Karl Denver Trio

Line-ups included

• Karl Denver (Angus Murdo McKenzie) - lead vocals, acoustic guitar (1959 - )
• Gerald 'Gerry' Cottrell - bass (1959 - )
• Brian Horton - lead electric guitar (1959 - 1961)
• Kevin Paul Neill - lead guitar (1961 - 1979)
• Keith Elliott - lead guitar (1979 - )

The Karl Denver Trio formed in 1959 in Manchester with a line-up of 27 year-old Karl Denver (b. Angus Murdo McKenzie, Wednesday, December 16, 1931, The Highland Spring Bar, Springburn, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland d. Monday, December 21, 1998, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England), 26 year-old Gerry Cottrell on bass (b. Gerald Cottrell, Monday, December 18, 1933, Manchester, Lancashire, England d. Friday, November 24, 2006, The Trafford General Hospital, Urmston, Manchester 41, Greater Manchester, England) and Brian Horton on lead electric guitar.

McKenzie (Denver) got his name from his son Karl who was sadly killed, and he thought he would keep his name and Denver because he thought it was a good place.  He had lived for a time in Fort Collins, Colorado and the capital for that state was Denver.

McKenzie had left school at 14 in 1946 and gone to sea. At first he joined the Scandinavian Mercantile Marine as a deckhand and travelled the world. He practised the guitar and entertained his shipmates. Next he joined the Argyle and Southern Highlands in 1951 after leaving the merchant navy and was wounded in the Korean War. Then he returned to the sea and at 21 in 1953 he jumped ship in America and played clubs in Tennessee and in Denver, Colorado. He befriended the American Country singers Faron Young (1932 - 1996) and Lefty Frizzell (1928 - 1975), and became the first British performer to play at the famous Grand Ole Opry Radio Show in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1956 McKenzie was offered a management and recording contract, but being illegal in the USA he could not take it up. He was caught by the immigration department in 1959 and was deported.

On his return to the UK he settled in Blackpool, Lancashire and changed his name from Angus McKenzie and became Karl Denver. Soon he was established around the Lancashire club and pubs, notably at The Yew Tree Cabaret Club in Wythenshaw, Manchester 22 (or 23). He then formed The Karl Denver Trio in 1958 when he teamed  up with guitarist Brian Horton and bassist Jerry Cottrell. 

As for Cottrell, he had taken up the bass when he was 18 in 1952 and worked with some vocal groups. He then left England and worked on the continent and on his return he joined up with Karl Denver in 1959.

It seems The Karl Denver Trio made their earliest recordings in ca. 1959 in a recording booth and recorded a six-track 10 inch acetate demo disc, according to Bob Pattison.

On Saturday, June 18, 1960 The Karl Denver Trio appeared on Wham! a ABC TV Show. It was produced by the famous Jack Good (b. Friday, August 7, 1931, Greenford, Middlesex now West London, England d. Sunday, September 24, 2017, Upper Tadmarton near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England).

In April 1961 The Karl Denver Trio were contracted to the Edward Summerfield Ltd and were immediately placed on a Matt Monro, Jess Conrad and Lynn Cornell Tour.

In 1961 Horton left and was replaced by 30 year-old lead guitarist Kevin Neill (b. Kevin Paul Neill, Saturday, July 25, 1931, Miles Platting, Manchester 40, Lancashire, England d. Saturday, March 13, 2010 at home at 69 Polefield Road, Blackley, Manchester 9, Greater Manchester, England). 

Neill had been to St. Gregory's Grammar School, Ardwick Green, Ardwick, north Manchester 12. He had started out playing guitar in 1946 in the East Manchester based The Reg Goodwin Orchestra, where he earned 10 shillings for his first gig. In the 50's he played with the big stars like The Johnny Ray Tour in 1954, Frankie Laine, Max Bygraves, The Anthony Newley Tour in 1960 and Don Lang and the Frantic Five. He later joined The Joe Loss Orchestra. He met the Scottish singer, acoustic guitarist Denver when he was poised to hit the big time in 1961, replacing Horton. The Karl Denver Trio at the time was regularly packing the Yew Tree in Wythenshawe, Manchester 22 (or 23) and when Neill joined the group was signed to Decca Records.

On Monday, April 6, 1953 Neill had married Clare Cregan and had two daughters, Beverley and Lorraine.

In June 1961 The Karl Denver Trio released their first single 'Marcheta' (Victor Schertzinger) and 'Joe Sweeney' (Watson) on Decca F 11460. It was produced by Jack Good. It was recorded in 1961 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

October 1961 The Karl Denver Trio released their second single 'Mexicali Rose' (Stone, Tenney) and 'Bonny Scotland' (Karl Denver) on Decca F 11395. It was produced by Jack Good. It was recorded in 1961 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

In January 1962 The Karl Denver Trio released their third single 'Wimoweh' (Campbell) and 'Gypsy Davy' (Traditional) on Decca F 11420. It was produced by Jack Good and the B-side was arranged by Denver. It was recorded in 1961 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

In February 1962 The Karl Denver Trio released their forth single 'Never Goodbye' (Kennedy) and 'Highland Fling' (Karl Denver) on Decca F 11431. It was produced by Jack Good and the A-side was arranged by Charles Blackwell (b. Charles Vincent Blackwell, Monday, May 20, 1940, London, England). It was recorded in 1962 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

In May 1962 The Karl Denver Trio released their fifth single A Little Love, A Little Kiss (Adrian Ross, Lao Silesu) and Lonely Sailor (Karl Denver, Gerry Cottrell, Kevin Neill) on Decca F 11470. It was produced by Jack Good. It was recorded in 1962 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

In September 1962 The Karl Denver Trio released their sixth single 'Blue Week-End' (Kennedy) and 'My Mother's Eyes' (Baer, Gilbert) on F 11505. It was produced by Jack Good. The musical director was by Charles Blackwell. It was recorded in 1962 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

In December 1962 The Karl Denver Trio released their seventh single 'Dry Tears' (D. John) and 'Pastures Of Plenty' (Guthrie) on Decca F 11553. The A-side was produced by Jack Good and arranged by Charles Blackwell, while the B-side was produced by Peter Attwood. It was recorded in 1962 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

On Friday, March 15, 1963 The Karl Denver Trio released their eighth single 'Can You Forgive Me' (Karl Denver) and 'Love From A Heart Of Gold' (Loesser) on Decca F 11608. It was produced by Peter Attwood and the musical director on the A-side was Reg Guest (b. 1930, Birmingham, Staffordshire, England). It was recorded in 1963 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

In 1963 The Karl Denver Trio released their album 'Karl Denver At The Yew Tree' on Decca LK 4540. It was produced by Peter Attwood and engineered by Jack Clegg. It was recorded live on Friday, February 15, 1963 at The Yew Tree Cabaret Club, Wythenshaw, Manchester 22 (or 23). 

