Helen Shapiro- 21 April – 26 April 1974 Baileys Leicester
Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is a British pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain’s most…
Mud 21 April 1974 De Montfort Hall Leicester
Mud are an English glam rock band, formed in February 1966. Their earlier success came in a pop and then glam rock style, while later hits were influenced by 1950s…
Medicine Head Leicester University 20 April 1974
Medicine Head were a British blues rock band – initially a duo – active in the 1970s. Their biggest single success was in 1973 with “One and One Is One”,…
Del Shannon – 14 April – 20 April 1974 Baileys Leicester
Del Shannon Charles Weedon Westover (December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990), better known by his stage name Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known for…
The Strawbs 10 April 1974 De Montfort Hall Leicester
HERO AND HEROINE Release date: 5 Apr 1974 After the break-up of the Bursting line-up, Dave Cousins and Dave Lambert recruited a new band around them, bringing in Rod Coombes…
Norman Wisdom – 7 April – 13 April 1974 Baileys Leicester
Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, OBE (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) As comfortable, celebrated, and wealthy as Norman Wisdom would become in later life, his early years was a…
New Seekers 2 April 1974 De Montfort Hall Leicester
The New Seekers were a British pop group, formed in London in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, the Seekers. The idea was that the New…
Tommy Cooper – 31 March – 6 April 1974 Baileys Leicester
Thomas Frederick Cooper (19 March 1921 – 15 April 1984) was a Welsh prop comedian and magician. As an entertainer, his appearance was large and lumbering at 6 feet 4…
Gypsy 24/12/1973 & 29/03/1974
Gypsy When the roots of the band first came together back in 1965, they went under the uninspiring name of Legay, after their drummer, the unusually named Legay Rogers. They…
The Grumbleweeds – 24 March – 30 March 1974 Baileys Leicester
The Grumbleweeds turned professional following success on the television talent show Opportunity Knocks. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the band released several records, none of which made the…