Opera House Sunday Night Programmes 1952 – 1966
Harold Fielding Sunday Night Concerts
1952 was the first year that ‘New’ was dropped from the ‘Opera House’ title
1965 was the 21st Anniversary and was described as being the ‘strongest list of bill-topping stars we have ever had’
They included * The Bachelors * Shirley Bassey * Cilla Black * Eddie Calvert * Ronnie Carroll * Russ Conway * Frank Ilfield * Susan Lane * Lulu & The Luvvers * Kenny Lynch * Peter, Paul and Mary * Cliff Richard * The Shadows * Andy Stewart * Sounds Incorporated
The last night of the 1965 series of concerts was the 3rd October, starring Peter, Paul and Mary, Susan Lane and Des Lane
Sunday 24th August 1952
Frankie Laine
Sunday 31st August 1952
Josef Locke, Sugar ‘Chile’ Robinson, Wandy Tworek
Sunday 14th September 1952
Petula Clark, Harry Robbins, Roy Stevens, The Stargazers, The Hedley Ward Trio
Sunday 21st September 1952
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Sunday 28th September 1952
Tessie O’Shea
Saturday 22nd November 1952
Gracie Fields, Tommy Reilly, John McHugh, Wandy Tworek
Easter Sunday 5th April 1953
Johnnie Ray, Lynne Bretonn, Nat Gonella, Jack Simpson
Whit Sunday 24th May 1953
Eddie Fisher, The Kordites, Ian Stewart, Lynne Bretonn, Robey Buckley
Sunday 21st June 1953
Al Martino
Sunday 28th June 1953
Edmundo Ros, Radio Revellers, Ronald Chesney
Sunday 5th July 1953
Tessie O’Shea, Malcolm Mitchell Trio
Sunday 12th July 1953
Billy Daniels
Sunday 19th July 1953
Al Martino
Sunday 26th July 1953
Frank Sinatra
Sunday 2nd August 1953
Guy Mitchell
Sunday 9th August 1953
Edmundo Ros, Vivian Blaine, Ronald Chesney
Sunday 16th August 1953
Rawicz & Landauer, Merry Macs, Hedley Ward Trio
Sunday 23th August 1953
Frankie Laine, Malcolm Mitchell Trio, Harry Jacobson, Stargazers
Sunday 30th August 1953
Guy Mitchell
Sunday 6th September 1953
Billy Daniels
Sunday 13th September 1953
Frankie Laine
Sunday 20th September 1953
Anne Shelton, Semprini, Stargazers, Elizabeth Welch, Ronald Chesney
Sunday 18th April 1954
Nat ‘King’ Cole
Sunday 6th June 1954
Guy Mitchell
Sunday 13th June 1954
Billy Daniels
Sunday 20th June 1954
Billy Eckstine, Stargazers, Esterella, Jack Simpson
Sunday 27th June 1954
Al Martino
Sunday 4th July 1954
Josef Locke, Ray Ellington, Five Skyliners, Suzi Miller
Sunday 11th July 1954
Billy Daniels, Lita Roza
Sunday 18th July 1954
Al Martino, Semprini
Sunday 25th July 1954
Larry Parks and Betty Garrett, Rolly Rolls, Robey Buckley, Lita Rosa
1st August 1954
Five Smith Brothers, Rawicz & Landauer, Joan Reagan
8th August 1954
Guy Mitchell, Stargazers, Douglas Maynard
15th August 1954
Mantovani
22nd August 1954
Tessie O’Shea, Robey Buckley, Bruce Trent, Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson
12th September 1954
Vera Lynn, Rawicz & Landauer
3rd October 1954
Frankie Laine, Joan Regan, The Coronets
Royal Variety Performance Programme. April 13th 1955 at the Opera House, Winter Gardens
Starring Morcambe & Wise, The Crazy Gang, Arthur Askey, The John Tiller Girls, Bill Waddington, Geraldo, Jewel & Warriss, Littlewood’s Girls Choir, Joan Reagan, Alma Cogan, George Formby, Charlie Cairoli, Albert Modley, Laurie Lupino Lane and George Truzzi, Flanagan & Allen, Al Read and Eddie Fisher
Sunday 17th July 1955
Marlene Dietrich, Harriott & Evans, Wandy Tworek
18th September 1955
Gracie Fields, Hedley Ward Trio, Frank Cook, Tammer Sisters
Sunday 25th September 1955
The Crew-Cuts, Kirk Stevens, Ian Stewart, Eve Boswell and Ken Morriston
2nd October 1955
Eddie Calvert, Petula Clark, Harriott & Evans, Camilleri, Kentones
Christmas Day, 25th December 1955
Gracie Fields, Roy Stevens, Five Skyliners, Joan Hinde, Marian Zygmunt
