OH BOY! #1 (1979) - [2of5]

Jack Good's "Oh Boy!" #1 (1979) -- part 2of5.

A nostalgic programme featuring the music of the 50's and early 60's. Devised and written by Jack Good. Performers include Alvin Stardust, Joe Brown and Freddie Fingers Lee.

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OH BOY! was the first teenage all-music show on British TV airing in 1958-1959. It was produced by Jack Good for ITV.
Many top British vocalists who went on to achieve international fame made their early TV appearances on the show. The cast listings read like a who's who of UK 'Hit Paraders' of the time and were household names - Shirley Bassey; John Barry; Marty Wilde; Billy Fury; The Dallas Boys; Ronnie Carroll; The Vernons Girls; Emile Ford; The King Brothers; Lonnie Donegan; Vince Eager; Dickie Valentine and Alma Cogan.
The show was even blessed with appearances by non-British acts: The Inkspots, Conway Twitty and Brenda Lee from the USA and the Marino Marini Quartet from Italy all appearing to promote their latest recordings.

The show was transmitted on Saturday evenings and was in direct competition to the BBC's 6.5 Special. Each week it featured resident artists plus a selection of special guests.
The last of the original show went on air on 30th May 1959.

The show was revived in 1979 for the retro Rock'n'Roll stars of the day, this time round the show included: Shakin' Stevens, Alvin Stardust, Joe Brown, Lulu, Bogdan Kominowski alias Mr. Lee Grant, Freddie "Fingers" Lee, Les Gray, Johnny Storm, The Shades and Fumble. Joe Brown was the only one of the artists who was performing across the UK in the 50s to appear on the 70s Oh Boy! show.
Presenter of the show was "GBH" alias Scottish actor Billy Hartman.

Following the Oh Boy TV show, a similar series "Let's Rock" was created also by Jack Good. The shows were broadcast across Europe and in the USA in the early eighties.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Oh Boy
• Jack Good
• 1979
• Joe Brown
• Alvin Stardust
• Fumble
• Billy Hartman
• Freddie Fingers Lee
• Tim Whitnall

[Zipgunn1]

This is cornier than the Jolly Green Giants pooh, but it brings back so many good memories of my early years as a Teddy Boy.