Pop and Music Television Shows
of the Sixties

  Royal Command Shows and Performances  


Bachelors


THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE ( BBC / ITV alternate years )
An annual televised charity variety event which had its share of chart artists giving performances:

The first televised Royal Variety Performance was held at The Victoria Palace, London, in the presence of
Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke Of Edinburgh on May 16th 1960.





Produced for ATV television by Bill Ward, the full performance list was:

John Barry Seven, Al Burnett, Sheila Buxton, Max Bygraves, Pearl Carr, Ronnie Carroll, Alma Cogan, Nat 'King' Cole, Russ Conway, Crazy Gang, Billy Cotton and his Band, The Croft Twins, Sammy Davis Jr., Dickie Dawson, Lonnie Donegan, Diana Dors, Charlie Drake, Shirley Eaton, Jimmy Edwards, Ivor Emmanuel, Adam Faith, The Fol De Rols, Bruce Forsyth, Hughie Green, Benny Hill, Ronnie Hilton, Sheila Holt & Tom Gilles, Robert Horton, Frankie Howerd, Hattie Jacques, Bryan Johnson, Teddy Johnson, Kazbec & Lari, The Ken-Tones, Liberace, Dennis Lotis, Vera Lynn, The Lynton Boys, Alfred Marks, Millicent Martin, Glen Mason, Gary Miller, Bob Monkhouse, Jackie Rae, Joan regan, Sonia Rees, Cliff Richard, Marion Ryan, Janette Scott, Anne Shelton, The Silhouettes, The Tiller Girls, Dickie Valentine, Vernons Girls, Welsh Childrens Choir, Norman Wisdom, Harry worth, Yana


1960

Nat 'King' Cole, Russ Conway, Lonnie Donegan, Adam Faith
Cliff Richard and The Shadows

1961

Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball, The Temperance Seven, Shirley Bassey
Nina and Frederik, Frankie Vaughan

1962

Frank Ifield, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Andy Stewart

1963

The Beatles, Susan Maughan, Los Paraguayos, Tommy Steele, Pinky and Perky
Harry Secombe

1964

The Bachelors, Cilla Black, Kathy Kirby, Brenda Lee, Millicent Martin
Cliff Richard and The Shadows

1965

Shirley Bassey, Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore, The Dave Clark Five
Tony Bennett, Johnny Halliday, The Kaye Sisters, Peter Paul and Mary
Frank Ifield, Dusty Springfield

1966

The Bachelors, Matt Monro, Gene Pitney, Tommy Steele

1967

Vikki Carr, Val Doonican, Rolf Harris, Tom Jones, Lulu, The Rockin' Berries
Sandie Shaw

1968

Petula Clark, Sacha Distel, Val Doonican, Engelbert Humperdinck
Diana Ross and The Supremes

1969

Herb Alpert, Moira Anderson, Cilla Black, Tom Jones, Mireille Matthieu

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