In May 1963 The Karl Denver Trio released their ninth single 'Indian Love Call' (Friml, Harbach, Hammerstein) and 'My Melancholy Baby' (Burnett, Norton, Watson) on Decca F 11674. It was produced by Peter Attwood and the arranger was Reg Guest. It was recorded in 1963 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

In August 1963 The Karl Denver Trio released their tenth single 'Still' (Billy Anderson) and 'My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes' (John Golden, Ted Koehler, Eddie Pola) on Decca F 11720. The A-side was produced by Peter Attwood and arranged by Mike Leander (b. Michael George Farr, Monday, June 30, 1941, Walthamstow, East London, England d. Thursday, April 18, 1996, London, England). The B-side was produced by Jack Good. It was recorded in 1963 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

On Friday, February 7, 1964 The Karl Denver Trio released their eleventh single 'My World Of Blues' (Hawker, Raymonde) and 'Green Grass Grows All Around' (Traditional arranged by Karl Denver, Gerry Cottrell, Kevin Neill) on Decca F 11828. It was produced by Peter Attwood and the A-side was arranged by Mike Leach (b. Michael Leach) and the B-side was arranged by Charles Blackwell. It was recorded in 1963 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

On Friday, May 22, 1964 The Karl Denver Trio released their twelfth single 'Love Me With All Your Heart' (Rigual, Vaughn) and 'Am I That Easy To Forget' (Belew, Stevenson) on Decca F 11905. It was produced by Peter Attwood and the musical director was Mike Leander. It was recorded in 1964 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

On Friday, November 20, 1964 The Karl Denver Trio released their thirteenth single 'Sally' (Haines, Leon, Towers) and 'Swanee River' (Traditional arranged Karl Denver) on Decca F 12025. It was produced by and the musical director was Charles Blackwell and the B-side was arranged by Karl Denver. It was recorded in 1964 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

In April 1966 The Karl Denver Trio released their fourteenth single 'Marta' (W. Gilbert,  M. Simons) and 'I'll Never Forget To Remember' (Karl Denver, Gerry Cottrell, Kevin Neill, Layton) on Mercury MF 904. The Accompaniment was directed by Arthur Greenslade (b. Friday, May 4, 1923, Northfleet, Kent, England d. Thursday, November 27, 2003, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia).

In July 1966 The Karl Denver Trio released their fifteenth single 'The Tips Of My Finger' (Anderson) and 'I'm Alone Because Of You' (Young, Shuster, Miller) on Mercury MF 926. The Accompaniment was directed by Arthur Greenslade.

On Friday, March 29, 1968 The Karl Denver Trio released their sixteenth single 'You've Still Got A Place In My Heart' (Leon Payne) and 'I Still Miss Someone' (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jnr) on Page One POF 063. It was produced by Larry Page (b. Leonard Davies, 1938, Wales) and arranged by Colin Frechter.

On Friday, May 16, 1969 The Karl Denver Trio released their seventeenth single 'Wimoweh' (Campbell) and 'Never Goodbye' (Kennedy) on Decca F 12928. It was produced by Jack Good and the arranger was Charles Blackwell. It was recorded in 1969 at the Decca Recording Studio, 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North West London.

In 1979 Neill left The Karl Denver Trio and was replaced by lead guitarist Keith Elliott. Neill later joined a later line-up of Irish group The Bachelors playing lead & acoustic guitar, trombone, along with lead vocalist, guitarist John Stokes (b. Sean John Stokes, Tuesday, August 13, 1940, Dublin, County Dublin, Eire) and lead vocalist, guitarist Jonathan Young (b. Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland). 

Discography 

The Karl Denver Trio 45's

• June 1961 Marcheta (Victor Schertzinger) / Joe Sweeney (Watson) Decca F 11460
• October 1961 Mexicali Rose (Stone, Tenney) / Bonny Scotland (Karl Denver) Decca F 11395
• January 1962 Wimoweh (Campbell) / Gypsy Davy (Traditional) Decca F 11420
• February 1962 Never Goodbye (Kennedy) / Highland Fling (Karl Denver) Decca F 11431
• May 1962 A Little Love, A Little Kiss (Adrian Ross, Lao Silesu) / Lonely Sailor (Karl Denver, Gerry Cottrell, Kevin Neill) Decca F 11470
• September 1962 Blue Week-End (Kennedy) / My Mother's Eyes (Baer, Gilbert) F 11505
• December 1962 Dry Tears (D. John) / Pastures Of Plenty (Guthrie) Decca F 11553
• Friday, March 15, 1963 Can You Forgive Me (Karl Denver) / Love From A Heart Of Gold (Loesser) Decca F 11608
• May 1963 Indian Love Call (Friml, Harbach, Hammerstein) / My Melancholy Baby (Burnett, Norton, Watson) Decca F 11674 
• August 1963 Still (Billy Anderson) / My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes (John Golden, Ted Koehler, Eddie Pola) Decca F 11720
• Friday, February 7, 1964 My World O Blues (Mike Hawker, Raymonde) / Green Grass Grows All Around (Traditional arranged by Karl Denver, Gerry Cottrell, Kevin Neill) Decca F 11828
• Friday, May 22, 1964 Love Me With All Your Heart (Rigual, Vaughn) / Am I That Easy To Forget (Belew, Stevenson) Decca F 11905
• Friday, November 20, 1964 Sally (Haines, Leon, Towers) / Swanee River (Traditional) Decca F 12025
• Friday, October 29, 1965 Cry A Little Sometime (Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller) / Today Will Be Yesterday Tomorrow (Mike Hawker, Andy Badale) Mercury MF 878
• April 1966 Marta (W. Gilbert, M. Simons) / I'll Never Forget To Remember (Karl Denver, Gerry Cottrell, Kevin Neill, Layton) Mercury MF 904 
• July 1966 The Tips Of My Finger (Anderson) / I'm Alone Because Of You (Young, Shuster, Miller) Mercury MF 926
• Friday, March 29, 1968 You've Still Got A Place In My Heart (Leon Payne) / I Still Miss Someone (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash Jnr) Page One POF 063
• Friday, May 16, 1969 Wimoweh (Campbell) / Never Goodbye (Kennedy) Decca F 12928

The Karl Denver Trio EP's:

• August 1962 By A Sleepy Lagoon (Sleepy Lagoon (Coates, Lawrence), Lonesome Traveller (Hays), Snow Shoes Thompson (Howard, Ebson), Just For A While (Geiger, McDonald, Anderson) Decca DFE 8501
• September 1962 Karl Denver Hits (Marcheta (Victor Schertzinger), Mexicali Rose (Stone, Tenney), Never Goodbye (Kennedy), A Little Love, A Little Kiss (Ross, Silesu) Decca DFE 8504

Karl Denver albums:

• 1961 Wimoweh Ace of Clubs ACL 1098
• 1961 Wimoweh Decca LK 4428 (mono)

The Karl Denver Trio albums: 

• 1962 The Karl Denver Trio Ace Of Clubs ACL 1131 
• 1963 Karl Denver At The Yew Tree Decca LK 4540
• 1969 The Karl Denver Trio Eclipse ECS 2013

Some Karl Denver Trio concerts:

