooks and Tommy Quickly.
August: the Byrds, they only managed to sell 250 tickets
November: Gene Pitney, Lulu & the Luvvers, Peter
& Gordon and the Rockin’ Berries
November: Manfred Mann Yardbirds Paul & Barry Ryan, the
Scaffold, Jimmy James & the Vagabonds.
What a selection!!!!!!
Peter
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News and Views:
On this day 20th
April 1960-1965
On 20/04/1960 the number one single was My Old Man's a Dustman -
Lonnie Donegan and the number one album was South Pacific Soundtrack. The top rated TV show
was Armchair Theatre (ABC) and the box office smash was Psycho. A pound of today's
money was worth £13.68 and Burnley were on the way to becoming the Season's
Division 1 champions. The big news story of the day was Brasilia becomes
Brazil's new capital.
On 20/04/1961 the number one single was Wooden Heart - Elvis
Presley and the number one album was GI Blues - Elvis Presley. The top
rated TV show was The Budget (All Channels) and the box office smash was One Hundred and One
Dalmations. A pound of today's money was worth £13.25 and Tottenham Hotspur
were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On 20/04/1962 the number one single was Wonderful Land - The
Shadows and the number one album was Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley. The top
rated TV show was Coronation Street
(Granada) and the box office smash was Lawrence of Arabia. A pound of today's
money was worth £12.89 and Ipswich Town were on the way to becoming the
Season's Division 1 champions
On 20/04/1963 the number one single was How Do
You Do It? - Gerry & the Pacemakers and the number one album was Summer
Holiday - Cliff Richard & the Shadows. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street
(Granada) and the box office smash was The Great Escape. A pound of today's
money was worth £12.64 and Everton were on the way to becoming the Season's
Division 1 champions.
On 20/04/1964 the number one single was Can't
Buy Me Love - The Beatles and the number one album was With the Beatles - The
Beatles. The top rated TV show was Liberal Party Political Broadcast (all
channels) and the box office smash was Dr Strangelove. A pound of today's
money was worth £12.24 and Liverpool were on the way to becoming the Season's
Division 1 champions. The big news story of the day was BBC2 goes on air but is
soon blacked out.
On 20/04/1965 the number one single was The Minute You're Gone -
Cliff Richard and the number one album was Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The top
rated TV show was Coronation Street and the box office smash was The Sound of
Music. A pound of today's money was worth £11.69 and Manchester United were on
the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
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