Bradford (Alhambra)
Dawn White & Her Glamazons
George Doonan & Anne
Keefe Brothers & Annette
Francois & Zandra
Lester Sharpe & Iris
Dunn & Grant
Bruce Forsyth
Outside the period but . . .
Nottingham (Empire)
Hollywood Puppets
Bill Maynard (TV's "Great Scott It's Maynard")
Bill Wareham & Barbara (A page from Trasure Island)
Tony Fayne & David Evans (Sporting impressionists)
The Kenways (Aerialists)
Bruce Forsyth (The incredible character)
Shane & Lamar (Dance time)
Promoter - Bernard Delfont
Bradford (St George's Hall)
London based band that was formed in 1952.
Ivor Kirchin was the leader and his son Basil was the drummer. They recorded
a number of "rock" records for Parlophone in 1956 and 1957 that were
produced by George Martin.
Promoter - Gerald Cohen
"The British Band That Rocks"
1952 line-up
Basil later found fame as a composer for film and tv plus some experimental works. He died in June 2005 aged 77
London (Royal Albert Hall)
Artists appearing (in alphabetical order)
Rose Brennan
Dickie Valentine
Eddie Calvert
Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra
Eric Delaney & His Band
Ted Heath & His Music with Bobbie Britton
The Kirchin's Orchestra
Ruby Murray
The Stargazers
Leeds (Town Hall)
Ottile Patterson
Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
"The Chris Barber Band Show"
Promoter - Jazzshows Ltd
Bradford (St George's Hall)
with Lonnie Donegan, Monty Sunshine and Ottilie Patterson
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen with the Skiffle Group
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28 - Glasgow (Empire) - week
Matrch 1956
05 - London (Palladium) - two weeks (see below)
19 - Birmingham (Hippodrome) - week
26 - Newcastle (Empire) - week
April 1956
08 - Croydon (Davis Theatre)
09 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
10 - Sheffield (City Hall) (2 nights)
12 - Bradford (St. George's Hall)
13 - Blackburn (King George's Hall)
15 - Hull (City Hall)
LONDON
Arthur Worsley with Charlie Brown
Ghezzi Brothers (Fall guys)
Patachou (The famous parisienne)
The Three Monarchs (Haywire harmonica virtuosos)
Page & Bray (Continental dance stylists)
Bob Hammond (with his feathered friends)
The Flying De Pauls (Whirlwind tumblers)
The George Carden Singers
London Palladium Orchestra (Eric Rogers)
Tommy Trinder (compere)
BIRMINGHAM
Rey & Ronjy
Harry Bailey
Cynthia & Gladys
Landringlos
Tommy Lockry
Nordics
Lizzey & Eddie
NEWCASTLE
Shane & Lamar
Vic Gordon & Peter Colville
Aloee Sisters
Lizzet & Eddie
Alan Kemble & Christine
Hal Garner
Kazan & Kaus
Full copy of Palladium programme
Sheffield (City Hall)
Artists appearing (in alphabetical order)
Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Ottilie Paterson
Eddie Calvert
Gerry Brereton
Hedley Ward Trio
Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
Marie Benson
Ronnie Scott & His New Orchestra
George Melly (compere)
London (Palladium) - two weeks
Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson
David Whitfield (Musical direction - Reg Warburton)
Alma Cogan (At the piano Stan Foster)
Winifred Atwell (Trinidad's queen of the keyboard)
Malcolm Vaughan (By permission of Kenneth Earlr)
The Stargazers (Vocal group)
Kenny Baker (Europe's top trumpet star)
George & Bert Bernard (Assisted by George Pierce)
Ravic & Babs (Whirlwind skaters)
Trio Rayros (Trampolinists)
The George Carden Singers
The London Palladium Orchestra (Eric Rogers)
Tommy Trinder (compere)
Film
Bill Haley & His Comets
The Platters
Freddie Bell & The Bellboys
SONGS
Bill Haley : Rock Around The Clock, Razzle Dazzle, Rock A Beating Boogie, ABC Boogie, Rudy's Rock, Happy Baby, Mambo Rock, R-O-C-K, See You Later Alligator.
Freddie Bell : We're Gonna Teach You To Rock, Giddy Up Ding Dong
Platters : Only You, The Great Pretender
London (Stoll Theatre)
Chris Barber's
Jazzband
The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
Merseysippi Jazz Band
Neva Raphaello
Otille Patterson
Sandy Brown's Jazz band
"The Stoll Festival of Jazz"
Promoter - Jazzshows Limited
