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becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6851

Loved this programme about Larry Parnes and his stable of artists........ very entertaining and enjoyable

I was looking them all up on the web and i don't think i knew that the lovely Joe Brown is in fact not a Londoner by birth but is originally from Lincolnshire..... cor blimey ..that's a turn up for the books..... Laughing

.and was a little surprised to hear Billy Fury talking...don't think i'd heard him before...not a trace ..to my ears ...of his Liverpool heritage...

A bit of trivia from Wikipedia...

Parnes auditioned, and then turned down The Silver Beetles - who were yet to change their name to The Beatles - as a backing band for Billy Fury, who also came from Liverpool, but he did employ them to back Johnny Gentle.

I think it's still up on-line ...well worth a Listen Again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/documentaries/50s_parnespeople.shtml

Helen May · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire

Thanks for that Becky. I forgot about it despite hearing trails during the week.

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Briant · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:07 pm Post subject: Larry Parnes....

Clever title too, 'Parnes' People!' Which one is Babs? Laughing

Lord Evan Elpuss · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land

And Johnnie Walker played a track by The Quarrymen tonight. Wasn't this the very beginning of what became known as The Beatles?
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becky sharp · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6851