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Tamworth Bands History : 1971

January to March

01/01/71 – Tamworth Herald
“The life and times of the Assembly Rooms – the hall that has seen most of us grow up” by Mabel Swift

01/01/71
Johnny Ball and His Music
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club

02/01/01
Bill Bailey and His Band
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club

02/01/71
Mike Lavender Beat Dance
Dosthill Club

02/01/71
The Hiltons
Atherstone Miners Welfare Club

02/01/71
The Fabulous Jackpots
Polesworth Working Mens Club

02/01/71
Sheila and the Sunset Sounds
Glascote Working Mens Club

03/01/71
Chick Bennett with the Castaways
Glascote Working Mens Club

03/01/71
Ken Tongue and His band
Polesworth Working Mens Club

03/01/71
The Clockwork Toys
Atherstone Miners Welfare Club

03/01/71
Paul Woodall Organ and Drums
Dosthill Club

03/01/71
Ross Allen
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club

03/01/71
The Victors
Atherstone Football Club

03/01/71
Five of Clubs
Tamworth Progressive Club

06/01/71
Bob Mason
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club

08/01/71 – Tamworth Herald
Palace – 101 Dalmations

09/01/71
The Orifaces
Top Disc Jockeys and Light Show
Don Quay E.P. Audio Roadshow
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Millbank Promotions

09/01/71
Ricki Vallance and his Dakin Twins
Atherstone Memorial Hall
Admission: 10/-

09/01/71
The Warlock
Polesworth Working Mens Club

09/01/71
The Sidewinders
Kettlebrook Working Mens Club

09/01/71
Probe
The Bees Club
Plus Mr. Dig and his supersonic Light Show
Wilnecote Parish Hall
Admission: 8/-

09/01/71
The Ronnie Mac 5
Belgrave Miners Welfare Club

10/01/71
The Victors
Atherstone Miners Welfare Club

10/01/71
Bert Lucas and His Band
Polesworth Working Mens Club

10/01/71
The Royal Tones
Kettlebrook Working Mens Club

11/01/71
Discotheque
Top D.J. Ron Peel
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

12/01/71
Disco Night
Hurley Working Mens Club

The Marmion pub opens in Market Street14/01/71
The Lota Four
Polesworth Working Mens Club

15/01/71
The New Trend
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

15/01/71
The Marmion pub opens in Market Street

16/01/71
Clouds
Plus The Don Quay Disk-k-Tek Show
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Millbank Promotions

16/01/71
Disco ‘71
DJ Jimmy Mac
Mile Oak Community Centre

16/01/71
The New Trend
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

18/01/71
Top DJ Mark Stevens
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

22/01/71
The Long Johns
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

22/01/71
Disco ‘71
Heart ‘n’ Soul
Mile Oak Community Centre

23/01/71
Heart and Soul
Mile Oak Community Centre

23/01/71
Writing on the Wall
Jason Roberts Disk-k-Tek Sound
Mile Oak Community Centre

23/01/71
Dennis James Quartet
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club

23/01/71
The Melody Five
Warton Working Mens Club

23/01/71
The Offence
(Beat Dance)
Dosthill Club

23/01/71
The Cataract Trio
Polesworth Working Mens Club

23/01/71
The Younger Brothers
Tamworth Progressive Club

23/01/71
The M.J. Trio
Glascote Working Mens Club

24/01/71
The Dixie Minstrels
Glascote Working Mens Club

24/01/71
The Cheetahs
Plus Top D.J.
Tamworth Youth Club

24/01/71
The Hiltons
Belgrave Miners Welfare Club

24/01/71
Jay Kay Dance Band
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club

24/01/71
The State 4 with Terry
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

25/01/71
Top DJ Geoff Owen
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

26/01/71
Bob Mason band
Tamworth Progressive Club

27/01/71
Disco
Atherstone Memorial Hall

28/01/71
The Lota Four
Polesworth Working Mens Club

29/01/71
The Amalgamation
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

Tamworth Herald – 29/01/71
New Swan Disco Re-opens Friday

29/01/71
Top Disco Sounds with Keith Foster
Chetwynd Arms, Polesworth

Tamworth Herald – 29/01/71 - Fed up with the old scene.30/01/71
The Rocky Mountain Ramblers

