SHANE FENTON has made half-a-dozen appearances on “T.Y.L.S.” since that first date in October, 1961, when he appeared with his great group THE FENTONES.

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THE SPOTNIKS [sic] again reflect the space age, and in their strange Space-men costumes they stand in one of “T.Y.L.S.” ‘Out-of-this-world’ sets and play their big hit ‘Rocket Man’.

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THE TORNADOS hit the charts with ‘Telstar’, and not content to go to the top of British charts, rocketed straight across the Atlantic to the apex of the American lists. Here they are pictured during their first appearance on “T.Y.L.S.” in the Birmingham Studio in September, 1962.

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LITTLE RICHARD is another of the American stars who has come in front of ABC cameras, and was a new LITTLE RICHARD quite different from the tremendous boisterous artist of a few years ago. As always, his performance was of the highest standard.

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HELEN SHAPIRO made her very first television appearance on “T.Y.L.S.” shortly after the release of her first big record ‘Don’t Treat Me Like A Child’. Since then, viewers have watched this great girl star introduce hit after hit on the show.

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LONNIE DONEGAN’s cheerful disposition always makes for a happy day in the Studio for the camera crews and technicians, and his individual sound has made him a great favourite of the ‘at-home’ viewers.

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MATT MONRO has already established himself on both sides of the Atlantic as a great singing star. His appearances on “T.Y.L.S.” have served to confirm this stardom.

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JET HARRIS and TONY MEEHAN left the famous Shadows to go their own individual ways. After several months, they teamed up and made their first networked television appearance on “Thank Your Lucky Stars” playing their chart topping ‘Diamonds’.

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CHRIS MONTEZ and his partner, TOMMY ROE, are just two of the many American artists who are introduced to the British public in person by way of “Thank Your Lucky Stars”. CHRIS and TOMMY broke precedence on the show by taking over the entire second half to go through four numbers including TOMMY’s new chart climber ‘The Folk-Singer’. In giant sets facing each other across ABC’s Teddington largest studio, these two happy American stars really made an impression on the Studio and, at-home, audience.

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PETULA CLARK, whose records sell equally well in Britain and on the Continent, frequently flies in from her home in Paris to introduce her latest records on television’s top pop show “Thank Your Lucky Stars”. Her introduction of ‘Ya Ya Twist’ on the programme made it necessary for an English release of this number.

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JOHN LEYTON is one of the new breed of singers who are also actors. In fact, JOHN’s first appearances on television were as ‘Ginger’ in “Biggles” and as a pop singer when he played that type of role in a television play. His latest film, ‘The Great Escape’ with James Garner and Richard Attenborough, will open with a Royal Premier Performance in June. JOHN, however, is better known to “Lucky Stars” viewers as the singer of such top numbers as ‘Cupboard Love’.

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From the time, nearly four years ago, when a young man appeared in the charts singing ‘What Do You Want If You Don’t Want Money’, ABC Television’s programmes have always had a spot for that dapper young man ADAM FAITH. From “Boy Meets Girl” to “Thank Your Lucky Stars”, ADAM has become a great favourist of the Studio crews and his fellow artistes on the programmes. Below, ADAM has a big hug for Janice (‘Oi’ll Give It Foive’) Nicholls.

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FRANK IFIELD (above and left) is the only British singer to top the charts with three successive records – ‘I Remember You’, ‘Lovesick Blues’ and ‘The Wayward Wind’.

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Liverpool born BILLY FURY has become almost a regular star on “Thank Your Lucky Stars”, and has appeared more times than any individual performer. Rocketing to the top two years ago, BILLY is consistently one of the most popular stars of today.

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