Blackpool
"Top Of The Pops - Kings & Queens of Comedy"
Sparkling Stories & Pictures
Blackpool (Opera House)
Arthur Haynes
Rudi Horn
The Gimma Boys
The Andrea Dancers
Lane & Truzzi
Grace O'Connor
John Tiller Girls
George Mitchell Singers
"The Big Show of 1958"
Promoters - George & Alfred Black
Blackpool (Palace)
Opened July 7th 1958
Kenny Baker
The Five Dallas Boys
The Betty Smith Quintet
The Romany Sisters
The Peter Groves Trio with Billie Bonds
Michael Jackson
"Teenage Matinee Show"
Producer - Jack Good & Harold Fielding
Clacton-on- Sea (Butlin's Holiday Camp)
The setlist included
Twenty Flight Rock - Heartbreak Hotel
Move It - Hound Dog
Breathless - I Got A Woman
Money Honey - Milkcow Blues Boogie
Whole Lotta Shaking Going On
Cliff Richard (guitar and
vocals)
Ian Samwell (guitar)
Terry Smart (drums)
This was intended as a four week residency but was ended by
mutual consent when the first single made the charts
Ian Samwell - Cliff Richard - Terry Smart
Brighton (Hippodrome)
Jimmy Wheeler
Elizabeth Larner
Tony Fayne & David Evans
Fraser Hayes Four
Ron Parry
Ugo Frediani
Murray Campbell
Neil & Pat Delrina
George Mithchell Singers
George Carden Dancers
"Happy Go Lucky"
Promoter - Bernard Delfont
Film
USA release date
07 - Newcastle (Empire)
14 - Bristol (Hippodrome)
August 1958
11 - Glasgow Empire
18 - Bradford (Alhambra)
25 - Leicester (Palace)
Nancy Whiskey (except Newcastle)
Sonny Roy (except Newcastle & Glasgow)
NEWCASTLE
Jackie German (Amazing unicyclist)
Earl & Edgar (Musically clowning)
Bill Waddington (The Lancashire comic)
Nenette Mongadors & Ann (Ace of clubs)
Georgette (Glamour on the silver thread)
Gillian & June (Taps in tempo)
Len Martell
BRISTOL
Les Brazilianos
Earle & Elgar
McKinnon Sisters
Len Martell
GLASGOW
Clifford Stanton
Connor & Drake
The Speedacs
Two Peters
Georgette
Dorothy Reid
BRADFORD
Len Martell
The Speedacs
Allen & Albee Sisters
Maureen Gabriel
LEICESTER
Les Duonos
Maureen Gabriel
Claudine
Eva May Wong
Margo & Jean
Margate (Winter Gardens)
Jackie Dennis (The new recording star)
The John Barry Seven
Alain Diagora (Juggling equilibrist)
Roger Carne with "Willie Heckle" and "Canasta"
Los Brazilianos (Novelty and originality)
Ted Durante (The acrobatic humorist)
The Lane |Twins (Pert and petite)
Leslie Wheeler & The Winter Gardens Orchestra
Harold Fielding's Music For The Millions
Norwich (Grosvenor)
He had failed to appear twice at this venue
He married Edna Savage the following day
They divorced in June 1961
Sheffield (Empire)
Cherry Wainer (South Africa's queen of the hammond organ)
Joan Rhodes (The mighty mannequin)
Pat Rosa (Where ther's a wheel)
Peter Quinton (Chalk talk)
Alexis Troupe (Springboard acrobats)
Harry Rowson & Sylvia Ross (A droll and his doll)
Renee Dymott (The unusual girl)
07 - Southend (Odeon)
14 - Llandudno (Pier Pavilion)
21 - Aberdeen (Capitol Cinema)
28 - Margate (Winter Gardens)
August 1958
04 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
September 1958
01 - Southsea (South Parade Pier)
LLANDUDNO
The Ken-Tones (Three hits & a miss)
Peter Dulay (Sales talk)
Igor Gridneff (The ladder man)
Roger Carne (with "Willie Heckle" & "Canasta")
Alain Diagora (Juggling equilibrists)
Reg Thompson (Unknown to millions)
The Three Martinis (Swinging in the rain)
BOURNEMOUTH
The Ken-Tones (Three hits & a miss)
Joe Church (Crackers & proud of it)
Alain Diagora (Juggling equilibrist)
The Ken-Tones (Three hits & a miss)
Jeffrey Lenner (A smile and a song)
Roger Carne (with "Willie Heckle" & "Canasta")
Roy Stevens (Television's personality pianist)
The Three Martinis (Swingin' in the rain)
Full copy of Llandudno programme
Full copy of Bournemouth programme
11 - Maidstone (Royal Star)
12 - East Kirby
17 - Coventry
18 - Shrewsbury
19 - Wisbech
20 - Hastings
25 - Uxbridge
26 - Guildford
29 - Welling
August 1958
01 - Hinckley
02 - Nantwich
03 - Bognor
07 - Bath
08 - Porthcawl
09 - Horsham
11 - Darlington ?