Two Gates Working Mens Club

30/01/71
The Warwicks (Beat Dance)
Dosthill Club

30/01/71
Sheila and the Sunset Sounds
Amington Liberal Club

30/01/71
The Hiltons
Kettlebrook Working Mens Club

31/01/71
Disco Show with Ray Day
Dosthill Club

31/01/71
The Long Johns
Two Gates Working Mens Club

02/02/71
Ray Day
Mercian Ward Youth Club

05/02/71 – Tamworth Herald
Palace – Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang

05/02/71
Peter, Paul and Egbert (from Northampton)
Glascote Working Mens Club

05/02/71
Disco ‘71
Terry Tremain
Mile Oak Community Centre

05/02/71
Top Disco Sounds with Keith Foster
Chetwynd Arms, Polesworth
Admission: Boys 3/- Girls 2/-

05/02/71
Tangent
D.J. Terry Tremain
Wood End Youth Centre

06/02/71
Rocky Mountain Ramblers
Hurley Working Mens Club

06/02/71
British Road Services “Seddon Club”
Velvet Night
Knife and Fork Buffet Dance
Drayton Manor

06/02/71
The Stetsons
(Midlands top Country outfit before their tour of Turkey and Greece)
Polesworth Working Mens Club

06/02/71
Concorde Show Band
Baddesley Ensor Liberal Working Mens Club

07/02/71
The Long Johns
Baddesley Ensor Liberal Working Mens Club

07/02/71
Disco ‘71
DJ - Jason Roberts
Mile Oak Community Centre

08/02/71
Disco
DJ Ron Peel
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

09/02/71
Disco Night
Hurley Working Mens Club

09/02/71
The Hykells
Tamworth Progressive Club

10/02/71
Duster Bennett
Plus “Spinning Wheel” DJ Ron Peel
Assembly Rooms

11/02/71
The Lota Four
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

12/02/71
Tamworth College Valentines Dance
Probe – Soul Machine
Tamworth College
Admission: 7/6

12/02/71
Valentines Dance
The Ross Allen Band
The Chequers

12/02/71
The Johnny Ball Trio
Tamworth Working Mens Club

13/02/71
Killing Floor
DJs Wild Wilson and Sammy Lee
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Millbank Promotions

13/02/71
Grand Valentine Dance
The Hiltons
Drayton Manor
Admission: 7/6

13/02/71 : Disco Derby - Steve lane, Mr. Dig, Jimmy Mac, Go-Go Girls, Assembly Rooms13/02/71
Disco Derby
Steve lane
Mr. Dig
Jimmy Mac
Go-Go Girls
Assembly Rooms

13/02/71
Tamworth & District Rugby Union Football Club
St Valentines Disco
DJ Geoff Owen
Wigginton Lodge

13/02/71
Johnny Dell and His Music
Tamworth Working Mens Club

13/02/71
Beat Dance
Dosthill Club

14/02/71
Valentines Dance
Al Kay
Tamworth Youth Centre

14/02/71
Disco Show with Clyde Barrow
Dosthill Club

14/02/71
Max Grant
Mercian Ward Youth Club

14/02/71
Hams Hall Sports and Social Club
Valentines Dance
Lloyd Jackson Band

14/02/71
The Crusaders
Baddesley Ensor Liberal Working Mens Club

19/02/71
Beat Dance
Atherstone Football Club Supporters Club

Tamworth Herald – 19/02/71
They wanted more, more, more from DusterThey wanted more, more, more from Duster
Tamworth mid-week is not the most exciting place to be by any stretch of the imagination; but the two hundred or so that gathered last Wednesday seemed content enough; perhaps it was because one of the most respected people in the music business was playing in this “music starved town”.

