'OH BOY!' SHOW # 37 (Compered by Jimmy Henney)
ABC CATALOGUE SHOW NUMBER 12. (OF 13)
RESIDENT WEEKLY BAND & PERFORMERS:
Lord Rockingham's XI,
Red Price,
The Dallas Boys,
Neville Taylor & The Cutters,
Cherry Wainer,
The Vernons Girls.
THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL GUESTS:
Bill Forbes
Billy Fury
Cliff Richard
Dickie Pride
Marty Wilde
Renee Martz
Terry White
This is the twelfth show of 13 recorded for export to the United States. It is now thought that this original telerecording, once catalogued with ABC at Teddington, Middlesex until 1968, may be in the private hands of someone in the United Kingdom.
Also some of the 13 copies sent to America are known to exist and in the possession of a private collector in Arizona or New Mexico.
This show is unique at present because an extract from it survives to this day. A two minute clip of Cliff and the Drifters performing their latest single “Mean Streak” was lifted from the show for inclusion in a documentary made in April 1966 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ABC Television.
The hour long show, called the “ABC of ABC” which is mostly a documentary on the cultural changes in Britain from 1956 to 1966 and co-presented by Eamon Andrews and actress Billie Whitelaw, survives and is retained by the British Film Institute in London.
At present this is the only “Oh Boy!" footage found other than the two surviving editions of 4th April and 30th May 1959
See “Where Have The Shows Gone?” page for further details on this 23rd May outtake.
Jack’s attempts to secure American singer Jackie “Reet Petite” Wilson for this show did not materialize.
Jack ensured that his all-time “Oh Boy!” favourites were booked for the final two shows of the series. They included Cliff Richard, Marty Wilde, Billy Fury, Dickie Pride and Bill Forbes.
Renee Martz, an American teenage preacher with a deep soulful voice makes his second and final appearance in the series. He had previously appeared on the 18th April edition.
Newcomer Terry White makes his one and only appearance (see picture on right of him with Cliff and Jack Good).