The following gig list was compiled from several sources including advertisements in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Geoff Docherty’s book (A Promoter’s Tale) and various band gig diaries.
1965
March 1965
| Wed | 03/03/65 | Lectrons | Colts |
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April 1965
| Thu | 01/04/65 | Moody Blues | Nashville Teens |
| Playboys | |||
| Thu | 28/04/65 | Lectrons | Go-Gos |
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June 1965
| Thu | 03/06/65 | Moody Blues | Thu | 17/06/65 | Zulus | Vostox Combo |
| Don Juans | Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders | Fri | 18/06/65 | Nashville Teens | Gregg Burman Soul Band | Thu | 24/06/65 | Rue and the Rockets | Junco Partners |
| Silver Dollars |
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July 1965
| Thu | 08/07/65 | Concords | Ravens |
| Dynamics | Mystics | ||
| Colts | |||
| Thu | 15/07/65 | Denims | Lectrons |
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August 1965
| Wed | 04/08/65 | Denims | |
| Fri | 06/08/65 | Gregg Burman Soul Band | Playboys |
| Alan Price Combo | |||
| Thu | 19/08/65 | Lectrons |
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September 1965
| Wed | 08/09/65 | Howlin’ Blues | Silver Dollars |
| Junco Partners | |||
| Fri | 10/09/65 | Elcort | Night Hawks |
| Ravens | Concords | ||
| Strangeways |
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October 1965
| Thu | 28/10/65 | Them | Gas Board |
| Steam Packet |
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1966
January 1966
| Date | Bands: – | ||
| Thu | 17/02/66 | Colts | Outlines |
| Elcort | Ravens | ||
| Fri | 24/02/66 | The Animals | Graham Bond Organisation |
| Tiffany |
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March 1966
| Tue | 22/03/66 | Sound Incorporated | Junco Partners |
| Rebels | Pieces of Five |
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April 1966
| Thu | 07/04/66 | Invaders | Originells |
| Junco Partners | Short Blues Line | ||
| Thu | 21/04/66 | Pretty Things | Junco Partners |
| Jazz Board | Hylton K’s | ||
| Thu | 28/04/65 | Consolidated Sounds | Lectrons |
| Why and Where Four | Sect | ||
| Chosen Few | Elcort |
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May 1966
| Thu | 05/05/66 | Colts | |
| Wed | 11/05/66 | Junco Partners | Chosen Few |
| Primitive Sect | Jub Jub Clique Band | ||
| Urge | Elcort |
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June 1966
| Wed | 01/06/66 | Von Dykes | Short Blues Line |
| Gas Board | Outlines | ||
| Junco Partners | |||
| Fri | 10/06/66 | Silver Dollars | |
| Thu | 16/06/66 | Why and Where Four | Pieces of Five |
| Monks | Silver Dollars | ||
| Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas | |||
| Fri | 17/06/66 | Rue and the Rockets | Primitive Sect |
| Hylton K’s | Facts of Life | ||
| Gamblers | |||
| Thu | 23/06/66 | Kodiaks | Tony Jackson and the Vibrations |
| Crying Shames | Junco Partners |
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July 1966
| Thu | 07/07/66 | Outlines | Invaders |
| Colts | Chosen Few | ||
| Pieces of Five | |||
| Fri | 08/07/66 | Playboys | Elcort |
| Silver Dollars | Five Links | ||
| Gas Board | Gamblers | ||
| Wed | 13/07/66 | Colts | |
| Thu | 14/07/66 | Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders | Gas Board |
| Colts | Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds | ||
| Wed | 21/07/66 | Sect | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich |
| Pieces of Five | |||
| Fri | 22/07/66 | Gregg Burman Soul Band | Why and Where Four |
| Hinge | Adelphis | ||
| Invaders | |||
| Thu | 28/07/66 | Junco Partners | |
| Fri | 29/07/66 | Rumour | Junco Partners |
| Lectrons | Denims |
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August 1966
| Fri | 05/08/66 | Facts of Life | Blue Stars |
| Short Blues Line | Hinge | ||
| Movement | |||
| Thu | 11/08/66 | Gas Board | Kodiaks |