• Wednesday, December 9, 1959 - Sunday, December 20, 1959: The Shirley Bassey Tour
• Also on the bill: Frank Weir and his Orchestra, who backed Shirley Bassey.
• The promoter was Paddy McKieran.
• Wednesday, December 9, 1959: The Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
• First date of tour.
• Friday, December 11, 1959: The Victoria Hall, Bagnall Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
• Saturday, December 12, 1959: The Albert Hall, North Circus Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
• Sunday, December 13, 1959: The Free Trade Hall, Peter Street, Manchester , Lancashire, England
• Sunday, December 20, 1959: The Empire Theatre, Lime Street, Liverpool 1, Lancashire, England
• Last date of tour.
• Saturday, June 18, 1960: Wham! ABC TV Show
• Also on the bill: Joe Brown, Jess Conrad, Michael Cox, Alan Fielding, Billy Fury, The Four Jays, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, Jack Good's Big Noise, Red Price, Danny Rivers, Little Tony,The Vernons Girls.
• A just under 30 minute show by Jack Good with each performer performing one song only. This was the final show. It only lasted 8 weeks, Saturday, April 23 - Saturday, June 18, 1960.
• The host was Keith Fordyce, the director was Ben Churchill and the resident group was Jack Good's Big Noise.
• Sunday, April 9, 1961 - Sunday, April 23, 1961: Matt Monro, Jess Conrad (or The Mudlarks), Lynn Cornell UK Tour
• Also on the bill: Group One, The Red Price Combo, Dean Rogers.
• The promoter was Arthur Howes and the compère was Tony Marsh.
• Not sure what gigs The Karl Denver Trio played except for the first one.
• Sunday, April 9, 1961: The Regal Cinema, Crouch Street, Colchester, Essex, England from 5.30pm & 8pm
• First date of tour.
• Advertised as Matt Monro Jess Conrad Lynn Cornell . Red Price . Carl Denver Trio . Dean Rogers And All Star Show Colchester, Regal Sun., April 9th 5.30 & 8.00.
• Advertised wrongly as the Carl Denver Trio.
• Monday, April 10, 1961: The ABC Cinema, 62 Castle Street, Dover, Kent, England
• Tuesday, April 11, 1961: The Regal Cinema, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
• Wednesday, April 12, 1961: The Gaumont Place Theatre, Hall Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
• Friday, April 14, 1961: The Ritz Cinema, Station Road, Wigan, Lancashire, England
• Saturday, April 15, 1961: The Rialto Cinema, Fishergate, York, North Yorkshire, England
• Sunday, April 16, 1961: The Gaumont Theatre, 22-26 Commercial Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England
• Monday, April 17, 1961: The ABC Cinema, 33 St. Aldate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
• Wednesday, April 19, 1961: The Savoy Cinema, Saltergate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
• Thursday, April 20, 1961: The Regal Cinema, 10 Cavendish Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
• Friday, April 21, 1961: The Ritz Cinema, 12-13 Market Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
• Saturday, April 22, 1961: The ABC Cinema, 159 Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England
• Sunday, April 23, 1961: The Embassy, The Broadway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
• Last date of tour.
• Sunday, September 17, 1961: The Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, Torquay, Devon, England
• Headlined by Matt Monroe and Eden Kane with Eric Ford and the Staccatoes, Billy Burden, Cyril Raymond and his Orchestra.
• The promoters were Bernard Delfont and Arthur Howes. 
• Saturday, September 30, 1961: The Imperial Ballroom, Carr Road, Nelson, Lancashire, England
• Tuesday, October 17, 1961 - Sunday, December 3, 1961: 'A Star Spangled Night,' Billy Fury and the Blue Flames, Eden Kane UK Tour
• Also on the bill: Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, The Allisons, Tommy Bruce, Chas McDevitt and Nancy Whiskey, Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers, Dave Sampson, The Viscounts, Gordon Peters, Terry Hale.
• The promoter was Larry Parnes and the compère was Don Munday.
• Some artists did not appear on all the dates.
• Tuesday, October 17, 1961: The Danilo Cinema, 89 High Street, Cannock, Staffordshire, England
• First date of the tour.
• Wednesday, October 18, 1961: The Essoldo Cinema, Queensgate, Huddersfield, England
• Thursday, October 19, 1961: The ABC Cinema, 152 Ferensway, Kingston-upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, England
• Friday, October 20, 1961: The ABC Cinema, Saltergate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
• Saturday, October 21, 1961: The ABC Cinema, 159 Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England
• Sunday, October 22, 1961: The Colston Hall, Colston Street, Bristol, Somerset, England
• Monday, October 23, 1961: The Plaza Cinema, Rowlands Road, Worthing, West Sussex, England
• Tuesday, October 24, 1961: The ABC Ardwick Apollo, Stockport Road & Hyde Road, Ardwick Green, Manchester 12, Lancashire, England
• Supported Billy Fury & Eden Kane as did The Allisons, Chas McDevitt and Nancy Whiskey, Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers.
• Tuesday October 24, 1961: The Regal Cinema, 33-39 St. Andrews Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
• Wednesday, October 25, 1961: The Ritz Cinema, 180 South Street, Romford, Essex, England
• Thursday, October 26, 1961: The ABC Cinema, 62 Castle Street, Dover, Kent, England
• Friday, October 27, 1961: The Regal Cinema, 33 St. Aldate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
• Saturday, October 28, 1961: The Granada Theatre, 186 Hoe Lane, Walthamstow, East London, England
• Sunday, October 29, 1961: The Granada Theatre, 50 Mitcham Road, Tooting Broadway, South West London, England from 6pm & 8.30pm
• Wednesday, November 1, 1961: The Granada Theatre, 5-9 St. Peters Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
• Thursday, November 2, 1961: The Granada Theatre, 36 High Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
• Friday, November 3, 1961: The Granada Theatre, 154-166 Clarence Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England
• Saturday, November 4, 1961: The Adelphi Theatre, 3 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, England
• Sunday, November 5, 1961: The Regal Cinema, Crouch Street, Colchester, Essex, England
• Monday, November 6, 1961: The Granada Theatre, Lower Stone Street, Maidstone, Kent, England
• Tuesday, November 7, 1961: The Granada Theatre, 19 High Street, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
• Wednesday, November 8, 1961: The Granada Theatre, Sheepcote Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England
• Thursday, November 9, 1961: The Granada Cinema, 10 West Gate, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
• Friday, November 10, 1961: The Granada Cinema, 34 St. Peter's Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
• Saturday, November 11, 1961: The Gaumont Theatre, Corporation Street, Taunton, Somerset, England
• Sunday, November 12, 1961: The Coventry Hippodrome Theatre, Hales Street, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
• Saturday, November 18, 1961: The Gaumont Cinema, Princess Way, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
• Sunday, November 19, 1961: The Empire Theatre, Lime Street, Liverpool 1, Lancashire, England
• Monday, November 20, 1961: The Granada Theatre, 30 Spital Street, Dartford, Kent, England
• Tuesday, November 21, 1961: The Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
• Thursday, November 23, 1961: The Sheffield City Hall, Barker's Pool, South Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
• Friday, November 24, 1961: The ABC Ardwick Apollo, Stockport Road & Hyde Road, Ardwick Green, Manchester 12, Lancashire, England
• Saturday, November 25, 1961: Unknown venue, unknown city, England
• Sunday, November 26, 1961: The Embassy Theatre, The Broadway, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
• Monday, November 27, 1961: Unknown venue, Blackburn, Lancashire, England 
• Tuesday, November 28, 1961: The Birmingham Town Hall, Victoria Square, Birmingham 3, Staffordshire, England from 6.30pm
• Advertised on the ticket as Arthur Howes presents Billy Fury, Eden Kane and All-Star Show.
• Wednesday, November 29, 1961: Unknown venue, unknown city, England
• Thursday, November 30, 1961: The Globe Theatre, 153 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
• Friday, December 1, 1961: The Granada Theatre, 281 Barking Road, East Ham, East London, England
• Saturday, December 2, 1961: The Gaumont Cinema, 15 New Canal, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
• Sunday, December 3, 1961: The ABC Cinema, New North Road, Exeter, Devon, England
• Last date of the tour.
• Sunday, December 17, 1961: The Southern Sporting Club, Birch Street, off Hyde Road, Gorton, Manchester 18, Lancashire, England
• Sunday, December 31, 1961: The Sale Palace Theatre Club, Ashton Lane, Sale, Lancashire, England
