Bradford (St George's Hall)
February 24th 1958
Worcester
Terry Lightfoot & His New Orleans Jazz Band
Crescents
2/6 3/- 4/- 5/- 5/6
Terry Lightfoot's drummer was Ginger Baker
04 - Sheffield (City Hall)
07 - Glasgow (St. Andrew's Hall)
09 - Newcastle (City Hall)
12 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
16 - London (Royal Albert Hall)
19 - London (Royal Albert Hall)
February 1958
16 - London (Royal Albert Hall)
18 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
20 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
23 - Croydon (Davis Theatre)
25 - Manchester (King's Hall, Belle Vue)
Constantine Callinicos (pianist)
Promoter - Victor Hochhauser
04 - Newcastle (City Hall)
05 - Bradford (St George's Hall)
February 1958
24 - Worcester (Gaumont)
?? - Glasgow
Terry Lightfoot & His New Orleans Jazz Band
The Crescents
06 - Taunton (Gaumont)
13 - Oldham (Empire)
27 - Dublin (Royal)
February 1958
03 - Manchester (Hulme Hippodrome)
10 - Peterborough (Embassy)
17 - Gloucester (Regal)
18 - Colchester (Regal)
24 - Norwich (Carlton)
Terry Dene did not appear at Norwich due to an
incident
at Gloucester the previous week
see below for January 24th ballroom date
see below for two Sunday
shows
9th & 16th February 1958
TAUNTON
Chas. McDevitt Skiffle Group with Shirley Douglas
Miki & Griff
The Two Morlands (Beauty in the balance)
Britain's Own Teenagers
Dave Gray (Always Gay)
Val & Audrey (Artistry in dance)
Larry Grayson (compere)
OLDHAM
Sonny Roy
Britain's Own Teenagers
Gillian & June
Kish & Valaire
Rosa Macari
Barry Anthony
DUBLIN
Jimmy Campbell
Tommy Dando
Royal Rosettes
Al Fuller & Janette
Rosa Macari
MANCHESTER
Sonny Roy
Britain's Own Teenagers
McKinnon Sisters
Jeanne & Jon
Griff Kendall
Madrigal
PETERBOROUGH
Edna Savage (Radio's singing star of Sentimental Journey)
Kish & Valerie (Beauty in the balance)
Teenagers (Britain's own)
Sonny Roy (Funny boy)
Fred & Audrey Atkins (A guy and his dolls)
McKinnon Sisters (Two smart girls)
Full copy of Taunton programme
Full copy of Peterborough programme
GLOUCESTER
Chas McDevitt & His Skiffle Group with Shirley Douglas
Edna Savage
Sonny Roy
Jeanne & Jon
Britain's Own Teenagers
Fred & Audrey Atkins
McKinnon Sisters
NORWICH (without Terry Dene)
Chas McDevitt & His Skiffle Group with Shirley Douglas
Britain's Own Teenagers
Sonny Roy
Fred & Audrey Atkins
Kisch & Valerie
McKinnon Sisters
07 - London (Metropolitan)
13 - Nottingham (Empire)
27 - Sunderland (Empire)
February 1958
03 - Chiswick (Empire)
09 - Southampton (Gaumont)
17 - Oldham (Empire)
23 - Salisbury Gaumont - see separate entry
24 - Middlesbrough (Empire)
March 1958
10 - Leicester (Palace)
24 - Bradford (Alhambra)
April 1958
07 - Burnley (Palace) - see separate entry
14 - Edinburgh (Empire)
21 - Newcastle (Empire)
28 - Sheffield (Empire)
May 1958
05 - Leeds '(Empire) - see separate entry
Tony Crombie & His Rockets (The new 2 I's discoveries)
The De Vere Girls
Les Hobeaux (HMV recording stars)
The Most Brothers (Decca recording stars)
de Vere Girls
Hand Jive Hostesses
Jerry Harris (compere)
NOTTINGHAM
Dickie Dawson
Earl & Loretta Franklyn
Fred Atkins & Audrey
CHISWICK EMPIRE
Ballet Montmartre
Reed & Delroy
Griff Kendall
BRADFORD
Bert Edgar
EDINBURGH
Ronnie Collis (and Sheffield)
Reed & Delroy
NEWCASTLE
Hollander & Hart
Jeanne & Jon (and Sheffield)
"Stars of the 6.5 Special at the 2-I's"
It is 6-5 Special at the 2 I's at the Bradford Alhambra Theatre this week. It is also nearly a two-hour long cacophony of wailing, clanging instruments and songs sung, seemingly without intelligible lyrics. Breaking up the apparently endless procession of rockers and skifflers are a handful of workmanlike acts.