1st April 1956
Slim Whitman, Five Skyliners, Cherry Wainer, Shirley Eaton
Whit Sunday 20th May 1956
Eartha Kitt, Mary O’ Hara, Kenny Baker, Johnny Brandon
24th June 1956
Vera Lynn, Joan Hinde, Stargazers, Jack Simpson
Sunday 1st July 1956
Billy Eckstine
8th July 1956
David Whitfield, Lita Roza, Ronnie Carroll
15th July 1956
Billy Daniels, Betty Miller, Ronald Chesney, Stargazers
22nd July 1956
Alma Cogan, Johnny Brandon, Hilltoppers, Tommy Reilly
29th July 1956
Max Bygraves
12th August 1956
David Whitfield, Five Skyliners, Shirley Eaton
19th August 1956
Billy Daniels, Kordites, Semprini, Betty Miller
26th August 1956
Alma Cogan, Johnny Brandon, Hedley Ward Trio
2nd September 1956
Max Bygraves, Petula Clark, Rima Rudina, Kordites
16th September 1956
Joan Reagan, Five Skyliners, Ian Stewart, Harriott & Evans
23rd September 1956
Deep River Boys, Petula Clark, Hedley Ward Trio, Petula Clark
Sunday 30th September 1956
Al Martino, Kenny Baker, Lita Roza, Joe Henderson, The Stargazers
7th October 1956
Anne Shelton, Semprini, Harriott & Evans, Ken-Tones
Sunday 21st April 1957
The Platters, The Kay Sisters, Ronald Chesney, Ronnie Hilton
9th June 1957
Gracie Fields, Rawicz & Landauer, Hedley Ward Trio
30th June 1957
The Four Lads, Petula Clark
Sunday 7th July 1957
Guy Mitchell, The Four Millionaires, Roy Stevens, Eve Boswell
14th July 1957
Alma Cogan, Kirk Stevens, Joe Henderson, Kordites
21st July 1957
Shirley Bassey
28th July 1957
Johnnie Ray, Eve Boswell, Roy Stevens, Stargazers
4th August 1957
Alma Cogan, Ken-Tones, Camilleri, Ronnie Carroll
11th August 1957
David Whitfield
Sunday 18th August 1957
Charlie Gracie, Petula Clark, The Kordites, Roy Stevens, Harriott and Evans
25th August 1957
David Whitfield, Semprini, Wandy Tworek
1st September 1957
Shirley Bassey, Josef Locke, Charlie Gracie, Joan Hinde
8th September 1957
Ronnie Hilton, Eve Boswell, Rawicz & Landauer, Ronald Chesney
15th September 1957
Deep River Boys, Alma Cogan, Burt Twins, Joan Hinde
22nd September 1957
Billy Eckstine, Eve Boswell, Semprini
6th April 1958
Ronnie Hilton, Eddie Calvert, Five Dallas Boys, Marion Ryan
25th May 1958
Beverley Sisters, Joan Hinde, Desmond Lane, Four Jones Boys
29th June 1958
Petula Clark, Harriott & Evans, The Ken-Tones
6th July 1958
Sarah Vaughan, Robey Buckley, Tanner Sisters
13th July 1958
Guy Mitchell, Mudlarks, Eve Boswell, Ronald Chesney
20th July 1958
Alma Cogan, Semprini, Marty Wilde, Ken-Tones
27th July 1958
Vic Damone, Kenny Baker, Petula Clark
10th August 1958
Vic Damone, Marion Ryan
17th August 1958
Connie Francis, Eddie Calvert, Semprini
Tuesday & Wednesday 19th and 20th August 1958
Harry Belafonte
31st August 1958
Shirley Bassey, Ronnie Carroll, Mudlarks, Ronald Chesney
7th September 1958
Gracie Fields
5th October 1958
Max Bygraves, Shani Wallis, Tommy Reilly, Ken-Tones
Easter Sunday 29th March 1959
Billy Daniels, Eddie Calvert, Shani Wallis
17th May 1959
Shirley Bassey, Don Lang, Eddie Calvert, Semprini
28th June 1959
Gracie Fields, Jimmy Young, Kenny Baker, Raindrops
5th July 1959
Eve Boswell, Carlo, Margo Henderson, Ian Stewart
12th July 1959
Petula Clark, Johnny Laycock, Jimmy Young, Desmond Lane
Sunday 27th September 1959
Eddie Calvert, The Peter Sisters, Yana, The Ken-Tones, Ronnie Carroll
Easter Sunday 17th April 1960
Cliff Richard
Sunday 31st July 1960
Shirley Bassey
Sunday 2nd April 1961
Alma Cogan
Sunday 7th May 1961
Lena Horne, Russ Conway, King Bros., Craig Jacobs, Patricia Bredin
Sunday 2nd July 1961
Johnnie Ray
Sunday 16th July 1961
Tommy Steele
Sunday 23rd July 1961
Deep River Boys, Ronnie Hilton
Sunday 30th July 1961
Diana Dors
The Freemen, Eddie Calvert, Ian Stewart
Sunday 6th August 1961
