Tamworth Bands History : 1963
05/07/63
Palace Cinema – GI Blues with Elvis Presley
06/07/63
The Strollers with The Matadors
Atherstone Memorial Hall
8.15pm-11.30pm
Admission: 5/-
06/07/63
Carnival Dance
Size-7 Group (BBC Saturday Club)
with Barry Noble and The Sapphires
Atherstone Memorial Hall
07/07/63
The Chequers (formerly The Rebels)
Two Gates WMC
10/07/63
Carnival Queen's Ball
Frank Carter and His Orchestra
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Admission: 7/6
Tamworth Herald – 12/07/63
Record and Film Review
Tamworthian Don Spencer Makes Another Chart Bid
Don recorded "Fireball XL5", Robert Stigwood saw him and asked him to record the theme tune. Released another single "Busy Doing Nothing".
12/07/63
Every Friday – Rock and Twistacular Dance
Jules and The Ghost Band with The Three Spirits
Assembly Rooms
8.00pm-1.00am
Admission: 6/-
13/07/63
The Tops in Pops - Every Saturday and Sunday
Saturday - Mark Raymond and the Cyclones 
(from Birmingham)
Sunday – Bobby Crystion and the Avalons
Assembly Rooms
15/07/63
Tony Martin and the Ecko Four
Polesworth Miners' Welfare Club
20/07/63
The Blue Hawaiians
Belgrave Working Mens Club
20/07/63
The Crusaders
Atherstone Memorial Hall
Admission: 5/-
20/07/63
The Sabres
The Mile Oak, Fazeley
7.30pm-11.00pm
Admission: 3/6
21/07/63
Keith Powell and the Valets
The Rockin' Organ of Mal Ford
The Mile Oak, Fazeley
7.30pm-11.00pm
Admission: 4/-
21/07/63
The Blue Hawaiians
Belgrave Working Mens Club
Tamworth Herald – 26/07/63
"Denims and sweater are disgusting dress for court". A builder is told at Tamworth Magistrates Court.
27/07/63
The Fortunes
Mile Oak
Admission: 3/6
27/07/63
Danny Storm and the Strollers
With The Crusaders
Atherstone Memorial Hall
28/07/63
The Mysterions
Mile Oak
30/07/63
The Wanderers (Tamworth's Own)
Tyburn House
Tyburn Road, Castle Bromwich
No. 116 bus route
02/08/63
Rock and Twistacular Dance
The Marauders (Decca artists "That's What I Want" – as heard on Radio Luxembourg)
Assembly Rooms
8.00pm-1.00am
Admission: 6/-
09/08/63
Ronnie and the Razors
Tamworth Working Mens Club, Bolebridge Street
8.00pm
09/08/63
The Falcons and The Three Spirits
Assembly Rooms
8.00pm-1.00am
Admission: 6/-
16/08/63
Valkyries and The Three Spirits
Assembly Rooms
Admission: 6/6
17/08/63
Gerry Levene and the Avengers
Atherstone Memorial Hall
17/08/63
Tamworth Young Farmers Club, Rock n Roll Dance
The Chequers (formerly The Rebels)
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Admission: 5/-
Tamworth Herald – 23/08/63
"Tamworth is a Rock n Roll Town"
23/08/63
The Rocking Berries (Decca artists)
With Jon Fox and the Hunters and The Three Spirits
Assembly Rooms
Admission: 7/6
24/08/63
The Meteors Rhythm Group
Tamworth Working Mens Club
25/08/63
The Blue Hawaiians
Tamworth Working Mens Club
30/08/63
The Three Spirits and The Emperors
Assembly Rooms
Tamworth Herald – 30/08/63
Staffordshire Branch of the Beatles Fan Club set up by Miss A Bailey, 25 Redlock Field, Lichfield
31/08/63
The Wanderers
Kingsbury Church Hall
8.00pm-11.30pm
Admission: 3/6
02/09/63
Brian Poole and The Tremeloes (recorders of Twist & Shout)
The Three Spirits
Assembly Rooms
Admission: 7/6
Tickets from Weavers Records
06/09/63
Twist to the Best – Birmingham's Best
The Bruisers
Assembly Rooms
8.00pm-1.00am
Admission: 7/6
07/09/63
Saturday Night is Liverpool Night – Every Saturday
The Beethovens
Assembly Rooms
8.00pm-11.30pm
13/09/63
3 Town Show
The Marauders (Stoke)
The Astonaires (Birmingham)
The Three Spirits (Tamworth)
8.00pm-1.00am
Assembly Rooms
14/09/63
Ricky Valan and the Jetsons
Dene Rivers
The Crusaders
Assembly Rooms
14/09/63
Ronnie and the Razors
Tamworth Working Mens Club
15/09/63
The Meteors
Tamworth Working Mens Club
20/09/63
The Bachelors
Assembly Rooms
Admission: 7/6
20/09/63
The Hornets (every Friday)
Rose Inn, Baxterley
21/09/63
The Four Musketeers (Liverpool)
Assembly Rooms
21/09/63
Bob Mason and His Band
Fradley Village Hall
27/09/63
Faroni Flamingoes
With The Three Spirits and The Evergreens Combo
Assembly Rooms
Admission: 7/6
27/09/63
The Hornets
Rose Inn, Baxterley
28/09/63
The Crusaders
Assembly Rooms
Admission: 5/-
28/09/63
Johnny Rev with Roger and The Cyclones
Atherstone Memorial Hall
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