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Artistes with whom I’ve had the pleasure of appearing:
Del Shannon
The Flee- Rekkers
Buzz Clifford
The Most Bros. (Micky & his brother)
Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers
Deke Arlon
The Ivy Benson All-Girl Band
Whitehall East Grinstead
Simone Jackson
California Dunstable
Suzy Cope
Hayes
Gerry Temple
Boston Gliderdrome
Del Shannon
Del Shannon
Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers
Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers
The Beatles
Romford/ Guildford Odeans
The Beatles ticket
The Beatles
The Beatles
Billy J.Kramer & The Dakotas
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Michael London
Romford Odean
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Gerry & The Pacemakers
Billy J Kramer
Billy J Kramer
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers
Tunbridge Wells
Freddie & The Dreamers
The Ronettes
The Rolling Stones
The Barron Knights
Coventry Hippodrome
The Barron Knights
The Barron Knights
Freddie & The Dreamers
Freddie & The Dreamers
The Ronetts
The Ronettes
The Flintstones
Leyton Baths
The High Numbers (Became the Who)
Acton Town Hall
The Pretty Things
Salisbury City Hall
Kenny Ball & his Jazzmen
Hastings Pier
The Pretty Things
The Pretty Things
Dave Berry & The Cruisers
Merseybeats
Dusty Springfield
Mike Berry & the Outlaws
Fairfield Halls Croydon
The Chants (Became The Real Thing)
Hastings Pier
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
Peter & Gordon
Marty Wilde & The Wildcats
The Worrying Kind
Coventry Theatre
Shaking Stevens & the Sunsets
Southampton
The Applejacks
The Regent Theatre Bath
Shaking Stevens & the Sunsets
Shaking Stevens & the Sunsets
The Applejacks
The Applejacks
Peter & Gordon
Peter & Gordon
Marty Wilde & The Wildcats
Marty Wilde & The Wildcats
The Dave Clark Five
Millie & The 5 Embers
Croydon
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Yardbirds
Twinkle
Brighton Hippodrome
The Yardbirds
The Yardbirds
The Dave Clark Five
The Dave Clark Five
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
Croydon
Moody Blues
Leyton Baths
Carl Wayne & the Vikings (Became the Move)
Mrs. Regan’s Birmingham
The Rocking Berries
Julie Grant
Croydon
Julie Grant
Julie Grant
The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues
The Rocking Berries
The Rocking Berries
The Honeycombs
Marianne Faithfull
Zoot Money
Tony Jackson & the Vibrations
The Checkmates
Hammersmith Commodore
Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull
The Honeycombs
The Honeycombs
Tom Jones & The Squires
Leyton Baths
P.J. Proby
Kim Fowley
The Blue Diamonds
Proby 'Split-Trousers' Tour
The In-Crowd
Manchester
Benjamin Britten (we re-arranged one of his songs)
Aldborough Festival
P J Proby
P.J Proby
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
Donovan
Futurist Theatre Scarborough
Mike Cotton Sound
Winchester
Donovan
Donovan
The Searchers
Tony Rivers & the Castaways
Guildford
The Symbols
Wayne Fontana & the Mind Benders
Croydon
The Seekers
Georgie Fame
The Remo Four
Princess Theatre Torquay
The Seekers
The Seekers
Georgie Fame
Georgie Fame
The Searchers
The Searchers
Tony Rivers & the Castaways
Tony Rivers & the Castaways
Wayne Fontana & the Mind Benders
Wayne Fontana & the Mind Benders
The Steam Packet (Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Brian Augur Trinity)
Sugar Pie De Santo
The Fourmost
London Palladium (Stones)
The Byrds
The Ivy League
Christine Quaite
Croydon
Dean Ford & The Gaylords (Became The Marmalade)
Marquee
Stones
The Steam Packet
The Steam Packet
The Fourmost
The Fourmost
The Byrds
The Byrds
Gene Pitney
Lulu & The Luvvers
Syd & Eddie (Became Little & Large)
Pitney Tour
Lulu & The Luvvers
Lulu & The Luvvers
Gene Pitney

Gene Pitney
Sounds Incorporated
Spencer Davis Group
Leeds University
Sandy Shaw
Boston Gliderdrome
The Walker Bros
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
ABC Croydon
Tony Blackburn
Blackpool Pier
Small Faces
Romford Odean
The Overlanders
Frankfurt
Peter Lee Stirling (Became Daniel Boone)
London Studios
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
The Small Faces
The Small Faces
Spencer Davis Group
Spencer Davis Group
Sandy Shaw
Sandy Shaw
Walker Bros
Walker Bros
Eddy Grant
Bobby Vee
EMI Studios
Petula Clark
Bobby Vinton
Pye Studios
The Shangaans
Vince Hill
Janie Jones
Thank Your Lucky Stars TV
The 4 Pennies
Starlight Crawley
Dave Dee & The Bostons
Tiles Oxford St
Humphrey Littleton & his Jazzmen
Royal Hunt Ball
Vince Hill
Vince Hill
The 4 Pennies
The 4 Pennies
Dave Dee & The Bostons
Dave Dee & The Bostons
Eddy Grant
Eddy Grant
Bobby Vee
Bobby Vee
Petula Clark
Petula Clark
Bobby Vinton
Bobby Vinton
Simon & Garfunkel
Westward TV
Wally Whyton (ex. Vipers Skiffle group)
Connie Francis
Basil Brush Show TV
Shirley Bassey
Roger Whittaker
ATV TV
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Vipers Skiffle Group
Vipers Skiffle Group
J.Vincent Edwards
The Fortunes
Jose Feliciano
Flock
The Edwin Hawkins Singers
Four Tops
Maurice Chevalier
Frances Bey Orchestra
Belgium & Holland
Junior Campbell (Marmalade)
Troy Dante
Malcolm Vaughan
Tony Gomez (The Foundations)
Junior Campbell & Alan Whitehead ( both The Marmalade)
Michael Cox
Johnny Goodison (Brotherhood of Man)
Ed Stewart
Brian Keith (Plastic Pennies)
Jess Conrad
Gene Latter
Top Ten X1
The Edwin Hawkins Singers
The Edwin Hawkins Singers
The Four Tops
The Four Tops
J.Vincent Edwards
J.Vincent Edwards
The Fortunes
The Fortunes
Jose Feliciano
Jose Feliciano
Suzie Quatro
Pub in London
Swinging Blue Jeans
Hemsby
Tony Hazzard
Top of the Pops TV
Billy Bremner (Rockpile)
Alex Harvey
Pete Kircher (Honeybus & Status Quo)
Speedy King (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band)
Dave Rowberry (Animals)
BBC Session (Jackson & Jones)
Suzie Quatro
Suzie Quatro
Swinging Blue Jeans
Swinging Blue Jeans
Mark Wirtz
Tat Meager
Roger Mckew
Roger Flavell
Richard Barnes
Matchmakers & Judd sessions
Kay Garner
Rob Stride
Mickey Groome
Spyderbaby session
The Breakaways
Sue & Sonny
The Chanter Sisters
Madeleine Bell
Doris Troy
Leslie Duncan
Maggie Stredder.
Mark Wirtz
Mark Wirtz
The Breakaways
The Breakaways

Many of these Artistes we performed with more than once, but I’ve only made one entry. I have ommitted dozens of support groups, whose names don’t jog my memory. I apologise to them.
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