Jan - Feb 1961

Mar - Apr 1961

July - Aug 1961

Sept - Oct 1961

Nov - Dec 1961

Charts & Memorabilia

May 1st 1961 London (Palladium) - 2 weeks	Frankie Vaughan The Allisons ("Are You Sure") Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen ("Samantha") The Bell-Tones (Four voices - Four trumpets) Maxin Coates (New singing personality) Gil Dova (America's prince of clowns) Joe Church (Comedy with a difference) Gladys Morgan (Welsh comedienne) Page & Bray (American dance stylists) Tony Fayne (Sporting impressionist) Roberts Brothers Chimps Arthur Worsley with "Charlie Brown" ("It's in the bag") The Skylons (Thrills in the air) The George Carden Dancers Promoters - Leslie Macdonnell and Bernard Delfont	Full copy of programme (Flickr)
May 1961 01 - Wells 02 - Leominster 03 - Ludlow 04 - Sedgly 05 - Hereford 06 - Walsall	Craig Douglas Tessie O'Shea Teddy Foster & His Band
May 1961 01 - Southampton (Gaumont) - week 08 - Kingston 09 - Dartford 10 - Greenford 11 - Woolwich 12 - Walthamstow 13 - Tooting 15 - Taunton (Gaumont) - week 22 - Sunderland (Empire) - week 29 - Shrewsbury (Granada) - week June 1961 05 - Mansfield (Granada) 06 - Grantham (Granada) 07 - Kettering (Granada) 08 - Aylesbury (Granada) 09 - Maidstone (Granada) 10 - Slough (Granada) 12 - Belfast (Opera House) - week	Tommy Steele The Viscounts (Britain's top vocal group) Syd & Paul Kaye (Comedy in the modern manner) Shirley Sands (Glamorous singing star of TV and stage) Reg Thompson (Comically yours) Les Brazilianos (Carnival in Mexico)   Full copy of Taunton programme (Flickr) Full copy of Granada programme (Flickr)
May 1961 05 - Doncaster (Gaumont) 06 - Stockton (Globe) 07 - Derby (Gaumont) 08 - Ardwick (Apollo) 09 - Ayr (Playhouse) 10 - Dundee 11 - Leith 12 - Glasgow (Odeon) 13 - Wythenshaw 14 - Newcastle (City Hall)	Adam Faith John Barry Seven
May 1961 06 - Leeds (Odeon) 07 - Coventry (Theatre) ~~ 20 - Rotherham (Essoldo) 21 - Stockport (Essoldo) 22 - Cannock (Danilo) - see below 27 - Colchester (Regal) 28 - Cambridge (Regal)	The Shadows The Brook Brothers Peter Elliot Patti Brooks Red Price Combo Julie Jones Dave Allen (compere)
May 7th 1961 Leicester (De Montfort Hall)	The Allison Cherry Wainer Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas The Hunters The Kew Kats Dave Sampson Mike Preston Dave Reid (compere) Promoter - Arthur Kimbrell
May 1961 08 - Hanley (Theatre Royal) 22 - Brighton (Hippodrome) 29 - Birmingham (Hippodrome) Full copy of Birmingham programme	Emile Ford & The Checkmates The Fordettes Harry Bailey HANLEY Patti Brooks Kay & Kimberley Tommy Wallis & Beryl Alan Field BIRMINGHAM Jimmy Lloyd Jean & Peter Barbour Joe Baker & Jack Douglas The Dancing Starlets	"Startime"
May 1961 13 - Hammersmith (Gaumont) 14 - Birmingham (Hippodrome) 15 - Portsmouth (Guildhall) 16 - Cheltenham (Gaumont) 17 - Bristol (Colston Hall) 19 - Southend (Odeon) 20 - Lewisham (Gaumont) 23 - Hull (ABC) 24 - Sheffield (City Hall) 25 - Stockton (Globe) 26 - Manchester (Apollo) 27 - Newcastle (City Hall) 28 - Liverpool (Empire)	Robert Horton The Mudlarks Alan Randall The Two Tones Ronnie Aldrich & The Squadronaires Norman Vaughan (compere) Promoters - Arthur Howe & Leslie Grade	Full copy of programme (Flickr)
May 22nd 1961 Cannock (Danilo)	The Shadows Patti Brook Peter Elliott Judy Jones The Brook Brothers The Red Price Combo Dave Allen (compere) Full copy of programme (Flickr)
June 1961 03 - Birmingham (Town Hall) 04 - Peterborough (Embassy	The Shadows Peter Elliott (Birmingham only) The Dallas Boys (Peterborough only) Patti Brook Sheila Southern Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas Red Price Combo Dave Allen (compere) Promoter - Arthur Howes   Full copy of programme (Flickr)
June 4th 1961 Blackpool (Opera House)	Adam Faith Craig Douglas The Saints Eden Kane Cherry Wainer David Lane Mike Shaun Bob Miller & The Millermen Denny Piercy "Melody Maker Festival of Jazz & Pop" Full copy of programme (Flickr)
June 10th 1961 Coventry (Theatre)	Adam Faith
June 1961 10 - Portsmouth (Guildhall) 11 - Bristol (Colston Hall)	The Shadows David Macbeth Dean Rogers Chas McDevitt & Shirley Douglas Red Price Combo
June 1961 15 - London (Her Majesty's Theatre) - Season	Marty Wilde "Bye Bye Birdie"	Full copy of programme (Flickr)
June 17th 1961 Taunton (Gaumont)	The Andrews Sisters
June 18th 1961 Gravesend Southend Calais "The Royal Daffodil"	The Shadows Gene Vincent (see below) "Rock Across The Channel" Because of illness Gene Vincent did not appear
June 1961 23 - Shrewsbury (Granada) 24 - Mansfield (Granada) 25 - Wakefield (Playhouse)	The Shadows Billy Fury Peter Elliott Red Price Combo Promoter - Arthur Howes
June 24th 1961 Newcastle (City Hall)	Shirley Bassey Ken Mackintosh & His Orchestra Promoter - Arthur Howes

Jan - Feb 1961

Mar - Apr 1961

July - Aug 1961

Sept - Oct 1961

Nov - Dec 1961

Charts & Memorabilia