Cilla Black/Freddie and the Dreamers/Sounds Incorporated and Mark Wynter 1965 Australian tour

Cilla Black Freddie and the Dreamers Sounds Incorporated Mark Wynter The Changing Times(Sydney) The Henchmen(Melbourne) Merv Benton Brisbane Festival Hall March 15th Melbourne Festival Hall March 17th and 18th Sydney Stadium March 19th and 20th Adelaide Palais Royal March 22nd Perth Capitol Theatre March 23rd

Marty Robbins Australian 1964 Tour

-This is from the Telegraph in Brisbane February 19th 1964 Marty Robbins The Le Garde Twins Bobby Sykes Don Winter The Teardrops The Strangers(Newcastle group) Dates- Sydney Town Hall February 20th and 22th Brisbane Festival Hall February 25th Newcastle City Hall February 26th

Tommy Sands 1960 Australian tour

this is from the Telegraph in brisbane March 1960. Promoter Lee Gordon Performers- Tommy Sands Rod Lauren Johnny and the Hurricanes Jimmy Clanton Dick Caruso Freddy Cannon Marv Johnson Mark Dinning Jack Scott Chan Romero Johnny Preston Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays The Delltones Lonnie Lee Dates- Melbourne March 21 and 22 Adelaide March 23rd Brisbane March 24th Sydney March 25th and 26th

Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas Australian tour 1964

this is from the Telegraph in Brisbane September 1964 Promoters-Aztec Services and Stadiums Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas Rob EG The Cicadas Merv Benton(Perth,Adelaide and Melbourne) The Nomads(Perth) The Clefs(Adelaide) Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs(Brisbane and Sydney) Johnny Cooper and the Saxons(Sydney,Melbourne and Brisbane) Dates- Perth Capitol Theatre August 31st 1964 Adelaide Thearton Town Hall September 1st 1964 Sydney Stadium September 2nd and 3rd 1964 Brisbane Festival Hall September 4th 1964 Melbourne Festival Hall September 5th 1964

Fabian Australian 1959 Tour

this is from the Telegraph in brisbane October 13th 1959 Promoter-Lee Gordon Fabian Col Joye and the Joy Boys The Delltones Johnny Rebb and the Rebels Johnny Devlin and the Devils Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays The Planets(Brisbane) Frankie Davidson(Adelaide and Melbourne) Brian Penglaze and the Hi Marks(Adelaide) The Penny Rockets(Adelaide) The Crescents(Sydney) The Graduates(Sydney) Warren Williams(Sydney) Lonnie Lee(Sydney) The Thunderbirds(Melbourne) Malcolm Arthur(Melbourne) Daryl Cashmore(Melbourne) The Moontones(Melbourne) Billy Owens(Melbourne) Brisbane Festival Hall October 15th Sydney Stadium October 16th and 17th Hobart City Hall October 19th Melbourne Festival Hall October 20th and 21st Adelaide Centennial Hall October 22nd

The Dave Clark Five 1965 Australian tour

- this is from the Telegraph May 28th 1965 Promoted by Aztec Services The Dave Clark Five The Seekers Tommy Quickly Bobby and Laurie The Frames(Perth) The Henchmen(Melbourne) the Escorts(Brisbane) The Showmen(Sydney) MPD Limited (Sydney,Melbourne and Adelaide) Tony Worsley and the Fabulous Blue Jays(Sydney and Adelaide) Perth Capitol Theater May 26th Melbourne Festival Hall May 28th and 29th Adelaide Centenial Hall May 31st Brisbane Festival Hall June 3rd Sydney Stadium June 4th and 5th The May-June 1965 tour of Australia was the only tour for British group the Dave Clark Five who had been on the scene since 1963 with their version of Do You love Me and then would have hits at the time with Glad All Over, Bits & pieces, Can'T You See that She's Mine, Anyway You Want It and many other hits throughout the 60's. This was the first tour also for the Melbourne folk group The Seekers who had only been on the scene early on the international scene with I'll Never Find Another You and A World Of Our Own even though they had been formed in 1962 and had been in England since 1964 which they supposed to stay there for 10 weeks but eventually stayed there for 4 years as well as opening the doors for other Australian groups to make an impact overseas. TommY Quickly who was managed by brian Epstein who had managed the Beatles as well as Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black etc and had the hit single Wild Side OF Life in 1964. for the Australian acts on that tour they were only starting out on the scene like Bobby and Laurie who emerged with the smash hit I Belong With You and would an year later have the number 1 hit with Hitch Hiker, The Henchmen an Melbourne group had the hit single 'Rockin RObin" which was the Bobby Day song, MPD Limited an Melbourne group who had been formed @ that time and it had Mike Brady,Pete Watson and Danny Finley and also would have the hit singles Little Boy Sad and Lonely Boy that year. Tony Worsley British born who grew up in Brisbane and had sang around Brisbane got together with the Blue Jays in 1964 in Brisbane and had already had singles with I Sho Know About Love and Just A Little Bit with If I as the B side and later that year had the big hit with VelVet Waters.The Escorts were the support act in Brisbane and they had been around since 1963 and the Showmen an Sydney group who began as the Zodiacs were the first long haired R'n'B bands in Australia as well as winning the very first Battle of the Bands in Sydney which they won 100 pounds and the gig on this tour. they played 10 dates on that tour playing to 60,000 fans as well doing an TV special for Channel 7 and did tv and radio interviews including with Johnny Young who was hosting Club 17 in Perth which still exist and after the Dave Clark Five and Tommy Quickly toured New Zealand which the support act there were New Zealand pop group Ray Columbus and the Invaders known for the hit single She's A Mod as well at that time Till We Kissed.

