03 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
04 - Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
05 - Newcastle (City Hall)
06 - London (Kilburn Gaumont State
Alma Cogan
Jack Parnell & His Orchestra
see also December 1956
Bradford (St George's Hall)
Johnny Duncan Skiffle Group
06 - London (Seymour Hall)
17 - London (East Ham Baths)
29 - Purley (Orchid Ballroom)
Doncaster (Gaumont)
Rita Martell (Youthful juggler)
Ray Allen & Steve (Two thoughts with a single voice)
Flying Rosinas
Clifford Stanton (Personalities on Parade)
Curzon Trio (Cyclomaniacs)
Lester Sharpe & Iris (Dexterous deceiver)
Kay & Valerie Glynn (Dancing to delight)
London (Astoria)
Review is from The Times
The review in full [Flickr]
Film poster [Flickr]
Film Trailer [YouTube]
"Don't Knock The Rock" @ 78rpm [YouTube]
Chiswick (Empire) - week
Des O'Connor (Variety's new comedian)
Mundy & Earle (A boy, a girl & a record)
Don Fox (The new dynamic vocalist)
Penny Nicholls (A penny for a song)
Billie Wyner (Personality plus a piano)
Jerry Harris (Bringing the stars to you)
The Dancing McKennas (Rhythmic dancers)
The Empire Orchestra - Charles Henry
Promoter - Bernard Delfont
London (Cafe de Paris)
London (Metropolitan, Edgware Road) - week
"The Skiffle Show of 1957)
21 - Sunderland (Empire)
28 - Southampton (Grand)
February
04 - Norwich (Hippodrome)
11 - Manchester (Hulme Hippodrome)
see also March/April 1957
The Rock 'n' Roll Sinners
Phil Phillips (piano) - Ray Dempsey (guitar)
Norman May (tenor sax) - Martin Aston (drums)
Pete Elderfield (bass)
Bobby Dennis (singing comedian from the Windmill Theatre)
Daly & Wayne (not Hulme)
The Haley Sisters * (Rocking & rolling)
Bernard Landy * (Off the record)
Jackie Allen * (Rock crazy)
Betty Miller * (TV's rhythm & blues singer)
SUNDERLAND except *
Desmond Lane
Dickie Bennett
Nick & Pat Lundon
Joan Small
Cortez & Pam
SOUTHAMPTON & NORWICH
Sydney Shaw (Harmonica rock)
HULME
Danny O'Dea (Atomic comic)
Billy Redman (Xylophone rock)
Isle of Wight (Commodore Club)
The Liddle Sisters
Jean Forrest
Tommy Godfrey (compere)
This was originally scheduled for the Portsmouth Empire but they discovered that they didn't have a licence for this type of show
28 - Norwich (Hippodrome)
February 1957
04 - Northampton (New Theatre)
11 - Birmingham (Aston Hippodrome)
18 - Southampton (Grand)
25 - London (Metropolitan)
March 1957
04 - Plymouth (Palace)
11 - Blackpool (Queens)
25 - Portsmouth (Kings Theatre)
April 1957
01 - Swansea (Grand)
08 - Manchester (Hulme Hippodrome)
15 - Middlesbrough (Empire)
22 - Hull (Palace)
29 - Birmingham (Hulme Hippodrome)
May 1957
06 - Leicester (Palace)
13 - Bradford (Alhambra)
27 - Hanley (Theatre Royal)
June 1957
03 - Leeds (Empire)
10 - Liverpool (Pavilion)
17 - Huddersfield (Palace)
24 - London (Chiswick Empire)
July 1957
01 - Nottingham Empire
08 - Sunderland (Empire)
15 - Sheffield (Empire)
22 - Manchester (Hippodrome)
29 - Derby (Hippodrome)
Promoter - Leonard Urry
HEY, YOU CATS AND DISC FANS
The world's top disc artistes impersonated by young stars.
"Not a mime show - records are not used"
Full copy of Nottingham programme
Full copy of Burnley programme
August 1957
05 - Edinburgh (Empire)
12 - Newcastle (Empire)
19 - Bolton (Grand)
September 1957
02 - Bradford (Alhambra)
09 - London (Metropolitan)
23 - Morecambe (Winter Gardens)
October 1957
07 - Bournemouth (Pavilion)
28 - Ayr (Gaiety)
November 1957
04 - Glasgow (Empress)
11 - Newcastle (Palace)
25 - Liverpool (Pavilion)
December 1957
02 - Cardiff (New Theatre)
09 - Nottingham (Empire)
16 - Sunderland (Empire)
30 - Burnley (Palace Theatre)
London (Royal Albert Hall)
Humphrey Littleton & His Band
Cy Laurie & His Band
Mick Mulligan & His Band
Robin Boyle (compere)
"Jazz Saturday"
Part of the show was televised by the BBC
Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra
Promoter - Arthur Kimbrell
London (Royal Albert Hall)
Alma Cogan
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Dickie Valentine
The Eric Delaney Band
Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra
The Kirchins Band
Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
The Stargazers
Ted Heath & His Music
Ray Sonin (compere)
The 1956/1957 Annual Poll- Winners' Concert
presented by the
New Musical Express
London (Prince of Wales) - two weeks
Wally Whyton & The Vipers (Kings of Skiffle)
Bob Cort & His Skiffle Group
Gary Miller (Popular recoding vocalist)
Jimmy Wheeler (Ay, ay, that's yer lot)
Bob Hammond & his Feathered Friends
Des O'Connor (TV's new comedian)
Brian Andro (Dancing on a wire)
Malta & Fernando (Comedian dogs)
Les Marthys (Continental acrobats)
Theatre Orchestra (Harold Collins)
Dickie Henderson (compere)