On the bill for Wednesday’s concert was a well-known D.J. billed as Ron Peel, who in fact was Erskine, former resident disc jockey at ‘Mothers Club’. The support group were so unmemorable that I can’t even remember their name, which in fact might be a good thing. [Spinning Wheel - Ed.] Finally, top of the bill was “the only white bluesman”, Duster Bennett.

The Duster wanders into the stage, picking up his very beautiful ‘Les Paul’ guitar, the guitar itself is incredible, once owned by Eric Clapton, who gave it to Peter Green, who in turn gave it to Duster.

They wanted more, more, more from DusterWith a wink and a smile he began with an instrumental which can best be described as ‘Rockin’ pneumonia and the boogie-woogie flu.

The audience stomped and shouted, the time was right; he knew, they know the tune, sounded familiar, loud cheers ascended, “Bright Lights, Big City”. People’s bodies were beginning to move, feet were thumping, hands slapping, bodies swaying; chorus after chorus he played; to see a crowd working as hard as the artist was beautiful.

His stage time was officially over, but no one was going home; “More, more”, they chanted, wow, was it getting hot. He came back for an encore and played an instrumental called “Country Jam”.

Hot Pants Competition
Girls at Tamworth College of Further Education are up-to-the-minute with the latest fashions as our picture of these young ladies with their “hot pants” shows. The girls were just a few of the 250 people who attended the college’s Valentine dance on Friday – the last dance before Rag Week in March. Music for the occasion was supplied by “Soul Machine” and “Probe”.

Tamworth Herald– 19/02/71
Hot Pants Parade

19/02/71
Tamworth and District Rugby Union Football Club
The Friday Dance
Roger Ward Trio
Wigginton Lodge

19/02/71
The Piebald Spider
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
Admission: 12.5p

20/02/71
The Jackpots
Hams Hall Sports and Social Club

20/02/71
The Southerners
Tamworth Working Mens Club

20/02/71
The J.T. Bullits
Hurley Working Mens Club

20/02/71
The Castaways
Belgrave Miners Welfare Club

20/02/71
Disco ‘71
Clyde
Mile Oak Community Centre

21/02/71
Tom Price Quartet
Hams Hall Sports and Social Club

21/02/71
The Impressions
Belgrave Miners Welfare Club

21/02/71
DJ – Ray Day
Wood End Youth Centre

21/02/71
Zillion
DJ – Les Jay
Tamworth Youth Centre

21/02/71
Market Bosworth Young Farmers Club Spring Ball
Lloyd Jackson
Atherstone Memorial Hall

23/02/71
Disco Night
Hurley Working Mens Club
Admission: 10p

26/02/71
Stars in Your Eyes
Ronnie Jukes
Ricky Lea
Michael and Carol
Linda and Martin Barry
The Treckers

Belgrave Miners Welfare Club

27/02/71
Skin Alley
DJs Wild Wilson and the ‘in ‘sync’
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Millbank Promotions

27/02/71
The Long Johns
Hams Hall Sports and Social Club

27/02/71
Beat Dance
Dosthill Club

27/02/71
Sheila and the Sunset Sounds
Polesworth Working Mens Club

27/02/71
Tamworth and District Rugby Union Football Club
The Lodge Discotheque
DJ The Saga Sound

Wigginton Lodge

28/02/71
The Multitones
Hurley Working Mens Club

28/02/71
Mac Rice DJ from Rebeccas Birmingham
The Spot Club
The Centre, Masefield Drive

02/03/71
Disco Night
Hurley Working Mens Club

03/03/71
The Lota Four
Baddesley Ensor Liberal Working Mens Club

05/03/71
The Cheetahs
Wood End Youth Centre

06/03/71
The Melody Five
Coton and Hopwas British Legion Club

06/03/71
Royal Air Force Association Spring Ball
The Bob Mason Dance Orchestra plus Tapestry
Drayton Manor

11/03/71
Tamworth Young Farmers Club
Mad March Ball
Lloyd Jackson and His Band
Drayton Manor

Tamworth Herald - 12/03/71
Rot set in after pop festival visit
For 19-year-old David Keith Willis of Church Lane, Tamworth, the rot had set in after he visited a pop festival at the Isle of Wight last year his father told Birmingham Sessions on Monday.