• Monday, February 19, 1962 - Monday, April 16, 1962: The Big Star Show of 1962 Starring Billy Fury, John Leyton (not all shows), Marty Wilde (not all shows), Eden Kane, Shane Fenton and the Fentones, Joe Brown and the Bruvvers
• Also on the bill: Jackie Lynton, Ricky Stevens, Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers.
• The promoter was Larry Parnes and the compère was Don Munday.
• Monday, February 19, 1962: The Gaumont State Cinema, 199 High Street, Kilburn, North West London, England
• First date of tour.
• Tuesday, February 20, 1962: The Gaumont Theatre, Barker's Pool, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
• Wednesday, February 21, 1962: The Odeon Cinema, Oxford Street, Manchester 1, Lancashire, England
• Thursday, February 22, 1962: The Gaumont Theatre, 45 London Road, Derby, Derbyshire, England
• Friday, February 23, 1962: The Odeon Cinema, Broad Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
• Saturday, February 24, 1962: Unknown venue, Stoke-on-Trent?, Staffordshire, England
• Sunday, February 25, 1962: Unknown venue, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
• Monday, February 26, 1962: The Gaumont Theatre, 21 Foregate Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, England
• Wednesday, February 28, 1962: The Gaumont Theatre, 15 New Canal Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
• Thursday, March 1, 1962: The Gaumont Theatre, 65 The Parade, High Street, Watford, Hertfordshire, England
• Friday, March 2, 1962: Unknown venue, Bristol?, Somerset, England
• Saturday, March 3, 1962: Unknown venue, Colchester?, Essex, England
• Sunday, March 4, 1962: Unknown venue, Coventry?, Warwickshire, England
• Monday, March 5, 1962: The Odeon Cinema, 166 London Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
• Tuesday, March 6, 1962: Unknown venue, Loughborough?, Leicestershire, England
• Wednesday, March 7, 1962: The Gaumont Cinema, 150 Church Street, Preston, Lancashire, England
• Thursday, March 8, 1962: The Odeon Cinema, Fawcett Street, Sunderland, County Durham, England
• Friday, March 9, 1962: The Gaumont Cinema, New Victoria Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, 6.15pm & 8.40pm
• Saturday, March 10, 1962: Unknown venue, Norwich, Norfolk, England
• Sunday, March 11, 1962: The Granada Theatre, 174-186 Powis Street, Woolwich, South East London, England
• Monday, March 12, 1962: The Granada Theatre, Lower Stone Street, Maidstone, Kent, England
• Tuesday, March 13, 1962: The Granada Theatre, 30 Spital Street, Dartford, Kent, England
• Wednesday, March 14, 1962: The Granada Theatre, 5-9 St. Peters Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
• Thursday, March 15, 1962: The Granada Theatre, 356 High Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
• Friday, March 16, 1962: The Granada Theatre, 154-166 Clarence Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England
• Saturday, March 17, 1962: The Granada Theatre, 186 Hoe Lane, Walthamstow, East London, England
• Sunday, March 18, 1962: The Granada Theatre, North Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, England
• Monday, March 19, 1962: The Granada Theatre, 10 West Gate, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
• Tuesday, March 20, 1962: The Granada Theatre, 34 St. Peter's Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
• Wednesday, March 21, 1962: The Granada Theatre, 19 High Street, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
• Thursday, March 22, 1962: The Granada Theatre, Sheepcote Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England
• Friday, March 23, 1962: The Granada Theatre, Carshalton Road West, Sutton, Surrey, England
• Saturday, March 24, 1962: The Adelphi Theatre, 3 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, England
• Sunday, March 25, 1962: Unknown venue, Liverpool?, Lancashire, England
• Monday, March 26, 1962: The Gaumont Cinema, 2 St. George's Parade, Wolverhampton, Warwickshire, England
• Tuesday, March 27, 1962: The Gaumont Theatre, Winchcombe Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
• Wednesday, March 28, 1962: The Gaumont Theatre, 3 St. Helen's Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
• Friday, March 30, 1962: The Gaumont Theatre, Corporation Street, Taunton, Somerset, England
• Sunday, April 1, 1962: The ABC Cinema, New North Street, Exeter, Devon, England
• Monday, April 2, 1962: The Regal Cinema, 33 St. Aldgate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
• Tuesday, April 3, 1962: The Dominion Cinema, 112 The Green, Southall, Middlesex, England
• Wednesday, April 4, 1962: The Plaza Cinema, Rowlands Road, Worthing, West Sussex, England
• Thursday, April 5, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 62 Castle Street, Dover, Kent, England
• Friday, April 6, 1962: The Ritz Cinema, 180 South Street, Romford, Essex, England
• Saturday, April 7, 1962: Unknown venue, Guildford?, Surrey, England
• Sunday, April 8, 1962: The Regal Cinema, 38-39 St. Andrew;s Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
• Monday, April 9, 1962: The ABC Cinema, Saltergate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
• Tuesday, April 10, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 159 Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes, east Lincolnshire, England
• Wednesday, April 11, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 132 Ferensway, Kingston-upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, England
• Thursday, April 12, 1962: The Globe Theatre, 153a High Street, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
• Friday, April 13, 1962: The ABC Cinema, Warwick Road, Carlisle, Cumberland, England
• Sunday, April 15, 1962: Unknown venue, Brighton?, East Sussex, England
• Monday, April 16, 1962: The ABC Cinema, Union Place, Derry's Cross, Plymouth, Devon, England 
• Last date of tour.
• Thursday, April 19, 1962: The Gaiety Ballroom, Wintringham Road, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
• Thursday, May 10, 1962:  The Two Red Shoes Ballroom, South College Street, Elgin, Moray, Scotland
• Thursday, May 17, 1962: Pops and Lenny
• Also on the bill: The Brook Brothers, The Jolaes Puppets, The Vernons Girls.
• The presenter was Lenny the Lion and Terry Hall, the musical director was Bert Hayes  and the producer was Peter Whitmore.
• This was the broadcast date.
• Summer 1962: Summer Season, The Big Star Show, The Windmill Theatre, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, Suffolk, England
• Also on the bill: Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, The Vernons Girls, The Tornados, Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers, Alan Field, Chic Murray and Maide.
• The promoter was Larry Parnes.
• Wednesday, August 22, 1962: The Windmill Theatre, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, Suffolk, England
• Sunday, September 30, 1962 - Friday, December 7, 1962: The Mammoth Star Show of 1962 UK Tour
• Also on the bill: Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, Mike Sarne, Mark Wynter, Jimmy Justice, Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers
• The promoter was Larry Parnes and the compère was Al Paige.
• Sunday, September 30, 1962: The Odeon Cinema, Upper High Street, Guildford, Surrey, England
• First date of tour.
• Monday, October 1, 1962: The Rank Theatre, Star Hill, Rochester, Kent, England
• Tuesday, October 2, 1962: The Rank Theatre, Albert Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire now Dorset, England
• Wednesday, October 3, 1962: The Rank Theatre, Regent Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
• Thursday, October 4, 1962: The Rank Theatre, Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, Warwickshire, England
• Friday, October 5, 1962: The Odeon Cinema, Oxford Street, Manchester 1, Lancashire, England
• Sunday, October 7, 1962: The De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
• Monday, October 8, 1962: The Odeon Cinema, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
• Tuesday, October 9, 1962: The Rank Theatre, 24 Clarendon Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, England
• Wednesday, October 10, 1962: The Rank Theatre, Pier Hill, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
• Thursday, October 11, 1962: The Rank Theatre, 3 St. Helen's Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
• Friday, October 12, 1962: The Rank Theatre, 211 Stockwell Road, Brixton, South West London, England
• Sunday, October 14, 1962: The Guildhall, The Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Devon, England
• Saturday, October 20, 1962: ITV's Thank Your Lucky Stars, ATV Studios, Aston, Birmingham, Staffordshire, England
• Also on the bill: The Brook Brothers, The Eric Delaney Band, Johnny De Little, Susan Maughan, Marty Wilde, Danny Williams, Lionel Blair and his Madison Girls.
• The presenter was Brian Matthews and guest DJ was Don Moss.
• The Karl Denver Trio came on after Eric Delaney and played 'My Mother's Eyes.'
• Not part of the tour.
• Saturday, October 20, 1962: The Colston Hall, Colston Street, Bristol, Somerset, England
