Tony Sheridan (née McGinnity) was 1st violin in out school orchestra. Ran away to London with Kenny Packwood (playing rhythm here) to seek fame and fortune.
I'm an 'Oldie'. I used to go and watch Dickie Pride at the Savoy Ballroom (Later Mr Smiths) Catford in London before he was discovered. You have never seen anyone shake their body like he used to during his dynamic performance.The girls used to go absolutely crazy.Thats how he got known as 'The sheik of shake'. Shame he died so young.
@Flickyhecky Unfortunatley, usually we will not know on most of the 50s - 60/70s shows unless they were part of the original show as most the ads were sepretly recorded on film.
Dickie Pride was FANTASTIC! Bear in mind that he was only 17 when this was recorded and his electrifying stage presence is all the more remarkable. He died in 1969, after battles with drugs and mental illness. He never got the recognition he deserved, and the world is a poorer place as a result. Dickie Pride 1941-1969 Sadly Missed.
WOW! Just flicking through 'anything on Utube' and I accidently came across this posting. Such memories! I was sixteen at the time. Thanks for the posting Imj22. I was going out with a girl who adored Don Lang, whatever happened to you, Molly? My eyes are now moist!
Quote "Interesting to see Tony Sheridan playing lead and Kenny Packwood playing rhythm. This was the opposite to the situation in the Saints Skiffle Group . Jack Good eventually sacked Tony from the Oh Boy Show for not turning up for rehearsals and a similar thing happened sometime later when he turned up late for an audition at the Two I's and Hank Marvin just happened to be there before him and got the job. I somehow don't think The Shadows would have been the same without Hank, do you?"
The blonde guy playing rhythm for Tony Sheridan is Kenny Packwood. He played for Marty Wilde for a while, then disappeared. Does anybody know what happened to him? We used to play skiffle together in the lunchbreak at School in Norwich. Tony McGinnity (Sheridan) would occasionally attend, but he was tied up with the school orchestra at the time. He and Kenny ran away to London to seek their fortunes.
hi shaky, kenny did a stint in hamburg, with georgie fame i think. in 1962 he gave it all up at the request of his dad, and joined the marines, i joined at the same time as kenny, andserved my time with him, he was a great guitarist, and told me lots of tales.we went to london shortly after we joined up and met georgie fame and his band. i lost touch wjhen we left the marines and sadly dont know where he is now, regards jack
Red Price ! What a great sax player ,totally authentic sounding R&B blowing ! Apparently he was also a boy accordian champ and played organ and piano .Dont get guy's like that anymore
Hi, he lives in a small village called Warton, near Lancaster. I'm sure he'd love to meet you and show it off! He bought it from Promenade Music (I think) in Morecambe for an absolute steal. They didn't realise what they were selling (neither did John until he researched it). It's his pride and joy!
Unfortunately, I'm in Brighton which is ages away! But could I possibly get your email in case I'm ever up that way? It's pretty much one of my dreams to be able to see one of his saxes :)
I've been looking for this Dickie Pride performance since seeing a :30 clip in the documentary "The Black Leather Jacket" in about 1991. Thanks for posting!
If I am not mistaken, Oh Boy! was transmitted to the United States in the summer of 1959, and that is when I remember seeing it on American television (Don't figure out my age, but tomorrow is my birthday).
From the ABC logo at the beginning of these ITV broadcasts, I'd say it was imported to either the states or Australia, but I think that's The Australian Broadcasting Company's logo. I don't recall a triangluar American Broadcasting Company logo, but this show was just a few years before my time.
I bet he wished he had a Fender guitar.They were unobtainable in the 50s.Import regulations stopped music stores from selling American guitars up until the early 60s.We all had to play cheap pieces of junk that Dickie had here...Even so he played the hell out of it
lmj22: tengo desde el año de 1964, tratando de conseguir el disco de First Anniversary con Katy Kay, sin conseguirlo. Sería posible que si lo tienes lo subas para tenerlo?
Hey catjoyyoung, if you can, please tell Dickie's son that his Dad was incredibly cool. I've just bought a CD of his from ebay and am very impressed with Dickie's jazz/ballad singing. What a talent!