the Shower Of Stars Australian tour 1959

-the Age January 31st 1959 Promoted by Headliners Chuck berry Bobby Darin George Hamilton IV jo Ann Campbell Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays Dates- Melbourne Festival Hall January 31st, February 2nd and February 3rd 1959 Sydney Stadium February 5th,6th and 7th 1959 This was the first tour for American Chuck Berry who had been on the scene since 1955 with hits like maybellene, school Days, Johnny be Goode, Sweet Little Sixteen, Rock N Roll Music and many others, Bobby Darin who had been on the scene with Splish Splash and Queen Of the Hop at that time, George Hamilton IV had hits with I Know Where I'm Going and Why Don't They Understand, Jo Ann campbell had the hit single You're Driving Me Mad and Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays had hits the Wild One(Real Wild Child), Over the Mountain & So Tough throughout 1958. this tour was promoted by Headliners which was led by Bill Watson along with Dick Conklin and Bud Ackerman as they had launched it in 1958 and had 2 tours first Billy Eckstein in October 1958 and Johnny Mathis/The Diamonds in November 1958 and also it was that time Lee Gordon had disappeared after the 1958 Buddy Holly tour but it was revealed that Lee Gordon was in an sanatorium where he was there for a few months but would eventually promote his shows again by march 1959. On this tour the Dee Jays backed up all the artist and it was an resounding success.

Johnny Cash Australian Tour 1959

Promoter- Lee Gordon(the Big SHow) Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two(Luther Perkins and Marshall Grant) Gene Vincent The Playmates Bobby Day Robin Luke Frankie Sardo Col joye and The Joy Boys dates- Melbourne Festival Hall April 15th 1959 Hobart City Hall April 16th 1959 Sydney Stadium April 17th and 18th 1959 Brisbane Milton Tennis Court April 20th 1959 Newcastle Stadium April 21st 1959 The April 1959 Australian tour was the first for Johnny CAsh who had been on the scene since 1955 when he began recording for Sun Records with hits like Cry Cry Cry, I Walk The Line, Ballad Of A Teenage Queen, Hey Porter, Folsom Prison Blues, Home Of the Blues etc and signed up to the Columbia label in 1958 which his first hit for the label was All over Again, Don't Take Your Guns To Town, What Do I Care etc. This was Gene Vincent's second Australian tour as he had been in Australia for the famous 1957 with Little Richard and Eddie Cochran and had broken up with the Blue Caps in November 1958 and had his final top 40 hit in the USA late 1957 with Dance to the Bop which he still record but would have not any more hits. Bobby Day (aka Byrd) had been around the music since the 40's as he sang with the Hollywood Flames, was an member of the singing duo Bob and Earl and he formed his own group the Satellites in 1957 which the only big solo hit that he had was Rockin Robin that was number 2 in the USA in 1958 and it's an rock classic to this day which has been recorded by many artists including the Henchmen(Australian group), Michael Jackson, the Hollies and many others. the Playmates with Chic Hetti, Donny Conn and Morey Carr had been perfroming together since early the early 50's in Westbury, Connecticut and in 1958 signed up with Roulette label which their big hit was Beep Beep that went to number 4 in the USA which sold over an million copies as well as having other top 40 hits Jo Anne and Don't Go Home. Robin Luke had been on the scene since 1958 with the top 5 hit Suzie Darlin that was released on the International label that eventually was on the Dot label. Frankie Sardo had an single out on the ABC Paramount label called Fake Out and had been on the famous Winter Dance Party which led to the tragic plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper @ Clear Lake Iowa on February 3rd 1959. This tour was the first for Col Joye and the Joy Boys who had started out as the KJ Quintet which included his brother Kevin Jacobsen playing around Sydney @ local dances and became Col joye and the Joy Boys which it added Keith Jacobsen(Col and Kevin's brother) at the suggestion of an clairvoyant and eventually playing at the Jazzarama concert as well as playing the Capitol Theatre in sydney and began recording for festival in 1958 which they released an EP and their first single "Stagger Lee"(the Lloyd Price song) but failed to sell. It was after this tour that they released the 2nd single Bye Bye Baby in May that would become their first big hit number 1 in Sydney, no 3 in Melbourne and no 2 in Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth and the rest is australian music history. 10,000 people attended the brisbane show.