04 - Brighton (Hippodrome)
~~
18 - Chiswick (Empire)
Suzi Miller
Little Abner (Harlem's King of Rock 'n' Roll)
Dickie Dawson
"(S)Cool For Cats"
Doncaster (Gaumont) - week
04 - London (Chiswick Empire)
11 - Peterborough (Embassy)
18 - Newcastle (Empire)
Mike & Bernie Winters (TV's crazy comedians)
Reg Thompson (Unknown to millions)
CHISWICK
Josephine Anne (TheCrazy-Gang's girl friend)
Johnny Laycock (Blow man blow)
Ballet Montmartre (Tap versus ballet)
Paul & Peta Page (With their puppets)
The Empire Orchestra - Charles Henry
PETERBOROUGH
Camilleri
Paul & Peta Page
Johnny Laycock
Three Quavers
NEWCASTLE
The
Three Quarters (Rock 'n' boogie)
Betty Miller (Rhythm & blues)
Johnny Laycock (Blow man blow)
Warren,
Devine & Sparks ('Killing work')
The Empire Orchestra (Tom Young)
Full copy of Chiswick programme
Full copy of Newcastle programme
06 - London (Dominion) - 4 nights
10 - Coventry (Gaumont)
11 - Nottingham (Odeon)
12 - Birmingham (Odeon)
13 - Manchester (Odeon)
14 - Leeds (Odeon)
15 - Sunderland (Odeon)
16 - Newcastle (Odeon)
17 - Bradford (Gaumont)
18 - Glasgow (Odeon) - 2 nights
20 - Liverpool (Odeon)
21 - Cardiff (Capitol)
22 - Plymouth (Odeon)
23 - Southampton (Gaumont)
24 - Kilburn (Gaumont State) - 3 nights
March 1957
01 - Belfast (Hippodrome) - 2 nights
03 - Edmonton (Regal)
04 - Croydon (Davis) - 2 nights
06 - Norwich (Carlton)
07 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
08 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
09 - Cheltenham (Gaumont)
10 - London (Dominion) - see below for special programme
The Vic Lewis Orchestra
Kenneth Earle & Malcolm Vaughan
Desmond Lane (tin whistle!)
Promoters: Lew & Leslie Grade
Final three songs were Shake Rattle 'n' Roll, See You Later Alligator and Rock Around The Clock.
The b&w photograph is from one of his first shows at the Dominion Theatre,
London.
Bill Haley had two records in the top 20 when he appeared in Bradford -
Don't Knock The Rock was at 10 and Rock The Joint was
at 18. At number 1 was Garden Of Eden by Frankie Vaughan
His most famous song Rock Around The Clock was featured in the film Blackboard Jungle
Bill Haley was born in 1925 and died in 1981.
Bill Haley & His Comets
The drummer for the Vic Lewis Orchestra was Andy White who later (as a
session musician) played drums on the released version of "Love Me
Do"
Programme
Bill Haley
07 - Cardiff (Sophia Gardens)
08 - Hereford (Shire Hall)
09 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
?? - Derby
17 - Colchester
11 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
12 - London (Royal Albert Hall)
13 - Sheffield (City Hall)
14 - Newcastle (City Hall)
17 - Croydon (Davis Theatre)
18 - Walthamstow (Granada)
Jack Parnell & His Orchestra
featuring Irene Miller and Gene Williams
Promoter - Harold Fielding
Chiswick (Empire)
TV
Introduced by Pete Murray and Josephine Douglas.
First programme featured Kenny Baker & His Jazzmen, Michael Holliday, Bobbie & Rudy and the King Brothers.
Was originally scheduled to run for 6 weeks
The stills appear to be from the film and not the TV show
Last show 22nd November 1958
Opening credits
Norwich (Royal Theatre) - week
London (Prince of Wales) - 2 weeks
Followed by a series of one nighters in March & April
Shirley Eaton & Her Boy Friends
Dickie Henderson
Lauri Lupino Lane & George Truzzi
Digby Wolfe
Ganjou Brothers & Juanita
Norman Vaughan
Maurice & May
Flying de Pauls
Balladinis
Sheffield (Empire)
Elites
Margo Henderson & Sam Kemp
Zodias
Fran Dowie & Candy Kane
Donald B. Stuart
Juggling Brauns
Marcies
25 - London (Chiswick Empire)
March 1957
04 - Liverpool (Empire)
11 - Glasgow (Empire)
18 - Edinburgh (Empire)
25 - Sheffield (Empire)
April 1957
01 - London (Finsbury Park Empire)
08 - Manchester (Hippodrome)
15 - Newcastle (Empire)
Scheduled but probably cancelled
22 - Southport (Garrick)
29 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
Morton Fraser's Harmonica Gang
Len Young (except Chiswick)
Alan Clive (except Chiswick & Sheffield)
CHISWICK
Albert & Les Ward
Jimmy Neil
Raf & Julian Jover
Gold & Cordell
Richards & Yolanda
LIVERPOOL
Ray & Ronjy
Ladringlos + Finsbury Park, Newcastle & Glasgow/Edinburgh (Looping the
loop)
Walthon & Dorraine
GLASGOW & EDINBURGH
Gillian & June + Sheffield & Finsbury Park
Maurice French
SHEFFIELD
Hill Billy Polecats + Newcastle
Johnny & Suma Lamonte + Newcastle (Juggling & aero novelties)
Ron Parry
Patsy Silva
FINSBURY PARK EMPIRE
Los
Brazilianos + Manchester
MANCHESTER
Ann & Val Shelley
NEWCASTLE
Val & Laurie Aubrey (Dance team)
Nottingham (Empire)
Gillian & June
Joe Baker & Jack Douglas
Curzon Trio
Elizabeth & Collins
Terry Sisters
Lou Campara
Des O'Connor