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Date
Ticket
Boyd Neel Orchestra
10/10/1950
Josh White
23/02/1951
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Winston Churchill receiving the F
16/04/1951
Humphrey Lyttelton
10/11/1951
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Humphrey Lyttleton
29/03/1952
A public meeting
Moral Rer-armament
30/03/1952
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Gracie Fields
19/11/1952
Varieties on Parade
Lilian Fenn / Gwen Wilkin / Larry Day / Iris Wilkin
Fenn
26/12/1952
Maurice Chevalier
20/01/1953
Sarah Vaughan
14/02/1953
Halle Orchestra
18/04/1953
Send Her Victorious Salute of You
20/04/1953
Jack Parnell
and his Music Makers
09/01/1954
Ken Macintosh
his saxophone and his orchestra
16/01/1954
Teddy Foster
and his orchestra
20/01/1954
Vic Lewis and his Orchestra
23/01/1954
Sid Phillips
and his band
30/01/1954
Ted Heath
and his music
05/02/1954
Nat King Cole / Johnny Dankworth
05/04/1954
Johnnie Ray
19/04/1954
Yma Sumac
30/04/1954
Mantovani & His New Orchestra
07/05/1954
Guy Mitchell with Ronnie Scott &
12/05/1954
Guy Mitchell with Ronnie Scott &
13/05/1954
Gracie Fields
19/05/1954
Frankie Laine
13/10/1954
x
Jazz Jamboree
University Union of Students
27/10/1954
x
Special Helana Presentation
artists & date uncertain!
08/01/1955
x
Eric Delaney
and his band
23/04/1955
Humphrey Lyttelton
25/02/1956
x
Lonnie Donnegan
15/03/1956
Slim Whitman
10/04/1956
Danny Kaye
11/05/1956
Special Helana Presentation
19/05/1956
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Louis Armstrong
21/05/1956
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Treniers / The Hedley Ward Trio
11/06/1956
Liberace
11/10/1956
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
05/11/1956
x
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
15/11/1956
Jazz Unlimited
23/11/1956
x
Johnny Ray
27/11/1956
x
Humphrey Lyttelton
15/12/1956
Halle Orchestra
22/12/1956
Pat Boone
29/12/1956
Eddie Condon
26/01/1957
x
Guy Mitchell
13/02/1957
Jazz Concert
23/02/1957
x
Platters
Kay Cavendish / Vic Lewis & his Orchestra
14/03/1957
x
Geroge Lewis with Ken Colyer's Ba
13/04/1957
x
Slim Whitman
Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group / Terry Lightfoot & His Jazzmen
04/05/1957
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
17/05/1957
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Frankie Laine
28/05/1957
Freddie Bell & Bellboys
05/06/1957
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Russ Hamilton
Johnny Duncan and his Blue Grass Boys / Terry Lightfoot's Jazzmen (Ginger Baker!)
21/09/1957
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
30/11/1957
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Chris B
30/11/1957
x
Terry Dene
28/12/1957
6-5 Special Stage Show
Adam Faith / Pete Murray / John Barry
15/01/1958
x
Chris Barbers Jazz Band
22/02/1958
Buddy Holly Crickets
Gary Miller / The Montanas / Des O'Connor
04/03/1958
x
Paul Anka
05/03/1958
Johnny Ray
14/04/1958
x
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Treniers
11/06/1958
x
Tommy Steele
25/06/1958
Kalin Twins
Eddie Calvert / Cliff Richard & The Drifters / Tony Marsh / The Londonairs / The Most Brothers
15/10/1958
x
Dutch Swing College
Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band
08/11/1958
x
George Lewis New Orleans Jazz Ban
27/01/1959
Marty Wilde
Russ Conway / Cuddly Dudley / Johnson Sisters / Colin & Christine Campbell
24/03/1959
x
Louis Armstrong
26/03/1959
x
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Acker Bilk / terry Lightfoot
11/04/1959
Cliff Richard & Drifters
The Five Dallas Boys / Des O'Connor / Ray Alan & Steve Jean & Peter Barbour / Tommy Wallis & Beryl Kay & Kimberley
22/04/1959
x
Toni Dalli
Marini Marino Quartet
10/05/1959
x
The Weavers
26/07/1959
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Frankie Vaughan
Lorne Lesley / Fram Weir Orchestra
29/08/1959
Newport Jazz Festival
Dave Brubeck Quartet / Dizziy Gillespie Quintet / Buck Clayton All-Stars / Vic Ash Quintet
01/10/1959
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Cliff Richard
10/10/1959
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Kid Ory & His Creole Jazzband
Terry Lightfoot & His New Orleans Jazz Band
21/10/1959
Craig Douglas
The Mudlarks / Bert Weedon / Bill Forbes / Lord Rockingham's 2nd XI
21/11/1959
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