Compere Jerry Harris is slick, comical and has some excellent impressions: comedian Bert Edgar is funny; Jeanne and Jon are balancers; and the dancing Marie De Vere Girls work hard. Local talent is also given a chance in the show.
The Most Brothers and Wee Willie Harris assail the ears with rock 'n roll music and song; and Tony Crombie's Rockets and Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group both work hard but with poor material
Peter Holdsworth - Telegraph & Argus
07 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
08 - Hull (City Hall)
14 - Newcastle (City Hall)
15 - Sheffield (City Hall)
Josephine Douglas
Freddie Mills
John Barry & His Seven
The Five Dallas Boys
Cab Kaye & His Quintet
Adam Faith
Kerry Martin
The Vernons Girls
Produced by Jack Good
Script by Trevor Peacock
Promoter : Harold Fielding
"Six-Five Stage Show"
Shows staged on Tuesday & Wednesday (Artists days off from rehearsals)
London (Royal Albert Hall)
Alma Cogan
Chris Barber & His Jazz Band
Dickie Valentine
The Eric Delaney Band
Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra with Cleo Laine
The King Brothers
Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group
Ted Heath & His Music
Tony Kinsey Quintet
The 1957/1958 Annual Poll- Winners' All Star Concert
presented by the
New Musical Express
19 - Salisbury (Gaumont)
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29 - Bradford (St George's Hall)
February 1958
09 - Southampton (Gaumont)
10 - Nottingham (Odeon)
16 - Hull (Regal)
19 - Cardiff (Capitol)
23 - London (Old Kent Road Astoria)
26 - Stockton (Globe)
March 1958
02 - Exeter Savoy
03 - Stockton (Globe)
05 - London (Lewisham Gaumont)
09 - Coventry (Theatre)
10 - London (Finsbury Park Empire)
16 - Sheffield (Odeon)
30 - Hanley (Theatre Royal)
April 1958
~~
06 - Brighton (Astoria)
Halifax born Don Lang (right) meets Carl Barriteau after his car crash l
Kenny Baker & His Half Dozen
Jimmy Jackson & His Skiffle Group
Carl Barriteau
Rosemary Squires
Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson
Soho Skiffle Group
"Six-Five Special"
Jinx hit the "Six Five Special" - jazzman in crash
(by Peter Holdsworth)
Offering me a trembling handshake of welcome the Trinidad born clarinettist
Carl Barriteau opened his split lips and begged "Do you have a cigarette?" I
gave him the packet - he needed them! "Boy does that feel good" said Carl as he painfully puffed out the smoke
in his dressing room at the Gaumont Theatre, Bradford
Generally the show itself was rather tedious with a surfeit of skiffle and
jive music. Nevertheless, there was some interesting playing by Kenny Baker
and his Half-Dozen and by Joe ("Mr Piano") Henderson who has everyone
guessing at the moment whether or not his friendship with Petula Clark will
end with wedding bells
(Peter Holdsworth - T&A)
Bradford (AEU Club)
(Currently having problems obtaining bookings)
London (Palace Theatre) - 4 weeks
Petula Clark (Recording and television personailty)
King Brothers (Teenage singing stars)
Harry Worth ("Figure of speech)
The Skylons (Aerialists)
Nadia Nerina (Ballerina)
Bernard Miles (Comedian)
Tony Fayne & David Evans (Sporting impressionists)
Ugo Frediani (Continental juggler)
The John Tiller Girts
Harold Collins & the Orchestra
Promoter - Bernard Delfont
Salisbury (Gaumont)
The Most Brothers
Tony Crombie (Britain's sensational rock drummer)
The Southlanders (The sepia stars of Decca records, TV & radio)
Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group
The Vagabonds (from the 2-I's coffee bar)
Zom (compere)
r
Nelson (Imperial BallroomI
Dance organised by the Colne & Nelson Rugby Club
Middlesbrough (Empire)
Bill Kent
Sonny Roy
Teenagers
Phyllis Fisher
McKinnon Sisters
26 - Weston-Super-Mare (Odeon)