There was a play written and performed a few years ago in London called Pride with Prejudice about dickie's life. I do think there is someone writing a book. You could do a google search.
Yes - the early loss of Dickie Pride was a tragedy on so many levels. My friend miseed having him as a father - he was only 3 or 4 when dickie died. He looks very much like him.
Is this Vince Taylor singing "I Like Love"? If so, it's great, but best of all is Dickie Pride with his brilliant, shaky rendition of "Slipping 'n Sliding". That man could rock!
He was so original and exciting that I think he could have been big today. Does anyone know if there are any books or info about Dickie's life? I notice that all the recent TV programmes about pop history always show clips of him, which goes to prove he would have gone far if he'd survived. Brilliant guy!
Live TV from Hackney Empire in 1958, I was Call Boy on all the shows and the atmosphere in the studio was electric!
JeremyHoare 6 days ago
my mums in this go mum!!!
philipjohnhomewood 1 month ago
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Dickie Pride at 5:45 kills
catjoyyoung 3 months ago
Dickie Pride at 4:45 kills
catjoyyoung 3 months ago
I like the chick with the eye patch.
bdaley60657 4 months ago
Dickie Prides performance of Slippin' & Slidin' on this and the other surviving "Oh Boy"are better than the 45 single version
musiccity123 5 months ago
Tony Sheridan (née McGinnity) was 1st violin in out school orchestra. Ran away to London with Kenny Packwood (playing rhythm here) to seek fame and fortune.
shakeypitt 7 months ago
Red Price is the greatest!
onthegoldenline 8 months ago
I'm an 'Oldie'. I used to go and watch Dickie Pride at the Savoy Ballroom (Later Mr Smiths) Catford in London before he was discovered. You have never seen anyone shake their body like he used to during his dynamic performance.The girls used to go absolutely crazy.Thats how he got known as 'The sheik of shake'. Shame he died so young.
ukperki 9 months ago
love u mum xxx
philipjohnhomewood 10 months ago
dickiepride was brilliant
TheDutch1949 11 months ago
my mums in this lol,rip mum love u
philipjohnhomewood 1 year ago
@Flickyhecky Unfortunatley, usually we will not know on most of the 50s - 60/70s shows unless they were part of the original show as most the ads were sepretly recorded on film.
CBETelevisionNetwork 1 year ago
What was in the gap between breaks?
Flickyhecky 1 year ago
Dickie Pride was FANTASTIC! Bear in mind that he was only 17 when this was recorded and his electrifying stage presence is all the more remarkable. He died in 1969, after battles with drugs and mental illness. He never got the recognition he deserved, and the world is a poorer place as a result. Dickie Pride 1941-1969 Sadly Missed.
larjanus 1 year ago
Dickie Pride's version was better than Little Richard's. Unbelievable.
mrgbennet 1 year ago
Does anyone know who the Vernon Girl is with the eyepatch? I think Dickie P was great, but just a little crazy. Wonderful show.
TheWhitehall 1 year ago
my mums in this ,love u mum x rip
philipjohnhomewood 1 year ago
Tony Sheridan ROXXX!
DJExDriver 2 years ago
imj22 for heavens sake tell us where this was performed. thank you and a big kiss.
tucolitosakallama 2 years ago
WOW! Just flicking through 'anything on Utube' and I accidently came across this posting. Such memories! I was sixteen at the time. Thanks for the posting Imj22. I was going out with a girl who adored Don Lang, whatever happened to you, Molly? My eyes are now moist!
LARATTAE9174 2 years ago
yeah.-)))
nanchobeat 2 years ago
Eat your heart out SPICE GIRLS and GIRLS ALOUD, the VERNON GIRLS leave you standing! PHWOAR!!!
1691bhm 2 years ago
I think i first became sexually aware when i watched the Vernons girls, I was 11
cockynob 2 years ago
When were hot pants supposed to have been invented?
oldun52 2 years ago
Oh Boy was aired in the summer months of 1959 in the US on ABC per my newspaper research, paving the way for Mr. Good's "Shindig" later.
owenatkins 2 years ago
One good thing about these videos is finding out wonderful vintage guitars.
Thank you very much for posting!
telecaster1963 2 years ago 2
That song by the Vernons Girls is absolute class.