Little Richard/Gene Vincent/Eddie Cochran 1957 Australian Tour

Promoted by the Big Show Lee Gordon Little Richard Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps Eddie Cochran Alis Lesley Johnny O'keefe and the Dee Jays Dates- Wollongong Crown Theatre October 1st 1957 Newcastle Stadium October 2nd 1957 Brisbane Stadium October 3rd 1957 Sydney Stadium October 4th and 5th 1957 Broken Hill Masonic Hall October 6th Adelaide Wayville Stadium October 7th Melbourne Stadium October 8th,9th and 10th Sydney Stadium October 11th and 12th This tour in October 1957 was the second rock n roll tour of Australia and it was to become in the period an dramatic time in the history of space with the launch of Sputnik the first satellite as well as to be an dramatic in the history of rock n roll. Little Richard(Richard Penniman) who had been on the scene since 1955 with hits like Tutti Frutti, Lucille, Long Tall Sally, Jenny Jenny, slippin and Slidin etc, Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps who had been on the scene since 1956 with hits like Be Bop A Lula, Lotta Lovin, Race With the devil,Blue Jean Bop and others and an incredible band the Blue Caps which featured Drummer Dickie Harrell, guitarist Cliff Gallup who left in 1956 which was taken by Russell Williford before eventually taken by Johnny Meeks, Tommy Facenda,Bobby jones and Paul peek, Eddie Cochran who had been on the scene in that year with sittin in the Balcony and Drive In Show and all those 3 performers had been in the 1956 movie The Girl Can't Help It which Little Richard sang the title track. Alis lesley was called the female Elvis and an single on the Era label with He Will Come BAck To Me/Heartbreak HArry. this tour would also feature an Australian act that was to be Johnny O'keefe and the Dee Jays and O'keefe had singing around Sydney since the early 50's doing Johnny Ray impersonation and was performing with the Gus merzi quartet and had gotten into rock n roll when he went to see the movie the Blackboard Jungle @ St James' Theatre in June 1955 which he realised that the kind of music he wanted to perform. He formed the Dee Jays in late 1956 and had played around the dances in sydney.O'keefe began recording for Festival Records in 1957 and had singles You Hit the Wrong Note Billy Goat (which did'nt get airplay in Sydney but did airplay in Melbourne due to Stan Rofe) and Am I blue. Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays were not originally selected to be on the tour but when Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps were offloaded in Honolulu on the way to Australia both Lee Gordon and Alan Heffernan who were aware that Johnny and the Dee Jays had an strong following in Sydney went to Valentine's restaurant which was below O'keefe's father's furniture store where Johnny and the Dee Jays were rehearsing and asked him about getting the group to play Gene Vincent's music as well as backing up Alis Lesley and Eddie Cochran which O'Keefe would only agree if he could perform 3 songs in his own segment so they did. The tour began in Wollongong on October 1st which O'keefe got booed but he won the crowd over and the same thing happend in Sydney but after that never got booed again and the rest of the tour was very successful packing out the venues which in Adelaide there was an problem was when the police appoarched Alan heffernan that if the crowd become too wild the police would close the show down and in Melbourne an near riot occured in the ringside seats when Little Richard threw the clothes he had shedded into the crowd which it took the attendants some time to break the group trying to gain possession of it and the police told him not to do the striptease in the second session. it was in Melbourne where Little Richard saw the appearence of the russian sputnik on it's orbit around the earth which got him into an panic and that was when he thought the world was going to an end as well he decided to become an minster when he got back to the USA which in the second show in his robes reading the bible for 20 minutesand it was in Newcastle where he threw his rings,bracelets and necklaces into the water when the tour was crossing the Hunter River which the tour finished in Sydney on the 12th. Little Richard did go to the ministry as well as recording gospel music but came back in secular music in the early 60's and still performing to this day. Eddie Cochran went on to have successful hits like Come On Everybody, Summertime BLues, Somethin ELse etc until his tragic death in an car crash in England on April 17th 1960, Gene vincent went to record and perform even though he would one more top 40 hit in the USA with Dance To the Bop as well as survivng the car crash that killed Eddie Cochran in 1960 and he passed away on October 12th 1971 from an ulcer. Johnny O'keefe would go on to have great successs with hits like the Wild One, Shout, She's My baby, Come on and take my hand, Right Now, Sing, Move Baby Move, Mockingbird and many others as well as hosting Six O'Clock Rock, The Johnny O'Keefe Show, Sing Sing Sing and Where the Action Is and really opened the doors for Australian rock & he passed away on October 6th 1978 and also his old band the Dee Jays are still around with drummer Catfish Purser as they play around the Gold COast area.