• Sunday, October 21, 1962: The Empire Theatre, Lime Street, Liverpool 1, Lancashire, England
• Monday, October 22, 1962: The Rank Theatre, Silver Street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
• Tuesday, October 23, 1962: The Gaumont Theatre, Princes Way, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
• Wednesday, October 24, 1962: The ABC Cinema, Kirkgate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
• Thursday, October 25, 1962: The Rank Theatre, Gloddaeth Street, Llandudno, Clwyd, North Wales
• Friday, October 26, 1962: The Rank Theatre, 45 London Road, Derby, Derbyshire, England
• Sunday, October 28, 1962: The Coventry Hippodrome Theatre, Hale Street, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
• Monday, October 29, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 62 Castle Street, Dover, Kent, England
• Tuesday, October 30, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 18 Cambridge Road, Hastings, East Sussex, England
• Wednesday, October 31, 1962: The ABC Cinema, Union Place, Worthing, West Sussex, England
• Thursday, November 1, 1962: The Country Club
• Also on the bill: Alan Fielding, Wally Whyton, The Earl Guest Group, John Berry.
• Not part of tour.
• Thursday, November 1, 1962: The Rank Theatre, 15 New Canal Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
• Friday, November 2, 1962: The ABC Cinema, Abingdon Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
• Saturday, November 3, 1962: The Essoldo Cinema, Hill Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
• Sunday, November 4, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 33 St. Aldate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
• Thursday, November 8, 1962: The Tower Ballroom, The Promenade, New Brighton, Cheshire, England
• Advertised in the Mersey Beat as Thursday, November 8th The Tower Ballroom New Brighton Karl Denver Trio.
• Saturday, November 10, 1962: The Essoldo Cinema, 134 North Street, Brighton, East Sussex, England
• Sunday, November 11, 1962: The Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre, Hurst Street,   Chinese Quartet, Birmingham, Staffordshire, England
• Monday, November 12, 1962: The ABC Cinema, Warwick Road, Carlisle, Cumberland, England
• Tuesday, November 13, 1962: The Rank Theatre, 44 Holmeside, Sunderland, County Durham, England
• Wednesday, November 14, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 132 Ferensway, Kingston-upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, England
• Thursday, November 15, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 159 Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes,  east Lincolnshire, England
• Friday, November 16, 1962: The ABC Theatre, 216-219 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
• Saturday, November 17, 1962: The Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk, England from 6.20pm & 8.30pm
• Sunday, November 18, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 38-39 St. Andrew's Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
• Monday, November 19, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 112 The Green, Southall, Middlesex, England
• Tuesday, November 20, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 225 London Road, Broad Green, Croydon, Surrey, England 
• Wednesday, November 21, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 22-30 Richmond Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England
• Thursday, November 22, 1962: Crackerjack!
• Also on the bill: Jillian Comber (regular), Peter Glaze (regular), The Bert Hayes Octet, Pip Hinton (regular) 
• The presenter was Eamonn Andrews and Leslie Crowther was a regular presenter and the producer was Johnny Downes.
• This was the broadcast date.
• Not part of the tour.
• Thursday, November 22, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 180 South Street, Romford, Essex, England
• Friday, November 23, 1962: The ABC Cinema, Union Place, Derry Cross, Plymouth, Devon England
• Tuesday, November 27, 1962: The Rank Theatre, 166 London Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
• Wednesday, November 28, 1962: The Rank Theatre, Balkerne Gate, Colchester, Essex, England
• Thursday, November 29, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 127 Above Bar, Southampton, Hampshire, England
• Friday, November 30, 1962: The Rank Theatre, Corporation Street, Taunton, Somerset, England
• Wednesday, December 5, 1962: The Gaumont Theatre, 21 Foregate Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, England from 6.15pm
• Thursday, December 6, 1962: The Rank Theatre, Broad Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
• Friday, December 7, 1962: The ABC Cinema, 153a High Street, Stockton-on-Tees,  County Durham, England
• Last date of tour.
• Saturday, December 8, 1962: ITV's Thank Your Lucky Stars, ATV Studios, Aston, Birmingham, Staffordshire, England
• Also on the bill: Johnny Tillotson, Freddy Cannon, The Eric Delaney Band, The Mudlarks, Marty Wilde, Don Charles, Julie Grant.
• The presenter was Brian Matthews and guest DJ was Keith Fordyce.
• The Karl Denver Trio came on after Freddy Cannon and played 'Dry Tears.'
• Tuesday, December 25, 1962: Like Music
• Also on the bill: Kathy Kirby, Danny Williams, The Northern Dance Orchestra, The Trad Lads.
• The compère was Roger Moffat, the conductor was Bernard Herrmann, the orchestrations Pat Nash and Alan Roper and the director was Stan Parkinson.
• This was the broadcast date.
• Friday, January 27, 1963: The Twisted Wheel Club, 30 Brazennose Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England
• Also on the bill: Dean West and the Hellions.
• This was the opening night of this famous club.
• Friday, February 15, 1963: The Yew Tree Cabaret Club, Wythenshaw, Manchester 22 (or 23), Lancashire, England
• This concert was recorded and released in 1963 as an album 'Karl Denver At The Yew Tree.'
• Monday, March 25, 1963: The Casino Ballroom, Lord Street, Leigh, Lancashire, England
• Wednesday, March 27, 1963: The Cavern Club, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool 2, Lancashire, England, evening session, 7.15pm - 11.15pm
• Also on the bill: The Big Three, The Hollies, Earl Preston and the TT's, The Sapphires.
• Monday, April 1, 1963: BBC Radio Show Side By Side, BBC Studio One, Piccadilly Studios, 201 Piccadilly, Mayfair, West London, England, 2.30pm - 5.30pm & 6.30pm - 10.30pm
• The Karl Denver Trio who were the house band here would invite a guest act each week to perform and on this day it was The Beatles. Both acts performed the theme tune together.
• The presenter was John Dunn.
• This was the recording date.
• The first show was broadcast on Monday, April 22, 1963 at 5pm and the second show was broadcast on Monday, May 13, 1963 at 5pm.
• Monday, May 6, 1963: The Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre, Hurst Street, Chinese Quartet, Birmingham, Staffordshire, England from 6.15pm & 8.30pm
• Also on the bill: Mark Wynter, Mike Preston, Des Lane, Al Paige, Jody and Holly, Toni and Margo, Harbin and Day.
• Monday, May 13, 1963: The Theatre Royal, Theatre Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
• Also on the bill: Mark Wynter, Mike Preston, July Grant, Jody and Holly, Toni and Margo, Harbin and Day.
• Monday, May 20, 1963: The Empire Theatre, Newgate Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumbria, England
• Also on the bill: Mark Wynter, Vince Eager, Anita Harris, Gridneffs, Alan Field.
• Saturday, June 8, 1963: Thank Your Lucky Stars
• Also on the bill: Chris Barber's Jazz Band, Lonnie Donegan, The Four Seasons, Kenny Lynch, Kenny Lynch, Susan Maughan, Duffy Power, Eden Kane.
• The host was Brian Matthews.
• This was the release date.
• Summer Season 1963: The Big Star Show, The Rainbow Theatre, South Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire, England
• Also on the bill: Marty Wilde and the Wilde Cats, Eden Kane, Julie Grant, Daryl Quist, The Fleerekkers.
• The promoter was Larry Parnes and the compère was Larry Burns.
• Saturday, September 28, 1963, The Big Star Show, The Rainbow Theatre, South Pier, Blackpool, Lancashire, England
• Part of the show.
• Friday, October 4, 1963 - Monday, December 16, 1963: The Big Star Show UK Tour
• Supported Billy Fury as did Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, The Tornadoes, Marty Wilde, Dickie Pride.
• The promoter was Larry Parnes and the compère was Larry Burns.
• Some October and December 1963 concerts Joe Brown was replaced by Freddie and the Dreamers.
• Friday, October 4, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 225 London Road, Broad Green, Croydon, Surrey, England from 6.45pm & 9pm 
• First date of tour.
• Also on the bill: Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, The Tornadoes, Marty Wilde, Dickie Pride, The Ramblers.
• Saturday, October 5, 1963: Thank Your Lucky Stars
• Also on the bill: Cilla Black, The Dave Clark Five, The Eagles, Kenny Lynch, Janice Nicholls, Del Shannon, guest DJ Kent Walton.
