Index

Can't find what you're looking for? The A-Z Index, which is arranged on nine pages, may help you to find it. Select a letter of the alphabet from the table below, then scroll through the list to find what you're interested in. Click on the underlined words (hyperlinks) to find out more.

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People and Performers
Shows and Venues
Songs and Songwriters

ABBA

1999: Mamma Mia!

Abbey Road Studios

1968: Carpet Man sessions

ABC, Belfast

1974: New Seekers

ABC, Blackpool

1973: New Seekers
1974: New Seekers

ABC, Chester

1973: New Seekers

ABC, Gloucester

1973: New Seekers

ABC, Great Yarmouth

1970: New Seekers

ABC, Huddersfield

1972: New Seekers

ABC, Hull

1972: New Seekers

ABC, Northampton

1972: New Seekers
1973: New Seekers

ABC, Peterborough

1973: New Seekers

ABC, Plymouth

1972: New Seekers
1973: New Seekers

Aberdeen

1975: Capitol Theatre, Jack Jones
1997: His Majesty's Theatre, Blood Brothers

Aberdeen Evening Express

4th June 1997
14th June 1997

Alex Adamson

Hull Daily Mail,
20/05/97

The Advertiser [Surrey]

18th July 1997

Advertising's Greatest Hits (2005)

The Afternoon Show, BBC Radio Wales (2007)

A-ha

1990: Crying In The Rain

Keith Aitken

The Express,
15/02/07

Vivienne Aitken

Daily Record,
08/09/17

Aladdin

1987: Sunderland
1991: Wolverhampton

Press articles / Reviews

Sunderland Echo,
09/12/87

Express & Star,
20/12/91

The Stage,
16/01/92

Theatre programmes
- Sunderland, 1987
- Wolverhampton, 1991

Albert Hall, Nottingham

1972: New Seekers

Albery Theatre

1988: Blood Brothers

Albums (New Seekers)

Beautiful People
Circles
Farewell Album
Keith Potger & The New Seekers
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Never Ending Song Of Love
New Colours
The New Seekers
Now
Peter, Paul & Marty
Together
We'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

Compilation albums
US albums

Albums (Nocturnes)

The Nocturnes
Wanted Live

Albums (solo)

The Dove soundtrack
Give Me Love
Hooked On Number 1s
It's Cliff Richard Show No. 2
Late Night
Taboo (Original London Cast)

Rob Alderson

Hastings & St. Leonards Observer,
21/07/10

Alfie

Alfie: A New Musical demo soundtrack
2005: Watford Palace Theatre

Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

2007: Footloose
2010: Blood Brothers
2013: Cabaret
2017: Blood Brothers

Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline

2009: Blood Brothers

Gavin Allen

South Wales Echo,
25/03/06

South Wales Echo,
21/03/07

Steve Allen

2007: LBC

Allisons, Liverpool

Keith Altham

Petticoat

Record Mirror,
04/03/72

American Bandstand (1973)

Amsterdam Bar, Huddersfield

Andy Williams Show (1971)

Natalie Anglesea

Manchester Evening News,
14/02/07

Anita and Me (2002)

Annuals

Daily Mail Year Book 1973
David Cassidy Annual 1974
Fab 208 1973
Fab 208 1974
Fab 208 1975
Fab 208 1975
Magpie Annual 1975
Mirabelle Sunshine Pop Book 1974
Popswop Annual 1974
Popswop Annual 1975
Top Of The Pops Annual 1975
Top Pop Scene 1974
Top Pop Scene 1975
Valentine 1974 Annual

John Anson

Bolton News,
12/05/18

Lancashire Telegraph,
31/03/16

Apollo, Glasgow

1974: New Seekers
1975: Jack Jones

Are You Being Served? (1974)

Arts Theatre, Cambridge

1982: Puss In Boots

Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon

1990: Babes In The Wood
2008: New Seekers

Ashton-Under-Lyne

2006: Tameside Hippodrome, Blood Brothers

Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells

1971: New Seekers
1990: Norman Wisdom
1994: Guy Mitchell
2010: Blood Brothers
2013: Cabaret