| Tony Rivers and the Castaways | Troggs | ||
| Fri | 19/08/66 | Dimples | Nashville Teens |
| Fri | 26/08/66 | Movement | Mystics |
| Shingle | Outlines | ||
| Sect | Facts of Life |
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September 1966
| Thu | 01/09/66 | Zombies | Measles |
| Warriors | |||
| Fri | 02/09/66 | Gregg Burman Soul Band | Heatwave |
| Bar 19 | Consolidated Sounds | ||
| Fables | |||
| Fri | 09/09/66 | Elcort | Transit |
| Rue and the Rockets | Facts of Life | ||
| Clique | |||
| Wed | 14/09/66 | Sect | Colts |
| Thu | 15/09/66 | Toggery Five | Action |
| Fenmen | Junco Partners | ||
| Fri | 21/10/66 | Gamblers |
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November 1966
| Tue | 29/11/66 | Zombies | Junco Partners |
| Outlines |
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1967
January 1967
| Date | Bands: – | ||
| Tue | 10/01/67 | Junco Partners | Gas Board |
| Consolidated Sounds | Originells |
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February 1967
| Tue | 14/02/67 | Silver Dollars | Set Up |
| Outlines | Von Dykes | ||
| Fri | 24/02/67 | Chuck Berry | Zombies |
| Ronnie Jones and the Blue Jays | Gas Board |
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March 1967
| Thu | 02/03/67 | Tony Rivers and the Castaways | Wynder K Frog |
| Frankenstein and the Monsters | Consolidated Sounds | ||
| Fri | 17/03/67 | Lusika State Group | |
| Thu | 23/03/67 | Originells | Junco Partners |
| Facts of Life | Rue and the Rockets | ||
| Fri | 31/03/67 | Sect |
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April 1967
| Wed | 12/04/67 | Manfred Mann | Gas Board |
| Junco Partners | Sect | ||
| Phase 4 | |||
| Thu | 27/04/67 | Move | Silver Dollars |
| Elcort | |||
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May 1967
| Thu | 04/05/67 | Jerome | |
| Wed | 17/05/67 | Gas Board | New Religion |
| Urge | Lynx | ||
| Kind | Just Bent | ||
| Wed | 31/05/67 | Gas Board | 10th Avenue All Stars |
| Moods | Links | ||
| Kind | Lusika State Group |
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June 1967
| Thu | 01/06/67 | Pleasure Machine | Skip Bifferty |
| Alan Price | New Religion | ||
| Sect | |||
| Fri | 09/06/67 | Junco Partners | Originells |
| Outlines | Adelphis | ||
| Barbed Wire | |||
| Thu | 15/06/67 | Tricity Klan | Set Up |
| Skyliners | Junco Partners | ||
| Thu | 22/06/67 | Junco Partners | Outlines |
| Tricity Klan | Sect |
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July 1967
| Thu | 13/07/67 | One in a Million | Gas Board |
| Pleasure Machine | Schye | ||
| Incense | |||
| Wed | 26/07/67 | Gas Board | Sect |
| Herd | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich |
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August 1967
| Wed | 09/08/67 | Funny Farm | Trend |
| Just Bent | Sect | ||
| Thu | 07/08/67 | Gas Board | Consolidated Sounds |
| Gregg Burman Soul Band | Jerome |
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September 1967
| Wed | 13/09/67 | Sect | Steve Brown Blues Band |
| Geno Disciples | Honey Band | ||
| Lusika State Group |
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October 1967
| Fri | 13/10/67 | MI5 |
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November 1967
| Thu | 16/11/67 | Shame | Traction |
| Autumn States | Lynx | ||
| Tues | 28/11/67 | Alan Price | Jimmy Powell and the Dimensions |
| Mr Poobah’s Chicago Line | Outlines |
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1968
January 1968
| Date | Bands: – | ||
| Tue | 16/01/68 | Sect | Mr Poobah’s Chicago Line |
| Just Bent | Troggs | ||
| Thu | 18/01/68 | Outlines | Set Up |
| His Creed | Gregg Burman Soul Band |
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February 1968
| Wed | 07/02/68 | Junco Partners | Urge |
| Traine | Shady Kases | ||
| Tue | 13/02/68 | Pleasure Machine | |
| Tue | 28/02/68 | T D Bacus and the Powerhouse | Sect |
| Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds | Procol Harum | ||
| Wed | 28/02/68 | Procol Harum | Junco Partners |
| Winetca Sounds | Graham Bond Organisation |
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March 1968
| Tue | 05/03/68 | Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers | T D Bacus and the Powerhouse |
| John Lewis Blues Band | |||
| Fri | 29/03/68 | Zoot Money & Dantallion’s Chariot | Mr Poobah’s Chicago Line |
| Pleasure Machine | |||
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April 1968
| Thu | 04/04/68 | Body Snatchers | |
| Fri | 05/04/68 | Alan Price Set | Outlines |
| Junco Partners | Sir Percy and the Riot Squad | ||
| Wed | 24/04/68 | Coloured Rain | Traine |
| Winetca Sounds | Kites |
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May 1968
| Wed | 01/05/68 | Set Up | Lusika State Band |
| Urge | Shady Kases | ||
| Fri | 17/05/68 | Downtown Faction | Georgia Quintet |
| Pleasure Machine | Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band | ||
| Fri | 24/05/68 | 10th Avenue All Stars | Junco Partners |
| Village | Alibi |
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June 1968
| Thu | 06/06/68 | Tony Rivers and the Castaways | Jimmy Powell and the Dimensions |
| Sir Percy and the Riot Squad | Rubber Plant | ||
| Fri | 21/06/68 | Hylton K’s | Phase 4 |
| Downtown Faction | |||
| Mon | 24/06/68 | Pleasure Machine | Long John Baldry |
| Wed | 26/06/68 | New Blues Review | Hector Grant |
| Palace of Dreams | Sect |
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July 1968
| Wed | 10/07/68 | Sect | Gregg Burman Soul Band |
| Simon Dupree and the Big Sound | |||
| Fri | 12/07/68 | Flirtations | Mystics |
| Coloured Rain | Traine | ||
| Fri | 19/07/68 | John Lewis Blues Band | Downtown Faction |
| Traffic | Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera | ||
| Wed | 24/07/68 | Sect | Pleasure Machine |
| Autumn States |
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August 1968
| Fri | 02/08/68 | Plastic Penny | Gregg Burman Soul Band |
| Wed | 07/08/68 | Sect | 10th Avenue All Stars |
| Barbed Wire | |||
| Fri | 16/08/68 | Alan Bown Set | Peter’s People |
| Family | Junco Partners | ||
| Wed | 21/08/68 | Sect | Junco Partners |
| Pleasure Machine | Palace of Dreams | ||
| Fri | 23/08/68 | Manfred Mann | Blonde on Blonde |
| Doc K’s Blues Band | Sect | ||
| Fri | 30/08/68 | This Years Girl | Gypsy |
| Gregg Burman Soul Band | New Blues Review |
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September 1968
| Fri | 13/09/68 | Idle Race | Hylton K’s |
| Winetca Sounds | Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band | ||
| Thu | 26/09/68 | Pink Floyd | Nice |
| Sect | Coloured Rain |
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October 1968
| Fri | 04/10/68 | Yardbirds | Junco Partners |
| Terry Reid’s Fantasia | Downtown Faction | ||
| Fri | 11/10/68 | Nebraskans | Manfred Mann |
| Links | Mr Poobah’s Chicago Line | ||
| Thu | 17/10/68 | Move | Family |
| Nashville Teens | Peter’s People | ||
| Dolly Rocker Band | |||
| Fri | 25/10/68 | P P Arnold | Fleetwood Mac |
| Wed | 30/10/68 | Cupids Inspiration | Bakerloo Blues Line |
| Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band | Factotums |
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December 1968
| Fri | 06/12/68 | Plastic Penny | Junco Partners |
| Tue | 10/12/68 | Sect | Junco Partners |
| Mr Poobah’s Chicago Line | Traction | ||
| Thu | 12/12/68 | Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band | Jimmy Powell and the Dimensions |
| Mr Poobah’s Chicago Line |
I am trying to find information about the Jimmy Bence orchestra band who were the resident band at the Mayfair.In particular I am looking for information on John Little also know as Osbourne who sang with the band in 1965
I would be very grateful for any assistance anyone can give.
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