TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
A short-
There were singers or groups on each show and on one occasion The Who made a very early appearance as did the Yardbirds.
Anne Nightingale had been a journalist and band manager in Brighton and backstage
at a Dusty Springfield show she was introduced to Vicki Wickham who would suggest
Rediffusion give her a test to present a new show. Ahead of the show's debut she
appeared a few times on Ready Steady Go, including a commere job at the Glad Rag
Ball. Nightinagle suggested in Andy Neill's book on Ready Steady Go that her co-
THAT'S FOR ME
Rediffusion
21st December 1964 -