Tony Rees of the website TV Pop Diaries Pop Music on British Television 1955 - 1999 kindly sent us huge updates for the 1979 and 1980 entries:

You mention the ATV re-boot on your site and as you might be aware an incomplete set have appeared on YouTube.

Last week I went through them for the purpose of making a list of the songs performed and put it up on my site. I wasn’t able to identify all the songs, or all the performers. I’ve also used TV Times, Daily Mirror and the Pye Oh Boy LP as a source for song titles.

A big thanks to Tony.

We have added articles scanned from Disc magazine (1959).

Hi, we have set the Comment section to "Login to post comments" only because of the spam that the site receives. If you do want to comment, you can also use the Contact link and send an email that way. Thank you.

We have added content for 1979 revival series 1 and 1980 revival series 2.

Basically, we have the cast for most episodes -- there were only about 14 over 2 years -- and several cast episode cuttings from TV Times.

One More Time is a work in progress documentary which tells the story of the musicians who worked on studio sessions during the sixties and seventies. Several former members of The JB7 have taken part.

Project director Alan Boyd would very much appreciate it if you would check out the website at

https://www.onemoretimedocumentary.com/

and also visit, like, and share the facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/onemoretimedocumentary

Sat 16 Mar 2019 @ 19:30

Paul Rumbol, producer of Oh Boy It’s Jack Good!, will be talking to film producer and historian Tony Sloman about the early works of pioneering pop TV producer Jack Good. Footage from three previously lost editions of Oh Boy! will be shown for the first time in 60 years, alongside extracts from Paul’s new documentary.

The Cinema Museum
2 Dugard Way (off Renfrew Road)
London SE11 4TH
Tel.: +44 (0)20 7840 2200
Email:
Oh Boy It’s Jack Good!
Sat 16 Mar 2019 @ 19:30
Doors open at 18.30, for a 19.30 start.
TICKETS & PRICING
Tickets £6.

Refreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar.

Advance tickets may be purchased from Billetto, or direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 in office hours.
CONTACT: For further details please contact Bob Geoghegan Tel: 020 8670 3618 in office hours.

Our book "Hit and Miss: The Story of The John Barry Seven" is now available!

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Thoroughly and painstakingly researched over a number of years, it features contributions from several ex-members of the band and from friends and relatives of John Barry.

Comprising of over 360 pages, it is packed with an array of rare photos of the band, and the singers they often supported, as well as some unique images of memorabilia and documentation from that era; some never previously published, many more seldom seen.

Even if you are not necessarily a devotee of The John Barry Seven per se, the book offers a fascinating historical insight into the British music scene of the period and, more importantly, provides an essential read for anybody remotely interested in discovering more about John Barry's formative career.

We appreciate the postage to destinations outside the UK is somewhat expensive, but unfortunately there is nothing we can do about this. Due to its size and the number of pages, the book is very heavy — about 1.4 kilograms — and shipping overseas is expensive. However, we think buyers will appreciate the quality of the book is well worth it!

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Just a few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to attend a screening of a "found" episode of Oh Boy!  Its charismatic producer, Jack Good, wasn't there -- to nobody's surprise -- since he has seldom appeared in public since ending his TV career several years ago.  However, despite his old age and occasional bouts of ill-health it still came as a shock to learn of his death following a fall.

The DJ and presenter, Pete Murray, did attend the Oh Boy! screening, and he described Jack as the best ever producer of TV pop music programmes. Pete didn't work with Jack on Oh Boy! but he certainly did on many episodes of the BBC's Six-Five Special, which Jack also produced, and it's hard to argue with his opinion.

I have only seen three episodes of Oh Boy! but that's enough to appreciate Jack's genius of capturing pop music as it was in that era. Many other TV pop shows have followed but none have matched the sheer excitement of singers and groups playing "live" on Oh Boy!, with the innovative camera work and lighting helping to create 25 minutes of non-stop action.

Jack worked on other pop music shows after the premature ending of Oh Boy!, such as Boy Meets Girls, Wham, and, for US TV, Shindig!. All of them were good shows but never quite reached the levels of Oh Boy!

He also produced stage musicals, such as Oh Boy!, Elvis the Musical and Catch My Soul (loosely based on Othello), with varying degrees of success.

In later years he appeared to lose interest in TV and after becoming a Roman Catholic, lived something of a reclusive life in New Mexico where he also painted.

More recently he returned to the UK and lived in Oxfordshire. He died at home on Sunday night, 24th September 2017.

Chris Perry of Kaleidoscope, the company who specialise in lost TV Shows, has recently announced the discovery of an episode of Oh Boy! on 16mm film.

Full details are:

Saturday 15th November 1958

'OH BOY!' SHOW # 10 (compèred by Tony Hall)

RESIDENT WEEKLY BAND & PERFORMERS:
Lord Rockingham's XI, Red Price, Cherry Wainer,
The Vernons Girls, The Dallas Boys, Neville Taylor & The Cutters

THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL GUESTS:
Cliff Richard & The Drifters
Cuddly Dudley
The John Barry Seven
Pat Lawrence
Peter Elliott

RUNNING ORDER

1. ROSALIE/TV HOP (Cliff Richard & 2 Vernons Girls)
2. FARRAGO (John Barry Seven)
3. MARGARET (Neville Taylor & Cutters)
4. DING DONG (Vernons Girls)
5. BETTY LOU GOT NEW A PAIR OF SHOES (Cuddly Dudley)
6. MR LEE (Pat Lawrence)
7. DRUNKEN SAILOR (Dallas Boys)
8. BLUE CHA-CHA (Cherry Wainer)
9. HIGH CLASS BABY (Cliff Richard & The Drifters)
10.WHO ARE THEY TO SAY (Three Vernons Girls)
11.PROMISE ME LOVE (Peter Elliott)
12.WEEKEND (Red Price Solo)
13.REX ROCKS (Extended Version) (Lord Rockingham's XI)

The show will be screened on Saturday 22nd July 2017, at BFI South Bank, London. Tickets will be on sale 6th June from BFI.

Hello and welcome to the all newly designed Oh Boy! website!! It's still the same TV show from 1958, but Ray's website has been updated by Geoff Leonard and Ruud Rozemeijer, redesigned and updated for 2016!!

Geoff Leonard was born in Bristol. He spent much of his working career in banking but became an independent record producer in the early nineties, specialising in the works of John Barry and British TV theme compilations. He also wrote liner notes for many soundtrack albums, including those by John Barry, Roy Budd, Ron Grainer, Maurice Jarre and Johnny Harris. He co-wrote two biographies of John Barry in 1998 and 2008, and is currently working on a history of The John Barry Seven. He joined the Internet Movie Data-base (www.imdb.com) as a data-manager in 2001 and looked after biographies, composers and the music-department, amongst other tasks. Geoff retired after nine years loyal service in order to continue writing. Geoff (owner) and Ruud (webmaster) have been running the John Barry website since June 18, 2001.