February 1958
02 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
09 - Canterbury (Odeon)
16 - Coventry (Gaumont)
March 1958
02 - Taunton (Gaumont)
08 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
09 - Cardiff (Capitol)
16 - Colchester (Regal)
WESTON-SUPER-MARE
Tony Crombie & His Rockets
The Most Brothers
Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group
Gremlins Skiffle Group
Beryl Bryden
DONCASTER
Wee Willie Harris
Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group
Beryl Bryden
Tony Crombie & His 2-I's Rocking Group
CANTERBURY
The Southlanders
The Apex Skiffle Group
Betty Smith & Her Quintet
Zom (compere)
COVENTRY
The Four Jacks
Marty Wilde & His Wildcats
"The Big Teenage Show of 1958"
Promoter - Arthur Howes
Full copy of Doncaster programme
Full copy of Canterbury programme
03 - Glasgow (Empire)
10 - Elephant & Castle (Trocadero)
17 - Newcastle (Empire)
March 1958
03 - Liverpool (Empire)
10 - Colchester (Empire)
17 - Bradford (Gaumont)
31 - Cardiff (New)
April 1958
07 - Plymouth (Palace)
21 - London (Metropolitan)
28 - Bristol (Hippodrome)
Jim Dale
Wally Whyton with The
Vipers
Stan Van (The Zany Man)
Susan & Valerie Pardoe (Two misses with the hits)
Jimmy Edmundson (TV's new star comedian)
Campbell & Rogerson (The spirit of the carnival)
The Betty Fox Eight Dancing Teenagers
"National Skiffle Skiffle Show of 1958"
Promoter - Stanley Dale
Full
copy of the Birmingham programme
Full copy of the Bradford programme
Full copy of Newcastle programme
09 - Tunbridge Wells (Assembly Hall)
10 - Peterborough (Embassy)
16 - Guilford (Odeon)
17 - Gloucester (Regal)
24 - Norwuch (Gaumont)
support acts may have differed
see also March 1958
Wee Willie Harris
Worried Men Skiffle Group
Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group
The Cossacks (Harmonica trio)
Terry Kennedy & His Sidemen
Zom (compere)
London (Finsbury Park Empire) - week
Billy Baxter
Des O'Connor
Freddie Harrison
Jimmy Webster & Jill
Norman & Niki Grant
The Falcons
Three Brittons
Walthamstow (Granada)
The King Brothers
The Southlanders
Betty Smith & Her Quintet
The Muleskinners with Chic Henderson
Dickie Dawson (compere)
"The Disc Stars Stage Show"
Shrewsbury (Granada)
Desmond Lane
17 - Middlesbrough (Empire)
March 1958
03 - Chester
10 - Boston
17 - London (Finsbury Park)
24 - London (Chiswick)
Harrow (Granada)
Bob Cort Skiffle Group
Cab Kaye Quintet
Joan Small
Bob Dale
Len Marten (compare)
York (Rialto)
Johnny Duncan & His Bluegrass Boys
Colin Hicks
Johnny Newcombe
23 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
28 - Newcastle
London (Metropolitan)
International Skiffle Jive Competition
Leeds (Empire)
Worcester (Gaumont) - week
Listed in "The Stage" as
Leicester (Gaumont)
Frazer Hayes Four (Musically yours)
Larry Grayson (He's priceless)
Ugo Fredianl (Amazing juggler)
"Gilbert" (Like father like son)
Frank Boys Trio (Whirlwind acrobats)
Cox Twins (Me & my shadow)
Miles Twins (Dancing delight)
01 - Belfast
04 - Bristol
06 - Manchester
09 - Newcastle
12 - Brighton
16 - Bradford
18 - Bradford
21 - Birmingham
23 - ?
25 - Edinburgh
27 - Dundee
30 - ?
31 - ?
London (Royal Albert Hall)
London (Royal Albert Hall)
The BBC Light Programme presents
Dennis Lotis
Don Lang & His Frantic Five
Eric Delaney Band
Joe Loss Orchestra
Johnnie Gray
Peter King (compere)
Rosemary Squires
Russell Quaye & The City Ramblers
Producers - John Browell and John Kingdon
'Festival of Dance Music'
London (Royal Albert Hall)
Alma Cogan
Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group
Cleo Laine
Dave King
David Jacobs (compere)
Johnny Dankworth Orchestra
Ray Ellington Quartet
Squadronaires
Stargazers
Terry Dene & The Dene Aces
Terry Lightfoot & His Jazzmen'
"Festival Of Dance Music"