• The host was Brian Matthews.
• This was the release date.
• Not part of tour.
• Saturday, October 5, 1963: The Essoldo Cinema, 134 North Street, Brighton, East Sussex, England
• Sunday, October 6, 1963: The ABC Cinema, Union Place, Derry's Cross, Plymouth, Devon, England
• Monday, October 7, 1963: The ABC Cinema, New North Road, Exeter, Devon, England
• Tuesday, October 8, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 127 Above Bar, Southampton, Hampshire, England
• Wednesday, October 9, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 18 Cambridge Road, Hastings, West Sussex, England
• Thursday, October 10, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 62 Castle Street, Dover, Kent, England
• Friday, October 11, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 162 Broadway, Bexleyheath, Kent, England
• Saturday, October 12, 1963: The Gaumont Theatre, 3 St. Helen's, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
• Sunday, October 13, 1963: The Regal Cinema, 33-39 St. Andrews Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
• Monday, October 14, 1963: The ABC Cinema, Abingdon Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
• Tuesday, October 15, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 10 Cavendish Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
• Wednesday, October 16, 1963: The ABC Cinema, Saltergate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
• Thursday, October 17, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 159 Grimsby Road, Cleethorpes, east Lincolnshire, England
• Friday, October 18, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 132 Ferensway, Kingston-upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, England
• Saturday, October 19, 1963: The Futurist Theatre, Foreshore Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
• Sunday, October 20, 1963: The Globe Theatre, 153a High Street, Stockton-on-Tees,  County Durham, England
• Tuesday, October 22, 1963: Ollie and Fred's Five O'Clock Club
• Also on the bill: Hughie Green, Mark Wynter.
• The host was Ollie Beak, the presenter's were Howard Williams, Muriel Young, Wally Whyton (Ollie Beak's voice) and the director was Bill Turner.  
• This was the broadcast date.
• Not part of tour.
• Saturday, October 26, 1963: The Gaumont Palace Theatre, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
• Sunday, October 27, 1963: The ABC Cinema, Warwick Road, Carlisle, Cumberland, England
• Monday, October 28, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 12-16 Market Street, West Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
• Tuesday, October 29, 1963: The ABC Ardwick Apollo, Stockport Road & Hyde Road, Ardwick Green, Manchester 12, Lancashire, England
• Wednesday, October 30, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 33 St. Aldgate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
• Thursday, October 31, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 180 South Street, Romford, Essex, England
• Friday, November 1, 1963: The ABC Cinema, 22-30 Richmond Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England
• Saturday, November 2, 1963: The Granada Theatre, 186 Hoe Lane, Walthamstow, East London, England
• Sunday, November 3, 1963: The Coventry Hippodrome Theatre, Hale Street, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
• Monday, November 4, 1963: The Rank Theatre, Litchfield Street, Wolverhampton, Warwickshire, England
• Tuesday, November 5, 1963: The Rank Theatre, Litchfield Street, Wolverhampton, Warwickshire, England
• Wednesday, November 6, 1963: The Rank Theatre, Pier Hill, Southend-on-Sea, England from 6.15pm & 8.45pm
• Also on the bill: Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, The Tornadoes, Marty Wilde, Dickie Pride, The Ramblers.
• Thursday, November 7, 1963: The Granada Theatre, 50 Mitcham Road, Tooting Broadway, South West London, England
• Friday, November 8, 1963: The Rank Theatre, Queen Street, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, South Wales
• Saturday, November 9, 1963: The Bournemouth The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset, England
• Sunday, November 10, 1963: The De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
• Friday, November 15, 1963: The Granada Theatre, 6 Castle Gate, Shrewsbury, Wiltshire, England
• Saturday, November 16, 1963: The Opera House, 97 Church Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, England
• Sunday, November 17, 1963: The Empire Theatre, Lime Street, Liverpool 1, Lancashire, England
• Monday, November 18, 1963: The Gaumont Theatre, Princes Way, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England from 6.15pm & 8.40pm
• Also on the bill: Joe Brown and the Bruvvers, The Tornadoes, Marty Wilde, Dickie Pride, The Ramblers.
• Tuesday, November 19, 1963: The Rank Theatre, 44 Holmeside, Sunderland, County Durham, England
• Wednesday, November 20, 1963: The Rialto Cinema, Fishergate, York, North Yorkshire, England
• Thursday, November 21, 1963: The Odeon Cinema, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
• Friday, November 22, 1963: The Rank Theatre, Derby, Derbyshire, England
• Saturday, November 23, 1963: The Rank Theatre, Hanley, Staffordshire, England
• Sunday, November 24, 1963: The Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre, Hurst Street, Chinese Quartet, Birmingham, Staffordshire, England
• Monday, November 25, 1963: The Rank Theatre, Worcester, Worcestershire, England
• Tuesday, November 26, 1963: The Rank Theatre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
• Wednesday, November 27, 1963: The Rank Theatre, Corporation Street, Taunton, Somerset, England
• Thursday, November 28, 1963: The Rank Theatre, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
• Friday, November 29, 1963: The Rank Theatre, 122 High Street, Guildford, Surrey, England
• Saturday, November 30, 1963: The Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
• Sunday, December 1, 1963: The Colston Hall, Colston Street, Bristol, Somerset, England
• Saturday, December 7, 1963: The Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk, England
• Sunday, December 8, 1963: The Odeon Cinema, Star Hill, Rochester, Kent, England
• Monday, December 9, 1963: The Odeon Cinema, Crouch Street, Colchester, Essex, England
• Tuesday, December 10, 1963: The Granada Theatre, Sheepcote Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England
• Wednesday, December 11, 1963: The Granada Theatre, 5-9 St. Peters Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England 
• Thursday, December 12, 1963: The Granada Theatre, 10 West Gate, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
• Friday, December 13, 1963: The Granada Theatre, Carshalton Road West, Sutton, Surrey, England
• Saturday, December 14, 1963: The Adelphi Theatre, 3 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, England 
• Sunday, December 15, 1963: The Granada Theatre, 174-186 Powis Street, Woolwich, South East London, England
• Monday, December 16, 1963: The Granada Cinema, 10 New Road, Edmonton, North London, England
• Last date of tour.
• Saturday, January 4, 1964: The Astoria Ballroom, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England
• Supported by The Fabulous Phantoms.
• Saturday, February 22, 1964: Thank Your Lucky Stars
• Also on the bill: Billy J. Kramer, Ben E. King, Janice Nicholls, Johnny Sandon, Dusty Springfield, The Undertakers, Danny Williams, guest DJ Jimmy Henney.
• The host was Brian Matthews.
• This was the release date.
• Wednesday, April 15, 1964: Titch and Quackers
• Also on the bill: Tony Hart, Billy McComb, Ted Taylor, Quackers (puppet), Titch (puppet).
• The host was Ray Allen and the producer was Leonard Chase. 
• Wednesday, October 7, 1964: Shindig Show 4
• Also on the bill: The Beatles, Lyn Cornell, Anita Mann, Tommy Quickly, Sandie Shaw, Sounds Incorporated, Andy White.
• This was the broadcast date (USA).
• The presenter was Jimmy O'Neill and the producer & director was Jack Good.
• Saturday, November 22, 1964: Thank Your Lucky Stars
• Also on the bill: The Beatles, Alma Cogan, Freddie and the Dreamers, Françoise Hardy, Janice Nicholls, Sounds Incorporated, guest DJ Kent Walton.
• The host was Brian Matthews.
• This was the release date.
• Saturday, January 29, 1966: The Scala Club, Sprotborough Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
• Saturday, April 16, 1966: Thank Your Lucky Stars
• Also on the bill: Cilla Black, Wayne Fontana, The Merseys, Dee Dee Warwick.
• The host was Jim Dale.
• This was the release date. 
• Summer Season 1966: The Big Star Show of 1966, The Royal Aquarium Theatre, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
• Also on the bill: Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Silkie, The Eight Starlets, The Puppets, Mack and Kirk, The Marionettes.
• The promoters were NEMS Presentations, George Copper Organisation and Larry Parnes and the compère was Mike Burton.
• Friday, May 12, 1967: The Imperial Ballroom, Carr Road, Nelson, Lancashire, England