Ray Charles Australian Tour 1964

-this is from the Telegraph September 1st 1964 Dates- Melbourne Festival Hall September 1st 1964 Brisbane Festival Hall September 3rd 1964 Sydney Stadium September 4th and 5th 1964

the Kingston Trio 1961 Australian tour

-this is from February 14th 1961 of the Telegraph Brisbane Brisbane Festival Hall February 16th 1961 Sydney Stadium February 17th and 18th Melbourne Festival Hall February 20th and 21st support acts- Howard Morrison Quartet John Daley Wilma Reading and the Bryce Rhode Quartet

The Everly Brothers/Sal Mineo/Tab Hunter 1959 Australian tour

The Big Show The Everly Brothers(Don and Phil) Sal Mineo Tab Hunter Col Joye and the Joy Boys Johnny Rebb and the Rebels The Delltones Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays Johnny Devlin Princess Rora Promoter-Lee Gordon Melbourne Festival Hall May 28th Sydney Stadium Sydney May 29th and 30th Brisbane Festival Hall June 1st and 2nd This tour was the first for the Everly brothers who had successful hit records at the time like Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Suzie, All I have to is Dream, Bird Dog, Problems and others. Tab Hunter who had an big hit in 1957 with Young Love and had been in successful movies like Damn Yankees, The Sea Chase, the Girl He Left behind, Gunmmn's Walk etc. Sal Mineo had been in successful movies like Rebel Without A Cause, Somebody Up there Likes Me, Giant, Tonka etc and had 2 top 40 hits including Start Movin in 1957 and on this tour played drums. This was the first tour for the Delltones an Sydney group who was formed in 1958 which they had been performing around Sydney and had auditioned for Sydney Radio DJ Bob Rogers @ 2GB studios and phoned alan heffernan who worked with lee Gordon for the group to show their stuff and went to his office to perform their act which they were booked on the tour. This was the second tour for Col joye and the Joy Boys and was in the charts at this time with Bye Bye baby. This was the 4th Big Show tour for Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays and had done an tour of New Zealand that was promoted by Harry M Miler. This was Johnny Devlin's first Australian tour as he was born in New Zealand and had been successful as he recorded on the Prestige label owned by Phil Warren as well as being the King of NZ rock and an NZ tour with his band the Devils caused great excitement among teenagers. Lee gordon invited Devlin to be on the tour as Devlin aimed to be successful in Australia and he became successful in Australia after this tour which he is still based here to this day. This was Johnny Rebb and the Rebel's second tour and princess rora's first tour as Lee Gordon had an soft spot for her as she had an support act in New Zealand for the Tommy Sands,the Platters and Frankie Avalon. The tour was an huge success which when they arrived in Sydney 200 teenage girls mobbed them @ Mascot airport which they were in an airline for more than half an hour which they gave autographs and photographs to the fans and on the afternoon of the first sydney show they appeared at Nicholson's store on George Street for an promotion which the crows went completely out of hans that caused the huge street front windows be smashed and arrived n brisbane May 31st @ Eagle Farm Airport

