Tamworth Bands History : 1963
04/10/63
The Big Three 
("Some Other Guy", "By The Way")
With Gerry Levene and the Avengers and Jon Fox and the Hunters
Assembly Rooms
Admission: 7/6
05/10/63
Liverpool Night
The Memphis Three with The Four-Tissimo
Assembly Rooms
05/10/63
Diamond Dave Rhythm Group
Tamworth Working Mens Club
05/10/63
The Size Seven and Max Hollyman and the Demons
Atherstone Memorial Hall
Admission: 6/-
6/10/63
The Blue Hawaiians
Tamworth Working Mens Club
11/10/63
Johnny Washington and the Congressmen
With The Three Spirits, Jon Fox and the Hunters
Assembly Rooms
Admission: 7/6
12/10/63
Johnny Riot and the Rebels
With the Swinging Citadels
Assembly Rooms
12/10/63
The Wanderers
Kingsbury Church Hall
18/10/63
Bob Mason and his Band and the Tony Lee Trio
Drayton Manor Ballroom
18/10/63
Gerry Levene and the Avengers
With Lance Harvey and the Kingpins and The Emperors
Assembly Rooms
Admission: 6/6
18/10/63
Tamworth Music Club
Folk Singing – Every Friday
The Troubadors
Miners Welfare, Lichfield Street
19/10/63
JJ and the Hi Lites with The Three Spirits
Assembly Rooms
26/10/63
Brian Gulliver and the Travellers and The Beat Men
Atherstone Memorial Hall
26/10/63
The Johnny Dean Combo
Old Swan, Bolebridge Street
27/10/63
The Johnny Dean Combo
Old Swan, Bolebridge Street
27/20/63
Mal Ryder and the Spirits
Assembly Rooms
28/10/63
Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages
Assembly Rooms
7.30pm-11.00pm
Admission: 5/6
The JIST – Jive and Twist Competition
November 1, 8, 15
Assembly Rooms
Prize: £10, £5
Organised by Vince Baker and Tamworth Round Table
Tamworth Herald – 01/11/63 - Record and Film Review
Review of Screaming Lord Sutch
01/11/63 – Palace Cinema – The Great Escape
01/11/63
JIST
Ray Anton and the Peppermint Men
With Gerry Levene and the Avengers
Assembly Rooms
02/11/63
The Liverbirds (Only all girl group in the country)
With The Three Spirits
Assembly Rooms
02/11/63
The Diamond Dave Rhythm Group with Ricky Topaz
Tamworth Working Mens Club
02/11/63
Tommy Bruce and the Bruisers and The Cyclones
Atherstone Memorial Hall
Tamworth Herald – 02/11/63
Folk Music at the Miners Welfare Club, Lichfield Street – every other Wednesday
Tamworth Herald – 08/11/63
Gerry Levene finally releases his long awaited record on November 28 and he is to appear on Thank Your Lucky Stars and Ready Steady Go.
08/11/63
JIST
The Sorenos with The Three Spirits and Gerry Levene and the Avengers
Assembly Rooms
08/11/63
Barry Noble and the Sapphires and The Storm Birds
Atherstone Memorial Hall
08/11/63
Beat Nite Dances Cancelled Until Further Notice
Tamworth Herald – 08/11/63
Dancing every Friday – Prince of Wales
09/11/63
Tony Kaye and the Huckleberries
Assembly Rooms
10/11/63
The Meteors
Kettlebrook Working Mens Club
Tamworth Herald - 15/11/63
The Three Spirits
Pete Vickery (rhythm guitar and vocals), Barry Crowe (bass guitar), Jim Twigg (drums)
15/11/63 – Palace Cinema – Billy Liar
15/11/63
JIST
Julie Grant with Lance Harvey and the King Pins with The Three Spirits
Assembly Rooms
16/11/63
The Corvettes , The Dynamic Strutters
Assembly Rooms
22/11/63
Nicky James (Pye artists)
With The Senators and The Three Spirits
Assembly Rooms
23/11/63
The Emperors, Max Hollyman and the Demons
Assembly Rooms
02/12/63
The Stormbreakers
Polesworth Memorial Hall
Admission: 5/-
02/12/63
The Rolling Stones
Assembly Rooms
7.30pm-11.00pm
Admission: 7/6
Tamworth Herald – 06/12/63
Rolling Stones review
06/12/63
Ray Anton and the Peppermint Men
Assembly Rooms
07/12/63
The Vibrons
Assembly Rooms
07/12/63
Emile Ford and the Checkmates
Atherstone Memorial Hall
13/12/63
Mike Sheridan and the Nightriders ("Please Mr. Postman")
Jon Fox and the Hunters
The Three Spirits
The Emperors (Birmingham)
Assembly Rooms
8.00pm-1.00am
Admission: 5/6
14/12/63
Eddie Krane and the Phantoms
With The Three Spirits
Assembly Rooms
20/12/63
Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages
The Three Spirits
Bobby King and the Majestics
Assembly Rooms
8.00pm-1.00am
Admission: 6/6
21/12/63
Memphis Five and The Three Spirits
Assembly Rooms
Admission: 5/-
27/12/63
Hangover Ball
Jimmy Crawford and the Messengers
Assembly Rooms
Tamworth Herald – 27/12/63
The Three Spirits nearly played with Screaming Lord Sutch when The Savages, his backing band, failed to appear.
28/12/63
Frankenstein and the Monsters with Ray Stuart and the Tremors
Assembly Rooms
28/12/63
The Steeplejacks
Tamworth Working Mens Club
29/12/63
Blue Hawaiians
Tamworth Working Mens Club
31/12/63
Blue Hawaiians
Tamworth Working Mens Club
31/12/63
New Years Eve
Chuck Crest and the Crystelles with Miss Darmy
Assembly Rooms
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