Tamworth Bands History : 1971
Tamworth Herald – 01/10/71
Palace – Carry on Henry
Tamworth Herald – 01/10/71
Amington Youth Club members built their own disco equipment
02/10/71
Ivory Sun
Hurley Working Mens Club
02/10/71
Jackal
Polesworth Memorial Hall
02/10/71
Saturday Morning Disco
Malcolm Jay (Radio 1)
Assembly Rooms
03/10/71
Hot Property
DJ – Billy Joe
Spot Club
The Centre, Masefield Drive
04/10/71
Disco
DJ – Dave John
05/10/71
Disco ‘71
Steve Earl
Fazeley Parish Hall
Tamworth Herald – 08/10/71
Five months ago MR. Norman Cartlidge, proprietor of Tamworth’s Castle Hotel, opened “Susanna’s” discotheque – an ambitious venture which cost him more than £9,000.
Now he admits: “I am very disappointed.”
He has lost money on entertainment and has found few Tamworth people are supporting the seven-nights-a-week disco.
08/10/71
Disco
DJ – Ron Peel
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
08/10/71
Body and Soul
Plus DJ
Wood End Youth Centre
09/10/71
Disco ‘71
Cisco
Mile Oak Community Centre
09/10/71
Buffalo
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Millbank Promotions
10/10/71
The Houseshakers (rock ‘n’ roll)
Tamworth Youth Centre
11/01/71
Disco
DJ – Mike Lynch
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
12/10/71
DJ
Personic Light and Disco Show
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club
Tamworth Herald – 15/10/71
Dosthill schoolboy Alan Peter Lakin of 52, East Street, Dosthill accused of murdering his 19-year-old brother Maurice John Lakin on April 21 during a lunch time quarrel over a bun.
Tamworth Herald – 15/10/71
A beauty line-up at Susanna’s discotheque in Tamworth on Tuesday. These three golden girls were among seven chosen by a panel of guest judges at a “Miss Susanna” contest. They will go through to a semi-final at Drayton Manor, when they will be joined by six other contestants from Hednesford racetrack. The winning “Miss Susanna” will be given £200 and will then enter the “Miss Nightclub of Great Britain” competition.
16/10/71
The Carribians (Reggae Group)
Plus DJ Ken
Disco ‘71
Mile Oak Community Centre
16/10/71
Pop Bar-be-que
The Medusa
DJ Geoff Owen
Recreation Ground, Mile Oak
20/10/71
Dordon Local Labour Party
Disco
T.C.B. Roadshow
Dordon Village Hall
20/10/71
Alan Melville Band
Wilnecote Parish Hall
22/10/71
Discron
Ronnie Stevens
Atherstone Miners Welfare Club
Tamworth Herald – 22/10/71
Bookings at Tamworth Assembly Rooms – described as “a white elephant” – and at Wilnecote Community Hall are showing a dramatic increase.
At the Assembly Rooms bookings are up by over 60 per cent and at Wilnecote they have more than doubled.
The Assembly Rooms are now in use on five nights a week – and there are booking as far ahead as March next year. Wilnecote Hall is used six days a week.
Tamworth Herald – 22/10/71
Giant Whale Exhibition
23/10/71
Star Spectacular
Bert Weedon
Kingsbury Working Mens Club
23/10/71
Disco
DJ – Heart ‘n’ Soul
Dosthill Club
23/10/71
The Re-Birth
Hams Hall Sports and Social Club
26/10/71
Christie
Susanna’s
Tamworth Herald – 29/10/71
Palace – The Love Bug
29/10/71
Disco
Dave Keen
30/10/71
The Long Johns
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club
30/10/71
Disco ‘71
Personic Sound
Mile Oak Community Centre
02/11/71
The Montanas
Susanna’s
02/11/71
Disco
Geoff Owen
Penalty Spot Disco
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club
05/11/71
Disco
Ron Peel
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
05/11/71
Stallion
Twycross Country Club
06/11/71
Disco ‘71
Laney Sounds
Mile Oak Community Centre
06/11/71
The Madisons
Kettlebrook Working Mens Club
09/11/71
Raymond Froggatt
Susanna’s
11/11/71
Disc-Spin
Johnny Slade
Twycross Country Club
12/11/71
Bird Avenue plus DJ
Wood End Youth Centre
13/11/71
Folk Concert
Diz Dizley, The Timoneers
Whittington Badminton Club
13/11/71
Disco ‘71
Earl St. John
14/11/71
The Ray-Al Sounds
The Spot Club
16/11/71
Mosaic
Susanna’s
16/11/71
Disco Night
DJ – Geoff Owen
Glascote Working Mens Club
19/11/71
The Guarantee
Wood End Youth Centre
(Labour Party Dance)
19/11/71
Disco
Dave Keen
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
19/11/71
Geoff Owen
Foseco Sports and Social Club
19/11/71
Disco
Dave Keen
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
20/11/71
Disco ‘71
Gary Clark
Mile Oak Community Centre
20/11/71
Cariboes
Kingsbury Working Mens Club
20/11/71
Disco
DJ – Tony Craige
Dosthill Club
21/11/71
Skyline Disco
Dosthill Club
23/11/71
Rockin’ Berries
Susanna’s
23/11/71
Disco – Penalty Spot
DJs – Alan Price and Woody
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club
24/11/71
Ruby Murray
Kingsbury Colliery Social Club
Tamworth Herald – 26/11/71
An ex-policeman working part-time as a “bouncer” in a Tamworth discotheque claimed in court on Tuesday that he was attacked by at least four youths during an early morning brawl at the club – Susanna’s.