Alma Cogan, Rawicz & Landauer, Don Lang, Margo Henderson
Sunday 13th August 1961
Tommy Steele, Kenny Baker, The Springfields
Sunday 20th August 1961
Joe Henderson, Eddie Calvert, Ronnie Hilton, Valerie Masters
Sunday 27th August 1961
Alma Cogan, Rawicz & Landauer, Margo Henderson, Springfields, Kenny Baker
Sunday 3rd September 1961
Tommy Steele
Easter Sunday 22nd April 1962
Shirley Bassey & Kenny Baker
1st July to 7th October 1962
Brand new up-to-date style of Sunday Concert Presentation
Starring (dates to be announced)
Shirley Bassey, Adam Faith, Joan Regan, David Whitfield, Max Bygraves
Bob Miller & The Millermen
Sunday 28th April 1963
Sammy Davis Jnr., Hedley Ward Trio, Cathy Kiby, Gerry & The Pacemakers
Evening Gazette – 29th April 1963
Sunday 7th July 1963
Alma Cogan, Ketty Lester, Deep River Boys, Des Lane, The Mistins
Sunday 14th July 1963
Millicent Martin, Ronnie Carroll, The Peter Sisters, Eddie Calvert, Margo Henderson
Sunday 21st July 1963
Connie Stevens, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, Mark Wynter, The Hollies
Sunday 28th July 1963
Billy Fury, The Tornados, Jill Day, Des Lane, Raindrops
Sunday 4th August 1963
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, Jet Harris and Tony Meehan, Mark Wynter, Susan Maughan
Sunday 11th August 1963
Billy Fury, The Tornados, The Raindrops, Jill Day, Des Lane
Sunday 18th August 1963
Shirley Bassey
Sunday 8th September 1963
Winifred Atwell, Ronnie Carroll, The Kaye Sisters, Millicent Martin, Bob Miller, Johnny Laycock
Sunday 15th September 1963
Vera Lynn, Mark Wynter, The Springfields, Des Lane
Sunday 22nd September 1963
Winifred Atwell, Eddie Calvert, Kenneth McKellar, Yana
Sunday 29th September 1963
Joan Reagan, Jimmy Logan, The Springfields, Semprini
Sunday 6th October 1963
Vera Lynn, Edmund Hockridge, Bob Miller, Joe ‘Mr. Piano’ Henderson and Des Lane
Whit Sunday 17th May 1964
Lonnie Donegan, Mark Wynter, Susan Lane, The Kestrels, Bob Miller and the Millermen
Sunday 12th July 1964
Matt Munro, Jimmy Logan, Doreen Hume, Jackie Farn, The Jones Boys
Sunday 19th July 1964
Russ Conway, Joan Reagan, Val Doonican
Sunday 26th July 1964
The Beatles, The Hearts, Tony Marsh, The Innocents, Mike Berry and The Dennisons
Sunday 9th August 1964
Max Bygraves, Jackie Trent, Des Lane, The Kestrels, Bob Miller and the Millermen
Sunday 16th August 1964
The Beatles
Sunday 23rd August 1964
Shirley Bassey
Sunday 30th August 1964
Max Bygraves
Sunday 6th September 1964
Gracie Fields
Sunday 13th September 1964
Russ Conway, Joan Reagan, Val Doonican
Sunday 20th September 1964
Andy Stewart, Mark Wynter
Sunday 27th September 1964
Max Bygraves
Sunday 4th October 1964
Vera Lynn, Edmund Hockridge
Whit Sunday 6th June 1965
The Shadows, Johnny Hawkins, The Three Squires, Alan Randall, The Barry Sisters and Des Lane
Sunday 27th June 1965
Frank Ifield, Johnny Hawkins, The Chariots, Alan Randall and Susan Lane
Sunday 25th July 1965
Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Johnny Hawkins, The Three Squires and Faye Fisher
1st August 1965
Frank Ifield, Des Lane, Other Brothers, Susan Lane
8th August 1965
Andy Stewart, Lulu & The Lovers, Barry Sisters, Eddie Calvert
Sunday 22nd August 1965
The Bachelors, Freddie Davies, The Honeys, Roy Stevens, Kenny Lynch and Johnny Hawkins
Sunday 29th August 1965
Shirley Bassey, Jimmy Young and Alan Randall
Sunday 5th September 1965
Cilla Black, The Dallas Boys, Ronnie Carroll, Honeys
Sunday 12th September 1965
The Bachelors
Sunday 19th September 1965
Frank Ifield
Sunday 26th September 1965
Gracie Fields, The Other Brothers, Clive Lythgoe, Jimmy Young and Johnny Hawkins
Sunday 3rd October 1965
Peter Paul and Mary, Susan Lane, Des Lane
