Wigan Casino-'live acts'?

[Eddie Hubbard]

22 hours ago, PeteDillon said:

I recall Jackie Wilson being great but a combination of Black n whites and green n clears may have helped? 

I think it probably did help Pete Must have been one of Jackies last performances,as he went back to the States and fell into a coma ,from which he never recovered .

[Ian Parker]

any photo's of Edwin Starr,  Casino 74?

[Steve W]

I wish I had, December 74 - I think Edwin said there was a fault with the sound system and he started his act all over again. Betty Wright was another act I caught but again I wish I could see photos, apparently she was full of Flu the night she appeared, really sorry about her passing early this year, ever the professional she was still good when appearing at Band on the wall in Manchester a few years back.

[Davenpete]

On 15/04/2018 at 20:52, maslar said:

Hi Tension played a concert there. It was before I went - 78 or 79 ish.  It was advertised in Radio Times in the   "In Concert (or whatever)" programme around 10 pm on Radio 1 on Saturday night. The reason I remember is because I was going out and I  asked my sister to record it for me and she forgot.  I'm sure it was advertised as "Live at Wigan Casino" but it was almost certainly pre-recorded (ie a recorded live performance).

Don't forget that the Casino was a live venue in itself - The Stranglers played there a couple of times.

[Ian Parker]

20 hours ago, steve w said:

I wish I had, December 74 - I think Edwin said there was a fault with the sound system and he started his act all over again. Betty Wright was another act I caught but again I wish I could see photos, apparently she was full of Flu the night she appeared, really sorry about her passing early this year, ever the professional she was still good when appearing at Band on the wall in Manchester a few years back.

this appartently,   was march 74 .      Edwin Starr?

 

 

[Amitwiirly]

On 17/09/2020 at 21:22, steve w said:

I wish I had, December 74 - I think Edwin said there was a fault with the sound system and he started his act all over again. Betty Wright was another act I caught but again I wish I could see photos, apparently she was full of Flu the night she appeared, really sorry about her passing early this year, ever the professional she was still good when appearing at Band on the wall in Manchester a few years back.

Just now, amitwiirly said:

Not an original poster but a postcard advertising "Trentham gardens all-nighter"14/11/98

[De-to]

Betty Wright, Where Is The Love, LIVE AT Wigan Casino...

[Paul Shirley]

Got to say for me that night was second only to Jackie Wilson, she was awesome truly great night also had a good day at the chemist, I heard that  Russ Winstanley saying on the night Jackie was on Jackie wasn’t very well, all I can say’ is  to see a man performing back flips & somersaults in line with the music and a voice and performance second to non , then jeez what would he have done differently if he had not been poorly?    To see Jackie Wilson perform was one of the highlights of my entire life 

[Petedillon]

LJ Johnson?   Evelyn King. saw Marvelettes at a club in Leeds around the same time   it was the original line up

Have to say I recall Jackie Wilson being brilliant

Edited September 20, 2020 by Petedillon

[Vivien Melia]

Hi can anyone tell me if tommy hunt performed at wigan more than once, i thought i was in a pic dancing near the stage turns out its not me, my sis thinks 75 was too early anyway but i definatly saw tommy hunt at wigan, i know im old and senile now but i saw him and Martha reeves and Betty Wright. I wasnt a fan of live acts i avoided them as it stopped me dancing! You all know the feeling. Any help would be gratefully recieved as its hard to argue your case with no dates. I dont want to be like JR and wake up in the shower and ive imagined it all!         Ive answered my own question folks i looked it all up with help from this thread, i am indeed not mad (surpisingly) Tommy Hunt was sept 1975 Betty wright was april 1975 and Martha reeves was 1978 i was sweet 16 and was going to Yate first so that would of been a while before my first visit to wigan casino with my then boyfriend Dave its just nice to put the pieces together i would of been 15 when my mad journey started and i didnt think i would be writing on a forum about it at almost 63 yrs of age! 

Edited November 10, 2022 by Vivien Melia
I figured out the answer

[Hooker1951]

3 hours ago, Vivien Melia said:

Hi can anyone tell me if tommy hunt performed at wigan more than once, i thought i was in a pic dancing near the stage turns out its not me, my sis thinks 75 was too early anyway but i definatly saw tommy hunt at wigan, i know im old and senile now but i saw him and Martha reeves and Betty Wright. I wasnt a fan of live acts i avoided them as it stopped me dancing! You all know the feeling. Any help would be gratefully recieved as its hard to argue your case with no dates. I dont want to be like JR and wake up in the shower and ive imagined it all!         Ive answered my own question folks i looked it all up with help from this thread, i am indeed not mad (surpisingly) Tommy Hunt was sept 1975 Betty wright was april 1975 and Martha reeves was 1978 i was sweet 16 and was going to Yate first so that would of been a while before my first visit to wigan casino with my then boyfriend Dave its just nice to put the pieces together i would of been 15 when my mad journey started and i didnt think i would be writing on a forum about it at almost 63 yrs of age! 

Hi Vivien

I think Tommy performed at Wigan a few times between 75 to 80 he used to do a spot at the Riverside club Central Park RLFC which at the time was owned by Gerry Marshall who also owned the Casino, he would do an hour at the Riverside around midnight and go over to the Casino and do his spot there around 3am if my memory serves me right.

ML

[Vivien Melia]

Hi yes I think he probably did, now that I've linked it together I think it was highly likely the time I'm thinking of would of been sept 75 because I was convinced in my head that Betty Wright was the second act I had seen but it transpires it was the first, shame its not me in the photo as I was convinced it was and I've no pictures from those nights as we simply didn't take pictures did we, in all honesty I wasn't in a fit state to hold a camera back then! Nor wanted too as it was our personal experience of the night that mattered. Thank you for replying I really appreciate it I hate brain fog.

[Vivien Melia]

We travelled from Plymouth so we mainly did Wigan oldies but sometimes stayed in a blue transit in the carpark so we could do Saturday night as well, or dragged it out and went to Birmingham locarno all dayers, I went to many many venues around that time some i remember others are a blur, it was everything to me as it was to us all at that time, sadly no more.

[Mithras]

Jr walker 07/05/1975  was there my birthday never bothered to watch sat in the record bar having a chat

[Vivien Melia]

Yes not many were interested tbh but looking back I missed a lot, it was a long way from plymouth, some of my friends from back then are gone now sadly.

[Jim Belcher]

No one mentioned Major lance, he was fantastic.  The Casino was jumping, I think it was December 74. 

[Billywhizz]

On 17/04/2018 at 10:51, Steve S 60 said:

he would not sing it live  on stage ,

[Roburt]

Lots of live acts played both the Wigan Casino & the Bolton Casino in the 60's; some of them being top soul acts.

For instance -- Ike & Tina Turner in August 1968 ...