Strawberry7Lynn 3 years ago
Quote "Interesting to see Tony Sheridan playing lead and Kenny Packwood playing rhythm. This was the opposite to the situation in the Saints Skiffle Group . Jack Good eventually sacked Tony from the Oh Boy Show for not turning up for rehearsals and a similar thing happened sometime later when he turned up late for an audition at the Two I's and Hank Marvin just happened to be there before him and got the job. I somehow don't think The Shadows would have been the same without Hank, do you?"
shakeypitt 3 years ago
The blonde guy playing rhythm for Tony Sheridan is Kenny Packwood. He played for Marty Wilde for a while, then disappeared. Does anybody know what happened to him? We used to play skiffle together in the lunchbreak at School in Norwich. Tony McGinnity (Sheridan) would occasionally attend, but he was tied up with the school orchestra at the time. He and Kenny ran away to London to seek their fortunes.
shakeypitt 3 years ago
What a treasure!
baverDEluxe 3 years ago
hi shaky, kenny did a stint in hamburg, with georgie fame i think. in 1962 he gave it all up at the request of his dad, and joined the marines, i joined at the same time as kenny, andserved my time with him, he was a great guitarist, and told me lots of tales.we went to london shortly after we joined up and met georgie fame and his band. i lost touch wjhen we left the marines and sadly dont know where he is now, regards jack
jakejohnson65 2 years ago
Somebody help me!! I tought it was Tony Sheridan & The Nightriders.....
Georgie2047 3 years ago
Red Price ! What a great sax player ,totally authentic sounding R&B blowing ! Apparently he was also a boy accordian champ and played organ and piano .Dont get guy's like that anymore
romanyman 3 years ago
These shows were recorded opposite our school in Manchester in the late 50's. We used to stand out at playtime star spotting -great days
billyred19 3 years ago
what memories
heybodiddley 3 years ago
I like those girls
kimosabi6180 3 years ago
Shindig, pre-64!
As an American of British ancestry, this blows me away how many first rate acts were in the UK that we never heard of over here.
Thank you to Jack Good and all involved.
owenatkins 3 years ago
Red Price is the greatest!
buzznumberone 3 years ago
Thankyou so much for putting this up - Red Price was my grandad and it's so lovely to be able to watch him in his heyday!
electrockelly1 3 years ago
hello, my step father has your Grandad's Sax.
emmal781 3 years ago
Oh my - that's amazing! Where does your stepfather live - is there any chance I'd be able to have a look at it?
electrockelly1 3 years ago
Hi, he lives in a small village called Warton, near Lancaster. I'm sure he'd love to meet you and show it off! He bought it from Promenade Music (I think) in Morecambe for an absolute steal. They didn't realise what they were selling (neither did John until he researched it). It's his pride and joy!
emmal781 3 years ago
Unfortunately, I'm in Brighton which is ages away! But could I possibly get your email in case I'm ever up that way? It's pretty much one of my dreams to be able to see one of his saxes :)
electrockelly1 3 years ago
This was released by Roy Orbison on Sun records the previous year.
marcellolippi 3 years ago
THIS IS GREAT STUFF! Does somebody know if videomaterial excist with Vince Taylor who was also in this show?
jt123egypte 3 years ago
you are a total geezer for uploading this - thanx
albertparsley 3 years ago
I've been looking for this Dickie Pride performance since seeing a :30 clip in the documentary "The Black Leather Jacket" in about 1991. Thanks for posting!
OllieStench 3 years ago
Yeah! Wasn't "The Black Leather Jacket" incredible?! And Dickie, too!
SFJonesy 3 years ago
Where is Vince Taylor ????
jt123egypte 3 years ago
There's that gal with the eyepatch again! Oh yeah - gimme that socket action.
MOTOPAC 3 years ago
...And now, for my famous pop quiz---what show would Jack Good be remembered for a few years later?
Juliaflo 3 years ago
Shindig.
veefan1963 3 years ago
If I am not mistaken, Oh Boy! was transmitted to the United States in the summer of 1959, and that is when I remember seeing it on American television (Don't figure out my age, but tomorrow is my birthday).
