| Artists and Groups that appeared at the Redhill Market Hall | ||
| Introduction This is a subject that keeps cropping up but until now has never been properly resolved. Just who appeared at the Market Hall and when? Individual artists, Pop Groups, Jazz Bands, they all seem to have performed there but there is no known record, sketchy or comprehensive, of their appearances. Christine Nunweek, who belongs to an old Redhill family, has a list of some of the acts, plus dates, and it was felt that if a webpage was created others might be able to contribute and the list would grow. So, if you have posters from those far off days of your youth or any other material that could add to the information here, or just your memory, please contact author. East
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| YEAR | DATE | GROUP | SOURCE |
| 1963 | Sat 15th June | Gene Vincent & Sounds Incorporated | Christine Nunweek |
| 1963 | Sat 31st Aug | Sounds Inc. | Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek) |
| 1963 | Sat 18th January | The Searchers | Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek) |
| 1964 | Sat March 7th | Freddie and The Dreamers | Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek) |
| 1964 | June 20th | The Interns | Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek) |
| 1964 | July 4th | The Redcaps | Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek) |
| 1964 | Sat15th August | Gene Vincent & The Shouts | Christine Nunweek |
| 1964 | Sept 12th | The Hollies | Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek) |
| 1964. | October 3rd | Dave Berry and The Cruisers | Surrey Mirror (research Christine Nunweek) |
| 1965 | Sat 21st August | Donovan | Christine Nunweek |
| 1965 | Sat 28th August | Charles Dickens and the Habits | Christine Nunweek |
| 1965 | Sat 4th September | The Zombies | Christine Nunweek |
| 1965 | Sat 11th September | The Sons of Fred | Christine Nunweek |
| 1965 | Sat18th September | The T Bones | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 1st January | The Clayton Squares | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 15th January | The Small Faces | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 29th January | Uglys | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 19th February | Gary Farr and the T Bones | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 26th Feb | The Nashville Teens | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 5th March | A Band of Angels | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 12th March | The Mojos | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 26th March | The Downliners Sect | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 9th April | The Riot Squad | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 39th April | Crying Shames | www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/apr66.htm |
| 1966 | Sat 28th May | The Sorrows | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 4th June | The 4 Inches, the Flashbakks (Redhill Group) The Dark Ages | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 11th June | The Bow Street Runners | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 3rd Sept | Garry Farr and the T Bones | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 10th Sept | The Fortunes | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 17th Sept | The Nashville Teens | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 24th Sept | The Creation | Christine Nunweek |
| 1966 | Sat 17th Dec | Wynder K. Frogg | Christine Nunweek |
| 1968 | 3rd March | Stormsville Shakers | www.stormsvilleshakers.com/history |
| Teenbeat Rock Club Flyers for 1966 | |||
| January 1966 | Feb-March 1966 | May-June 1966 | September 1966 |
| (Note the change of spelling of Club to Klub) | |||
| Teenbeat membership card | The Flashbakks | ||
| Also from Christine Nunweek | I know for
certain that Manfred Mann and The Searchers
both played at the Market Hall but don't remember
the dates; it was probably early 1965, as The Manfreds
sang their " new" song Do Wah Diddy
Diddy. |
| More
from Christine Nunweek August 2007 |
I went
to The Surrey Mirror Archives yesterday and found the
following groups to add to the list. Sounds Inc - August 31st 1963. The Seachers - January 18th 1964. Freddie and The Dreamers - March 7th 1964. The Interns - June 20th 1964. The Redcaps - July 4th 1964 The Hollies - Sept 12th 1964. Dave Berry and The Cruisers - October 3rd 1964. The advertising is very random, it seems as if they relied on the fliers they gave out weekly rather than the local press. (Thanks Christine; these acts added to the list above AJM) |
| And this received from Geoff Lawrence, December 2007 | I went just
about every week and as well as those already listed on
your site I saw all these acts at the Market Hall but
don't know the exact dates. There were: Hunters 1963 -
Gene Vincent 1963 - Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages
1963 - Twinkle 1963 - Eagles (Bristol not California)
1964 - Tommy Quickly 1964 - Searchers 1964 - Undertakers
1964. I also played there a few times with my band, The Sabres. We were then signed up by the promoter - a guy called Banister - to play at his other venues in Tunbridge Wells (supporting the Mersybeats) and Gravesend (supporting the Four Pennies). Other local bands I think appeared at the Market Hall around 63/64 were: Paramounts - Alphabeats - R+B etc/Blueberries - Flashbakks. Good memories. Geoff Thank a lot, Geoff, this is just what we are looking for. |
| Email from Robert Streeter, January 2008. | The listings of the performers at the
Market Hall does not include the Kinks and this must be
an error - I saw the Kinks at the Market Hall and I am
sure they came twice - they were the loudest band I
believe I ever heard - they had huge black vox amplifying
equipment........ Tom Jones also made an appearance at
the Market Hall - his voice was so powerful he hardly
needed a microphone - I remember it very well..... but I do not
know the dates... Tom Jones performed at the Market Hall about 6 weeks before his first smash hit ' It's Not Unusual' became number one in the pop charts ! Thanks, Robert, the more information the better. |
| From Chris Fountain, March 2008 |
Your website
is a source of instant nostalgia for me. I saw most of
the acts listed and I'm sure that I also saw The Tornados
- after they recorded 'Telstar', Tommy Bruce -
who sang 'pennies from heaven' and stopped his
performance to chastise the audience for throwing pennies
at him and one of the most underrated bands of the 60's
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. Happy days! |
| If you saw
an act, or maybe more than one, at the Redhill Market
Hall, even if you can't remember the date, please contact
author so that
this list can be made to grow into a proper record of
those years of all our youths. If you have information regarding other organisations that performed at the Market Hall please also contact author |
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