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Various Artists
A large quantity of black and white negatives of musicians taken at recording of the television show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars', photographer unknown, most depicting acts on stage, but also within general studio shots, most artist having more than one image, individually contained in small brown envelopes, some marked Copyright free if ABC Credited, majority with corresponding contact print attached, acts include; The Beatles, Tommy Steele, Joe Brown, Ted Heath, Cliff Richard, Karl Denver, The Vernon Girls, Shirley Bassey, Hughie Green, Johnny Kidd, Alma Cogan, Cleo Laine, Acker Bilk, Tony Orlando, Matt Munro, Benny Hill, The Shadows, Chubby Checker, Billy Fury, Helen Shapiro, Kenny Lynch, Dudley Moore, Petula Clarke, Ken Dodd, Pat Boone, Lonnie Donegan, Gene Vincent, Lionel Bart, Ray Ellington Al Saxon, Jim Dale, Janice Nicholls, Bert Weedon, Bobby Vee, Marty Wilde, The Beverley Sisters, Gerry Marsden, Frank Ifield, Oliver Reed, Brian Matthews, Adam Faith, Little Richard, Bernard Cribbins, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, Marty Wilde, amongst many others contained within the archive
Photographs in the lot are offered without copyright and other reproduction rights.

Lot Essay

Thank Your Lucky Stars was a British television pop music broadcast on ITV from 1961 to 1966. The majority of bands of that era performed on it, and for millions of British teenagers it was essential viewing. As well as featuring British artists, American guests were frequently on the bill.
Only three entire shows of 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' are known to have survived, therefore this collection offers an important record and possibly unique archival reference material for the show and the range of artists who appeared on it.

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