Juliaflo 3 years ago
From the ABC logo at the beginning of these ITV broadcasts, I'd say it was imported to either the states or Australia, but I think that's The Australian Broadcasting Company's logo. I don't recall a triangluar American Broadcasting Company logo, but this show was just a few years before my time.
Cris43130 3 years ago
Excellent!! Nice to see this in the U.S.A. Much better than American Bandstand, wich was 95% lip sync.
thewaybackmachine 4 years ago
Thanks lmj22. I speak english very little.
In this video to the end, sing First Anniversary but are not Katy Kay.
Thank you
yesus78 4 years ago
I bet he wished he had a Fender guitar.They were unobtainable in the 50s.Import regulations stopped music stores from selling American guitars up until the early 60s.We all had to play cheap pieces of junk that Dickie had here...Even so he played the hell out of it
twoslices 4 years ago
Thats not Dickie Pride playing guitar and singing I Like Makeing Love Its Tony Sheridon.
I saw him many times He also recorded with the Beatles in Hamberg.Great days.
jazzmebluer 3 years ago
Absolutely a KNOCKOUT!!!Its no wonder he influenced a whole generation of Brit pop and Merseybeat
twoslices 4 years ago
lmj22: tengo desde el año de 1964, tratando de conseguir el disco de First Anniversary con Katy Kay, sin conseguirlo. Sería posible que si lo tienes lo subas para tenerlo?
Gracias
yesus78 4 years ago
Why the eyepatch on that one gal? Did she have conjunctivitis or something?
MOTOPAC 4 years ago
Dunno, but (and this might sound weird)I thought she looked a bit hot with it!
knobstick 4 years ago
Maybe some socket action?
MOTOPAC 4 years ago
yeah I wondered the same thing...
jeffkahl 3 years ago
I like the way they blipped out "makin' love to you".
MOTOPAC 4 years ago
Now i know where johnny kidd got the eyepatch idea from, Via the vernon girls!.
acejiver 4 years ago
can't believe the tossers performed a lobotomy on him
how many heroin addicts these days use methadone forever more
Dickie was a true rock star better than light weight cliff and a lot of the other chancers too !!
spadge321 4 years ago
Hey catjoyyoung, if you can, please tell Dickie's son that his Dad was incredibly cool. I've just bought a CD of his from ebay and am very impressed with Dickie's jazz/ballad singing. What a talent!
Jonathandreamer 4 years ago
Dickie Pride was terrific. 5 stars for him!
SuperHans64 4 years ago
There was a play written and performed a few years ago in London called Pride with Prejudice about dickie's life. I do think there is someone writing a book. You could do a google search.
Yes - the early loss of Dickie Pride was a tragedy on so many levels. My friend miseed having him as a father - he was only 3 or 4 when dickie died. He looks very much like him.
catjoyyoung 4 years ago
Hey CJ you found this link cool huh?
I have a record player and moms albums and i'm playing his big band stuff again.
pride without prejudice with eric jupp and his orchestra
kellyo1234 3 years ago
Hi Tate!
I got thrown by your handle for a minute.
Yes - he was really incredible. I can't get over how much Ricardo looks like him!
Melody was great btw. Thanks for getting me in!
catjoyyoung 3 years ago
Do you know where the 5/23/1959 show is. I'm looking for the two shows in which Renee Martz are in. Thanks. T J Lavigne
childpreacher 4 years ago
These two (#30 and #38) are the only surviving shows.
38 of the 40 "OH BOY!" shows are missing.
lmj22 4 years ago
Is this Vince Taylor singing "I Like Love"? If so, it's great, but best of all is Dickie Pride with his brilliant, shaky rendition of "Slipping 'n Sliding". That man could rock!
Jonathandreamer 4 years ago
Tony Sheridan is singing "I Like Love"
lmj22 4 years ago
yes indeed.Dickie Pride. Can you imagine how far he could have gone if he had not died so young?
he is my friend's father.
catjoyyoung 4 years ago
He was so original and exciting that I think he could have been big today. Does anyone know if there are any books or info about Dickie's life? I notice that all the recent TV programmes about pop history always show clips of him, which goes to prove he would have gone far if he'd survived. Brilliant guy!
Jonathandreamer 4 years ago