"OH BOY!" Show #30 (Brenda Lee) - [3of3]

SHOW #30 4th APRIL 1959 (part 3of3)
Compered by Tony Hall

-- Move It! (Chris Andrews)

-- Dirty Old Town (Mike Preston)

Tony Hall introduces Brenda Lee's first UK TV appearance;

-- Humming The Blues Over You (Brenda Lee)

-- Wont You Come Home Bill Bailey (Brenda Lee & Lord Rockingham's XI)

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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.

Within the first 6 weeks, the show became a smash hit and the number of viewers had doubled.
Many top British vocalists who went on to achieve international fame made their early TV appearances on the show. Sir Cliff Richard, Dame Shirley Bassey, John Barry, Marty Wilde and Billy Fury are some examples.
The cast listings read like a who's who of UK 'Hit Paraders' of the time and were household names - 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 residents included Cliff Richard and the The Vernons Girls.
The last of the original show went on air on 30th May 1959.

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• Lee
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• Dean
• Webb

[Col7777]

He He, I can remember watching this show where Brenda appeared, we were talking about it for days after.

[polkadotbox2]

What a wonderful finale. Little Miss Dynamite brings down the house!

[thevidiotkid]

"Oh Boy" is the video ancestor of "Shindig". This is where Jack Good developed the look and pacing for "Shindig". It is notable in that on 1950's era 440 line UK television the high contrast minimal look to the settings showed well on the screens of the time.Being on what passed for commercial TV in the UK likely dictated low budgets as well. By 1964, the exact same look of the original production values would perfectly suit the low money budgets imposed by ABC TV [U.S.]for the Shindig series.

[malforduk]

I was in the studio audience for the following show have won a newspaper competition in the Birmingham Mercury - Tommy Steel broke his leg so they bought Brenda Lee back for a return gig. What an unforgettable experience and Lord Rockinghams Eleven in their full colour were brilliant.....wow..Happy Days...Mal Ford (UK)

[sportsaddict1942]

The dude singing "Dirty old town"looks like he has been up for days

[Zipgunn1]

@yatahae 'cos Chris Andrews and this band do it better.

[hebneh]

I've never seen this show before and what really catches my attention is how closely the set resembles "Shindig!" in the USA - except that was 5 years later than this program. As it happens, both shows were on networks named ABC, too, although there was no connection between the two.

[atletico45]

Wow!, I only knew the Cliff Richard version. This indeed is rockier. I love it

and since I lived through those days I'm rockin' & rollin' right now although

somewhat older...!

[MrCallipygous]

Brenda Lee 1959 - recorded "Let's Jump the Broomstick", her first big international hit., starred at the Olympic Nightclub in Paris with Gilbert Becaud, stunned British TV audiences on "Oh Boy!", return to States and recorded "Sweet Nothin's", her first US top ten. In the fall, toured South America with passionate fans nearly causing riots, met Brazilian President de Oliveira who called her "the best goodwill ambassador the U.S. ever had."

She was 14.

[shilo39]

Great to see this Video of an Early *Brenda*

But who is that Sax Player knowing the rules in those days only British Band Members could play with Americian Artists

I believe it changed later when British Bands where allowed to play in America.

It was an *Musicians Union* thing.

[iangordoncraig]

Wow! AND Tony Sheridan on guitar.