Lonnie Donegan- 5 May 1974 – 11 May 1974 Baileys Leicester
Anthony James Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the “King of Skiffle”,…
John Martyn 4 May 1974 Leicester Polytechnic
Iain David McGeachy OBE (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio…
Bill Haley 28 April – 4 May 1974 Baileys Leicester
William John Clifton Haley ( July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of…
Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band 27 April 1974 Leicester Polytechnic
Quite simply the biggest character on the British rhythm and blues scene since the early 1960s, Zoot Money was born George Bruno Money on 17 July 1942 in Bournemouth, Dorset,…
Detroit Emeralds 24 April 1974 Baileys Leicester
The song for which they are now best remembered, “Feel the Need in Me”, reached number 22 US R&B in 1973, and a new longer version four years later also…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…