Sources include:

http://missingepisodes.proboards.com/thread/12458/wham-jack-good-abc-1960

http://tartanrocker.blogspot.com/2014/01/karl-denver-1932-1998.html

https://tworedshoes.wordpress.com/1962/12/

Extensive info above courtesy John H Warbugh

Memories

"We worked with Karl Denver Trio sometime towards the end of the '70s at Chatham Barracks, Kent. Our guitarist, Bob, almost wet himself when he saw Kevin Neill was using the very same guitar from their pic in Beatles Monthly. I suppose you have to be a guitarist to notice things like that. "

Paul Mlynarz

Credit should also be given for Karl's massive selling Decca EP By A Sleepy Lagoon that reached No.2 during a 20 week stay on the EP charts.

The Beatles also made their live radio debut on Karl's Side By Side programme.

Also Karl's hit single Never Goodbye was a 1962 BBC TV Song For Europe entry. Although Ronnie Carroll got the nod as winner with his forgotten "Ring A Ding Girl" that peaked at 43 on the charts, Karl's offering proved the big recording success of the contest.

Michael Clarke

We saw Karl in Benidorm Spain many times. The last time was in 1996 - he was great and enjoying life and we really loved his music and the jokes he told. Really sorry for the loss of him - we all miss his music.

Sylvia and Peter 

When Karl was doing a split week at the Palace Theatre Club and the Southern Sporting Club, he would turn up at the Sunday band call at the Southern and the bar would be opened especially for Karl, Gerry and Kevin. It was obviously a cost effective exercise that wasn't done for any other act. 

His local was the Thatched Cottage in Reddish and sadly in his later years, there were fellow drinkers there who didn't realise what a star he'd been back in the early sixties.

Pete Crooks - 25/5/09

Eleven years after after his death the interest in Karl appears to be growing with more of his work available on You Tube. A 1964 clip of the Karl Denver Trio performing Wimoweh live on a Shindig TV programme recently passed 100,000 hits and two other You Tube sites with the same film have a combined viewing of over 28,000 taking the total views of this film to almost 130.000.

And last week the greatest discovery for Denver fans for years was suddenly placed on You Tube. Full colour film of The Trio performing Rose Marie and Love Me With All Your Heart at the 1983 Peterborough Country Music Festival couple with an interview after the show.

On this occasion Karl was on the bill with American C & W stars Tom T. Hall and Jimmy C. Newman. The Trio appeared on the 1980 show with Frank Ifield and Ken Dodd.

Doddy and Karl both charted in 1963 with the Country hit Still, Karl easily out paced the Knotty Ash maestro peaking at 13, during a 15 stay on charts.

Michael Clarke  - 23/1/10

Sorry to hear about Kevin- he was the bee's knees musically and I have had some transpositions done by him over the years.

In the early 60's, in the small town of Castleford, South Yorks, the hometown of Viv Nicholls- the spend, spend, spend lady,who 'won the pools', there was a niteclub called The Crystal Bowl Club with Karl Denver Trio in one room with a supporing act of three coloured girls, whose name escapes me at this time.

In another room Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas and in yet another room Adam Faith, whom I was supporting - all this under one roof! I knew Karl pretty well and we had some laffs together- good days.

Farewell, Kevin.

Robert Smith Wright - 19/3/10

A Karl Denver mint condition promo single Uska Dara/Zimba on London label recently sold in America on ebay for 75 dollars! I'm unsure whether the record was ever released in this country?

Michael Clarke - 3/7/10

I met Karl on the Central pier in Great Yarmouth in 1963. He was performing there,I was a sixteen year old kid and though under age Ii was happy to accept a pint from him at the pier bar. I was a member of theTtravellers pop group from Rochdale at the time and because of our mutual interest in anything to do with groups and music we got on like a house on fire. That was until a groupie latched on to him.

He was obviously irritated by this and convinced her that I was his roady. Soon after Iwas left to deal with the young lady as Karl had dissapeared. Don't remember what the outcome of that was. 

Dave Brierley - 10/8/10

I first met Karl at the Luxor Club in Hulme, Manchester, in late 1962 where he was topping the bill. I was part of a group called THE AZTECS, later to become PETE AND THE PERSUADERS, whose drummer Denis Ashton was a friend of Karl.

We met him on more than one occasion, and I liked his sense of humour and, of course, his voice.

THE PERSUADERS were unfortunately involved in a serious accident in which the lead guitarist Sid Overett and rhythm guitarist Brian Valentine died. The first memory I have, when waking up in Stockport infirmary after the accident is a heavily Scots accented voice saying "Hey Peterrrr it's me Karl Denver, how are you?", and he was so sincere and feeling, he also knew that we were ignorant to the fact that Brian,and Sid had died.

I don't remember most of our conversation, but I do remember him saying that he was going to contact lots of the gigs that we had done, and ask them to put on charity shows for us, to enable us to replace our van, and any equipment damaged. this as far as I know is what happened,and I will always remember Karl fondly. 

Peter Taylor - 7/9/10

I was very moved to see my favourite singer of all time was still remembered after all this time. I still play his music. I am now 67. I am looking for the song By a sleepy lagoon. He was magic.

Robert Lettice - 7/2/11

Avid Karl Denver memorabilia collector Bob Patterson of New Romney Kent, has unearthed what he believes are the earliest known recordings by the legendary singer. Bob told me after tracking down the six track, 10 inch acetate demo disc, recorded around 1958 in one the recording booths that existed then where budding entertainers rented a time and got the disc to keep at the end of the session. 

Bob believes his treasured acetate includes the generic version of Karl's massive hit Wimoweh. He says the basis of the hit version is there, but with a different arrangement and played slower.

Among the other tracks are two outstanding "finds" the TRIO never released commercially. An impressive Blues version of Lead Belly signature Black Girl and an ancient sentimental ballad That wonderful Mother of Mine.

Bob's also had another remarkable stroke of luck recently in tracking down complete studio master tracks of a second, but never released Nevis album.

Read my full story on the Leicester Mercury web site, click This Is Leicester and then click Nostalgia on the banner, scroll down to 26 Feb. 

Michael Clarke - 1/3/11

The frist time I met Karl was at the Luxor Club working for Ginger Chilton. My dad was Wally Harper, a Manchester comic. I was sixteen and played and sang country stuff. The resident band did not know any of the songs I sang and could not play for me. Karl and the boys overheard what was happening and backed me up for whole of the week.

He was a good friend. Oh, he also gave me a pair of cowboy boots given to him by Lefty Frizzel. He is sadly missed. God Bless you Karl. 

Johnny Harper - 9/4/11

I believe I am right in saying that the Karl Denver Trio played at a holiday club in Leysdown on the Isle of Sheppey and as that was where we used to go every holiday. My parents became very good friends of them and Karl often stayed at my parents pub in Canterbury. They also became good friends of Gerry - in fact my mother has photos of Gerry and his then young lady Naomi.

He used to drive a yellow open top car at the time. My parents also had photos of the Trio hanging in the pub.

Linda Arnold - 30/5/11

Just read Karl's website - great memories. I grew up with Jerry Cotterell (bass). Karl acutally taught my brother the guitar - they were very very good. God bless.

Tony Keegan - 26/8/11

I met Karl in 1988 in Jersey. I played Keyboards for him on and off until he died in 1998. We became great friends and I miss his sense of humour.