Detective Sergeant Roger Manning said that Thomas Hanlon told him “Four of us came to Tamworth and we split into two’s in the club because it is easier that way to get the ‘birds’.
26/11/71
Fabulous Discron Discotheque
Atherstone Miners Welfare Club
No person over 21 allowed to disco
26/11/71
Magic Box plus DJ
Wood End Youth Centre
27/11/71
The Privilege
Hurley Working Mens Club
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Oh Susanna!
Shirley Jones, the 22-year-old teacher from Barton-under-Needwood who was chosen as Miss Susanna at Tamworth’s Castle Hotel on Tuesday night.
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30/11/71
Miss Susanna’s Final
Bourbon
Susanna’s
30/11/71
Penalty Spot Disco
DJ – Al Kay
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club
01/12/71
Upstairs Disco at The Dolphin Inn, Glascote
Top DJs every week
(National Promotions Present)
01/12/71
Hungry Freaks Ball
Genesis Satori
Other Things
Bizarre Bazaar
Head Market
Atherstone Memorial Hall
Tamworth Herald – 03/12/71
Preview of King Biscuit Boy and Idle Race, Emperor Rosko. Reviews of Santana’s Third Album and Pacific, Gas and Electric new album. The Coasters.
04/12/71
King Biscuit Boy
Idle Race
Tamworth College
04/12/71
Disco ‘71
Jason Paul
Mile Oak Community Centre
05/12/71
Disco
DJ – Heart and Soul
Dosthill Club
07/12/71
The Mods
Susanna’s
07/12/71
Penalty Spot
DJ – Ray Head
Polesworth Miners Welfare Club
10/12/71
Medusa
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
Tamworth Herald – 10/12/71
Palace – Carry on Up the Khyber
11/12/71
Skyline Disco
Dosthill Club
11/12/71
Emperor Rosko
Assembly Rooms
11/12/71
Disco ‘71
Malcolm Jay (Radio 1)
Mile Oak Community Centre
14/12/71
Noddy
Susanna’s
17/12/71
Queens Head Sports and Social Club, Wilnecote
Christmas Dance
Hampton Court
DJ – Johnny Slade
Wilnecote Parish Hall
17/12/71
Disco
DJ Roy Head
Susanna’s
17/12/71
Disco
Johnny Slade
Fazeley Victory Working Mens Club
Tamworth Herald – 17/12/71
Next year could see a major breakthrough for a Midland group – whose lead guitarist hails from Dosthill.
“Enigma” which draws its other members from the Great Barr area is set to release a first single in the New year followed by a L.P. in March.
Says 18-year-old Phil Bates of Orchard Close, Dosthill: “It is hard to describe our music because we want to appeal to a wide audience – from the old to the young.”
Basically, the group concentrates on vocal and instrumental harmony songs, both of their own composition and by other writers. London’s Morgan Studios with whom they are contracted, have high hopes for the group in a bid for the charts.
Phil, Himself, started playing guitar when eh was 11, and made his first public appearance with a group of Dosthill lads known as the “Wild Four” – later the “Teenbeats” – when he was only 12. They played the local scene for about four years with Phil on lead guitar and vocals.
After a spell with the “Source of Power” playing leading Midland ballrooms, Phil teamed up with Wolverhampton-based outfit “Jug” who made several tours of Scotland and played all over the country as semi-professionals.
A difference in musical policy led to Phil starting as a solo performer before joining “Enigma” a few months ago. This five piece includes two girl vocalists but on stage everyone takes part in solo items.
And Phil’s interest in music does not stop there for he is currently working in Birmingham for Ringway music.
18/12/71
The Tommy Farr Show
Susanna’s
18/12/71
Fusion Orchestra
DJ – Jason Roberts
Assembly Rooms
18/12/71
Disco ‘71
Cisco’s Disco
Mile Oak Community Centre
18/12/71
Focus on Light Disco
Dosthill Club
19/12/71
Jackpots
Amington Liberal Club
21/12/71
Mercia Youth Centre
Grand Christmas Disco – Buffet
Mr. Digs Disco Show
21/12/71
Rum and Butter
(No jeans lads)
Susanna’s
22/12/71
Disco ‘71
Freak Out Night
DJ – Johnny Farr
(No reggae / All heavy sounds)
22/12/71
The Deltics
Hurley Working Mens Club
23/12/71
Disco
The Quad Sound
Amington Liberal Club
24/12/71
a-“Traction”
Plus The Jason Chord Band
Polesworth Memorial Hall
24/12/71
The Ivory Sun
Hurley Working Mens Club
24/12/71
Tommy Farr Show
Susanna’s
24/12/71
Mr. Dig
Wilnecote Parish Hall
24/12/71
The Hy-Kells
Tamworth Progressive Club
24/12/71
a-“Traction”
plus Jason Chandler
Polesworth Memorial Hall
24/12/71
Ivory Sun
Hurley Working Mens Club
24/12/71
The Guarantee
Grendon Working Mens Club
25/12/71
The Zodiacs
Grendon Working Mens Club
27/12/71
Disco Derby
Sage Sounds
Wood End Youth Centre
27/12/71
Rubber Ball
Tamworth Progressive Club
31/12/71
Disco ‘71/’72
Malcolm Jay
Fazeley Parish Hall
31/12/71
Medusa
Mile Oak Rovers New Years Eve Pop Dance
Mile Oak Community Centre
31/12/71
Jason Chord
The Firebirds
Polesworth Memorial Hall
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