12 - Bradford (Majestic Ballroom)
14 - Chesterfield
16 - Wakefield
17 - Bournemouth
The Most Brothers
Tony Crombie & His Rockets
"Top Hits"
Promoters - Paul Lincoln & Mark Forster
Telegraph & Argus
Aberdeen (Capitol)
Leeds (Empire)
Des O'Connor (Comedy in the modern manner)
Nenette Mongadors & Ann (Ace of clubs)
Fred Lovelle (Me and my shadow)
The Metronotes (Songs in harmony)
Jackie Ross (Comedy impressionist)
Kathleen & Anne Kemp (Glamour in uniform)
Blackpool (Opera House)
Semprini
Marty Wilde & His Wildcats
The Kentones
Sunday concert
July 1958
21 - Glasgow (Empire)
28 - Chiswick (Empire)
Les Duonos
Roy Rivers
GLASGOW
Maple Leaf Four
Sally Logan
Earl & Elgar
Harry Harris
McKinnon Sisters
Edna Savage
Sonny Roy
Embassy Trio
Len Martell
Manchester (Hippodrome)
The John Barry Seven
The Two Trevals (Thrills in the air)
Winston Foxwell (Giving vent to juggling)
Larry Grayson (He's priceless)
The Carals (Sensational continental jugglers)
The Two Pirates (Comedy burlesque acrobats)
Ann & Val Shelley (Youth in springtime)
London (Finsbury Park Empire)
Hal Fisher (American comedian)
The Marcies (Balancing to perfection)
Howard Jones & Reggie Arnold (Britain's newest stars)
Nanette Mongadors & Ann (Ace of clubs)
Fred Lovelle (Me & my shadow)
The Metronotes (Close harmony group)
Lane Twins (Pert & petite)
The Empire Orchestra
28 - Sheffield (Empire)
August 1958
04 -
Glasgow (Empire)
11 - Edinburgh (Empire)
18 - Newcastle (Empire)
September 1958
01 - Cardiff (New Theatre)
John Barry Seven
Lena Martell
Joyce Golding & Tony Stuart
Liddell Triplets
Josephine Anne
Wally McKinley
Hans Bela & Mary
Newcastle (Empire)
Silvia & Audrey
Billie Anthony
The Rosinas
Terry Scott
Hackford & Doyle
03 - Scarborough (Futurist)
10 - Bournemouth
24 - Rhyl (Queens)
Sunday concerts
RHYL
The Four Jones Boys
Reggie Dennis (Radio pianist personality)
Dudley Dale & His Gang (From New Brighton)
Ronnie Powers (BBC harmonica musical speciality)
Tony Kinsella (Musical speciality)
Pat Faris (Sophisticated vocalist)
Collette (Accordionist)
Kilburn (Gaumont State)
Harry Belafonte
04 - Finsbury Park (Empire)
11 - Bradford (Alhambra)
18 - Liverpool (Empire)
Billie Anthony
Mike Coyne
Jim Coulton
17 - Blackpool (Opera House)
18 - Glasgow (Empire)
24 - Blackpool (Opera House)
Ronnie Hilton (The famous recording star)
Roy Stevens (The whispering pianist)
Camilleri (Mr. personality of the accordion)
Harriott & Evans (Europe's greatest coloured entertainers)
Tony & Pauline Derrick (Melody for two)
Erik Ogden & The Concert Orchestra
Promoter : Harold Fielding / Lew & Leslie Grade
Odeon (Marble Arch)
UK Premier
Elvis Presley
Record
A - Schoolboy Crush
B - Move It
Columbia DB 4178
Blackpool (Opera House)