Dave Garner - 7/10/11

I played with Gus 1955? on the Citizen Showboat from Dunoon. We met up later in the party bar to do some songs with some other lads. It was then he said he was off to London. I said "no" as I was starting my time. The rest is history. RIP Gus 

Jim Chippington "Chippy Jim" - 1/11/11

I never saw KDT play live, but I was present when they opened a record shop on Underbank Stockport. It must have been early 60s, and the shop was owned by Peter Swales (ex Man City), Whites and Swales, at the bottom of Mealhouse Brow.

Dave Moore - 19/11/11

In approximately 1969 I owned a garage business in Sykes Street in Reddish, one of the very few garages who owned a tow truck.

A regular call-out (usually by the police) was to recover a car which had crashed into the same lamp post outside the Houldsworth Mill on a number of weekends, the driver was Karl after spending the evening in the Poco a Poco Club.

I met him on a number of occasions (he lived in the street behind the garage) usually to repair his car and try and get payment!!! On his invitations all the lads from the garage went to the Poco to see and meet him, as always leaning against the bar with a bottle of champagne and a female friend?

Karl had a real sense of humour and was a very likeable character.

Carl Gardiner - 3/1/12

I saw the Karl Denver Trio 4 times in the 60's. If they had come to Australia I would have seen them again, THEY WERE GREAT. RIP Karl Gerry and Kevin.

Anna Warnock - 1/7/12

Hello Karl fans - My dear departed Dad's record collection includes the Wimoweh LP,which he played now and again when I was a kid in the 60's. Chatting with me one day somewhere in the 90's about Karl, he mentioned the trio used to play at the Yew Tree pub in Northenden. A big live music venue in the early 60's, I understand,only 3 miles away from where I live now. He told me that he recorded a live LP there.That was that.

A couple of years ago I was talking about what Dad had said to my friend next door. He went on E-bay...A few minutes later he came back round and said.."Guess what? I've just put in a bid of £8 for it on E-bay". Low and behold it sits in my collection! Mint condition.It's on now as I write.

I don't know how rare this record is. Maybe someone can enlighten me.That aside, it is a superbly recorded gig by the Decca mobile studio. Karl and the band are note perfect.You can feel the atmosphere.You can hear the crowd between songs, glasses chinking, its a beautiful thing.The cover features the Trio behind the bar laughing and pouring beer.The sleeve notes are written by a gentleman called Peter Attwood and it sets the tone before you put the record on.It really is a gem. Aswell as the trio on stage, they also have Alan White on drums and Rod King on steel. I am a huge rockabilly fan and had no idea what to expect..boy! was I surprised.

They kick off with a blues version of Blue Yodel...then its country, rockabilly all the way ... finishing with a blistering live version of Wimoweh.

I cannot find this LP anywhere on cd. I have an idea...The liner notes describe it was recorded in a long low room at the Yew Tree. It is my intention to get in touch with the pub very soon and ask them if I can arrange a charity function.The purpose? To invite Karl fans and indeed anyone interested.I will play the LP in the very same room it was recorded in 49 years ago.

I invite anyone with any more info on this LP,or indeed if you were there on Feb 18th 1963 to contact me on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Kind regards,

Dave Bancroft  - 27/7/12

I remember appearing at a venue called Frescatties on Oxford Rd and after coming out of the toilet I noticed this guy chatting my girl up (now my wife). I thought it strange that this man was wearing a suit and cowboy boots. He shook my hand and introduced himself as Karl Denver.

Many years later I used to play now and again at a pub in Reddish Lane called the Pomona for the landlady a well known lady called Renee Rhythm. On a couple of occasions Karl would come in and say “drinks all round”. No wonder he went bankrupt - a very kind hearted guy.

Alan Taylor - 15/9/12

Hi to all Karl Denver fans

First of all I worked with a guy called Terry Rogan in the mid 70s to early 80s who told me he had become a member of the Karl Denver Band, does anybody have any recollections from that time?

Also I have recently bought a guitar from an 'antique'emporium, a Framus King a very large acoustic jumbo steel strung with extreme cutaway.It dates from Dec 1962. It has a contemporary pickup in it with the words 'plato flatop' engraved into it. The seller told me that his family had owned (but never used) the guitar for about the last 40 years or so and that it had been bought for Karl Denver by a man called Alan Goodwin who had also played with him. I have not payed over the odds for this guitar and if what is stated turns out to be true then I think I have got an absolute gem. It was in a sorry state but after some 12 hours work some 'new' tuners and a bridge modification sounds quite the business (especially through a 140 watt jazz amp with 15" speaker)

Again does anybody have any recollections from those times?

Tony - 19/1/13

I met Karl in a Stockport bar called the Rudyard Hotel. It was about 1971 and we were having a beer and a good old chat. After a few minutes he put a box of matches on the bar. He then started the best and most amazing bit of voice throwing I have ever witnessed. So much so, that myself and a few others kept opening the box to see what was inside. Alas only matches!! The guy had an amazing talent, not just a great singer but a true entertainer.

Andy Shield - 16/2/13

My sister and I went to put flowers on our Dad's grave - then we did a little walk-about --- not far from Dad's grave we saw KARL DENVER. My sister said: I know that name!! Wow!!! We are both standing there over Karl Denver's grave. One of the greatest singers ever. I felt very humbled. I said a prayer and gave him a kiss.

Joanna Egleton - 8/2/13

Always find something ... this time, the wonderful news of Karl Denver's demos!! AND then I found them, posted on You Tube! Must date from the time he was resident at The Yew Tree, where we used to go and see him even whilst still at school. 

One of your postings also reminded me that it was apparently FIFTY YEARS NEXT MONDAY that I was at The Yew Tree for the recording of his Decca LP!! Still no closer to a legit CD of this - Amazon MP3 downloads show a DOWNLOAD album planned for the end of the year - I just hope the source of this is not the crappy vinyl copy that the samples are taken from, as my own copy is in better nick! One of the best live recordings of the 60s deserves better.....

I recently came across the earliest musical pics I EVER took - Autumn 1961 (I was 18!) at the Southern Sporting Club in West Gorton....one is Karl & me; the other with two local sisters, Sheila & Patsy, who lived just round the corner (Donnison St?) and whom we'd met on holiday in Rhyl, which was the main reason we were there, if Im honest!! 

Keep up the good work,

Brian Smith - 18/2/13

Check out Youtube by searching for Karl Denver yew tree - lots of songs.
Here is a sample http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ9B6rIW8Tw

Thank you for all the people who have posted comments, on this site as my family really appreciate the kind comments you have made about my cousin Angus, whom we all adored, in spite of him being a bit of a scallywag.

Growing up in Bicknell St Blackburn, I had a front row seat to the start of his career in the mid 1950's. He and his friend Henry Boyle stayed with my father, Karls(Angus's) uncle Donnie for almost a year, as he busked all around the town centre, and the Blackburn pubs.

He got himself into plenty of trouble in those day's and left town one step ahead of the police, some months later. Eventually he went into the Merchant Navy, jumped ship in America, and became the legend we all came to love, and appreciate.

I well remember the last time I was with him, when he came to to visit my father at our council house in Blackburn. He arrived in a massive big Cadillac with his wife Alma, much to the delight of all our neighbours, who had no idea we were Karl Denvers relations. As my father was working, he decided we would all go and surprise him at work. So we all piled into into the Cadillac, which was open topped, and enjoyed waving to all the open mouthed Blackburnians, as we cruised through the town centre, feeling like the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

We still have a good laugh about it, when the family gets together, though now being in Melbourne Australia, we have lost contact with most of Karls family. I have many fond memories and stories to tell of my wonderful singing cousin, and would be happy to tell them all to anyone who would like to know. Thank you very much to his fans, who did what they did for him after he passed away, and for which I am very grateful, though I did not find out, until years later, and wished I could have done more myself.

R.I.P. Angus.

Alex McKenzie - 23/11/13