Associated International Management (AIM)

Australia

1970: New Seekers
1972: New Seekers

Australian Women's Weekly

January 1970
April 1974

Awards

Carl-Alan Award
Record Mirror: Top Vocal Group
The Sun: Top Pop Act

Aylesbury

2018: Waterside Theatre, Blood Brothers

B-sides (solo)

All By Myself
By My Side
A Case Of You
Everything That's Part Of You
How Long Will I Love You?
I Could Get Arrested
Lay Me Down
Let Me Be The One
The Waiting Game
You Never Told Me Love Hurts

Babes In The Wood

1985: Bristol Hippodrome [Eve Graham]
1988: Wolverhampton [Lyn Paul]
1989: Bath [Lyn Paul]
1990: Croydon [Lyn Paul]

Press articles / Reviews

Croydon Advertiser,
14/12/90

Express & Star,
20/12/88

The Guardian,
28/12/90

The Sunday Times,
23/12/90

Theatre programmes
- Wolverhampton, 1988
- Bath, 1989
- Croydon, 1990

The Bachelors

1978: Celebrity Squares
1983: Aladdin

Bill Backer

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
It Oughta Sell A Million

Obituary

Financial Times,
21/05/16

John Baker

Evening Telegraph (Peterborough),
29/11/13

Josie Balfour

Edinburgh Evening News,
22/10/13

Michael Ball

2014: Michael Ball's Eurovision: The Singers and the Songwriters

Maggie Ballinger

Gloucestershire Echo,
18/07/07

Stephanie Balloo

Birmingham Mail
04/10/19

Barry Balmayne

The Stage & Television Today,
16/01/92

Baz Bamigboye

Daily Mail,
17/07/98

Daily Mail,
02/10/98

Bankruptcy (1994)

Vivien Banks (New Seekers)

Biography

Trevor Bannister

2001: Dick Whittington

Bar Celona, Leeds

Nicholas Barber

Independent,
22/12/96

Stephen Barnard

Encyclopedia Of Rock

Brad Barnes

Evening Telegraph (Peterborough),
03/12/13

Evening Telegraph (Peterborough),
13/01/16

Peterborough Telegraph,
24/04/18

Barnsley

1971: New Seekers

Barnstaple

2018: Queens Theatre, Blood Brothers

Chris Barrington (New Seekers)

Biography

1969: joins the New Seekers
1970: quits the New Seekers

Tony Barrow

Sunday Telegraph,
16/05/16

Barry

1971: Memorial Hall, New Seekers

John Barry

Sail The Summer Winds

1985: soundtracks for Jagged Edge, Out Of Africa and A View To A Kill
1986: Oscar for Out Of Africa
1991: Oscar for Dances With Wolves

Record Collector,
No. 262, June 2001

The Basil Brush Show (1973)

Basildon

1990: Towngate Theatre, Norman Wisdom

Kate Bassett

Daily Telegraph,
30/07/98

Shirley Bassey

Who Said That?

Bath

1989: Theatre Royal, Babes In The Wood
2018: Theatre Royal, Blood Brothers

Batley Variety Club

1968: Tanzy
1970: New Seekers

Jo Bayne

Wiltshire Times,
18/01/18

BBC

1972: 50th Anniversary

Brian Beacom

Evening Times,
02/09/17

Camilla Beach

The Australian Women's Weekly,
April 1974

Myra Beasley

News and Mail,
17/07/97

The Beat

March 2008
April 2012

Beat Instrumental

Issue 110, July 1972
Issue 115, December 1972
No. 130, March 1974

The Beatles

1963: first Top 10 hit in UK
1970: split up

John Lennon / Paul McCartney

Jamie Beatson

The Express,
17/03/08

Robin Beck

1988: The First Time

Beck Theatre, Hayes

1983: Tribute to Billy Fury
1990: Norman Wisdom

Bee Gees

The Bee Gees: Tales of The Brothers Gibb
20 Blazing Bullets

The Beehive, Englefield Green

Christopher Beeny

2001: Dick Whittington

Dennis Belcher

1995: Lyn's bankruptcy
2001: Lyn's last night in Blood Brothers (5th May)
2002: Opening night of Taboo (6th May)
2008: Diamond Wedding Anniversary
2017: 90th birthday

Doreen Belcher

2001: Lyn's last night in Blood Brothers (5th May)
2002: Opening night of Taboo (6th May)
2008: Diamond Wedding Anniversary
2010: funeral
2011: The Ladies of Willy Russell's Blood Brothers "Uncovered!"

