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Old names in music, come to mind, The Vernons girls ( Ladybirds,). The Brooks Brothers, Don Lang, Terry Dean, Jim Dale.

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I remember going to the The Kings Hall in Blackburn 1962/63 to see Little Eva, Brooks Brothers and Bobby Rydell.....great show:theband:

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Think the best show at King Georges Hall in Blackburn was The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black, and Roy Orbison, all for about 3 shillings and sixpence :mosher:

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wowow what a line up...wish I had seen that one.....
oopss and sorry I got the name of the Hall wrong..of course it is King Georges Hall.....I also remember going to a New Years Eve dance there..I think 1962..

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I saw the first US band to come over after the ban was lifted - Duke Ellington (I think), at the King George's - whoever it was, it was pretty good compared with the English bands - Frankie Laine at Blackpool Opera House was also pretty good. Reckon that must have been about '54 or so.

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that would be 62/63 the big "O"was the headliner when i saw it n the beatles were nowt but up n coming.:)

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Stop on cashy think the had just released Love Me Do when they appeared and G and the P I Like It

Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley
 

I went to that as well. People dont believe over here when I tell them. , As well as all the other groups we used to see, at the Imperial, Astoria, Burnley Mecca, Con, Cavern , The Wheel, They say if you remamber the 60s you wernt there , well I certainly bloody was and I remember, fantastic, Put kettle on mother. At least we have lived to tell the tale.

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Well I remember the 60s too Alan, maybe because I never tried whacky backy, or bombers, uppers and downers, I was a big enough head-the-ball with Ale and fags, let alone out else:D

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i remember a fair bit, rest is "Flashbacks":D dunno how the hell i survived, bet some on here wish i hadn't.:D

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Bet some on here wish you hadn't cashy:eek::eek::eek: and you a first class gent and genteel soul to boot:rolleyes::D

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It was at the Ritz in Church street, remember it well - jiving in the isles......when we managed to evade the management.

If memory serves me right it was next door to what was Barnes showroom?

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Danced to Ray Ellington in Burnley-came home on the back of someone's truck-happy days!

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I believe (not the song Conway Twitty sang) that Frankie Laine was at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool in the mid 50's, and if I remeber correctly he wore a "Midnight Blue" gaberdine suit with a link button and rolled collar. I tried to get one at Burtons but could'nt, had to settle for a grey one.

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Pretty sure you had the venue right - like you, could not get midnight blue so went the other way and got a very light grey one - showed every B mark, but I felt good wearing it.