Tamworth Bands History : 1968
04/10/68
Beat Dance
J.T. Bullitt
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
04/10/68
The Evan Lyric Sound
Polesworth Working Men's Club
05/10/68
The Orange Flavour
Polesworth Working Men's Club
05/10/68
Top Cats (TV and Pye recording Artistes)
Plus the great Earl Tin Ribs Discotheque
Polesworth Memorial Hall
09/10/68
Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band
Drayton Manor
10/10/68
Power and the Glory
Kingsbury Working Mens Club
11/10/68
The Imaginations (Coventry)
Polesworth Working Men's Club
11/10/68
The Tears
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
11/10/68
Gordon and The Blackjacks
Amington Liberal Club
12/10/68
Gordon and the Blackjacks
Polesworth Working Men's Club
12/10/68
Beat Dance
J.T. Bullitt plus the great disco sounds
Polesworth Memorial Hall
12/10/68
The Sapphires
Grendon Working Mens Club
12/10/68
Gordon and the Blackjacks
Polesworth Working Men's Club
12/10/68
Pineapple Sun
Dosthill Cosmopolitan Club
12/10/68
The Sollettes
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
13/10/68
Gordon and The Blackjacks
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
13/10/68
Paper Sun
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
13/10/68
The Multitones
The Sapphires
Grendon Working Mens Club
13/10/68
Every Sunday Night
Tam o’ Shanter, Gillway
Maurice Owen and his Farfisa Electronic Organ
In the lounge at 8.00pm
18/10/68
Optical Illusion
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
18/10/68
Paper Sun
Polesworth Working Men's Club
19/10/68
The Electrons
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
20/10/68
The Tears
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
24/10/68
The Lota Four
Polesworth Working Men's Club
25/10/68
The Spring
Polesworth Working Men's Club
26/10/68
The Fabulous Four-Tunes
Polesworth Working Men's Club
28/10/68
Power and the Glory
Dosthill Cosmopolitan Club
01/11/68
The Jayhawks
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
01/11/68
J.D. Bullitt
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
01/11/68
Chapter 24
Kingsbury Working Mens Club
01/11/68
Gordon and the Blackjacks
Belgrave Working Mens Club
01/11/68
Magazine
Polesworth Working Men's Club
02/11/68
Joyous People
Glascote Working Mens Club
02/11/68
The Diagramms
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
02/11/68
Beat Dance
Atherstone Cricket Club
The Paper Sun and The Power and Glory
Atherstone Memorial Hall
03/11/68
Orange Flavour
Glascote Working Mens Club
06/11/68
Discotheque – Doc Holliday DJ
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
06/11/68
Johnny Ball and His Band
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club
Tamworth Herald - 08/11/68
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| The Evan Lyric Sound, pictured as they take a welcome break are (left to right): Ian Bibby (Sax); Ian Parsons (Drums); Graham Knight (Bass); Gerald Palmer (Lead Guitar); Geoff Barber (Lead Singer) and Bob Ball (Sax). |
Rapidly notching up success after success are local group The Evan Lyric Sound.
The boys Ian Parsons, Graham Knight and lead singer Geoff Barber, from Tamworth, Ian Bibby, who comes from Grendon, and Gerald Palmer and Bob Ball, from Atherstone, have been securing much-sought-after bookings with named groups.
During the last month they have been billed with radio, TV and recording stars The Peddlers and the Chicken Shack and on December 12 will appear with Scott Walker, the American singing star now living in this country.
Earlier this month the group had to postpone a three-week tour of Germany due to heavy prior commitments and early next year are to audition for “Opportunity Knocks”.
Pictured as they take a welcome break are (left to right): Ian Bibby (Sax); Ian Parsons (Drums); Graham Knight (Bass); Gerald Palmer (Lead Guitar); Geoff Barber (Lead Singer) and Bob Ball (Sax).
08/11/68
The Lovin’ Kind
Amington Liberal Club
08/11/68
The Evan Lyric Sound
Amington Liberal Club
08/11/68
The Soul Set
Polesworth Working Men's Club
09/11/68
The Teen Beats
Dosthill Cosmopolitan Club
09/11/68
The Blue Hawaiians
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
10/11/68
The Loving Kind
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
Tamworth Herald – 15/11/68
Palace – Goldfinger
15/11/68
The Spirals
Polesworth Working Men's Club
15/11/68
The Tears
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
16/11/68
The Vehicle and Paper Sun
Wood End Working Mens Club
16/11/68
The Basin Street Jump Band (direct from the London scene)
Plus Disk-K-Tek Show with Jason Roberts
Polesworth Memorial Hall
16/11/68
The Jayhawks
Kingsbury Working Mens Club
22/11/68
Lemonade
Kingsbury Working Mens Club
Tamworth Herald – 22/11/68
Palace – Good, Bad and the Ugly
22/11/68
The Jayhawks
Glascote Working Mens Club
23/11/68
The Vehicle
Wilnecote Youth Centre
DJ – Elroy James
27/11/68
Perfection Engineering Dance
Lloyd Jackson Dance Band and The Wanderers
Drayton Manor, Tower Suite
29/11/68
The Wanderers
Belgrave Working Mens Club
29/11/68
Paper Sun
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
30/11/68
The Wanderers
Wood End
30/11/68
Big Beat Dance
Polesworth Memorial Hall
01/12/68
The Zodiacs
Glascote Working Mens Club
06/12/68
Scene ’68 – The Soul Happening
Plus DJ Geoff Owen
Foseco Sports and Social Club
06/12/68
Chapter 24
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
07/12/68
The Sponge
Plus the Chris Harris Disk-K-Tek
Polesworth Memorial Hall
07/12/68
Gordon and the Blackjacks
Polesworth Working Men's Club
Tamworth Herald – 13/12/68
Sunday Night Discotheque – Double DJ Disco Sound
Wood End Youth Centre
13/12/68
The Evan Lyric
Polesworth Working Men's Club
14/12/68
The Pinkertons Assorted Colours
Plus the Chris Harris Disk-K-Tek
Polesworth Memorial Hall
15/12/68
The Wanderers
Royal Oak
Kingsbury
20/12/68
The Sons of Jack
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
20/12/68
The Colleagues
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
20/12/68
Gordon and the Blackjacks
Belgrave Working Mens Club
20/12/68
The Evan Lyric Sound
Kingsbury Working Mens Club
21/12/68
Christmas Beat Dance
Emily Cue and the Dave Stewart Show
Amington Liberal Club
24/12/68
Christmas Eve Dance
Victor Sylvester and His Ballroom Orchestra
The Hiltones and Johnny Revill and The Wanderers
Drayton Manor Ballroom
24/12/68
The Gaylords
Hurley Village Hall
26/12/68
The Sollettes
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
26/12/68
The Loving Kind
Kettlebrook Working Men's Club
28/12/68
Grand Dance
The Wanderers
Drayton Manor, Tower Suite
28/12/68
Finders, Keepers
Atherstone Memorial Hall
29/12/68
Tommy Walkden Music
Glascote Working Mens Club
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