By My Side
How Long Will I Love You?
Let Me Be The One
The Waiting Game

Lynda Susan Belcher

Mandi Belcher

1976: Jack & The Beanstalk
1978: Fagins
1979: trip to Singapore
2009: holiday in Spain
2014: Saga Sapphire, Northern Lights curise

Nikki Belcher / Nikki Belsher

1987: Cats
1990: Campion
1990: Starlight Express
1991: Eurovision Song Contest
1993: Carousel
1995: 2 Point 4 Children
1997: Oh What A Night
1999: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
2000: Jesus Christ Superstar
2000: Singin' In The Rain
2001: Sunset Boulevard
2002: Sweet Charity
2003: A Chorus Line
2003: The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas
2004: The Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas DVD
2005: Billy Elliot - The Musical (Victoria Palace, London)
2006: The day I tried to be Billy Elliot (Daily Telegraph)
2007: Footloose
2008: Billy Elliot - The Musical (New York)
2009: Tony Awards
2009: holiday in Spain
2013: Saga Sapphire, cruise to Stockholm, Helsinki and St. Petersburg

Musical Stages,
Issue 17, Spring 1999

The Express,
11/11/99

Belfast

1974: ABC Cinema, New Seekers
2011: Grand Opera House, Rhinestone Mondays
2018: Grand Opera House, Blood Brothers

Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

2017: Blood Brothers

Madeline Bell

Blue Mink

Hooked On Number 1s

Matt Bendoris

The Sun,
17/09/05

The Scottish Sun,
07/05/22

David Benedict

Independent,
19/01/96

Brian Bennett (Arranger)

Here Comes That Wonderful Feeling
How Long Will I Love You?

James Bennett

Daily Telegraph,
14/12/96

Lennie Bennett

The Sun,
20/08/85

Matraca Berg

Mike Berry

1984: Mother Goose
1995: Café Royal

Hooked On Number 1s

Graham Betts

Complete UK Hit Albums

Complete UK Hit Singles

Bill Kenwright's Golden Years (2014)

Billingham Forum

2016: Blood Brothers

Billy Elliot - The Musical

2005: Victoria Palace, London
2008: Imperial Theatre, New York

Melinda Bilyeu

The Bee Gees: Tales of The Brothers Gibb

Birkenhead

1976

Birmingham

1972: Odeon, New Seekers
1973: Odeon, New Seekers
1974: Birmingham Town Hall, New Seekers
1977: Kings, Lyn Paul
2006: Hippodrome, Blood Brothers
2007: Hippodrome, Footloose
2016: Hippodrome, Blood Brothers
2019: Hippodrome, Blood Brothers

Who Said That?

Birmingham Evening Mail

29th July 1998
22nd October 2001

Birmingham Mail

8th March 2006
16th March 2006
28th September 2006
6th October 2006
11th October 2006
15th June 2007
15th May 2010
26th August 2011
9th September 2011
28th November 2013
6th October 2016
11th October 2016
13th October 2016
17th October 2016
7th March 2017
16th April 2018
17th May 2019
4th October 2019

Birmingham Post

23rd November 2002
9th July 2003
12th October 2006
26th September 2019

Birthdays

1989: Lyn's 40th birthday
1999: Lyn's 50th birthday
2014: Lyn's 65th birthday

2013: Alan's 60th birthday

1989: Ryan's birthday
2006: Ryan's 17th birthday
2007: Ryan's 18th birthday

Bitter End, New York

1971: New Seekers

The Biz!

Theatre programme

Cilla Black

1963: solo chart début
1971: Cilla

Don Black

If Everybody Loved The Same As You
Sail The Summer Winds
The Sanest Guy In The Room: A Life In Lyrics

1964: Walk Away
1980: Tell Me On A Sunday
1983: Dear Anyone...
1989: Aspects Of Love
1993: Sunset Boulevard
2008: 70th birthday concert

Who Said That?

