08 - Bristol
09 - Bournemouth
10 - Southend (Odeon)
15 - Hanley
16 - Mancheste
17 - Coventry
22 - Cardiff
23 - Portsmouth
24 - Worcester
30 - Sheffield (City Hall)
31 - Newcastle (City Hall)
April 1963
06 - Blackpool
07 - Liverpool
12 - London (Palladium)
13 - Croydon
14 - Leicester
19 - Birmingham
20 - Gaumont (Bradford)
21 - Stockton
24 - Cardiff (Capitol)
Matt Monro
Woolf Phillips & His Orchestra
Promoter : William Victor Productions
Full copy of Bradford
Charity Programme
Harrogate (Royal Hall)
Barry Corbett & The Mustangs
The Chinchillas & The Apaches
Ricky Fenton
08 - East Ham (Granada)
10 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
12 - Bedford (Granada)
13 - York (Rialto)
14 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
15 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
16 - Sheffield (City Hall)
17 - Peterborough (Embassy)
18 - Gloucester (ABC)
19 - Cambridge (ABC)
20 - Romford (Ritz)
21 - Croydon (ABC)
22 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
23 - Newcastle (City Hall)
24 - Liverpool (Empire)
26 - Mansfield )Granada)
27 - Northampton (ABC)
28 - Exeter (ABC)
29 - Lewisham (Odeon)
30 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
31 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
Tommy Roe
Beatles
Viscounts
Terry Young Six
Debbie Lee
Tony Marsh (compere)
Promoter : Arthur Howes
10 - Coventry (Theatre)
17 - Kingston (ABC)
23 - Brighton (Hippodrome)
24 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
30 - Cardiff (Sophia Gardens)
31 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
April 1963
02 - Manchester (Ardwick Apollo)
03 - Huddersfield (ABC)
04 - Stockton (Globe)
05 - Sheffield (City Hall)
06 - Bradford (Gaumont)
Maureen Evans or The Dallas Boys
The Lana Sisters
Arthur Worsley (with Charlie Brown)
George Meaton (some dates)
Tommy Wallis & Beryl
The Johnny Hawkins Four
Ted Rogers (compere)
Promoter - Arthur Howes
March 1963
11 - Cardiff (Capitol)
12 - Worcester (Gaumont)
13 - Brighton (Hippodrome)
14 - Harlow (Granada)
15 - Woolwich (Granada)
16 - Walthamstow (Granada)
17 - Newcastle (City Hall)
18 - Sheffield (City Hall)
19 - Liverpool (Odeon)
20 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
21 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
22 - Kingston (Granada)
23 - Slough (Adelphi)
24 - Coventry (Theatre)
25 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
26 - Belfast (Kings Hall)
29 - Manchester (Odeon)
30 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
31 - Tooting (Granada)
Mike Berry & The Outlaws or Bert Weedon
Tony Sheridan
The Bachelors
Steve Perry
Sounds Incorporated
Bob Bain (compere)
Promoter : Don Arden
Brenda Lee (front cover)
Brenda Lee (Granada front cover)
London (Royal Albert Hall)
Reflecting radio's most popular Programmes
Saturday Club
Easy Beat
Parade Of The Pops
Go Man Go
Danny Williams
Craig Douglas
Mark Wynter
Clinton Ford
Vince Hill
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Brook Brothers
Acker Bilk & His Pramount Jazz Band
Maureen Evans
Russ Sainty
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen
The Karl Denver Trio
Bob Miller & The Millermen
David Ede & The Rabin Band
Brian Matthew (compere)
Denny Piercy (compere)
"Top Of The Pops"
16 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
17 - Derby (Gaumont)
18 - Maidstone (Granada)
20 - Aylesbury (Granada)
21 - Cheltenham (Gaumont)
22 - Plymouth (ABC)
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan
Danny Williams
The Kestrels
The Red Price Band
The Honeys
Dave Allen (compere)
Full copy of Granada programme
Full copy of non-Granada programme
London (Empire Pool, Wembley)
Brook Brothers
Alma Cogan
Carol Deene
Adam Faith & The Roulettes
Julie Grant
Des Lane
Mike Sarne
Helen Shapiro
Marty Wilde
Danny Williams
Mark Wynter
David Jacobs (Compere)
Producer - Johnnie Stewart
Musical Directors - Ron Goodwin, Tony Osborne, Norrie Paramor, Bob Sharples
"Record Star Show"
Daily Express & The Stars Organisation For Spastics
24 - Southport (Odeon)
29 - Nottingham (Albert Hall)
30 - Sunderland (Odeon)