The Bachelors/Gene Pitney 1965 Australian tour

-this is from the Telegraph October 4th Gene Pitney The Bachelors(Con Cluskey, Dec Cluskey and John Stokes) Twinkle Mike Preston The Big Show Band Promoters-Aztec Services-Stadiums Pty Ltd Sydney October 2nd Sydney Stadium Brisbane October 4th Festival Hall Melbourne October 6th and 7th Festival Hall Adelaide Centennial Hall October 8th Perth Capitol Theatre October 9th This tour was the 2nd tour for Gene Pitney which his first was an year before in April 1964 with Dusty Springfield, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes and it was the first for the Bachelors who had successful hits with Charmaine, Diane, I Believe, I would'nt Trade You For the World, No Arms Could Ever Hold You etc. Twinkle who had the hit single Terry in 1964 and in 1965 with Golden Lights. Mike Preston had 3 Top 40 hits in england including Mr Blue (no 12 UK 1959)and had appeared on the english pop music show Oh Boy and had come to Australia to work as an nightclub singer as well as it was where also he would achieve great success on TV hosting In Melbourne Tonight as an guest in 1968 as well as acting in the legendary Australian police drama HOMICIDE as Sen Dec Bob Delaney from 1972-73 as well as Bellbird, Punishment and movies like MAd Max 2, Metalstorm The Destruction of Jared Syn, steel etc.

Bill Haley and the Comets 1957 Australian Tour

- this is from the Telegraph January 3rd 1957 The Big Show promoted by Lee Gordon Bill Haley and the Comets The Platters LaVern Baker Big Joe Turner Freddie Bell and the Bell Boys Dates- Newcastle Stadium January 8th 1957 Brisbane Stadium Janaury 9th and 10th 1957 Adelaide the Tivoli january 11th and 12th 1957 West melbourne Stadium Janaury 14,15,16,21,22 and 23 1957 Sydney Stadium January 17,18,19,24,25 and 26th 1957 This tour in janury 1957 was the very first rock n roll tour of Australia ever and it proved to be an huge success which paved away for many rock n roll tours that is still going to this day. Lee Gordon an American who was already making an impact in Australia with the Big Show as he had been bringing out people like Frank Sinatra, Johnny Ray, Nat King Cole, Betty Hutton, Guy Mitchell, Louis Armstrong and many others. Bill Haley had been on music scene since 1953 with Crazy Man Crazy which was the first rock n roll record to hit the charts and had been performing since the 1940's with groups like the Down Homers and the Saddlemen which by 1953 they became the Comets and also recorded the song that would become an rock n roll classic "Rock Around the Clock" on April 12th 1954 which was only an B side to 13 Women but it was not until 1955 as an result of a movie called The Blackboard Jungle that starred Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Sidney Potier and Vic Morrow that Rock Around The Clock was in the film and it went to number 1 in the USA on July 9th 1955 where it stayed there for 8 weeks and it was also number 1 in the UK and it was at this point that Bill haley and the comets had already hits like Shake Rattle and Roll, mambo ROck, Dim Dim the Lights, Birth Of the Boogie as well as throughout 1955 and 1956 with See you Later Alligator, Don't Knock the Rock, Rip It Up,Razzle Dazzle and others. The Platters were formed in 1953 in Los ANgeles and had been having success since late 1955 with Only You as well as having hits throughout 1956 with The Great Pretender, My Prayer, You've Got the MAgic Touch, One In A Million and You'll Never Know. Big Joe Turner did the original version of Shake Rattle and Roll in April 1954 and had other songs like Flip Flop Fly, Hide and Seek, Well All Right, Morning Noon and Night and The Chicken and The Hawk. LaVern Baker who had been on the scene since 1955 with hits like Tweedle Dee, Still, Jim Dandy and I Can't Love You Enough and had been recording for National, Okeh and Atlantic where she had the success in the 50's and would last into the early 60's and later on Brunswick. Freddie Bell and the Bell Boys were formed in 1952 which they were the first white groups to play R&B hits of the day and played in the Mid West before getting an booking @ the Lands Hotel in Las Vegas. They recorded for the Teen label which they did an version of Hound Dog in 1955 and Elvis presley had seen them performing the song in Las Vegas which he was impressed and had the bigger hit himself. They recorded for mercury label in 1956 and an big hit in the UK(no 4) with Giddy Up A Ding Dong. Lee Gordon had spent an enormous amount of money putting the rock n roll show together and at that time promoters wanted Bill Haley but Gordon had out bidden them all. The tour began in Newcastle on Janaury 8th which it was selected as the venue for opening night which his time was spot on and so was his choice of location and the tickets went on sale @ 9am which by 10.30am tickets for both shows and the success of the show would guarantee success everywhere else which it did. Lee Gordon hoped he could rely on sellouts in Sydney @ the Stadium, Melbourne @ West Melbourne Stadium and expected to provide an good result in Brisbane which it did. Adelaide was going to be an problem as the Centennial Hall and the Memorial Drive Tennis Courts were not avaliable and Alan Heffernan who worked for Lee Gordon was forced to book the old Tivoli Theatre for an week which it an 2,000 seat and despite the kids' great reaction there was no profit virtually from this section of the tour. Freddie Bell and the BellBoys opened the show with Big Joe Turner, LaVern Baker, the Platters and Bill Haley and the Comets closing the show which the venues in the cities were packed and the tour was an huge success as well as playing to more than 300,000 fans. There had been stories saying that Australian rocker Johnny O"keefe was on the bill of the tour but he was NEVER on it but did meet Bill Haley several times during the tour and got talking about different things which one of them was Johnny's ambition to record which O'keefe record You Hit the Wrong Note Billy Goat not long after that and it was his first single on the Festival label and also bill Haley gave the name Catfish to the Dee Jays drummer John Purser as he reminded him of an character named Catfish from an American TV show called Amos and Andy and he is still called Catfish to this day.

herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Australian 1967 Tour

- Brisbane Telegraph March 30th 1967

-Brisbane Telegraph March 29th

Telegrpah Brisbane May 29th 1967 Promoted by Stadiums and Aztec Services- Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Bev Harrell Bill and Boyd The Vibrants (Melbourne) The Sounds Of Seven(Brisbane) Dates- Brisbane Festival Hall April 1st 1967 Melbourne Festival Hall April 4th,5th and 6th 1967 Sydney-Sydney Stadium April 8th,9th and 10th 1967 One of the Melbourne shows was filmed and it was shown on Channel 7 in May 1967- Melbourne May 24th Sydney May 23rd Brisbane May 29th

Jimmie Rodgers 1959 Australian Tour

-this newspaper advert is from the Telegraph october 5th 1959 Headliners Present Jimmie Rodgers Dodie Stevens Tommy Cole The Champs Arthur Duncan Barbara Virgil(Melbourne Only) Margie Mills Ray McGeary Graham Kennedy(Melbourne only) Frank Ifield(Sydney and Brisbane) The Fore Shores(sydney) Dates- Melbourne Festival Hall October 1st,2nd and 3rd 1959 Brisbane Festival Hall October 5th and 6th 1959 Sydney Stadium October 8th,9th and 10th 1959

Hermans Hermits and tom Jones 1966 Australian tour

Caravan Of Stars 66

-this is from the Telegraph Brisbane January 20th 1966 Promoter Harry M Miller tour Dates- Sydney Commemorative Auditorium showground January 21st and 22nd Brisbane City Hall January 24th Melbourne the Plaias Janaury 27th,28th and 29th Adelaide Centennial Hall February 7th Perth capitol theater February 8th Hermans Hermits- Peter Noone Karl Green Lek Leckenby Keith Hopwood Barry WHitwam Tom Jones (with The Squires) Ray Columbus Max Merritt and the Meteors(Sydney,Perth and Adelaide) The Purple Hearts(Sydney and Brisbane) The Twilights(Adelaide) The Groop(Adelaide) The Feelgoods(brisbane) Johnny and the Strangers(Perth) The Wild Colonials The Board(Sydney) This was the first tour for both Tom Jones and Hermans HErmits and on that tour they did an appearence on Brian Henderson's Bandstand on Channel 9. Tom Jones is still going strong as ever still recording and still touring while with Hermans Hermits lead singer Peter Noone still performs mainly in the USA while the group with original drummer Barry Whitwam still tours the world including Australia.

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