General Chat

Island, strangely enough I never went to the Hammersmith Palais. Too far to get home.

Me gels and meself went to the Tottenham Royal. A wonderful Art Deco theatre converted to a dancehall. With a fishpond in the entrance.

We had some great nights there, getting home late, then getting up to go to work in the mornings. [couldn't do it now]

Wearing new shoes, and carrying them home in my hand.
:-D

More brilliant stars entertainers:)

Island....yeh that'll count:))
Tell us about Hammersmith Palais and the Fulham Greyhound :)

Whitney and Oasis brilliant:)

jude

Michael Jackson
Elton John
Van Morrison
George Michael
Kylie
Oasis
Eminem
P Diddy
jls
Kanye West
Spice Girls
Whitney Houston
Cher
Tina Turner
Shania Twain
Gladys Knight
Dionne Warwick
Savage Garden
Backstreet Boys
Shaggy
Take That
Chris De Burgh
Gabrielle
R Kelly
Louise Redknap
Mariah Carey
Phil Collins
Simply Red
Katie Melua
Dolly Parton
Alanis Morrisette
Rod Stewart
Lionel Richie
Katie Perry
Rihanna
Stevie Wonder

Plus many more...........

Just wondering.....sit down in a theatre type concerts or stand up at dances with name bands? or just famous people we have seen perform live?

I ask because in me teeny bopper and student days saturday night wasn't complete without going to the local dance hall or later uni hall with top bands.

Then there was the Hammersmith Palais and the Fulham Greyhound which I bet MotownGirl and Carol numbers were no strangers to :-D :-D :-D

Big Country
Rod Stewart
Lionel Ritchie
wet wet wet
Simply Red
U2
Muse
Keane
Belinda Carlisle
David Cassidy
Meat Loaf
Steve Harley
Brian Adams
Pink
Boy George
Fleetwood Mac
The Corrs
Supreams
Sister Sledge
Stylistics
Four tops
Spandau Ballet
Alexander O'Neil
Slade

Jude yes he used to sing those sort of songs and Rosemarie. He was quite a big man, big voice, Canadian. Quite good looking

I looked him and was surprised myself at what he had done. And also that he only died three years ago aged 89

Hockridge had his own radio show in Canada: nonetheless, at the age of 31, he decided to return to Britain. There could not have been a better time to make the move. Stephen Douglass, the American actor playing Billy Bigelow in Carousel, had exhausted his work permit and a new lead man was needed. The role called for an imposing character with stamina and a powerful voice. Someone, as the script says, "as tall and as strong as a tree". Hockridge, at 6ft 1in and, according to one critic, with "looks girls long to encounter on the beach" fitted the bill.

He played the fairground barker Billy more than 1,000 times in London and hundreds of times on the provincial tour. For seven years he was regarded as "London's resident male lead", topping the bill in the first London productions of Guys and Dolls (1953-54), Can-Can (1954-55) and The Pajama Game (1955-56). He became a major recording artist as a result of his success in musicals, having a hit with Hey There, from The Pajama Game. Carousel was also to change Hockridge's personal life. In the cast was a 19-year-old dancer and singer called Jackie Jefferson. He was smitten by her but was still married, and 13 years her senior. The couple chose to keep their affair low-key, eventually marrying after his first wife agreed to a divorce. They moved to Peterborough (where they lived next door to Ernie Wise) and brought up a family.

During his 50-year career Hockridge recorded 11 albums and worked with a dazzling array of old-style stars, including Tommy Cooper, Eartha Kitt, Max Wall, Roy Hudd, Cliff Richard, Billy Dainty, Morecambe and Wise, and Petula Clark. In 1986, aged 67, he partnered the rock singer Suzi Quatro in a London production of Annie Get Your Gun (his seventh musical) and also appeared with Isla St Clair in a provincial production of The Sound of Music (1984).

For many years Hockridge lived quietly in Peterborough, the city to which he had been persuaded to move by his immediate neighbour, the comedian Ernie Wise.

edit to say he wasn't in Rosemarie I don't think

Michael Buble x 2
Will Young
Toni Braxton
Coldplay x 2 (Fantastic) !! <3
Armarda Groove
Beautifil South
Paloma Faith
Alicia Keys (Amazing) <3
Oasis
Christina Aguilera (Awful) :-P

Chuckle Brothers
Thomas the Tank and Friends
Dora and Friends


The list goes on and on LOLOL

OOh, Ann, is it John? He loves golf - or maybe Ray he has a home in west Wales.

Gwynne

AnnGlos....Vic remembers the name Edmund Hockeridge...show boat type songs??

On journey to Birmingham yesterday l remembered we saw Bob Marley's son, not sure which one but he was brilliant. At The Concorde Brighton sea front:)

jude :)

Lolly you must live near me, cos I used to go to the Finsbury Park Astoria.
Happy days.

Oh, I forgot

The Zombies
Lulu
Wet Wet Wet [holding up a fainting daughter]
A 50's show. Bobby Vee, Frankie Avalon, Tommy Cannon
Moody Blues


and probably a few more, my mind is going..................

:-0

Jude - Russell is coming to St.David's Hall in Cardiff - Sunday, 17th June

Guinevere - one of the Moody Blues owns a golf club not far from me

Mine are
Beatles
Billy Fury
Cliff with and without Shadows
Shadows with and without Cliff
Joe Brown
David Essex
Sandie Shaw
Mark Wynter singing and acting
Tornados with Heinz
Searchers
Tremeloes
Marmalade
Yardbirds
Frank Ifield
Merseybeats/Merseys

Struggling now but reckon there's some more

Pat

Well here's one I doubt many will remember. Went to see Edmund Hockridge at the Kings Theatre Portsmouth, can't remember the year but I went with my Mum so I was probably in my early teens. And we went to the stage door afterwards and met him.
Also met Petula Clark although didn't see her sing live, she was signing records when my Dad was manager of the shop.

Hello Huia....How fantastic to have sung with such amazing singers. How long did you do that for.
Yes...l think thats the one..... Hayley Westenra, it may also have been her in Bristol!
l'd see Russel again, amazing.....especially when you think what he has been through!!

jude xx

l may not be on here much till tomorrow, so keep the names coming:)

jude xx

Jude, I think you mean Hayley Westenra singing with Russel Watson. I have sung with her! (as part of a chorus). Also Kiri te Kanawa (chorus). And a few others.

Huia. (another Kiwi songbird)

i forgot to mention ive also seen
simply red
Norman wisdom 2 times
abba tribute :-D
Luke Goss in Grease
Shane Ritchie in Boogie nights
cant think of any more at the mintue lol

I forgot that I too have seen Neil Diamond about 3 times I think - he's brilliant.

Morning:)

The Beatles....brilliant, someone saw them twice, very envious:)

Susan-NZ....not seen Rod live but his performances on the telly are brilliant and he still is:)

AnnCardiff....l remember the name honest, but don't know his music.

Rolling Stones.....never wanted to see them as a youngster, but sort of wish l had, love some of their music.

Roy Orbison....another wow:)

jude :)

I forgot, when we saw Ella Fitzgerald we also saw Oscar Peterson.

I coudn't begin to list them all. In the 1960s there was a pop music bill every week at our local theatre so I saw "everyone" who was anyone in the 60s.

We still go to concerts but they cost a lot more now. Highlights of concerts would be
Beatles x2
Stones
Kinks
Deep Purple
Bowie
Queen
Moody Blues (almost every tour)
Eagles
REM

Gwynne