31 - Blackburn (King George's Hall)
Gene Vincent
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan
Patti Brook
Johnny Temple
Sammy King & The Voltairs
Ray Peters (compere)
Promoter : Bernard Hinchcliffe
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
26 - Scarborough (Futurist)
27 - York (Mecca Casino)
Eden Kane
Shane Fenton & The Fentones
Susan Maughan
The Tornados
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
Jess Conrad
The Chessmen
"The Stage" - 31st January 1963
The Beatles
Parlophone PMC 1202 & PCS 3042
I Saw Her Standing There
Misery
Anna (Arthur Alexander)
Chains (Cookies)
Boys (Shirelles)
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me
Love Me Do
PS I Love You
Baby It's You (Shirelles)
Do You Want To Know A Secret
A Taste Of Honey (Various Artists)
There's A Place
Twist & Shout (Isley Brothers)
Highest Position : 1
Weeks in chart : 70
01 - Newcastle (Empire)
May 1963
06 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
13 - Nottingham (Theatre Royal)
20 - Manchester (Hippodrome)
Mark Wynter (TV, radio and record star)
Julie Grant (Pye's recording star)
Toni & Margo (Direct from their continental tour)
Des Lane (The penny whistle man)
Jody & Holly
Al Paige (New comedy star)
Habbin & Day
Empire Orchestra - Tom Young
Promter - George Cooper Organisation
01 - Liverpool (Empire) - week
08 - London (Palladium) - five weeks
May 1963
14 - Leeds (Odeon)
15 - Glasgow (Odeon)
17 - Brighton (Hippodrome) - two nights
19 - London (Talk Of The Town)
Pat Henry (Humorist from the USA)
Augie & Margo (Modern dance stylists)
Five Dallas Boys (Britain's Top Vocal Group
London Palladium Orchestra - Billy Ternent
Promoters - Leslie A. MacDonnell & Bernard Delfont
Odeon (Leeds)
Ken Dodd
The Springfields
13 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
14 - Blackpool (Queen's)
07 - Worcester (Gaumont)
08 - Woolwich (Granada)
09 - Grantham (Granada)
10 - York (Rialto)
13 - Newcastle (City Hall)
15 - Scarborough (Futurist)
16 - Cambridge (ABC)
17 - Lincoln (ABC)
18 - Hull (ABC)
19 - Doncaster (Gaumont)
20 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
21 - Liverpool (Empire)
23 - Dover (Gaumont)
24 - Exeter (Gaumont)
25 - East Ham (Granada)
26 - Northampton (ABC)
27 - Sheffield (City Hall)
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan
Jimmy Justice
Terry Young
Patti Brook
The Terry Young Six
Joe Black (compere)
Promoter : Arthur Howes
08 - West Bromwich (Atlas)
09 - Southall (Bottwell House)
10 - Farnborough (Town Hall)
11 - Birmingham & Oldhill (Plaza)
12 - Nelson (Imperial)
13 - Chelmsford (Corn Exchange)
15 - Oxford (Town Hall)
The Eagles
Leeds (Queens Hall)
"All Night Ball"
Shane Fenton & The Fentones
Clinton Ford
Terry Lightfoot & His Jazzmen
Dick Charlesworth & His City Gents
Voltairs with Sammy King ("North's Top Group" finalists)
Buffet bar - Bacon & egg breakfasts
Promoter - Bernard Hinchcliffe
13 - Manchester (Free Trade Hall)
15- London (Festival Hall)
16 - Birmingham (City Hall)
18 - London (Hilton Hotel) - gala opening
21- Hammersmith (Odeon)
Temperance Seven (Manchester)
Kenny Ball's Jazzmen (Other dates)
Promoters - Harold Davison & Norman Granz
Full copy of programme (Flickr)
13 - Southampton (Gaumont)
14 - Coventry (Theatre)
15 - Bristol
16 - Cardiff
17 - Taunton (Odeon)
18 - Cheltenham (Odeon)
19 - Southend (Odeon)
20 - Bedford
21 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
The Belltones
Patti Brooks & The Jet Blacks
Harry Bailey
The V Group
Ken Jonnart
Promoter - Arthur Howes
Newcastle (Empire)
The Brook Brothers
London (Royal Albert Hall)
"Swinging Sound 1963"
Further Information - Royal Albert Hall archive
First appearance of The Beatles at the Albert Hall
Setlist
Please Please Me
Misery
Twist & Shout
FRom Me To You
Del Shannon
The Beatles
Susan Maughan
Chris Barber's Jazz Band with Otillie Patterson
Shane Fenton
Kenny Lynch
The Springfields
Robin Hall & Jimmie MacGregor
The Vernon Girls
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Frankie Vaughan
Produced for the BBC Light Programme
19 - Taunton (???)
