TV Pop Diaries
Pop Music on British Television 1955 -
A series of four shows recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London with everyone playing live. Hosted by Alan Freeman it featured many of the biggest acts of the day The Rolling Stones, Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Searchers, The Hollies, Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas, Dusty Springfield, Yardbirds among others. The BBC had been running an annual series of pop concerts similar to the NME Pollwinners Concerts for several years. The first half of the first show was also broadcast by the BBC Light Programme.
However it was noticed that the attendance for the 9th November show were low enough
to re-
TOP BEAT
BBC2
27th April 1964 -