Johnny Black

Classic Tracks Back To Back

Singles: six decades of hot hits & classic cuts

Mary Black

Tony Blackburn

Petticoat,
23/11/74

The Sun,
21/08/85

The Sun,
22/08/85

Daily Mail,
01/05/2012

The Mirror,
01/05/2012

Radio Times,
05/05/2012

The Express,
14/03/2014

Top Of The Pops (BBC1)

29th April 1971
15th July 1971
19th August 1971
27th December 1971
13th January 1972
2nd March 1972
6th July 1972
1st March 1973
21st March 1974
25th December 1974
10th July 1975
27th January 1977

Blackpool

1965: The Seekers
1973: New Seekers
1974: New Seekers
1977: Lyn Paul
1990: Norman Wisdom
1997: Kid Creole
2013: Cabaret

Lionel Blair

1982: Give Us A Clue

Blazers, Windsor

Blood Brothers

1983: Lyric Theatre
1988: Albery Theatre
1991: Phoenix Theatre
1997: UK tour
1998: 10th anniversary
1998: Empire Theatre, Liverpool
1999: Lyn leaves
2000: Lyn returns to the Phoenix (7th August)
2001: Lyn's last night at the Phoenix (5th May)
2002: Empire Theatre, Liverpool
2003: Lyn returns to the Phoenix (31st March)
2004: Jerry Hall joins the cast
2004: Lyn returns to the Phoenix (1st June - 17th July)
2006: UK tour
2007: Fairfield Hall, Croydon
2008: Empire Theatre, Liverpool (European City of Culture celebrations)
2008: Lyn returns to The Phoenix (28th January - 1st March)
2008: Lyn's last night at the Phoenix (27th September)
2009: UK tour
2010: UK tour
2010: Empire Theatre, Liverpool
2011: The Ladies of Willy Russell's Blood Brothers "Uncovered!"
2012: final fortnight in the West End
2016: Spring Tour
2016: Autumn Tour
2017: Spring Tour
2017: Autumn Tour
2018: Spring Tour
2019: Autumn Tour

On the Net: Blood Brothers websites

Photos

Press articles / Reviews

1997: UK tour
1998: 10th anniversary

Independent On Sunday,
08/04/01

Theatre programmes
- UK tour 1997
- UK tour 2002
- UK tour 2006
- Liverpool, 2008
- UK tour 2009
- UK tour 2010
- UK tour 2016
- UK tour 2017
- UK tour 2018
- Ireland and UK tour 2019
- Ireland and UK tour 2020
- West End

Blue Angel, Leeds

Blue Mink

Dorothy Blundell

Northern Echo,
22/02/18

Bob Harris' Rock Dates

Bob Holness Requests The Pleasure

Suzy Bogguss

Bolton News

12th May 2018

Boney M

1978: Rivers Of Babylon

The Book Of Golden Discs: the records that sold a million

Boom Bang-A-Bang

1995: Shepherds Bush Theatre

Samantha Booth

Daily Record,
28/03/03

Daily Record,
12/03/11

Borehamwood

1993: The Venue, Jack & The Beanstalk

Bournemouth

1971: Winter Gardens, New Seekers
1972: Winter Gardens, New Seekers
1973: Winter Gardens, New Seekers
1974: Winter Gardens, New Seekers
1975: Winter Gardens, Jack Jones
1976: Winter Gardens, Starrtime '76
1990: Pavilion, Norman Wisdom
2009: Pavilion, Blood Brothers

Bournemouth Daily Echo

7th February 2017

Rick Bowen

Messenger,
08/02/07

Messenger,
15/02/07

Boy George

Culture Club

1986: drugs prosecution
1992: The Crying Game
1995: Take It Like A Man
2002: Taboo

Straight
Take It Like A Man

Who Said That? [Joan Rivers]