20 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
21 - Leicester (De Montfort Hall)
22 - Norwich (Theatre Royal)
23 - Birmingham (Town Hall)
24 - York (Rialto)
25 - Manchester (Odeon)
26 - Newcastle (Odeon)
27 - Bradford (Gaumont)
28 - Liverpool (Empire)
29 - Stoke (Essoldo)
30 - Hammersmith (Odeon)
May 1963
02 - Wolverhampton (Civic Hall)
03 - Kingston (Granada)
04 - Tooting (Granada)
05 - Walthamstow (Granada)
07 - Bedford (Granada)
08 - Woolwich (Granada)
09 - Brighton (Essoldo)
10 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
11 - Cardiff (Sophia Gardens)
12 - Bristol (Colston Hall)
13 - East Grinstead (Whitehall)
15 - Kilburn (Gaumont State)
see separate entry for 15th May 1963
Johnny Tillotson
The Springfields
Kenny Lynch
Peppi
The Eagles
Jerry Stevens (compere)
Promoter - Tito Burns
20 - Bradford (Gaumont)
21 - Stockton (Globe)
Matt Monro
Woolf Phillips & His Concert Orchestra
Promoter - William Victor Productions
Bradford was a charity concert organised by Bradford Lions
London (Empire Pool, Wembley)
The Beatles
Billy Fury (unable to perform)
The Brook Brothers
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Gerry & The Pacemakers
David Jacobs (compere)
Frank Ifield
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers
Joe Loss & His Band
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Mark Wynter
Mike Berry
The Springfields
NME Poll Winners Concert
21 - Dartford (Granada)
22 - Shrewsbury (Granada)
23 - Kettering (Granada)
24 - Maidstone (Granada)
25 - East Ham (Granada)
26 - Harrow (Granada)
27 - Slough (Adelphi)
Marty Wilde & The Wildcats
Mark Wynter
Rolf Harris & The Diggeroos
Duffy Power
Julie Grant
Al Paige (compere)
Promoter - George Cooper Organisation
20 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
22- Croydon (ABC)
23 - Derby (Gaumont)
24 - St. Albans (Gaumont)
25 - Bournemouth (Gaumont)
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May 1963
04 - Worcester (Gaumont)
05 - Birmingham (Hippodrome)
The Tornados
Mike Preston
Dickie Pride
Mike & Tony Nevitt
The Echoes
Larry Burns (compere)
"An Evening With Billy Fury"
Promoter - Larry Parnes
Croydon (Fairfield Hall)
Gerry & The Pacemakers
The Big Three
Billy Kramer (sic) & The Dakotas
Vic Sutcliffe (compere)
"Mersey Beat Show Case"
Promoter - John Smith
This was booked in January before "Please Please Me" was released
The other artists weren't well known either.
The promoter was concerned that the line up of virtual unknowns wouldn't
fill the theatre so
John Leyton was added to top the bill
Leyton was ill on the day of the concert and could not appear - When notices were posted outside to this effect the crowd cheered
28 - Brighton (Essoldo)
29 - Ipswich (Gaumont)
30 - Rochester (Gaumont)
May 1963
01 - Southend (Odeon)
02 - Tunbridge Wells (Essoldo)
03 - Romford (Odeon)
04 - Portsmouth (Guildhall)
05 - Watford (Gaumont)
06 - Cheltenham (Odeon)
07 - Cardiff (Capitol)
08 - Wolverhampton (Gaumont)
09 - Wakefield (Regal)
10 - Manchester (Odeon)
11 - Blackpool (Opera House)
12 - Liverpool (Empire)
13 - Bradford (Gaumont)
14 - Derby (Gaumont)
15 - Greenford (Granada)
16 - Norwich (Theatre Royal)
17 - Edmonton (Granada)
18 - Bournemouth (Winter Gardens)
Concert dates supplied by Len Ford of the Hi-Fi's
Nationwide tour
The tour also played "Sunday Specials"
see below
Mike Sarne (28th April - 8th May)
The Four Seasons (9th May - 15th May)
Mike Berry
The Innocents (see below)
Billie Davis
Jet Harris & Tony Meehan
Duffy Power
Billy Doyle
Don Spencer
Bick Ford
The X-L Five
The Hi-Fi's (see below)
"All Stars '63"
The Four Seasons were backed by The Innocents who were augmented by the Hi-Fi's pianist (information supplied by Roger Brown)
The Innocents : Roger Brown, David Brown, Don Groom & Colin Giffin
The Hi-Fi's were not credited but backed Billy Boyle, Grazina Frame. Duffy Power, Bick Ford and Don Spencer.
The Hi-Fi's : Brian Bennett - Malcolm (Mel) Wright - Len Ford - Tony Sharron (aka Busson)
The above information was supplied by Len Ford of The Hi-Fi's
Promoter - Robert Stigwood
Mike Sarne
Mike Berry
Billie Davis
Grazina
The Innocents
Don Spencer
Billy Boyle (compere)
Promoter - Robert Stigwood
Blackpool (Opera House)
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Kathy Kirby
Hedley Ward Trio
London Palladium Orchestra - Billy Ternent
C.A.D.S. Charity Show
Bradford (Alhambra)
Mike and Bernie Winters
Peter Crawford Trio