The youth pleaded guilty to charges of taking cars without permission and of obtaining goods by means of stolen cheques.

Scout fund-raising dance is “outstanding success”

Tamworth Herald – 12/03/71
Scout fund-raising dance is “outstanding success”
The first fund-raising dance staged by the committee of Tamworth’s 1st Coton Green Scout Group was voted an “outstanding success.” Nearly 90 people attended the event at the Chequers Inn at Hopwas on Friday night. Proceeds from this and other attractions being planned will be used to buy essential equipment for the new group.

12/03/71
Discotheque plus The Brodie Sound
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

Gentle Giant : Polesworth Memorial Hall, Millbank Promotions13/03/71
Gentle Giant
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Millbank Promotions

13/03/71
The Farrington Set
Wilnecote Community Centre

13/03/71
Disco ‘71
Jimmy Mac
Fazeley Parish Hall

13/03/71
The Dons
Polesworth Working Mens Club

14/03/71 - DJ - Mac Rice (from Rebeccas), The Spot Club14/03/71
DJ - Mac Rice (from Rebeccas)
The Spot Club

19/03/71
Disc-o-Tech
With Miss Hot Pants
DJ Terry Tremain

Kettlebrook Working Mens Club

20/03/71
The Sidewinders
Kettlebrook Working Mens Club

20/03/71
Freedom-Freedom
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Millbank Promotions

20/03/71
Disco ‘71
Terry Tremain
Fazeley Parish Hall

24/03/71
Disco Derby
Mr. Dig (with Strobes)
Al Kay (ever popular DJ)

Assembly Rooms
Admission: 20p

26/03/71
Showtime starring Ray Martine (Radio and TV star)
The Melodies, Larry Parker, Billy Pearce, Mike Rubery

Belgrave Miners Welfare Club

Over 250 got the bluesTamworth Herald – 26/03/71
Over 250 got the blues
Four hours of virtually non-stop blues and contemporary music filled Tamworth College of Further Education on Tuesday night.

Over 250 people came along to the college for what was billed as a “Ffolly” featuring four bands from the Birmingham area. Star attraction was “Tea and Symphony”, who brought along their own light show, but their brand of music did not quite please everyone present.

The Rag Week blues night which looks like becoming an annual event seems to be regarded as a place to try out new groups who might yet become very well known. One of the groups who appeared last year, “Black Sabbath”, have since climbed high into the charts and earn £1,500 for an appearance.

Our picture shows “Indian Summer” in action. Also on the bill were “Hannibal” and “The Dog That Bit People”.

Tamworth Herald – 26/03/71
Castle Jazz Club attraction
Following the recent visit of George Chisolm to the Castle Hotel Jazz Club, next Tuesday the spotlight will fall on George Melly the famous Jazz Blues Singer.

Based in London, George Melly is the music critic of the Sunday Observer and has toured with Mick Mulligan’s Jazz Band.

Appearing again will also be Ken Rattenbury his trumpet and band. Ken has appeared many times on T.V. and for three years performed at the BBCs Jazz Festival at the Albert Hall.

Another new venture for the Castle Hotel is a discotheque which is scheduled to open in May.

27/03/71
Tamworth Round Table
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
Drayton Manor

27/03/71 - Disco ‘71, Earl St. John, Fazeley Parish Hall27/03/71
Disco ‘71
Earl St. John
Fazeley Parish Hall

27/03/71
The Lodge Disco
DJ Ray Day

27/03/71
Glen Cornick’s Wild Turkey
(former bass guitarist with Jethro Tull)

Polesworth Memorial Hall
Millbank Promotions

29/03/71
Discotheque
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club

30/03/71 - George Melly and Ken Rattenbury, Castle Hotel Jazz Club30/03/71
George Melly and Ken Rattenbury
Castle Hotel Jazz Club

 

 

 



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