Tamworth Bands History : 1971
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
14/01/71
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
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 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
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.
With 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”.
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| 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
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
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.
Tamworth Herald – 12/03/71
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
13/03/71
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 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
Tamworth Herald – 26/03/71
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
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 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 Club
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