Katie Boyle

1982: Give Us A Clue
2004: The Weakest Link: Eurovision Special

Susan Boyle

The Woman I Was Born To Be: My Story

Bracknell

1971: Bracknell Sports Centre, New Seekers
2007: new home

Bradford

2007: Alhambra Theatre, Footloose
2010: Alhambra Theatre, Blood Brothers
2013: Alhambra Theatre, Cabaret
2017: Alhambra Theatre, Blood Brothers

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

31st October 2017

Eileen Bradley

Mike Bradley

Observer,
27/11/05

Lizz Brain

Leicester Mercury,
18/01/07

Leicester Mercury,
07/10/17

Delaney Bramlett

Never Ending Song Of Love

Bravo

Breakfast Time (1985)

Mark Brend

Singles: six decades of hot hits & classic cuts

Brentwood Centre

1994: Guy Mitchell

Bridlington

1991: Summer Season

Bridlington Free Press

4th July 1991
11th July 1991
8th August 1991
15th August 1991

Jeremy Brien

The Stage,
23/02/17

Spencer Bright

Take It Like A Man

Brighton

1972: The Dome, New Seekers
1973: The Dome, New Seekers
1974: The Dome, New Seekers
2009: Theatre Royal, Blood Brothers

Bristol

1971: Colston Hall, New Seekers
1972: Colston Hall, New Seekers
1973: Colston Hall, New Seekers
1975: Colston Hall, Jack Jones
1997: Hippodrome, Blood Brothers
2010: Hippodrome, Blood Brothers
2013: Hippodrome, Cabaret
2017: Hippodrome, Blood Brothers

Bristol Evening Post

17th September 1997
9th April 2009
22nd April 2010
28th April 2010
10th February 2011
5th April 2013
19th September 2013
19th January 2018
8th February 2018

British Hit Singles & Albums

British Telecom

1983: Genie telephone

Terry Britten

1971: Beautiful People
1985: Grammy for What's Love Got To Do With It

Broadway Theatre, Peterborough

2013: Cabaret
2016: Blood Brothers
2018: Blood Brothers

Tim Brock

The Million Sellers

Bromley

1986: Dick Whittington and His Cat
2007: Footloose
2009: Blood Brothers

Tom Bromley

We Could Have Been The Wombles

Bromley Times

8th November 1986
13th July 2007

Bromsgrove Advertiser

30th January 2019
15th September 2016

Brotherhood of Man

Sandra Stevens

Brothers (Lyn's)

Michael
Paul

Clare Brotherwood

Windsor Observer,
14/12/01

Allan Brown

Sunday Times,
01/06/08

Craig Brown

Daily Telegraph,
07/02/98

Sunday Telegraph,
30/10/05

Daily Telegraph,
10/06/06

Daily Mail,
15/03/11

Daily Mail,
06/12/11

Georgina Brown

Mail On Sunday,
02/08/98

Joe Brown

Hooked On Number 1s

Terry Brown (Producer)

I Don't Believe You Ever Loved Me
Let Me Be The One

Tony Brown

The Complete Eurovision Song Contest Companion

Ken Bruce

2013: UK's best Eurovision entry of all-time

Danny Buckland

Express On Sunday,
11/04/04

Bucks Fizz

1981: Eurovision Song Contest
1984: coach crash
1985: new line-up
2004: Bobby G, The Weakest Link: Eurovision Special

Mail On Sunday,
18/08/85

News of the World,
01/06/86

The Sun,
21/08/85

Sunday Mirror,
29/09/85

TV Times,
15-21/11/86

Bucks Free Press

27th January 2018

Bunnys, Cleethorpes

Stephen Bumfrey

2014: BBC Radio Norfolk

Burglary

April 1980

Daily Mail,
10/04/80

Daily Mail,
11/04/80

Daily Mirror,
10/04/80

Daily Mirror,
11/04/80

Daily Star,
10/04/80

Joan Burnie

Daily Record,
18/01/99

Tony Burrows

Hooked On Number 1s

Adrian Butler

Liverpool Echo,
20/04/06

Simon Button

Attitude,
February 2008

Buxton Opera House

2010: Blood Brothers
2016: Blood Brothers

Max Bygraves

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